Donald Vincent
Apr 4, 2011
WILSON - Donald Francis Vincent, 82, died Monday, April 4, 2011. Mass, Saturday, 11:30 AM, St Therese Catholic Church. He retired from Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant having joined the firm in 1959 retiring in 1998 as a consultant and assistant vice-president. Born on November 1, 1928, in New Bedford, MA, he was a son of Francis...
Robbie Leach
Apr 2, 2011
Robbie Weeks Leach, 91, of Huntington, IN, formerly of Wilson, died Saturday, April 2, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Leach was the widow of Robert E. Leach whom she married on April 6, 1943. Mr. Leach died in 1967. Daughter...
Bryant Watson
Apr 1, 2011
STANTONSBURG - Bryant Watson, 74, died Friday, April 1, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Watery Branch FWB Church. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Shelby Hayes Watson; sons, Jamie Thomas Watson and Robby Watson (Judy) of Stantonsburg, Ray Watson (Jamie Lee) of Wilson and Earl Watson (Susie) of Gatesville; 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; brother, Ray Watson...
Mildred Duke
Mar 30, 2011
WILSON - Mildred Walston Duke, 80, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmitt and Lena Albritton Walston; son, Dalton Duke; grandson, Mik Pearson; sisters, Carlie Moore, Hazel and Doris Walston; brothers, Warner and Alvin Walston. Surviving are her daughters, Judy...
Edward Holloway
Mar 26, 2011
WILSON - Edward B. Holloway, 85, died Saturday, March 26, 2011. He was a retired history professor at Barton College with 32 years of service, having retired in 1994 and was the college archivist. He was born in Milford, Connecticut, December 31, 1925 to John E. and Bernice Peacock Holloway. He was educated at the University of Connecticut...
William Strickland
Mar 24, 2011
WILSON - William D. "Bill" Strickland, 72, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE POSTED THIS AFTERNOON.
Frances Smith
Mar 23, 2011
WILSON - Frances Hardee Smith, 67, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wayne Memorial Park Mausoleum, Hwy 117 S, Goldsboro. She was a native of Johnston County, graduated from Princeton High School and Crumpler's Business School. Frances worked in the Johnston County School System, banking field and finally retiring from State Correctional Services. Surviving is...
Thelma Turner
Mar 22, 2011
WILSON - Thelma Watson Turner, 88, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 10 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section G. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nathaniel Turner; sisters, Ruby Currie, Beatrice Sharpe, Arlene Lamm and Lissie Turner; brothers, Verlon, Elton, Millard and Elmer Watson. Surviving are daughters, Luann Skinner (Danny) and Lynn Israel (Fred), both of...
Maggie Toler
Mar 18, 2011
MACCLESFIELD - Maggie Wells Toler, 90, of Macclesfield and formerly of Fremont, died Friday, March 18, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 6 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Monday, 11 AM, Hastings Cemetery, in the Rosewood community of Wayne County. Surviving are her daughters, Rachel Ruffin of Whitakers, Jean Summerlin (Albert...
Brenda Bass
Mar 6, 2011
WILSON - Brenda Joyce Moseley Bass, 67, died Sunday at Wilson Medical Center as she passed from this life to her eternal life. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, conducted by Larry Mitchell. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Brenda was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Bass; infant son, Jimmie Dan; parents, William and Mary...
Mildred Gorman
Mar 4, 2011
WILSON - Mildred Morton Gorman, 78, died Friday, March 4, 2011. Mildred graduated from James Walker School of Nursing in Wilmington and was a retired registered nurse at Wayne Memorial Hospital with over 25 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grover C. Gorman, Jr. and daughter, Ann Gorman Jones. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM,...
Henry Franklin
Mar 3, 2011
WILSON - Henry Cleve Franklin, 84, died Thursday, March 3, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Barnette Kearney Franklin in September, 2009. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is his step-daughter, Janice Kearney Brown (Denny) of Beaverdam VA and step-son, Charles "Buddy" Kearney (Gayle) of Hampton,...
Will Smith
Mar 1, 2011
WILSON - William Carr Smith, 83, died unexpectedly at his home, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. He is survived by his four children, daughters, Mary Eliza Duckett and husband, Chip, of High Point and Susan Johnson and her husband, Graham, of Raleigh; sons, William Smith and wife, Landon, of Raleigh and John T. Smith and wife, Stephanie, of Wilson;...
Edna Dixon
Feb 27, 2011
WILSON - Edna Graves Dixon, 90, of Wilson, died February 27, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Louis Dixon and parents, Edwin Barnes and Annie Cornelia Stallings Graves and brother, Ed Barnes Graves, Jr. She was a retired nurse having worked for Dr. C.L. Cubberly for over 30 years. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Westview...
Joey Hales
Feb 19, 2011
LUCAMA - Joey A. Hales, 47, died Saturday, February 19, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 3 PM, Raper Family Cemetery, St. Marys Church Rd, Lucama. Surviving is a son, Justin Hales (fiancé, Cameron) of Smithfield; granddaughter, Lily Marie Hales; parents, Joe E. and Ann Bunn Hales with whom he lived; maternal grandmother, Georgia Raper Bunn Reason of Lucama; sister, Pam...
Dot Matthews
Jan 31, 2011
ELM CITY - Dorothy "Dot" Cunningham Matthews, 82, of the Penders Crossroads community, died Monday, January 31, 2011. She had retired from the former Reuben Donnelly plant. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Wednesday, 1:00 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is her husband, Durwood Matthews; daughter,...
James Bissette, Sr
Jan 30, 2011
LUCAMA - James Warren Bissette, Sr., 72, died Sunday, January 30, 2011. He was preceded in death by a son, James W. "Jimmy" Bissette, Jr.. Mr. Bissette was manager of the Flynn Home for 18 years and was associated with AA for 33 years and was a mentor to many people. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, Springhill Presbyterian Church...
Stuart Thomas, Sr
Jan 25, 2011
WILSON - Stuart William Thomas, Sr., 91, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, Mae Bennett Rolfe Thomas; sisters, Lizzie Morris, Lottie Walker and Louise Cliborne; brothers, Williard, Hobson and Leonard Thomas. In his retirement years, he enjoyed basket weaving and bird watching. He lived in Boydton, VA for 40 years...
Carlie Moore
Jan 17, 2011
WILSON - Carlie Walston Moore, 89, died Monday, January 17, 2011. She will be remembered in our hearts as a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Her family was her greatest love and joy and she enjoyed caring for them, cooking for them, canning and freezing the vegetables grown in her garden and...
Ronald Hearne
Jan 7, 2011
WILSON - Ronald Webb Hearne, 73, died Friday, January 7, 2010. Funeral, 11 AM, Monday, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Macclesfield Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Doris Rose Webb Hearne; daughters, Denise H. Cobb and fiance, Mike Rachow, Billie W. Craft (Tom), Deborah W. Wheeler (Andrew), all of Wilson and George Ann W....
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Donald Vincent
Apr 4, 2011
WILSON - Donald Francis Vincent, 82, died Monday, April 4, 2011. Mass, Saturday, 11:30 AM, St Therese Catholic Church. He retired from Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant having joined the firm in 1959 retiring in 1998 as a consultant and assistant vice-president. Born on November 1, 1928, in New Bedford, MA, he was a son of Francis...
Robbie Leach
Apr 2, 2011
Robbie Weeks Leach, 91, of Huntington, IN, formerly of Wilson, died Saturday, April 2, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Leach was the widow of Robert E. Leach whom she married on April 6, 1943. Mr. Leach died in 1967. Daughter...
Bryant Watson
Apr 1, 2011
STANTONSBURG - Bryant Watson, 74, died Friday, April 1, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Watery Branch FWB Church. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Shelby Hayes Watson; sons, Jamie Thomas Watson and Robby Watson (Judy) of Stantonsburg, Ray Watson (Jamie Lee) of Wilson and Earl Watson (Susie) of Gatesville; 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; brother, Ray Watson...
Mildred Duke
Mar 30, 2011
WILSON - Mildred Walston Duke, 80, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmitt and Lena Albritton Walston; son, Dalton Duke; grandson, Mik Pearson; sisters, Carlie Moore, Hazel and Doris Walston; brothers, Warner and Alvin Walston. Surviving are her daughters, Judy...
Edward Holloway
Mar 26, 2011
WILSON - Edward B. Holloway, 85, died Saturday, March 26, 2011. He was a retired history professor at Barton College with 32 years of service, having retired in 1994 and was the college archivist. He was born in Milford, Connecticut, December 31, 1925 to John E. and Bernice Peacock Holloway. He was educated at the University of Connecticut...
William Strickland
Mar 24, 2011
WILSON - William D. "Bill" Strickland, 72, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE POSTED THIS AFTERNOON.
Frances Smith
Mar 23, 2011
WILSON - Frances Hardee Smith, 67, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wayne Memorial Park Mausoleum, Hwy 117 S, Goldsboro. She was a native of Johnston County, graduated from Princeton High School and Crumpler's Business School. Frances worked in the Johnston County School System, banking field and finally retiring from State Correctional Services. Surviving is...
Thelma Turner
Mar 22, 2011
WILSON - Thelma Watson Turner, 88, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 10 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section G. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nathaniel Turner; sisters, Ruby Currie, Beatrice Sharpe, Arlene Lamm and Lissie Turner; brothers, Verlon, Elton, Millard and Elmer Watson. Surviving are daughters, Luann Skinner (Danny) and Lynn Israel (Fred), both of...
Maggie Toler
Mar 18, 2011
MACCLESFIELD - Maggie Wells Toler, 90, of Macclesfield and formerly of Fremont, died Friday, March 18, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 6 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Monday, 11 AM, Hastings Cemetery, in the Rosewood community of Wayne County. Surviving are her daughters, Rachel Ruffin of Whitakers, Jean Summerlin (Albert...
Brenda Bass
Mar 6, 2011
WILSON - Brenda Joyce Moseley Bass, 67, died Sunday at Wilson Medical Center as she passed from this life to her eternal life. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, conducted by Larry Mitchell. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Brenda was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Bass; infant son, Jimmie Dan; parents, William and Mary...
Mildred Gorman
Mar 4, 2011
WILSON - Mildred Morton Gorman, 78, died Friday, March 4, 2011. Mildred graduated from James Walker School of Nursing in Wilmington and was a retired registered nurse at Wayne Memorial Hospital with over 25 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grover C. Gorman, Jr. and daughter, Ann Gorman Jones. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM,...
Henry Franklin
Mar 3, 2011
WILSON - Henry Cleve Franklin, 84, died Thursday, March 3, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Barnette Kearney Franklin in September, 2009. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is his step-daughter, Janice Kearney Brown (Denny) of Beaverdam VA and step-son, Charles "Buddy" Kearney (Gayle) of Hampton,...
Will Smith
Mar 1, 2011
WILSON - William Carr Smith, 83, died unexpectedly at his home, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. He is survived by his four children, daughters, Mary Eliza Duckett and husband, Chip, of High Point and Susan Johnson and her husband, Graham, of Raleigh; sons, William Smith and wife, Landon, of Raleigh and John T. Smith and wife, Stephanie, of Wilson;...
Edna Dixon
Feb 27, 2011
WILSON - Edna Graves Dixon, 90, of Wilson, died February 27, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Louis Dixon and parents, Edwin Barnes and Annie Cornelia Stallings Graves and brother, Ed Barnes Graves, Jr. She was a retired nurse having worked for Dr. C.L. Cubberly for over 30 years. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Westview...
Joey Hales
Feb 19, 2011
LUCAMA - Joey A. Hales, 47, died Saturday, February 19, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 3 PM, Raper Family Cemetery, St. Marys Church Rd, Lucama. Surviving is a son, Justin Hales (fiancé, Cameron) of Smithfield; granddaughter, Lily Marie Hales; parents, Joe E. and Ann Bunn Hales with whom he lived; maternal grandmother, Georgia Raper Bunn Reason of Lucama; sister, Pam...
Dot Matthews
Jan 31, 2011
ELM CITY - Dorothy "Dot" Cunningham Matthews, 82, of the Penders Crossroads community, died Monday, January 31, 2011. She had retired from the former Reuben Donnelly plant. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Wednesday, 1:00 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is her husband, Durwood Matthews; daughter,...
James Bissette, Sr
Jan 30, 2011
LUCAMA - James Warren Bissette, Sr., 72, died Sunday, January 30, 2011. He was preceded in death by a son, James W. "Jimmy" Bissette, Jr.. Mr. Bissette was manager of the Flynn Home for 18 years and was associated with AA for 33 years and was a mentor to many people. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, Springhill Presbyterian Church...
Stuart Thomas, Sr
Jan 25, 2011
WILSON - Stuart William Thomas, Sr., 91, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, Mae Bennett Rolfe Thomas; sisters, Lizzie Morris, Lottie Walker and Louise Cliborne; brothers, Williard, Hobson and Leonard Thomas. In his retirement years, he enjoyed basket weaving and bird watching. He lived in Boydton, VA for 40 years...
Carlie Moore
Jan 17, 2011
WILSON - Carlie Walston Moore, 89, died Monday, January 17, 2011. She will be remembered in our hearts as a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Her family was her greatest love and joy and she enjoyed caring for them, cooking for them, canning and freezing the vegetables grown in her garden and...
Ronald Hearne
Jan 7, 2011
WILSON - Ronald Webb Hearne, 73, died Friday, January 7, 2010. Funeral, 11 AM, Monday, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Macclesfield Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Doris Rose Webb Hearne; daughters, Denise H. Cobb and fiance, Mike Rachow, Billie W. Craft (Tom), Deborah W. Wheeler (Andrew), all of Wilson and George Ann W....
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