EMPORIA — Warren Carlton Rawlings, 75, died on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.

Warren was born in Greensville County, Virginia, the son of the late George Clifton Rawlings and Mildred Wills Rawlings.

He served in the Virginia National Guard, and was the former chief of the Greensville Volunteer Fire Department.

He was the owner and operator of Rawlings Truck Line and Crestline Equipment Company. At the time of his death he operated Southern Cars Inc. of Emporia.

Surviving are three sons, William Scott Rawlings, Warren Christopher Rawlings and his wife, Leanne, and Jeffery Watkins Rawlings and his wife, Stephanie, all of Emporia, Virginia; five grandsons, Justin Watkins Rawlings, William Chase Rawlings, Logan Warren Rawlings, Seth Ryan Rawlings and Christopher Graham Rawlings; and an uncle, Robert E. Wills of Emporia, Virginia.

The funeral will be in the chapel of Echols Funeral Home, 806 Brunswick Ave. Emporia, on Sunday, Aug. 12, at 2 p.m., with Pastor Troy Green and Mr. Charles Kasper officiating. Interment will follow in Greensville Memorial Cemetery.

The family will receive at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at echolsfuneralhome@telpage.net.