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Sam Page

Sam Page

Aug 8, 2011

WILSON - Lynwood V. "Sam" Page, 78, died Monday, August 8, 2011. Sam served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and was a retired telephone technician. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment, Friday, 10 AM, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Joyce Mason Page; son, Lynwood Page, Jr., of Franklinton; sister, Inez...

Charles Crisp

Charles Crisp

Aug 2, 2011

ELM CITY - Charles E. Crisp, 63, of the Town Creek Community, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Charles was an electrician and had served in the Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, Everette G. and Ila Mettie Winborne Crisp, and a step-son, Mik Pearson....

Emily Ferrell

Emily Ferrell

Aug 1, 2011

WILSON - Emily Gray Benton Ferrell, 85, died Monday, August 1, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 1 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is her husband, Anderson Ferrell; daughter, Vivian Baker (Jerry) of Charlotte; sons, Ranny Ferrell (Janet) of Macclesfield and Danny Ferrell of Bailey; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.

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Jake Reddick

Jake Reddick

Jul 31, 2011

STANTONSBURG - Jake L. Reddick, 84, died Sunday, July 31, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, Helen Galloway Reddick; sons, Randy Reddick (Elaine) and Jeff Reddick of Stantonsburg and Kenneth Reddic (Eve) of Jacksonville; 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Memorials are suggested to Community Home Care & Hospice, 206 Forest...

J. Davis

J. Davis

Jul 28, 2011

WILSON - Joseph Frank Davis, 83, died July 28, 2011. Frank was an Army veteran and member of Hornes United Methodist Church. He retired from Ceco Building Systems in Rocky Mount after 20 years of service. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Tyson Davis; sons, Donald K. Davis (Cathy) of...

Speight Aycock

Speight Aycock

Jul 22, 2011

STANTONSBURG - Speight Aycock, 66, died Friday, July 22, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Speight was preceded in death by his parents, Charles B. and Margaret Speight Aycock, and a sister, Charlotte A. Ward. Surviving is his brother, Dr. C. Brantley Aycock (Sue) of Mint...

B.T. Heath

B.T. Heath

Jul 19, 2011

ROCKY MOUNT - Benjamin Thomas "B.T." Heath, 79, of the Joyner's Crossroads community died July 19, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. B.T. retired from CSX Railroad with 25 years of service. He then worked 18 years for Waste Industries until his final illness. He grew up on a farm...

Mary Crawley

Mary Crawley

Jul 8, 2011

WILSON - Mary Frances Weathington Crawley, 87, died Friday, July 8, 2011. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, First Baptist Church with burial in Evergreen Memorial Park. She was business administrator for the former Woodard-Herring Hospital in Wilson and moved to similar duties at Wilson Medical Center until retirement in 1985. Many will remember her interest in providing catering services...

Nancy Lane

Nancy Lane

Jul 8, 2011

WILSON - Nancy Armstrong Lane, 77, died Friday, July 8, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Tuesday, 4 PM, Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton. She lived in the Edenton area before moving to Wilson to be near her daughter. Back home she was a member of Yeopim Baptist Church. Her husband, Thurman Earl Lane, died in...

Margie Pittman

Margie Pittman

Jul 6, 2011

WILSON- Margie Peele Pittman, 83, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Harvest Baptist Church, 4851 Bloomery Rd, followed by a time of visiting. Margie, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many, went to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by her family. Margie had a great zest for life and...

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis

Jul 3, 2011

WILSON - Richard E. "Dick" Lewis, 80, died Sunday, July 3, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 2 PM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Middlesex Cemetery. Dick grew up in the Middlesex community and went into the Navy after school. He operated several hair styling shops and lived in California for 51 years before returning to Wilson in 2003 to be...

Jerry Wagner

Jerry Wagner

Jul 1, 2011

WILSON - Jerry Lee Wagner, 69, died Friday, July 1, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Farmington Heights Church. Surviving is his wife, Kaye Raper Wagner; daughters, Cindy Merry and Marsha Wooten; son, David Wagner; six grandchildren; mother, Jessica Bulwinkle; father, Marion Wagner; step-son, Jaye Johnson (Melissa). He was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Wagner. Memorials are...

Sarah Wakefield

Sarah Wakefield

Jun 24, 2011

WILSON - Sarah Dillon Wakefield, died Friday, June 24, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the funeral. Born in Cookeville, Putnam County, TN on August 15, 1930, she was the fourth child of five siblings of...

Daisy Dodds

Daisy Dodds

Jun 18, 2011

Daisy Bass Dodds, 90, of Wilson and formerly of Greenville, SC, died Saturday, June 18, 2011. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Tuesday, 2 PM, Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC. In her senior years, she had moved back to her native Wilson to be near her sisters. Surviving are those...

Emory Gross

Emory Gross

Jun 14, 2011

WILSON - Emory Alexander Gross, 84, of Wilson and Southern Shores, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He was born on April 19, 1927 in Chicago, IL, the son of Henry N. and Julia H. Gross. He was educated in public and private school in Illinois and Maryland. He enlisted in the US Army in May 1944 and served...

Brenda Williamson

Brenda Williamson

Jun 8, 2011

LUCAMA - Brenda Snypes Williamson, 67, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Williamson in 2008. Funeral, Saturday, 4 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Lamm Family Cemetery, Lucama. Surviving is her daughter, Kathy Ward of Louisburg; grandson, Bobby Wooster of Louisburg; sisters, Donna Rodgers and Judy Rice both...

Ray Godwin

Ray Godwin

Jun 3, 2011

Ray W. Godwin, 81, of Wilson, died Friday, June 3, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was one of four brothers that owned the former Godwin's Barbeque. Ray was an Air Force veteran and was preceded in death by a son, Ray Waddell Godwin, Jr. Surviving is his...

Marshall Long

Marshall Long

May 31, 2011

WILSON - Marshall Long, 83, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting. Marshall was a native of Wilson County and graduated from Atlantic Christian College (Barton) and earned his Masters Degree in Education from East Carolina University. In the military, he qualified as a paratrooper. He...

Etta Smith

Etta Smith

May 30, 2011

WILSON - Etta Exum Smith, 72, died Monday, May 30, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. Etta retired from clerical work in the medical field and was active in the Wilson Church of Christ. Surviving is her husband, John E. Smith; sons, Mike...

Sadie Barnes

Sadie Barnes

May 23, 2011

WILSON - Sadie Davis Barnes, 90, died Monday, May 23, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennett Barnes and parents, Ed and Martha McDonald Davis. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. She is survived by her sister, Martha Clyde Davis and brother, John Ed Davis both of Wilson and several nieces...

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