OBITUARIES

Jimmy Strickland

Jimmy Strickland

Jan 31, 2010

Jimmy Rogers Strickland, 68, of Wilson died Sunday, January 31, 2010. He was a retired Navy and Air Force veteran and had worked in the plastic industry. Funeral, Tuesday, 6 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is his wife, Juanita Smith Strickland, formerly of Pikeville; daughter, Tammy Weaver...

J.C. Little

J.C. Little

Jan 24, 2010

SARATOGA - Johnnie C. "J.C." Little, 85, died Sunday, January 24, 2010. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Roberta T. Little; son, Johnnie C. "Butch" Little, Jr.; parents, Lee Roy and Rosa Pearl Burress Little and son-in-law, Ralph Murphrey. Surviving is his daughter, Pam Murphrey...

Bobby Raper

Bobby Raper

Jan 21, 2010

KENLY - Bobby Glenn Raper, 70, died Thursday, January 21, 2010. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, Kenly FWB Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Bobby enjoyed life, his family and cars. He was retired from the US Postal Service and Johnston County Schools as a teacher's assistant. He was a clean car enthusiast and was a...

Marvin Lucas

Marvin Lucas

Jan 17, 2010

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - Marvin Wilson "Luke" Lucas, 85, of Virginia Beach, VA, formerly of Vero Beach, FL, died peacefully January 17, 2010 after a brief illness. A memorial service will be held at 2:00, Friday, January 22, at Baylake United Methodist Church, 4300 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA followed by visitation. A graveside service will be at...

Amy Denny

Amy Denny

Jan 14, 2010

BOILING SPRINGS - Amy Harris Denny, 86, formerly of Wilson, died Thursday, January 14, 2010. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church. Inurnment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Denny had served earlier in the activities of the Girl Scouts, Garden Club, Arts Council, the women and children's work of the church and was a former member of the board...

Betty High

Betty High

Jan 8, 2010

WILSON - Betty Sawyer High, 75, died Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Friday, 7-8:30 PM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Betty High

Betty High

Jan 5, 2010

WILSON - Betty Sawyer High, 75, died Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Friday, 7-8:30 PM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Wiley Lane, Jr

Wiley Lane, Jr

Jan 3, 2010

WILSON - Wiley Leon Lane, Jr., 90, died Sunday, January 3, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 2 PM, First Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends after the service in the church parlor. He was born December 1919, in Edgecombe County to Wiley Leon and Delmar Moore Lane. In addition to his parents he was preceded by a daughter, Susan...

E. Williams

E. Williams

Dec 29, 2009

WILSON - E. Norris Williams, 76, died Sunday, December 13, 2009. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. He was a military veteran and a retired tobacco buyer and grader. Surviving is his wife, Mollie Webb...

Nancy Carter

Nancy Carter

Dec 27, 2009

BLACK CREEK - Nancy Pridgen Parrish Carter, 76, died Sunday, December 27, 2009. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by burial in Evergreen Memorial Park. Nancy was widow of Alvin Parrish and Dempsey Carter and had retired from Sprint Telephone. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Carolyn, earlier this year. She...

Doug Smith

Doug Smith

Dec 27, 2009

WILSON - Douglas Austin Smith, Sr., 63, died Sunday, December 27, 2009. Funeral, Wednesday, 4 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Doug was a native of Stokes County and a son of the late Austin Nichodemas and Margaret McGee Smith. Following graduation from Walnut Cove High School in 1964,...

Thomas Hackney, Jr

Thomas Hackney, Jr

Dec 23, 2009

WILSON - Thomas Jennings "Tom" Hackney, Jr., 89, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. He was born in Wilson County on June 8, 1920, to the late Thomas Jennings and Evelyn Jones Hackney. Preceding him also were sisters, Ellen Hodges Parker and Evelyn Windham and a sister-in-law, Pat Hackney. A member...

Doris Holloman

Doris Holloman

Dec 23, 2009

WILSON - Doris Epps Holloman, 73, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Funeral, Monday, 2 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section F. Surviving are sons, Ricky and Dean Holloman of Wilson, Robert Holloman (Cheryl) of Knightdale; grandson, Kevin Holloman; brother, Harry Epps of Winston-Salem. Memorials are suggested to Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN), PO Box 7300, Charlotte NC 28241.

Alton Hamm

Alton Hamm

Dec 17, 2009

WILSON - Alton Hubert Hamm, 85, died Thursday, December 17. 2009. Funeral, Saturday, 1 PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2630 Tilghman Rd. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. He was an Army squad leader in World War II in the South Pacific and worked for the City of Wilson electrical department for over 40 years. Surviving is his wife, Ernestine Lucas Hamm;...

W.C. Parnell

W.C. Parnell

Dec 11, 2009

KENLY - Walter Calvin Parnell, 63, of the Buckhorn community, died Friday, December 11, 2009. He had owned the former W.C.'s Auto Service on Green St in Wilson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Leon and Beulah Long Parnell. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Dianne...

Dr. Charles Streeter

Dr. Charles Streeter

Dec 10, 2009

WILSON - Dr. Charles Truman Streeter, 88, died Thursday, December 10, 2009. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Known to many through the years as "Dr. Streeter", "Doc", and "Truman" by his friends. He was born in Lexington NE to Charles Oesterling Streeter and Edna Lloraine...

Earl Jones

Earl Jones

Dec 3, 2009

Earl Lee Jones, 76, of Wilson, died Thursday, December 3, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Turner Jones; parents, Thomas N. and Ina Honeycutt Jones; son, David Earl Jones. Funeral, Sunday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving are his daughters, Sherlyn Jones Fields (Jimmy) of Lucama, Brenda Jones Zinkhan (Chris) of Buies Creek, Melinda...

Shirley Whitley

Shirley Whitley

Nov 29, 2009

STANTONSBURG - Shirley Ann Hayes Whitley, 73, died Sunday, November 29, 2009, at Wilson Medical Center after a courageous battle with leukemia. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Stantonsburg United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Rani Woodrow, with interment in Stantonsburg Cemetery. Mrs. Whitley was the daughter of the late Roy L. and Rosa Lee Boyette Hayes of Lucama. She...

Brenda Reason

Brenda Reason

Nov 29, 2009

WILSON - Brenda Jones Reason, 68, died Sunday, November 29, 2009. She was a daughter of the late James Lester and Lucy Leona Webb Jones of Edgecombe County. Funeral, Monday, 7 PM, Raleigh Road Baptist Church. The family will be a the church from 5:30 - 6:30. Committal, Tuesday, 10 AM, Macclesfield Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Bobby...

Gordon Davis

Gordon Davis

Nov 26, 2009

EUREKA- Gordon R. Davis, 86, died Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2009. He enjoyed hunting and the sports of his children and grandchildren especially baseball and softball. Gordon had been active in the Booster Club at Charles B. Aycock and many of the projects in his church. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Tyler Davis. Funeral, Saturday,...