Ernest Hackney
Nov 14, 2012
WILSON - Ernest Deans "Bo" Hackney, 89, of Wilson, died Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section A. Bo, a native of Wilson County, was born November 1, 1923, to John N. Hackney, Sr. and Mary Hunter Deans Hackney. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jean Strickland Hackney, in 2004. A...

Ann West
Nov 12, 2012
EUREKA - Ann Holland West, 94, died peacefully in her sleep after a prolonged illness on Monday, November 12, 2012. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was preceded in death by her husband Frederick E. West on November 4, 2012 and son, Joseph H. Bass and numerous brothers and sisters. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM,...
Dotsie Lancaster
Nov 12, 2012
Stantonsburg - Dotsie Coley Lancaster, 84, of the Watery Branch Community, died Monday, November 12, 2012, at home. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Watery Branch FWB Church. Burial, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, R.B. Lancaster, Jr.; sons, Ronald Lancaster (Jane), Richard Lancaster (Linda) and Glenn Lancaster (Samone) all of the Watery Branch Community; grandchildren, Julia, Shelly, Sarah, Derek,...

Cecile Smith
Nov 10, 2012
WILSON - Cecile Johnson Smith, 84, died Saturday, November 10, 2012. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by visiting. Burial, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was the widow of Robert A. Smith who died in 2003. Surviving is her daughter, Pat Reeves and her friend, Wesley Turnage of Wilson; sons,...

Betty Doughty
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - Betty Lou Doughty, 87, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 3 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park Surviving is her son, Don Strine; caregivers, Kischea Dixon (John and their daughter, Myia), Sheena Pate, Eddie Harris; special friends, Susan Mercer and Susie Batts; daughter, Nancy Pritchett, grandson, Coy Pritchett (Jessica), great-grasnddaughter, Myra Prickett; dear friends, Judy Wells and...

James Swank
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - James Dennis "Jim" Swank, 69, of Wilson, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Jim was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend who departed this earth unexpectedly. You will be in our hearts and minds forever. Jim was retired from TRW in Greenville with 30 years of service. Memorial service, Tuesday, 7 PM, Forest...

Inez Rose
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - Inez Sullivan Rose, 79, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, Tuesday, 11:00 AM. She was the widow of Elmer Rose who died in April, 2009, after 51 years of marriage. Surviving is...
Joe Ellis
Nov 6, 2012
WILSON - Joseph "Joe" R. Ellis, 77, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, St Timothy's Episcopal Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Joe was retired from the US Post Office. He was very active in his church and many will remember him as Chief Usher for funerals and other church events. Surviving is his wife, Peggy Pappas...
Hunter McManus
Nov 5, 2012
WILSON - Hunter Michael McManus, 19, died Monday, November 5, 2012. A Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr N, followed by visitation. He is survived by his mother, Tedi Ebbert McManus of Wilson; father, Michael J. McManus of Wilson; sister, Tessa McManus of Wilson; maternal grandmother, Lois Ebbert of...

Frederick West
Nov 4, 2012
EUREKA - Frederick E. West, 82, died Sunday, November 4, 2012. Fred was a retired communications specialist in the US Navy. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson, followed by visitation. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. He is survived by his wife, Ann Holland West; daughter, Linda Langley and husband, David,...

Jim Mumford
Nov 3, 2012
WILSON - Jim M. "Speed" Mumford, 84, died Saturday, November 3, 2012. Speed worked with Imperial Tobacco Company for more than 32 years and then Planters Bank, Rocky Mount, until retirement. Funeral, Tuesday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife of 58 years, Christine "Chris" Mobley Mumford; son, J. M. "Jay" Mumford, III,...

Kathryn Barnhill
Nov 2, 2012
WILSON - Kathryn Webb Barnhill, 68, died Friday, November 2, 2012. She was a graduate of Fike High School and Atlantic Christian College and was a retired teacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Henry Webb and Nannie Vick Webb; her sister, Vicki Webb Ellis and her brother and sister-in-law, Joe Webb, Jr. and Clyda...

Patricia Butts
Nov 2, 2012
STANTONSBURG - Patricia Thomas Butts, 54, died Friday, November 2, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 2 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her mother, Peggy Batts Thomas; father and step-mother, Elijah "John" and Doris Thomas; brother, Tommy Thomas (Faye); sisters, Melinda Boykin (Charlie), Cathy Erdman (Jack) and Hope Thomas; step-sister, Charlene Joyner. She was preceded in death by...

Tommy Crumpler
Nov 1, 2012
LUCAMA - Horace "Tommy" R. Crumpler, 83, died Thursday, November 1, 2012. He was a retired driver for Southern States Supply. His wife, Mildred Hayes Crumpler, died in 2006. Preceding him also were sons, Roy, Tommy and Johnny Crumpler. Funeral, Saturday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing....
Katherine Boyette
Oct 28, 2012
WILSON - Katherine Kenny Boyette, 78, died Sunday, October 28, 2012. Funeral, 2 PM, Wednesday, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Contentnea Primitive Baptist Church, Highway 42, West. Mrs. Boyette attended Gardners School in Wilson County and was a member of Milbournie FWB Church. She retired in 1994 after 34 years...

Betty Braswell
Oct 19, 2012
BAILEY - Betty Murray Braswell, 72, of the Southern Nash School community, died Friday. Funeral, Monday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson. Burial, Bailey Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ivan Donald and Vera Rhodes Murray; sisters, Alice Boykin, Hazel Mullen, Reba Stansbury and Gladys Carpenter; brothers, I.D. and W.A. Murray....
Arthur Ferguson, Sr
Oct 19, 2012
WILSON - Arthur Earl Ferguson, Sr., 88, died Friday, October 19, 2012. Funeral, Wednesday, October 24, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Arthur was a native of New York and served in the Army during World War II with the 78th Armored Infantry Battalion in Europe. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze...
David Creech
Oct 18, 2012
Norman David Creech, 70, of Wilson passed away peacefully at Wilson Medical Center, Thursday, October 18, 2012. A celebration of life will be held at the home of David and Leigh Wilhelm, 1302 Lakeside Dr, Wilson, Saturday, October 20, 3 to 5 PM. David was born in Selma, April 12, 1942, son of the late William Henry and...
Hubert Walston
Oct 16, 2012
WILSON - Hubert Cozart Walston, 91, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Funeral Thursday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Hubert was born to Hyman and Ruth Walston on March 18, 1921 in Wilson, where he spent the majority of his life. He graduated from Darlington in Rome, Georgia. He attended University of North Carolina -...
Tommy Perry
Oct 11, 2012
WILSON - John Thomas "Tommy" Perry, Jr, 51, died Thursday, October 11, 2012. Funeral, 2 PM, Sunday, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Snow Hill Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his father, John T. Perry, Sr., in 2004. Surviving is his mother, Patsy Tripp Perry; sister, JoAnna Haakinson (Greg) of Raleigh; brother, Brian Perry (Wanda) of Wilson; niece,...
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Ernest Hackney
Nov 14, 2012
WILSON - Ernest Deans "Bo" Hackney, 89, of Wilson, died Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section A. Bo, a native of Wilson County, was born November 1, 1923, to John N. Hackney, Sr. and Mary Hunter Deans Hackney. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jean Strickland Hackney, in 2004. A...

Ann West
Nov 12, 2012
EUREKA - Ann Holland West, 94, died peacefully in her sleep after a prolonged illness on Monday, November 12, 2012. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was preceded in death by her husband Frederick E. West on November 4, 2012 and son, Joseph H. Bass and numerous brothers and sisters. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM,...
Dotsie Lancaster
Nov 12, 2012
Stantonsburg - Dotsie Coley Lancaster, 84, of the Watery Branch Community, died Monday, November 12, 2012, at home. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Watery Branch FWB Church. Burial, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, R.B. Lancaster, Jr.; sons, Ronald Lancaster (Jane), Richard Lancaster (Linda) and Glenn Lancaster (Samone) all of the Watery Branch Community; grandchildren, Julia, Shelly, Sarah, Derek,...

Cecile Smith
Nov 10, 2012
WILSON - Cecile Johnson Smith, 84, died Saturday, November 10, 2012. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by visiting. Burial, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was the widow of Robert A. Smith who died in 2003. Surviving is her daughter, Pat Reeves and her friend, Wesley Turnage of Wilson; sons,...

Betty Doughty
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - Betty Lou Doughty, 87, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 3 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park Surviving is her son, Don Strine; caregivers, Kischea Dixon (John and their daughter, Myia), Sheena Pate, Eddie Harris; special friends, Susan Mercer and Susie Batts; daughter, Nancy Pritchett, grandson, Coy Pritchett (Jessica), great-grasnddaughter, Myra Prickett; dear friends, Judy Wells and...

James Swank
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - James Dennis "Jim" Swank, 69, of Wilson, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Jim was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend who departed this earth unexpectedly. You will be in our hearts and minds forever. Jim was retired from TRW in Greenville with 30 years of service. Memorial service, Tuesday, 7 PM, Forest...

Inez Rose
Nov 9, 2012
WILSON - Inez Sullivan Rose, 79, died Friday, November 9, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, Tuesday, 11:00 AM. She was the widow of Elmer Rose who died in April, 2009, after 51 years of marriage. Surviving is...
Joe Ellis
Nov 6, 2012
WILSON - Joseph "Joe" R. Ellis, 77, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, St Timothy's Episcopal Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Joe was retired from the US Post Office. He was very active in his church and many will remember him as Chief Usher for funerals and other church events. Surviving is his wife, Peggy Pappas...
Hunter McManus
Nov 5, 2012
WILSON - Hunter Michael McManus, 19, died Monday, November 5, 2012. A Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr N, followed by visitation. He is survived by his mother, Tedi Ebbert McManus of Wilson; father, Michael J. McManus of Wilson; sister, Tessa McManus of Wilson; maternal grandmother, Lois Ebbert of...

Frederick West
Nov 4, 2012
EUREKA - Frederick E. West, 82, died Sunday, November 4, 2012. Fred was a retired communications specialist in the US Navy. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson, followed by visitation. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. He is survived by his wife, Ann Holland West; daughter, Linda Langley and husband, David,...

Jim Mumford
Nov 3, 2012
WILSON - Jim M. "Speed" Mumford, 84, died Saturday, November 3, 2012. Speed worked with Imperial Tobacco Company for more than 32 years and then Planters Bank, Rocky Mount, until retirement. Funeral, Tuesday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife of 58 years, Christine "Chris" Mobley Mumford; son, J. M. "Jay" Mumford, III,...

Kathryn Barnhill
Nov 2, 2012
WILSON - Kathryn Webb Barnhill, 68, died Friday, November 2, 2012. She was a graduate of Fike High School and Atlantic Christian College and was a retired teacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Henry Webb and Nannie Vick Webb; her sister, Vicki Webb Ellis and her brother and sister-in-law, Joe Webb, Jr. and Clyda...

Patricia Butts
Nov 2, 2012
STANTONSBURG - Patricia Thomas Butts, 54, died Friday, November 2, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 2 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her mother, Peggy Batts Thomas; father and step-mother, Elijah "John" and Doris Thomas; brother, Tommy Thomas (Faye); sisters, Melinda Boykin (Charlie), Cathy Erdman (Jack) and Hope Thomas; step-sister, Charlene Joyner. She was preceded in death by...

Tommy Crumpler
Nov 1, 2012
LUCAMA - Horace "Tommy" R. Crumpler, 83, died Thursday, November 1, 2012. He was a retired driver for Southern States Supply. His wife, Mildred Hayes Crumpler, died in 2006. Preceding him also were sons, Roy, Tommy and Johnny Crumpler. Funeral, Saturday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing....
Katherine Boyette
Oct 28, 2012
WILSON - Katherine Kenny Boyette, 78, died Sunday, October 28, 2012. Funeral, 2 PM, Wednesday, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Contentnea Primitive Baptist Church, Highway 42, West. Mrs. Boyette attended Gardners School in Wilson County and was a member of Milbournie FWB Church. She retired in 1994 after 34 years...

Betty Braswell
Oct 19, 2012
BAILEY - Betty Murray Braswell, 72, of the Southern Nash School community, died Friday. Funeral, Monday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson. Burial, Bailey Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ivan Donald and Vera Rhodes Murray; sisters, Alice Boykin, Hazel Mullen, Reba Stansbury and Gladys Carpenter; brothers, I.D. and W.A. Murray....
Arthur Ferguson, Sr
Oct 19, 2012
WILSON - Arthur Earl Ferguson, Sr., 88, died Friday, October 19, 2012. Funeral, Wednesday, October 24, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Arthur was a native of New York and served in the Army during World War II with the 78th Armored Infantry Battalion in Europe. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze...
David Creech
Oct 18, 2012
Norman David Creech, 70, of Wilson passed away peacefully at Wilson Medical Center, Thursday, October 18, 2012. A celebration of life will be held at the home of David and Leigh Wilhelm, 1302 Lakeside Dr, Wilson, Saturday, October 20, 3 to 5 PM. David was born in Selma, April 12, 1942, son of the late William Henry and...
Hubert Walston
Oct 16, 2012
WILSON - Hubert Cozart Walston, 91, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Funeral Thursday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Hubert was born to Hyman and Ruth Walston on March 18, 1921 in Wilson, where he spent the majority of his life. He graduated from Darlington in Rome, Georgia. He attended University of North Carolina -...
Tommy Perry
Oct 11, 2012
WILSON - John Thomas "Tommy" Perry, Jr, 51, died Thursday, October 11, 2012. Funeral, 2 PM, Sunday, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Snow Hill Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his father, John T. Perry, Sr., in 2004. Surviving is his mother, Patsy Tripp Perry; sister, JoAnna Haakinson (Greg) of Raleigh; brother, Brian Perry (Wanda) of Wilson; niece,...