D. Pittman
Jan 1, 2008
WILSON - Donald Braxton Pittman, 81, died January 1, 2008. He was a Farm Manager with the Trust Department of Branch Banking and Trust Company having retired as a Vice-President in 1991. He graduated from NCSU in 1956 with a degree in Agricultural Economics. For about 35 years, he served on the Soil and Water Conservation Committee in...
Edna Barnes
Dec 29, 2007
Greenville - Edna Massey Barnes, 80, died Saturday, December 29, 2007. A Wilson county native, Mrs. Barnes was a daughter of the late A.D. and Bessie Barnes Massey. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, she worked as a bookkeeper for Mello Ice Cream. On September 6, 1947, she married D. R. "Scoop" Barnes. They celebrated their...
Rochelle Flora
Dec 22, 2007
Bailey - Rochelle Bryant Flora, 86, died Saturday, December 22, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Owen Flora: parents, Needham and Sally Boykin Bryant: daughter, Peggy Perry: granddaughters, Sandra Flora and Diane Bridgers: sister, Robena McKeel. Funeral, Wednesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing....
Dr. Edward Wright
Dec 18, 2007
WILSON - Dr. Edward K. Wright, Jr, DDS, 87 , died Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Dr. Wright practiced dentistry in Robersonville and Williamston until retirement in 1988 when he returned to his native Wilson. He was the elder son of the late E.K. and Annie Smith Wright. A graduate of Charles L. Coon High School, Dr Wright enrolled...
William Stewart
Dec 15, 2007
WILSON - William A. "Bill" Stewart, 57, died December 15, 2007. He was a Senior Analyst with RBC Centura Bank in Rocky Mount, president of the Rocky Mount Toastmaster Club and a Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus in Glen Allen, VA. A native of New York City, he was a son of Alfred and the...
Adrian Howell
Dec 6, 2007
EUREKA - Adrian Gray Howell, 63, died Thursday, December 6, 2007. Mr. Howell was a former member of the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department and had served on the Eureka Town Council. He had served in the Army Reserves and was a member of the Eureka United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Linda, loved their sons and grandchildren...
Katherine Mustian
Dec 4, 2007
WILSON - Katherine Dickerson Mustian, 93, formerly of Warrenton, died December 4, 2007. Mrs. Mustian was the widow of James T. Mustian and a retired teacher with 30 years of service in Warren County. Funeral, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be in Warrenton at...
Novella Bell
Dec 2, 2007
WILSON - Novella Kennedy Bell, 89, died Sunday, December 2, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Forest Hills Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Wednesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is a daughter, Sylvia Bailey (Mitchell) of Wilson: grandsons, Matthew Bunn (Christy) and Jonathan "Jon" Bunn (Meredith): step-grandson, Daniel Bailey (Jennifer): a step...
Edna Hare
Dec 2, 2007
WILSON - Edna Mae West Hare, 85, formerly of Goldsboro (Belfast), died December 2, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, Pikeville Cemetery. Surviving is a daughter, Vicky Stewart (Bill) of Wilson: sons, Donnie Hare (Angie) of Wilson and Quinton "Jay" Hare (Pett) of Raleigh: six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: sister, Evelyn Godwin (William) of Goldsboro: numerous nieces and nephews....
Marvin Woodard
Dec 1, 2007
WILSON - Marvin L. Woodard, 82, died December 1, 2007. He was a native of Wilson County, military veteran and retired language teacher in Halifax County Schools. He recently located from Roanoke Rapids to Wilson to be closer to his family. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, First FWB Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving are sisters, Larue Craft and...
Archie Ellis
Nov 27, 2007
WILSON - Archie Kavanaugh Ellis, 87, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Mr. Ellis was born July 10, 1920 in Wilson County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ellis and a brother, Herbert Ellis, Jr.. Mr. Ellis, a successful farmer and developer, loved his family, his farm, and his church. He served his...
Mamie Mooring
Nov 20, 2007
Stantonsburg - Mamie Holloman Mooring, 84, died November 20, 2007. She was the preceded in death by her husband, Elgin C. Mooring, and parents, James and Betsy Holloman. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2615 Tilghman Rd, Wilson, with visiting one hour prior to the funeral. Burial, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is...
Betsy Forbes
Nov 7, 2007
WILSON - Martha Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunter Forbes was born July 26, 1939, in Wilson to Mrs. William C. Hunter and the late Dr. Hunter. She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Jane Hunter and brother, Theodore C. "Ted" Hunter. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section A. The family will receive friends following the service. She...
Mildred Beamon
Oct 31, 2007
WILSON - Mildred Howard Beamon, 80, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are daughters, Susan Votra and Debbie Strickland, both of Wilson: son, Doug Beamon (Vera) of Wilson: four grandchildren: a great-grandchild: three step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by...
Anne Glover
Oct 26, 2007
WILSON - Anne Morris Glover, 83, died Friday, October 26, 2007. Affectionately known to all as "Granny Anne", she was born July 28, 1924, to the late George Hervey and Margaret Mitchell Morris of LaGrange. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, in 1968. She graduated from East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) and taught for...
Lena Pridgen
Oct 26, 2007
FREMONT - Lena Lucas Pridgen, 79, widow of William Donnie Pridgen, died Friday, October 26, 2007 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 pm, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, N, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including David Reason, Jr. of Fremont. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Turner Burnette
Oct 25, 2007
WILSON - Turner A. Burnette, 82, died Thursday, October 25, 2007. He had been in the trucking business and was preceded in death by a son, T. Ashby Burnett, Jr. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is his wife, Joyce Phelps Burnette: sons, Brian Burnette of the home and Aubrey Burnette of Richmond, VA: daughter-in-law, Adrienne...
Warren Tait
Oct 23, 2007
WILSON - Warren R. Tait, 86, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007. He was born in Wisconsin, attended public schools and graduated from Wisconsin State College. He went on to earn his masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and did further work in physics at Dartmouth, Ohio University and Cornell College. During World War II, he was a meteorologist in...
Thelma Wheeler
Oct 16, 2007
Thelma Virginia Pridgen Wheeler, Mimi, 94, passed into Heaven on Tuesday. She was dearly loved by her family and friends all of her life. She lived her life fully and independently until her last three years. Her unique and loving spirit will be greatly missed and remain in our hearts always. She was predeceased by her husband and...
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D. Pittman
Jan 1, 2008
WILSON - Donald Braxton Pittman, 81, died January 1, 2008. He was a Farm Manager with the Trust Department of Branch Banking and Trust Company having retired as a Vice-President in 1991. He graduated from NCSU in 1956 with a degree in Agricultural Economics. For about 35 years, he served on the Soil and Water Conservation Committee in...
Edna Barnes
Dec 29, 2007
Greenville - Edna Massey Barnes, 80, died Saturday, December 29, 2007. A Wilson county native, Mrs. Barnes was a daughter of the late A.D. and Bessie Barnes Massey. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, she worked as a bookkeeper for Mello Ice Cream. On September 6, 1947, she married D. R. "Scoop" Barnes. They celebrated their...
Rochelle Flora
Dec 22, 2007
Bailey - Rochelle Bryant Flora, 86, died Saturday, December 22, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Owen Flora: parents, Needham and Sally Boykin Bryant: daughter, Peggy Perry: granddaughters, Sandra Flora and Diane Bridgers: sister, Robena McKeel. Funeral, Wednesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing....
Dr. Edward Wright
Dec 18, 2007
WILSON - Dr. Edward K. Wright, Jr, DDS, 87 , died Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Dr. Wright practiced dentistry in Robersonville and Williamston until retirement in 1988 when he returned to his native Wilson. He was the elder son of the late E.K. and Annie Smith Wright. A graduate of Charles L. Coon High School, Dr Wright enrolled...
William Stewart
Dec 15, 2007
WILSON - William A. "Bill" Stewart, 57, died December 15, 2007. He was a Senior Analyst with RBC Centura Bank in Rocky Mount, president of the Rocky Mount Toastmaster Club and a Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus in Glen Allen, VA. A native of New York City, he was a son of Alfred and the...
Adrian Howell
Dec 6, 2007
EUREKA - Adrian Gray Howell, 63, died Thursday, December 6, 2007. Mr. Howell was a former member of the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department and had served on the Eureka Town Council. He had served in the Army Reserves and was a member of the Eureka United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Linda, loved their sons and grandchildren...
Katherine Mustian
Dec 4, 2007
WILSON - Katherine Dickerson Mustian, 93, formerly of Warrenton, died December 4, 2007. Mrs. Mustian was the widow of James T. Mustian and a retired teacher with 30 years of service in Warren County. Funeral, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be in Warrenton at...
Novella Bell
Dec 2, 2007
WILSON - Novella Kennedy Bell, 89, died Sunday, December 2, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Forest Hills Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Wednesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is a daughter, Sylvia Bailey (Mitchell) of Wilson: grandsons, Matthew Bunn (Christy) and Jonathan "Jon" Bunn (Meredith): step-grandson, Daniel Bailey (Jennifer): a step...
Edna Hare
Dec 2, 2007
WILSON - Edna Mae West Hare, 85, formerly of Goldsboro (Belfast), died December 2, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, Pikeville Cemetery. Surviving is a daughter, Vicky Stewart (Bill) of Wilson: sons, Donnie Hare (Angie) of Wilson and Quinton "Jay" Hare (Pett) of Raleigh: six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: sister, Evelyn Godwin (William) of Goldsboro: numerous nieces and nephews....
Marvin Woodard
Dec 1, 2007
WILSON - Marvin L. Woodard, 82, died December 1, 2007. He was a native of Wilson County, military veteran and retired language teacher in Halifax County Schools. He recently located from Roanoke Rapids to Wilson to be closer to his family. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, First FWB Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving are sisters, Larue Craft and...
Archie Ellis
Nov 27, 2007
WILSON - Archie Kavanaugh Ellis, 87, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Mr. Ellis was born July 10, 1920 in Wilson County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ellis and a brother, Herbert Ellis, Jr.. Mr. Ellis, a successful farmer and developer, loved his family, his farm, and his church. He served his...
Mamie Mooring
Nov 20, 2007
Stantonsburg - Mamie Holloman Mooring, 84, died November 20, 2007. She was the preceded in death by her husband, Elgin C. Mooring, and parents, James and Betsy Holloman. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2615 Tilghman Rd, Wilson, with visiting one hour prior to the funeral. Burial, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving is...
Betsy Forbes
Nov 7, 2007
WILSON - Martha Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunter Forbes was born July 26, 1939, in Wilson to Mrs. William C. Hunter and the late Dr. Hunter. She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Jane Hunter and brother, Theodore C. "Ted" Hunter. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section A. The family will receive friends following the service. She...
Mildred Beamon
Oct 31, 2007
WILSON - Mildred Howard Beamon, 80, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are daughters, Susan Votra and Debbie Strickland, both of Wilson: son, Doug Beamon (Vera) of Wilson: four grandchildren: a great-grandchild: three step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by...
Anne Glover
Oct 26, 2007
WILSON - Anne Morris Glover, 83, died Friday, October 26, 2007. Affectionately known to all as "Granny Anne", she was born July 28, 1924, to the late George Hervey and Margaret Mitchell Morris of LaGrange. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, in 1968. She graduated from East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) and taught for...
Lena Pridgen
Oct 26, 2007
FREMONT - Lena Lucas Pridgen, 79, widow of William Donnie Pridgen, died Friday, October 26, 2007 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 pm, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, N, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including David Reason, Jr. of Fremont. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Turner Burnette
Oct 25, 2007
WILSON - Turner A. Burnette, 82, died Thursday, October 25, 2007. He had been in the trucking business and was preceded in death by a son, T. Ashby Burnett, Jr. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is his wife, Joyce Phelps Burnette: sons, Brian Burnette of the home and Aubrey Burnette of Richmond, VA: daughter-in-law, Adrienne...
Warren Tait
Oct 23, 2007
WILSON - Warren R. Tait, 86, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007. He was born in Wisconsin, attended public schools and graduated from Wisconsin State College. He went on to earn his masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and did further work in physics at Dartmouth, Ohio University and Cornell College. During World War II, he was a meteorologist in...
Thelma Wheeler
Oct 16, 2007
Thelma Virginia Pridgen Wheeler, Mimi, 94, passed into Heaven on Tuesday. She was dearly loved by her family and friends all of her life. She lived her life fully and independently until her last three years. Her unique and loving spirit will be greatly missed and remain in our hearts always. She was predeceased by her husband and...
