Louise Garner
Jul 15, 2010
ELM CITY - Louise Johnson Garner, 89, died Thursday, July 15, 2010. She was the widow of Milton P. Garner. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Elm City Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are her daughters, Susan Liles (Max) of Wilson and Paulette Langley (Jim) of Morrisville; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A special...
Gilleon Matthews
Jul 10, 2010
WILSON - Troy Gilleon Matthews, 83, died Saturday, July 10, 2010. Gilleon was born on August 14, 1926 the youngest of eleven children of Rosell and Martha Lamm Matthews. After attending Lee Woodard High School he spent 25 years as a restaurant owner before starting Handy Andy's Building Supply which he operated until his retirement. He was an...
Deon Hamm
Jul 5, 2010
Ellen Deon Quick Hamm, 57, of Wilson, died Monday July 5, 2010. The funeral will be Friday, 1:00 PM at Wilson First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 4430 Lake Wilson Rd, followed by visitation. She is survived by her aunts; Sybil Hastings Bissett of Wilson and Polly Hastings of Charlotte; uncle, Ed Thomas Hastings of Charlotte; cousins, Wyatt Bissett of...
J. Proctor
Jun 28, 2010
WILSON - Rudolph Proctor, 71, died Monday, June 28, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Burial, Wednesday, 9 AM, Proctor Family Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Lavohn Lamm Proctor; daughter, Debbie Barnes (Steve) of Wilson; grandchildren, Todd Barnes and Scott Barnes; sisters, Lynda Crumpler and Josephine Jones of Lucama; brothers, Lennis Proctor of...
Linda Bass
Jun 28, 2010
WILSON - Linda Norris Bass, 71, of Wilson, died Monday, June 28, 2010. She was the owner of the former Southern 500 Restaurant, near Elm City. Funeral, Thursday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her husband, Harold A. Bass; sons, Dicky Bass (Carolyn) of Saratoga, Stanley Bass (Debbie) of Elm City,...
George Carraway
Jun 16, 2010
WILSON - George Lee Carraway, 85, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is his closest friend and soulmate, Mae Ruth Carraway; daughter, Judy Fraley (Jimmy) of Cameron; sons, Jeff Carraway (Lisa) and Steven Carraway of Wilson; grandson, Brian Carraway; great-granddaughter, Madelyn Carraway; sisters,...
Agnes Taylor
Jun 15, 2010
ELM CITY - Agnes Thomas Taylor, 95, of the Pleasant Hope community near Elm City, died June 15, 2010. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Friday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. "Granny Ag" had lived with her daughter and son-in-law in her declining years. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
Robbie Forbes
Jun 14, 2010
WILSON -Robbie Sue Black Forbes, 93, of Wilson, died Monday, June 14, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First Christian Church, followed by visiting in the church parlor. Mrs. Forbes, widow of Vance Thomas Forbes, Sr, of Wilson, was born in Hopewell, VA, on February 11, 1917, to Robert Williams and Minnie Coley Black of Durham and Raleigh. She...
Luther Lamm
Jun 6, 2010
LUCAMA - Luther Lamm, 83, died Sunday, June 6, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Mr. Lamm was born on November 1, 1926, in Wilson county, as the ninth child of George Thomas and Neppie Moore Lamm. He graduated Lucama High School in 1945 where...
Helen Summerlin
May 28, 2010
WILSON - Helen Pittman Summerlin, 84, died Friday, May 28, 2010. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. Surviving is her husband of 59 years, Hubert E. Summerlin; daughter, Frances Summerlin of Wilson; sons, Andrew and Bobby Ray Summerlin, both of Wilson; sister, Edna Bayless of Wilson; special niece Frances Constans of Rocky Mount. The family will...
Doris Parris
May 26, 2010
STANTONSBURG -Doris Bogue Parris, 93, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, Claudius Earl Parris; parents, William Arthur and Hettie Davis Bogue of Wayne County; sisters, Sallie...
Pearl Dixon
May 22, 2010
WILSON - Pearl Weaver Dixon, 87, died Saturday, May 22, 2010. The funeral is Monday, 7 PM at Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Tuesday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her sons, Pastor Henry "Thumper" Dixon and wife, Trudy, of Bailey and Bill Dixon and wife, Jo, of Raleigh; grandchildren, Alyssa Kalinowski and...
Joyce White
May 22, 2010
Joyce Joyner White, 74, of Wilson, died Saturday, May 22, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are daughters, Cathy White, Donna Manning, Tammy and Linda Vick; sons, Terry White and Ray Parnell; 13 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild; sister, Barbara Joyner; brother, Ray Joyner. Memorials...
Clarence Staubs
May 18, 2010
WILSON - Clarence Martin Staubs, 83, formerly of Alexandria, Virginia, died May 18, 2010, at home. Funeral, Saturday, May 22, 12:30 PM, First United Methodist Church, Wilson. Mr. Staubs was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to Claire Lucille and Clarence W. Staubs. He was a 60 year resident of Alexandria, Virginia before moving to Wilson, North Carolina. Clarence...
Mary Smith
May 17, 2010
October 11,1930-May 17,2010 WILSON - Mary Louise Barnes Smith died Monday, May 17, 2010 at home after a brief illness. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, First Presbyterian Church, followed by a time of visiting. A native of Wilson, she was a daughter of the late John T. and Mary Ford Barnes. She was graduated from Charles L. Coon High...
Carol Skinner
May 15, 2010
WILSON - Carol Sandifer Skinner, 63, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 15, 2010. For thirty years she was a dedicated teacher in NC public schools. Carol was involved in many ministries of the First Baptist Church, Hope Station, and other areas of service where her sweet, compassionate spirit...
Donald Barnes
May 11, 2010
WILSON - Donald Bishop Barnes, 81, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. He was a son of the late Boisie Allen Barnes and Connie Bishop Barnes, born May 22, 1928, in Wilson. He completed Charles L. Coon High School and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University where he received...
Muriel Jones
May 8, 2010
Muriel Lamm Barnes Jones, 80, of Lamms Crossroads, Lucama, died Saturday, May 8, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 3:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Micro Cemetery. After retirement from the medical records section at Wilson Medical Center, she worked as a hairdresser at the Brian Center. Surviving is her husband,...
Rosanne Harrell
May 7, 2010
Rosanne Williams Harrell, 55, of Elm City, died Friday, May 7, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Winstead Family Cemetery, Bend of the River Road, Rocky Mount. Known for her smile of true friendship, Rosanne was comptroller at Barton College (ACC) from which she graduated and went on to become a CPA. She was...
Jean Reed
May 3, 2010
Jean Outland Reed, 74, of Apex, and a native of Fremont, died Monday, May 3, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, following a time of visiting. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. She was born October 26, 1935, to the late Marion Francis and Rena Kirby Outland....
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Louise Garner
Jul 15, 2010
ELM CITY - Louise Johnson Garner, 89, died Thursday, July 15, 2010. She was the widow of Milton P. Garner. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Elm City Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are her daughters, Susan Liles (Max) of Wilson and Paulette Langley (Jim) of Morrisville; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A special...
Gilleon Matthews
Jul 10, 2010
WILSON - Troy Gilleon Matthews, 83, died Saturday, July 10, 2010. Gilleon was born on August 14, 1926 the youngest of eleven children of Rosell and Martha Lamm Matthews. After attending Lee Woodard High School he spent 25 years as a restaurant owner before starting Handy Andy's Building Supply which he operated until his retirement. He was an...
Deon Hamm
Jul 5, 2010
Ellen Deon Quick Hamm, 57, of Wilson, died Monday July 5, 2010. The funeral will be Friday, 1:00 PM at Wilson First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 4430 Lake Wilson Rd, followed by visitation. She is survived by her aunts; Sybil Hastings Bissett of Wilson and Polly Hastings of Charlotte; uncle, Ed Thomas Hastings of Charlotte; cousins, Wyatt Bissett of...
J. Proctor
Jun 28, 2010
WILSON - Rudolph Proctor, 71, died Monday, June 28, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Burial, Wednesday, 9 AM, Proctor Family Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Lavohn Lamm Proctor; daughter, Debbie Barnes (Steve) of Wilson; grandchildren, Todd Barnes and Scott Barnes; sisters, Lynda Crumpler and Josephine Jones of Lucama; brothers, Lennis Proctor of...
Linda Bass
Jun 28, 2010
WILSON - Linda Norris Bass, 71, of Wilson, died Monday, June 28, 2010. She was the owner of the former Southern 500 Restaurant, near Elm City. Funeral, Thursday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her husband, Harold A. Bass; sons, Dicky Bass (Carolyn) of Saratoga, Stanley Bass (Debbie) of Elm City,...
George Carraway
Jun 16, 2010
WILSON - George Lee Carraway, 85, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is his closest friend and soulmate, Mae Ruth Carraway; daughter, Judy Fraley (Jimmy) of Cameron; sons, Jeff Carraway (Lisa) and Steven Carraway of Wilson; grandson, Brian Carraway; great-granddaughter, Madelyn Carraway; sisters,...
Agnes Taylor
Jun 15, 2010
ELM CITY - Agnes Thomas Taylor, 95, of the Pleasant Hope community near Elm City, died June 15, 2010. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Friday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. "Granny Ag" had lived with her daughter and son-in-law in her declining years. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
Robbie Forbes
Jun 14, 2010
WILSON -Robbie Sue Black Forbes, 93, of Wilson, died Monday, June 14, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First Christian Church, followed by visiting in the church parlor. Mrs. Forbes, widow of Vance Thomas Forbes, Sr, of Wilson, was born in Hopewell, VA, on February 11, 1917, to Robert Williams and Minnie Coley Black of Durham and Raleigh. She...
Luther Lamm
Jun 6, 2010
LUCAMA - Luther Lamm, 83, died Sunday, June 6, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Mr. Lamm was born on November 1, 1926, in Wilson county, as the ninth child of George Thomas and Neppie Moore Lamm. He graduated Lucama High School in 1945 where...
Helen Summerlin
May 28, 2010
WILSON - Helen Pittman Summerlin, 84, died Friday, May 28, 2010. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. Surviving is her husband of 59 years, Hubert E. Summerlin; daughter, Frances Summerlin of Wilson; sons, Andrew and Bobby Ray Summerlin, both of Wilson; sister, Edna Bayless of Wilson; special niece Frances Constans of Rocky Mount. The family will...
Doris Parris
May 26, 2010
STANTONSBURG -Doris Bogue Parris, 93, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, Claudius Earl Parris; parents, William Arthur and Hettie Davis Bogue of Wayne County; sisters, Sallie...
Pearl Dixon
May 22, 2010
WILSON - Pearl Weaver Dixon, 87, died Saturday, May 22, 2010. The funeral is Monday, 7 PM at Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Tuesday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her sons, Pastor Henry "Thumper" Dixon and wife, Trudy, of Bailey and Bill Dixon and wife, Jo, of Raleigh; grandchildren, Alyssa Kalinowski and...
Joyce White
May 22, 2010
Joyce Joyner White, 74, of Wilson, died Saturday, May 22, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are daughters, Cathy White, Donna Manning, Tammy and Linda Vick; sons, Terry White and Ray Parnell; 13 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild; sister, Barbara Joyner; brother, Ray Joyner. Memorials...
Clarence Staubs
May 18, 2010
WILSON - Clarence Martin Staubs, 83, formerly of Alexandria, Virginia, died May 18, 2010, at home. Funeral, Saturday, May 22, 12:30 PM, First United Methodist Church, Wilson. Mr. Staubs was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to Claire Lucille and Clarence W. Staubs. He was a 60 year resident of Alexandria, Virginia before moving to Wilson, North Carolina. Clarence...
Mary Smith
May 17, 2010
October 11,1930-May 17,2010 WILSON - Mary Louise Barnes Smith died Monday, May 17, 2010 at home after a brief illness. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, First Presbyterian Church, followed by a time of visiting. A native of Wilson, she was a daughter of the late John T. and Mary Ford Barnes. She was graduated from Charles L. Coon High...
Carol Skinner
May 15, 2010
WILSON - Carol Sandifer Skinner, 63, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 15, 2010. For thirty years she was a dedicated teacher in NC public schools. Carol was involved in many ministries of the First Baptist Church, Hope Station, and other areas of service where her sweet, compassionate spirit...
Donald Barnes
May 11, 2010
WILSON - Donald Bishop Barnes, 81, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, Old Section. He was a son of the late Boisie Allen Barnes and Connie Bishop Barnes, born May 22, 1928, in Wilson. He completed Charles L. Coon High School and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University where he received...
Muriel Jones
May 8, 2010
Muriel Lamm Barnes Jones, 80, of Lamms Crossroads, Lucama, died Saturday, May 8, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 3:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting. Burial, Micro Cemetery. After retirement from the medical records section at Wilson Medical Center, she worked as a hairdresser at the Brian Center. Surviving is her husband,...
Rosanne Harrell
May 7, 2010
Rosanne Williams Harrell, 55, of Elm City, died Friday, May 7, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, New Hope Baptist Church. Interment, Winstead Family Cemetery, Bend of the River Road, Rocky Mount. Known for her smile of true friendship, Rosanne was comptroller at Barton College (ACC) from which she graduated and went on to become a CPA. She was...
Jean Reed
May 3, 2010
Jean Outland Reed, 74, of Apex, and a native of Fremont, died Monday, May 3, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, following a time of visiting. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. She was born October 26, 1935, to the late Marion Francis and Rena Kirby Outland....
