Faye Hawley
Feb 12, 2015
WILSON - Faye Windham Hawley, 67, died Thursday, February 12, 2015. Faye crossed the rainbow bridge where Ruffles, Gizmo and Zoe all with tails wagging were waiting for her. Hopefully that bridge ends at the beach, because they all loved it so much. We imagine her Dad, Mom, Smokey and Eloise were waiting too! A celebration of life...

Mae Shackelford
Feb 12, 2015
WILSON - Mae Sharpe Griffin Shackelford, 90, died Thursday, February 12, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Fred R. Shackelford and parents, Henry Russell and Roberta Tyson Griffin. She was retired from the City of Wilson. She is survived by her son,...

Marie Bailey
Feb 10, 2015
STANTONSBURG - Marie Lane Edwards Bailey, 75, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Marie was preceded in death by her husbands, Roland Edwards in 1992 and James Bailey in 2007 and brother, Harry Lane. She is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Price (William) of Wilson, Sheila...
Emilie English
Feb 8, 2015
WILSON - Emma Lee "Emilie" Crawford Gardner English, 92, died Sunday, February 8, 2015. Funeral will be Thursday, February 12, at 11:00 AM at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Wilson, followed by visitation at the church. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Ms. English was born August 24, 1922 in Wilson County to Robert Lee Crawford and Nannie Barnes...

Carolyn McKeel
Feb 2, 2015
Carolyn Taylor McKeel, 93, of Wilson, died Monday, February 2, 2015. Funeral, Thursday, 1 PM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur McKeel who died in 2009 and parents, Charles Aubrey and Ruth Russell Taylor. She is survived by her son, Aubrey Taylor (Sandy) of Kenly;...
Axie Eason
Feb 2, 2015
WILSON -Axie Galloway Eason, 94, of Wilson, died Monday, February 2, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Walstonburg Cemetery. Mrs. Eason was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Smith Eason who died in 1999 and parents, Samuel Luther and Ida Victoria Windham Galloway and brothers, Paul, Clifton and Irvin Galloway and...
Georgia Martin
Feb 1, 2015
Georgia Pearson Martin, 93, of Wilson, died at home Sunday, February 1, 2015. A gathering to celebrate her life will be on Thursday, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the home, Wednesday, 5 - 7 PM. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Earl Martin; parents, Wade...

Martha Davis
Feb 1, 2015
Martha Clyde Davis, 86, of Wilson, died Sunday, February 1, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Davis Family Cemetery, Kenly. Martha Clyde was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Martha McDonald Davis; sister, Sadie Barnes and brother, Guy Davis. She is survived by her brother, John Ed Davis of Wilson;...
Effie Lamm
Jan 28, 2015
WILSON - Effie Stanley Lamm, 88, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Forest Hills Baptist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. The visitation will be at the church Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM. Effie worked at Happy Valley Country Club as a secretary and bookkeeper for 34 years. She is survived by her husband of 68 years,...

Margaret Watson
Jan 25, 2015
WILSON - Margaret Corbitt Watson, 68, died Sunday, January 25, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM at Watson-Evans Cemetery on Scott Church Rd, Lucama. The visitation will be Tuesday, 6 - 8 PM, at Wilson Memorial Service. She is survived by her husband, Billy S. Watson; sons, Ricky J. Hedgepeth of Zebulon, Kevin S. Watson (Kathy) of Zebulon, Ben...

Billie Broome
Jan 23, 2015
WILSON - Lobelia "Billie" Tyson Broome, 86, died Friday, January 23, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Wilson Broome, in September 2013. Mrs. Broome is survived by her sons, Philip W. Broome and David T. Broome both of Washington; sister, Adeline...
Joseph McKeel
Jan 18, 2015
SARATOGA - Joseph C. McKeel, 93, died Sunday, January 18, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Good News Church Cemetery, 7000 Holdens Cross Rd, Stantonsburg. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his sister, Hattie Bishop of Wilson and brother, Ashley E. McKeel of Saratoga and several...

Roy Thompson
Jan 14, 2015
WILSON - Roy H. Thompson, 83, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 2:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Samaritan's Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000.
Ruth Campbell
Jan 14, 2015
FREMONT - Ruth Underwood Campbell, 98, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Black Creek United Methodist Church. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. The family will be at home, Friday, 4-6 PM. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy A. Campbell in 1974; son, John Michael Campbell; great-grandson, Jacob Allen Floars and parents, Ivey and...

Shirley Collier
Jan 12, 2015
LUCAMA - Shirley Allen Collier, 79, died Monday, January 12, 2015. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Collier Family Cemetery, Kenly. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Dida Barnes Allen and daughters, Connie Lucas and Norma Jean Moore. Surviving is her son, Tony...

Irene Page
Jan 10, 2015
BATH - Irene Page of Bath and previously of Wilson went to join her savior on January 10, 2015, at her much-loved home on the Pamlico River. Irene was a loving and dedicated wife, sister, mother, and grandmother whose loss will be deeply felt by her family, many friends, and neighbors. She was born on July 9, 1923,...

Frank Goodrich
Jan 10, 2015
WILSON - Frank H. Goodrich, 69, died Saturday, January 10, 2015. Funeral and burial will be in New York State at a later date. Surviving is his wife, Linda T. Goodrich; daughter, Robbin Fredenburg (Paul) of Conklin, NY; four grandchildren; brother, Bill Goodrich (Phyllis) of Brookdale, PA; step-daughters, Brenda Raub of Lebanon, PA, and Megan Bennett (Andy) of...

Jimmie Dew
Jan 10, 2015
BAILEY - Jimmie H. Dew, 76, of the White Oak Church community, died Saturday, January 10, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, White Oak Hill FWB Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Dew Family Cemetery. Surviving is the mother of his children, Jeanette Eatman Dew; daughters, Lori Tyler of Wilson and Audrey Mitchell of Princeton;...

Thomas White
Jan 5, 2015
PINETOPS - Thomas Raymond White, 78, died, Monday, January 5, 2015. Funeral, Friday, 6 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Thomas was preceded in death by his daughter Cathy White; parents, Thomas and Ruth Jones White; sister, Judy Pierce and brother, Charles H. White, Sr. He is survived by his daughters, Donna Manning (Larry) of Wilson, Tammy...

Edna Williams
Jan 5, 2015
BLACK CREEK - Edna Haislip Williams, 74, died Monday, January 5, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be Thursday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was a daughter of the late Lorie and Virginia Martin Haislip and preceded in death by son-in-law, Mike...
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Faye Hawley
Feb 12, 2015
WILSON - Faye Windham Hawley, 67, died Thursday, February 12, 2015. Faye crossed the rainbow bridge where Ruffles, Gizmo and Zoe all with tails wagging were waiting for her. Hopefully that bridge ends at the beach, because they all loved it so much. We imagine her Dad, Mom, Smokey and Eloise were waiting too! A celebration of life...

Mae Shackelford
Feb 12, 2015
WILSON - Mae Sharpe Griffin Shackelford, 90, died Thursday, February 12, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Fred R. Shackelford and parents, Henry Russell and Roberta Tyson Griffin. She was retired from the City of Wilson. She is survived by her son,...

Marie Bailey
Feb 10, 2015
STANTONSBURG - Marie Lane Edwards Bailey, 75, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Marie was preceded in death by her husbands, Roland Edwards in 1992 and James Bailey in 2007 and brother, Harry Lane. She is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Price (William) of Wilson, Sheila...
Emilie English
Feb 8, 2015
WILSON - Emma Lee "Emilie" Crawford Gardner English, 92, died Sunday, February 8, 2015. Funeral will be Thursday, February 12, at 11:00 AM at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Wilson, followed by visitation at the church. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Ms. English was born August 24, 1922 in Wilson County to Robert Lee Crawford and Nannie Barnes...

Carolyn McKeel
Feb 2, 2015
Carolyn Taylor McKeel, 93, of Wilson, died Monday, February 2, 2015. Funeral, Thursday, 1 PM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur McKeel who died in 2009 and parents, Charles Aubrey and Ruth Russell Taylor. She is survived by her son, Aubrey Taylor (Sandy) of Kenly;...
Axie Eason
Feb 2, 2015
WILSON -Axie Galloway Eason, 94, of Wilson, died Monday, February 2, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Walstonburg Cemetery. Mrs. Eason was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Smith Eason who died in 1999 and parents, Samuel Luther and Ida Victoria Windham Galloway and brothers, Paul, Clifton and Irvin Galloway and...
Georgia Martin
Feb 1, 2015
Georgia Pearson Martin, 93, of Wilson, died at home Sunday, February 1, 2015. A gathering to celebrate her life will be on Thursday, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the home, Wednesday, 5 - 7 PM. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Earl Martin; parents, Wade...

Martha Davis
Feb 1, 2015
Martha Clyde Davis, 86, of Wilson, died Sunday, February 1, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Davis Family Cemetery, Kenly. Martha Clyde was preceded in death by her parents, Ed and Martha McDonald Davis; sister, Sadie Barnes and brother, Guy Davis. She is survived by her brother, John Ed Davis of Wilson;...
Effie Lamm
Jan 28, 2015
WILSON - Effie Stanley Lamm, 88, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Forest Hills Baptist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. The visitation will be at the church Saturday, 12:30 - 2 PM. Effie worked at Happy Valley Country Club as a secretary and bookkeeper for 34 years. She is survived by her husband of 68 years,...

Margaret Watson
Jan 25, 2015
WILSON - Margaret Corbitt Watson, 68, died Sunday, January 25, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM at Watson-Evans Cemetery on Scott Church Rd, Lucama. The visitation will be Tuesday, 6 - 8 PM, at Wilson Memorial Service. She is survived by her husband, Billy S. Watson; sons, Ricky J. Hedgepeth of Zebulon, Kevin S. Watson (Kathy) of Zebulon, Ben...

Billie Broome
Jan 23, 2015
WILSON - Lobelia "Billie" Tyson Broome, 86, died Friday, January 23, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Wilson Broome, in September 2013. Mrs. Broome is survived by her sons, Philip W. Broome and David T. Broome both of Washington; sister, Adeline...
Joseph McKeel
Jan 18, 2015
SARATOGA - Joseph C. McKeel, 93, died Sunday, January 18, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, Good News Church Cemetery, 7000 Holdens Cross Rd, Stantonsburg. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his sister, Hattie Bishop of Wilson and brother, Ashley E. McKeel of Saratoga and several...

Roy Thompson
Jan 14, 2015
WILSON - Roy H. Thompson, 83, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 2:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Samaritan's Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000.
Ruth Campbell
Jan 14, 2015
FREMONT - Ruth Underwood Campbell, 98, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Black Creek United Methodist Church. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. The family will be at home, Friday, 4-6 PM. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy A. Campbell in 1974; son, John Michael Campbell; great-grandson, Jacob Allen Floars and parents, Ivey and...

Shirley Collier
Jan 12, 2015
LUCAMA - Shirley Allen Collier, 79, died Monday, January 12, 2015. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Collier Family Cemetery, Kenly. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Dida Barnes Allen and daughters, Connie Lucas and Norma Jean Moore. Surviving is her son, Tony...

Irene Page
Jan 10, 2015
BATH - Irene Page of Bath and previously of Wilson went to join her savior on January 10, 2015, at her much-loved home on the Pamlico River. Irene was a loving and dedicated wife, sister, mother, and grandmother whose loss will be deeply felt by her family, many friends, and neighbors. She was born on July 9, 1923,...

Frank Goodrich
Jan 10, 2015
WILSON - Frank H. Goodrich, 69, died Saturday, January 10, 2015. Funeral and burial will be in New York State at a later date. Surviving is his wife, Linda T. Goodrich; daughter, Robbin Fredenburg (Paul) of Conklin, NY; four grandchildren; brother, Bill Goodrich (Phyllis) of Brookdale, PA; step-daughters, Brenda Raub of Lebanon, PA, and Megan Bennett (Andy) of...

Jimmie Dew
Jan 10, 2015
BAILEY - Jimmie H. Dew, 76, of the White Oak Church community, died Saturday, January 10, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, White Oak Hill FWB Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Dew Family Cemetery. Surviving is the mother of his children, Jeanette Eatman Dew; daughters, Lori Tyler of Wilson and Audrey Mitchell of Princeton;...

Thomas White
Jan 5, 2015
PINETOPS - Thomas Raymond White, 78, died, Monday, January 5, 2015. Funeral, Friday, 6 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Thomas was preceded in death by his daughter Cathy White; parents, Thomas and Ruth Jones White; sister, Judy Pierce and brother, Charles H. White, Sr. He is survived by his daughters, Donna Manning (Larry) of Wilson, Tammy...

Edna Williams
Jan 5, 2015
BLACK CREEK - Edna Haislip Williams, 74, died Monday, January 5, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be Thursday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was a daughter of the late Lorie and Virginia Martin Haislip and preceded in death by son-in-law, Mike...