All Obituaries

Philip A. Mahoney, 81, died Friday, March 15, 2019. Funeral, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Forest Hills Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing.  Interment, Wednesday, 10:30 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. After spending most of his early years in Tennessee, Phil relocated his wife and two daughters to Wilson in 1968.  He invested 35 years combined at Central Soya and Perdue Farms before starting his own business, Phil's Home Improvement.  At 81, he had never retired...

Elm City – Rev. Ronald T. Hunt, 71, died Friday, March 15, 2019. Funeral, Sunday, March 17, 4:00 PM, at Farmington Heights Church, Wilson.  The visitation will be at the church one hour before the funeral. Surviving is his wife, Ruth Bateman Hunt; daughters, Michelle Jackson (Ron) of Rocky Mount and Renee Tucker (Michael) of Huntersville; sons, Ron Hunt (Nicole) of Wilson and Jason Hunt (Michele) of Raleigh; grandchildren, Taylor Stone (Jordan), Sydney Jackson, Jordan Paschal...

Lee Socrates Gliarmis, 91, of Wilson, died Thursday, March 14. The funeral will be held Saturday at 4:00 pm at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 202 Goldsboro Street E, Wilson.  A visitation and celebration of Lee’s life will be held following the service at The Elks Club, 2814 Fieldstream Dr. N, Wilson.  Lee was born in Wilson, to the late Socrates and Hariklia Gliarmis and was blessed to have two church homes, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Wilson and Holy...

Mrs. Lola Valerie Bond Simpson, 93, of Wilson, died peacefully on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2019, surrounded by loving family members. VISITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED due to flu in the family. A graveside service will take place in Kentucky at a later date. The beloved wife to the late Grover Edwin Simpson, she was also predeceased by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bond, as well as her two brothers, Laurence Bond and Kevin Bond, all of Sydney, Australia. Mrs. Simpson was born and...

Sims - Ben Raymond Strother, 82, of the Rock Ridge Community, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Marsh Swamp Free Will Baptist Church.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  The visitation will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Monday, 6:00-7:30 PM. Mr. Strother retired from Wilson County Farm Bureau Insurance, after serving 37 years as agency manager and was active in the Gideons. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Casey Strother; daughter, Beth...

EUREKA - Virginia Dawson Chase, 88, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. Funeral, Sunday, March 10th at 3:00 PM, Eureka United Methodist Church.  Interment will be in the Eureka Cemetery.  The visitation will be at the church Saturday, March 9th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Mrs. Chase was preceded in death by her husband, Rom E. Chase; parents, William Phillip Dawson and Maude Yelverton Dawson and sisters, Helen White and Grace Braxton and brother, Ray Dawson.  She is survived by her...

Donna H. Byron, 62, of Elm City, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Visitation, Sunday, March 10, 2019 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Wilson Memorial Service. She was born in Durham County on November 27, 1956 to E.L. Joyner and Shelby Harris. She is survived by her daughter Kimberly J. Byron-Barnes and son-in law, Jeffrey W. Barnes of Elm City, along with two fur babies, Mimi and Bella; her former husband, Kenneth G. Byron of New Bern; brothers, Richard E. Byrd and Norman F. Byrd; aunt,...

Barbara Benfer Bergland, 88, of Wilson, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Funeral, Saturday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church.  The visitation will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Friday, 5:30 - 7:00 PM. She was born in Brown County, KS on December 5, 1930 to the late Arthur Albert and Vera Elizabeth Hegenderfer Benfer.  She was also preceded in death by brother, Harold Benfer. Mrs. Bergland married John Kenneth Bergland on August 23, 1950 in Robinson, KS and she was a retired...

Peggy Elizabeth Newton, 74, of Pittsboro, retired accountant, died Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Funeral, Friday, 3:00 PM, Pittsboro Baptist Church, 121 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro. Interment, Saturday, 3:00 PM, Aycock Family Cemetery, 360 Aycock Rd., Walstonburg. She is survived by sons, Michael Grey of Los Angeles, CA, Brien Grey of Chicago, IL; grandson, Christopher Grey of Charlotte; sister, June N. Thompson of Apex. Memorials are suggested to Pittsboro Baptist Church, 121 W. Salisbury...

George Harris Brooks III died peacefully after a period of declining health in Clare Bridge at Brookdale Carriage Club in Charlotte, on March 4, 2019 at the age of 88. Funeral, Monday, March 18, 11:00 AM at First United Methodist Church in Wilson, with visitation following.  All are welcome to attend and celebrate George's life. George is survived by his loving wife Jeanette of 66 years; children, Pamela Kelley (Darryl) of Easley, SC, Richard (Julia) of Apex and Jonathan...