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,...
Elton High
Oct 9, 2012
WILSON - Elton Leroy High, 73, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, with Masonic Rites. He retired from Wilson County Schools Bus Transportation and later from Wilson Medical Center. He served in the military and a highlight of his life was riding with the Shriners...
Katharine Rogers
Oct 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE - Katharine Dempsey Rogers, 55, died peacefully Saturday, October 6, 2012. "Kit", as she was known to her family and friends, was born August 23, 1957 in Wilson, the daughter of James Carlyle Dempsey, junior and Katharine Fleming Dempsey. She graduated from Greenfield School in 1975 and attended St. Mary's Junior College. She was presented by the...
Lawrence Brett
Oct 3, 2012
WILSON - Lawrence Brett, Jr., 93, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 1 PM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery Lawrence was born to Lawrence and Mildred Roney Brett on September 5, 1919 in Wilson, where he grew up. He graduated from Charles L. Coon High School, attended Atlantic Christian (Barton) for one year, received his...
Lucy Davis
Sep 29, 2012
SIMS - Lucy (Jay) Armstrong Davis, 95, died Saturday, September 29, 2012, at home. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Marsh Swamp Church Cemetery, Rock Ridge. Jay was the widow of G. Claude Davis, retired from Wilson Medical Center and attended Sims United Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Norma Poythress (Henry) and Teresa Taylor (A.J.) of Sims; granddaughters, Sherry...
John Allen
Sep 26, 2012
WILSON - John J. Allen, 83, died Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Upper Black Creek Church Cemetery, with military honors. The family commemorates his passage into the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. John was born in the Bronx, NY, and served our country in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War as a US Marine retiring...
Joyce Sullivan
Sep 21, 2012
WILSON - Joyce Kornegay Sullivan, 82, of the Hornes Church Community, Wilson, died Friday, September 21, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, New Hope Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Tuesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Earl Sullivan, in 1988. Surviving is her son, Tommy...
Toni Stamper
Sep 20, 2012
WILSON - Florence "Toni" Sumner Stamper, 91, died Thursday, September 20, 2012. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, First United Methodist Church followed by visiting. Burial will then take place in Maplewood Cemetery. She was a daughter of Morgan Coe and Florence Phillips Sumner. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, she moved to St. Petersburg, FL, where she...
Hubert Summerlin
Sep 15, 2012
WILSON - Hubert E. Summerlin, 83, died Saturday, September 15, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Rose Garden. Surviving is his daughter, Frances Summerlin and his son, Andrew Summerlin and their dearest friends, Laura Barnes and Vernon Mason, all of Wilson; sister-in-law, Edna P. Bayless of Wilson; sister, Ethel S. Brantley of Wilson; brothers, Otha Summerlin of...
Claude Starling
Sep 15, 2012
Wilson - Claude Dees Starling, 65, died Saturday, September 15, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont, at the corner of Vance St and North Dr.. Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. Claude was born in Morehead City on January 29, 1947 and was the son of James Thomas Starling and Lillian Smith Dees Starling. He was raised...
Robert Eagles
Sep 13, 2012
WILSON - Robert Bradley Eagles, 86, died Thursday, September 13, 2012. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Eagles Family Plot, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. A Wilson native, he was son of the late Benjamin F. and Melishia Demuth Eagles. He graduated from Charles L. Coon High School in 1944 and served two years in the European Theater in World War...
Stephen Muirhead
Sep 12, 2012
WILSON - Stephen John Muirhead, 61, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, First Presbyterian Church, 414 Sunset Road NW with visiting to follow at the church. Interment, Sunday, 2 PM, C. Graham Cemetery, 5300 Hampton Road, Conway, SC. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Muirhead. Steve was truly a loving father, son,...
Carson Shingleton
Sep 11, 2012
STANTONSBURG - Carson Lee Shingleton, 87, of Stantonsburg, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Funeral, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Mount Nelson Baptist Church, 206 W. Main St, Eureka, with visiting to follow. Interment, Friday, 10:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Robert and Mary Shirley Shingleton; wives, Virginia Goff Shingleton and Doris Edmundson Shingleton...
Mary Bedford
Sep 10, 2012
WILSON - Mary Ann Bass Bedford, 87, died Monday, September 10, 2012. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, with visiting beginning one hour before the service. Burial, Ferrell Family Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lester Bedford, her parents, Wiley and Dora Rose Bass, and a sister, Daisy Dodds. Surviving are her sisters,...
Mary Smittle
Sep 10, 2012
WILSON - Mary Catherine Stepp Smittle, "Mimi", of Wilson, died Monday, September 10, 2012. Mass, Thursday, 11 AM, St. Therese Catholic Church. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was born November 19, 1925 in Tulsa, OK. She was the daughter of Frank Stepp and Ione Mallory Stepp. Mary was sister to John and Charlie Stepp and Virginia Mattingly. She...
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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,...
Elton High
Oct 9, 2012
WILSON - Elton Leroy High, 73, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, with Masonic Rites. He retired from Wilson County Schools Bus Transportation and later from Wilson Medical Center. He served in the military and a highlight of his life was riding with the Shriners...
Katharine Rogers
Oct 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE - Katharine Dempsey Rogers, 55, died peacefully Saturday, October 6, 2012. "Kit", as she was known to her family and friends, was born August 23, 1957 in Wilson, the daughter of James Carlyle Dempsey, junior and Katharine Fleming Dempsey. She graduated from Greenfield School in 1975 and attended St. Mary's Junior College. She was presented by the...
Lawrence Brett
Oct 3, 2012
WILSON - Lawrence Brett, Jr., 93, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 1 PM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery Lawrence was born to Lawrence and Mildred Roney Brett on September 5, 1919 in Wilson, where he grew up. He graduated from Charles L. Coon High School, attended Atlantic Christian (Barton) for one year, received his...
Lucy Davis
Sep 29, 2012
SIMS - Lucy (Jay) Armstrong Davis, 95, died Saturday, September 29, 2012, at home. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Marsh Swamp Church Cemetery, Rock Ridge. Jay was the widow of G. Claude Davis, retired from Wilson Medical Center and attended Sims United Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Norma Poythress (Henry) and Teresa Taylor (A.J.) of Sims; granddaughters, Sherry...
John Allen
Sep 26, 2012
WILSON - John J. Allen, 83, died Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Upper Black Creek Church Cemetery, with military honors. The family commemorates his passage into the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. John was born in the Bronx, NY, and served our country in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War as a US Marine retiring...
Joyce Sullivan
Sep 21, 2012
WILSON - Joyce Kornegay Sullivan, 82, of the Hornes Church Community, Wilson, died Friday, September 21, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, New Hope Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Tuesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Earl Sullivan, in 1988. Surviving is her son, Tommy...
Toni Stamper
Sep 20, 2012
WILSON - Florence "Toni" Sumner Stamper, 91, died Thursday, September 20, 2012. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, First United Methodist Church followed by visiting. Burial will then take place in Maplewood Cemetery. She was a daughter of Morgan Coe and Florence Phillips Sumner. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, she moved to St. Petersburg, FL, where she...
Hubert Summerlin
Sep 15, 2012
WILSON - Hubert E. Summerlin, 83, died Saturday, September 15, 2012. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Rose Garden. Surviving is his daughter, Frances Summerlin and his son, Andrew Summerlin and their dearest friends, Laura Barnes and Vernon Mason, all of Wilson; sister-in-law, Edna P. Bayless of Wilson; sister, Ethel S. Brantley of Wilson; brothers, Otha Summerlin of...
Claude Starling
Sep 15, 2012
Wilson - Claude Dees Starling, 65, died Saturday, September 15, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont, at the corner of Vance St and North Dr.. Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. Claude was born in Morehead City on January 29, 1947 and was the son of James Thomas Starling and Lillian Smith Dees Starling. He was raised...
Robert Eagles
Sep 13, 2012
WILSON - Robert Bradley Eagles, 86, died Thursday, September 13, 2012. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Eagles Family Plot, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. A Wilson native, he was son of the late Benjamin F. and Melishia Demuth Eagles. He graduated from Charles L. Coon High School in 1944 and served two years in the European Theater in World War...
Stephen Muirhead
Sep 12, 2012
WILSON - Stephen John Muirhead, 61, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, First Presbyterian Church, 414 Sunset Road NW with visiting to follow at the church. Interment, Sunday, 2 PM, C. Graham Cemetery, 5300 Hampton Road, Conway, SC. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Muirhead. Steve was truly a loving father, son,...
Carson Shingleton
Sep 11, 2012
STANTONSBURG - Carson Lee Shingleton, 87, of Stantonsburg, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Funeral, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Mount Nelson Baptist Church, 206 W. Main St, Eureka, with visiting to follow. Interment, Friday, 10:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Robert and Mary Shirley Shingleton; wives, Virginia Goff Shingleton and Doris Edmundson Shingleton...
Mary Bedford
Sep 10, 2012
WILSON - Mary Ann Bass Bedford, 87, died Monday, September 10, 2012. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, with visiting beginning one hour before the service. Burial, Ferrell Family Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lester Bedford, her parents, Wiley and Dora Rose Bass, and a sister, Daisy Dodds. Surviving are her sisters,...
Mary Smittle
Sep 10, 2012
WILSON - Mary Catherine Stepp Smittle, "Mimi", of Wilson, died Monday, September 10, 2012. Mass, Thursday, 11 AM, St. Therese Catholic Church. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was born November 19, 1925 in Tulsa, OK. She was the daughter of Frank Stepp and Ione Mallory Stepp. Mary was sister to John and Charlie Stepp and Virginia Mattingly. She...
