TARBORO – Thomas Earl Spruell, 70, died Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at VA Medical Center, Durham. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at James Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Hobgood. Burial will follow in the Hamilton Memorial Site, Hamilton. Cherry’s Funeral Home, Windsor, is handling the arrangements.