Wayne Broome
Sep 5, 2013
WILSON - Wayne Wilson Broome, 85, died Thursday, September 5, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. He was a native of Union County and a son of the late Brady Wilson and Ruth McRorie Broome. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Broome. Surviving is his wife, Lobelia "Billie" Tyson...
Charles Fields
Aug 29, 2013
ELM CITY - North Carolina Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Retd (E-9) Charles A. Fields, 73, of the Gardners School community, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. He served 34 years in the Guard and retired as service manager for Cox Dodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Lloyd and Pearl Carlisle Fields, sister, Janice...
Joyce Lamm
Aug 29, 2013
WILSON - Joyce Bass Lamm, 83, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 31, 2013, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Ms. Lamm is survived by her husband, Harold J. Lamm Sr.; sons, Jennings Lamm and wife, Jaye, of Wilson, Alan Lamm of Bailey, Donnie Lamm and wife, Donna, of Clinton and Ronnie Lamm of...
Susan Black
Aug 23, 2013
Susan Hackney Black, 67, of Wilson, died Friday, August 23, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 3:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Joseph "Michael" Black; daughters, Susan B. Strauch of Wilson and Elizabeth Horne (Jim) of Elm City; son, Michael Black, Jr., (Dottie) of Southern Pines; grandchildren, Holden, Jay, Liza, Anna Grace and Trey; mother,...
Billy Sasser
Aug 21, 2013
PIKEVILLE - Billy Eugene Sasser, 78, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Sunday 3:30 PM, Wayne Memorial Park. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annette Toler Sasser and was a Navy veteran. Surviving is his daughter, Vicki...
Anne Lee
Aug 20, 2013
RALEIGH - Anne Roberts Lee, noted educator who developed and implemented Wake County's character education program, passed away August 20, 2013, after a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare degenerative neurological disease. Anne was born in Logan, West Virginia, to the late O.B. and Edith Roberts, and grew up in Wilson, North Carolina. She received her...
Foster Rodgers
Aug 20, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Foster Gray Rodgers, 91, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Friday, 2 PM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Foster was a Navy veteran of World War II and retired Stantonsburg Postmaster. Surviving is his wife, Evelyn Pike Rodgers; son, Larry Rodgers (Terry) of Stantonsburg; grandson, Zachary Rodgers; granddaughters, Amelia,...
Mary Rakow
Aug 19, 2013
WILSON - Mary Lou Bailey Rakow, 76, died August 19, 2013. The memorial service will be held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (where Mary Lou sang in the choir for over forty years) on Friday at 11:00 AM, followed by inurnment in the church columbarium. The family will receive friends at the church following the inurnment. She was...
Suzanne Patterson
Aug 17, 2013
Suzanne Patterson, 51, of Stantonsburg, died Saturday, August 17, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Stantonsburg Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is her mother, Barbara Tidwell Patterson; brother, Joel Patterson (Ashley) of Wilson, aunts and uncles, Joe and Margaret Patterson and Joe and Sandy Poole. She was preceded in death by her father,...
Chris Wilson
Aug 16, 2013
WILSON - Christine "Chris" Rucker Wilson, 87, of Bradford Place, died Friday, August 16, 2013. Funeral, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Tuesday, 2:00 PM. After the interment, the family will be at the home of Will and Tina Rucker in Shelby. She was born on February 20, 1926, in Rutherford County to the late William Ralph and Lillian Pearl Glascoe...
Mary Weaver
Aug 16, 2013
Mary Susanne Weaver, known to all as "Susanne", 58, was born July 29, 1955. She died Friday, August 16, 2013. Her funeral will be Monday, 2:00 PM, Weaver Family Cemetery, 4603 Jo Weaver Road, Wilson, conducted by Rev. Roy Porter. The family will be at the home place near the cemetery one hour prior to the service. Her...
Cornelia Hinton
Aug 15, 2013
NASHVILLE - Cornelia Frances Hinton, 93, of the Momeyer Community, died, Thursday, August 15, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 17, 11 AM, Forest Hills Cemetery. She was a retired bookkeeper for Wood Motor Service and Hinton Brothers Builders. "Aunt Frances" was a very special friend and motherly figure to her nieces and nephews. She loved gardening, baking and reading...
Laura Moore
Aug 10, 2013
Laura Dell Davis Moore, 87, of Wilson, widow of Robert Lee Moore, died Saturday, August 10, 2013. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving are daughters, Linda Barbee (Jeff) of Lucama and Jane Lamm of Wilson; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sister, Sara...
Shirley Crocker
Aug 9, 2013
Shirley Horne Crocker, 77, of Wilson and widow of Jesse D. Crocker, died Friday, August 9, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, preceded by visiting at 6:00 PM. Interment, Tuesday, 9:00 AM, Black Creek Cemetery. Surviving is her daughter, Rose C. Viverette of Wilson; sister, Billie Jean Prorok of Vandergrift, PA; brother, Rev. Jesse Horne of...
Allien Mercer
Aug 8, 2013
LUCAMA - Allien Johnson Mercer, 94, died Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was widow of Millard Mercer who died in January, 1956, and daughter of the late Deams and Cora Lamm Johnson; sister to the late Clarcy Raper, Dorothy Lucas, Nona Barnes, Bessie Moore,...
Sylvia Webb
Aug 8, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Sylvia Baker Webb, 75, of the Holdens Cross Roads community, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Saturday, 10 AM, Macclesfield Cemetery. Sylvia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved farming with her husband and loved all animals, particularly her...
Lyman Laughinghouse
Aug 6, 2013
WILSON- Lyman W. Laughinghouse, 90, of Wilson, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service immediately followed by Masonic Rites. Lyman graduated from Charles L. Coon High School where he played both Junior and Varsity football and baseball. He played baseball for the Wilson Tobs (Coastal Plain League) for a short time before entering...
Bill Mercer
Aug 5, 2013
William L. Mercer, Wilson, NC William Lewis (Bill) Mercer, 85, died August 5, 2013 in Wilson, NC. Bill was the son of the late Thomas B. and Iva W. Mercer. He was preceded in death by his sister, Isadore Baker. Bill was happily married to Rachel Barbara Mattox Mercer for 63 1/2 years. He was the proud father...
Josephine Jones
Jul 26, 2013
LUCAMA - Josephine Proctor Jones, 83, died Friday, July 26, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, Monday, 10:00 AM. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gray "Red" Jones in 2003 after 57 years of marriage; parents, Alvin Anderson and Lossie...
Bryan Hooks
Jul 18, 2013
Lucama - Bryan Hooks, 82, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at home. Funeral, Friday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Saturday, 9:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park beside his wife, Waldine Hayes Hooks, who died January, 2009. Surviving is his daughter, Amanda Hooks of the home; sons, Randy Hooks (Gail), Andy...
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Wayne Broome
Sep 5, 2013
WILSON - Wayne Wilson Broome, 85, died Thursday, September 5, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. He was a native of Union County and a son of the late Brady Wilson and Ruth McRorie Broome. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Broome. Surviving is his wife, Lobelia "Billie" Tyson...
Charles Fields
Aug 29, 2013
ELM CITY - North Carolina Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Retd (E-9) Charles A. Fields, 73, of the Gardners School community, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. He served 34 years in the Guard and retired as service manager for Cox Dodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Lloyd and Pearl Carlisle Fields, sister, Janice...
Joyce Lamm
Aug 29, 2013
WILSON - Joyce Bass Lamm, 83, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 31, 2013, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Ms. Lamm is survived by her husband, Harold J. Lamm Sr.; sons, Jennings Lamm and wife, Jaye, of Wilson, Alan Lamm of Bailey, Donnie Lamm and wife, Donna, of Clinton and Ronnie Lamm of...
Susan Black
Aug 23, 2013
Susan Hackney Black, 67, of Wilson, died Friday, August 23, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 3:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Joseph "Michael" Black; daughters, Susan B. Strauch of Wilson and Elizabeth Horne (Jim) of Elm City; son, Michael Black, Jr., (Dottie) of Southern Pines; grandchildren, Holden, Jay, Liza, Anna Grace and Trey; mother,...
Billy Sasser
Aug 21, 2013
PIKEVILLE - Billy Eugene Sasser, 78, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Sunday 3:30 PM, Wayne Memorial Park. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annette Toler Sasser and was a Navy veteran. Surviving is his daughter, Vicki...
Anne Lee
Aug 20, 2013
RALEIGH - Anne Roberts Lee, noted educator who developed and implemented Wake County's character education program, passed away August 20, 2013, after a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare degenerative neurological disease. Anne was born in Logan, West Virginia, to the late O.B. and Edith Roberts, and grew up in Wilson, North Carolina. She received her...
Foster Rodgers
Aug 20, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Foster Gray Rodgers, 91, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Friday, 2 PM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Foster was a Navy veteran of World War II and retired Stantonsburg Postmaster. Surviving is his wife, Evelyn Pike Rodgers; son, Larry Rodgers (Terry) of Stantonsburg; grandson, Zachary Rodgers; granddaughters, Amelia,...
Mary Rakow
Aug 19, 2013
WILSON - Mary Lou Bailey Rakow, 76, died August 19, 2013. The memorial service will be held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (where Mary Lou sang in the choir for over forty years) on Friday at 11:00 AM, followed by inurnment in the church columbarium. The family will receive friends at the church following the inurnment. She was...
Suzanne Patterson
Aug 17, 2013
Suzanne Patterson, 51, of Stantonsburg, died Saturday, August 17, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Stantonsburg Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is her mother, Barbara Tidwell Patterson; brother, Joel Patterson (Ashley) of Wilson, aunts and uncles, Joe and Margaret Patterson and Joe and Sandy Poole. She was preceded in death by her father,...
Chris Wilson
Aug 16, 2013
WILSON - Christine "Chris" Rucker Wilson, 87, of Bradford Place, died Friday, August 16, 2013. Funeral, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Tuesday, 2:00 PM. After the interment, the family will be at the home of Will and Tina Rucker in Shelby. She was born on February 20, 1926, in Rutherford County to the late William Ralph and Lillian Pearl Glascoe...
Mary Weaver
Aug 16, 2013
Mary Susanne Weaver, known to all as "Susanne", 58, was born July 29, 1955. She died Friday, August 16, 2013. Her funeral will be Monday, 2:00 PM, Weaver Family Cemetery, 4603 Jo Weaver Road, Wilson, conducted by Rev. Roy Porter. The family will be at the home place near the cemetery one hour prior to the service. Her...
Cornelia Hinton
Aug 15, 2013
NASHVILLE - Cornelia Frances Hinton, 93, of the Momeyer Community, died, Thursday, August 15, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 17, 11 AM, Forest Hills Cemetery. She was a retired bookkeeper for Wood Motor Service and Hinton Brothers Builders. "Aunt Frances" was a very special friend and motherly figure to her nieces and nephews. She loved gardening, baking and reading...
Laura Moore
Aug 10, 2013
Laura Dell Davis Moore, 87, of Wilson, widow of Robert Lee Moore, died Saturday, August 10, 2013. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving are daughters, Linda Barbee (Jeff) of Lucama and Jane Lamm of Wilson; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sister, Sara...
Shirley Crocker
Aug 9, 2013
Shirley Horne Crocker, 77, of Wilson and widow of Jesse D. Crocker, died Friday, August 9, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, preceded by visiting at 6:00 PM. Interment, Tuesday, 9:00 AM, Black Creek Cemetery. Surviving is her daughter, Rose C. Viverette of Wilson; sister, Billie Jean Prorok of Vandergrift, PA; brother, Rev. Jesse Horne of...
Allien Mercer
Aug 8, 2013
LUCAMA - Allien Johnson Mercer, 94, died Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was widow of Millard Mercer who died in January, 1956, and daughter of the late Deams and Cora Lamm Johnson; sister to the late Clarcy Raper, Dorothy Lucas, Nona Barnes, Bessie Moore,...
Sylvia Webb
Aug 8, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Sylvia Baker Webb, 75, of the Holdens Cross Roads community, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Saturday, 10 AM, Macclesfield Cemetery. Sylvia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved farming with her husband and loved all animals, particularly her...
Lyman Laughinghouse
Aug 6, 2013
WILSON- Lyman W. Laughinghouse, 90, of Wilson, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service immediately followed by Masonic Rites. Lyman graduated from Charles L. Coon High School where he played both Junior and Varsity football and baseball. He played baseball for the Wilson Tobs (Coastal Plain League) for a short time before entering...
Bill Mercer
Aug 5, 2013
William L. Mercer, Wilson, NC William Lewis (Bill) Mercer, 85, died August 5, 2013 in Wilson, NC. Bill was the son of the late Thomas B. and Iva W. Mercer. He was preceded in death by his sister, Isadore Baker. Bill was happily married to Rachel Barbara Mattox Mercer for 63 1/2 years. He was the proud father...
Josephine Jones
Jul 26, 2013
LUCAMA - Josephine Proctor Jones, 83, died Friday, July 26, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, Monday, 10:00 AM. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gray "Red" Jones in 2003 after 57 years of marriage; parents, Alvin Anderson and Lossie...
Bryan Hooks
Jul 18, 2013
Lucama - Bryan Hooks, 82, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at home. Funeral, Friday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Saturday, 9:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park beside his wife, Waldine Hayes Hooks, who died January, 2009. Surviving is his daughter, Amanda Hooks of the home; sons, Randy Hooks (Gail), Andy...
