Born June 26, 1937, in Goldsboro, Mrs. Fields was a daughter of the late Lillie Turnage Parker and Andrew Robinson Parker. She was the widow of Norwood Earl Fields. Mrs. Fields was a hairstylist's assistant and a member of Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church. She enjoyed the beach, entertaining her family, boating, traveling, eating out and being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The funeral was at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Rouse Funeral Home in La Grange. The Rev. Bill Sutton officiated. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery.

Surviving are a daughter, Vanessa Gilley of Selma; a twin sister, Fannie Parker Widener of Goldsboro; two grandsons; and four great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the SECU Hospice House, in care of the Johnston Memorial Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 1376, Smithfield, N.C. 27577.

Condolences to the family may be made at rousefh.com.