Brenda Williamson
Jun 8, 2011
LUCAMA - Brenda Snypes Williamson, 67, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Williamson in 2008. Funeral, Saturday, 4 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Lamm Family Cemetery, Lucama. Surviving is her daughter, Kathy Ward of Louisburg; grandson, Bobby Wooster of Louisburg; sisters, Donna Rodgers and Judy Rice both...
Ray Godwin
Jun 3, 2011
Ray W. Godwin, 81, of Wilson, died Friday, June 3, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was one of four brothers that owned the former Godwin's Barbeque. Ray was an Air Force veteran and was preceded in death by a son, Ray Waddell Godwin, Jr. Surviving is his...
Marshall Long
May 31, 2011
WILSON - Marshall Long, 83, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting. Marshall was a native of Wilson County and graduated from Atlantic Christian College (Barton) and earned his Masters Degree in Education from East Carolina University. In the military, he qualified as a paratrooper. He...
Etta Smith
May 30, 2011
WILSON - Etta Exum Smith, 72, died Monday, May 30, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. Etta retired from clerical work in the medical field and was active in the Wilson Church of Christ. Surviving is her husband, John E. Smith; sons, Mike...
Sadie Barnes
May 23, 2011
WILSON - Sadie Davis Barnes, 90, died Monday, May 23, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennett Barnes and parents, Ed and Martha McDonald Davis. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. She is survived by her sister, Martha Clyde Davis and brother, John Ed Davis both of Wilson and several nieces...
Norman Lamm
May 22, 2011
LUCAMA - Norman R. Lamm. 88, of the Lamms Grove community, died Sunday, May 22, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 3 PM, Springhill Presbyterian Church. Interment, church cemetery. Norman was a farmer, veteran of World War II, and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac and Valear Ferrell Lamm; grandchildren, Michelle & Ricky Lamm; sisters, Muriel Jones and Nona...
Sara Weatherford
May 21, 2011
WILSON - Sara Yates Weatherford, 94, died Saturday, May 21, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, Piney Forest Baptist Church, 4509 Andrew Jackson Rd (Hwy 76) west of Chadbourn, with burial in the church cemetery beside her husband, Herbert W. Weatherford, who died in 1991. Surviving is her daughter, Sara Ann Pollock of Wilson; son, Hugh Colvin (Betsy) of...
Teresa Howard
May 21, 2011
WILSON - Teresa "Terri" Carolyn Parris Howard, 56, died May 21, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Burial at the convenience of the family. Terri had been a hearing officer for the N.C. Department of Social Services. Surviving is her son, Chris S. Howard (Sara Holcomb) ; parents, Newman and...
Rochelle Pender
May 20, 2011
WILSON - Rochelle Boswell Pender, 71, of Wilson, died Friday, May 20, 2011. She was preceded in by her husband, Cecil U. Pender, parents, Woodrow and Winnie Coley Boswell and sister, Janie Kopacka. Funeral, Sunday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Monday, Noon, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. Surviving are daughters, Wendy Pender of the home, Teresa...
Sadie Corbett
May 20, 2011
WILSON - Sadie Coleman Corbett, 80, of Rock Ridge, died Friday, May 20, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Sadie was born on June, 19, 1930, on what is now known as Sadie Road. She was the third daughter of the seven children of Robert and Lula Coleman....
Bob Bartera
May 17, 2011
WILSON - Robert "Bob" Bartera, 78, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Saturday, 5-6 PM, for a time of visiting and sharing. Final rites will be accorded later in Maryland. Bob worked 25 years as a communications expert for the U. S. Government. In retirement, he worked as a security consultant...
G.C. Webb
May 16, 2011
George C. "G.C." Webb, Jr., 88, died Monday, May 16, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. G.C. operated a farm supply business in Weldon before retiring to Wilson several years ago to be near other relatives. In years of declining health, he and Glennie moved to Fayetteville...
Gertrude Anderson
May 14, 2011
WILSON - Gertrude Bierwagen Anderson, 90, died Saturday, May 14, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. With her family at her side at death it brought to closure a beautiful life of family, church, civic and professional service. She was born February 14, 1921 in New Leizig,...
W. Finch
May 13, 2011
WILSON - Wade Thomas "Tom" Finch, 83, died May 13, 2011. Burial rites for his family have been held with interment in Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving are his sisters, Ruth Worrell of Wilson and Lessie Smith of Winston-Salem; brother, John C. Finch, of the home; several nieces and nephews.
Frank Sharpe
May 9, 2011
WILSON - William Franklin "Frank" Sharpe, 88, died Monday, May 9, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting. Frank was born in Danville, VA, on September 26, 1922, a son of Paul Brantley and Inez Roane Sharpe. He graduated from George Washington High School in Danville and immediately went to...
Clifton Galloway
May 8, 2011
WILSON - Clifton Galloway, 85, died Sunday, May 8, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was a piano tuner for numerous churches, schools and in homes for more than 25 years and worked in association with Frederick's Music of Goldsboro. He was a long time member of the Wilson Evening Optimist...
Angie Bailey
Apr 29, 2011
BAILEY - Angela Hayes "Angie" Bailey, 43, died Friday, April 29, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Wednesday, 2 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughter, Crystal Scott Hall (Michael) of Sims; son, Chandler Parrish of Lucama; grandson, Braxton Hall; parents, Bill and Bonnie Parrish Hayes; brothers, Paul Hayes...
Katherine Carter
Apr 28, 2011
WILSON - Katherine Garris Carter, 84, died Thursday, April 28, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Carter, parents, Floyd and Eva Parrish Garris; sister, Eloise Taylor; brothers, Bill and Floyd Garris, Jr. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughters, Kathie Kiefer (Eric) of...
William Strickland
Apr 26, 2011
WILSON - William "Bill" Strickland, entered eternal rest with his loving, faithful wife and caretaker by his side on April, 26, 2011. Bill worked at Teledyne Thermatics in Elm City for 36 years as Quality Director and VP of Technology. He was lifetime member of Elm City Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday school...
Linda Flippin
Apr 18, 2011
WILSON - Linda Leigh Flippin, 76, died suddenly, Monday, April 18, 2011, at her home. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. D. Ray Warren, Jr. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Linda was born in Coleman, FL, and spent her youth in Kinston where she was president of her high school student body....
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Brenda Williamson
Jun 8, 2011
LUCAMA - Brenda Snypes Williamson, 67, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Williamson in 2008. Funeral, Saturday, 4 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Lamm Family Cemetery, Lucama. Surviving is her daughter, Kathy Ward of Louisburg; grandson, Bobby Wooster of Louisburg; sisters, Donna Rodgers and Judy Rice both...
Ray Godwin
Jun 3, 2011
Ray W. Godwin, 81, of Wilson, died Friday, June 3, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was one of four brothers that owned the former Godwin's Barbeque. Ray was an Air Force veteran and was preceded in death by a son, Ray Waddell Godwin, Jr. Surviving is his...
Marshall Long
May 31, 2011
WILSON - Marshall Long, 83, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting. Marshall was a native of Wilson County and graduated from Atlantic Christian College (Barton) and earned his Masters Degree in Education from East Carolina University. In the military, he qualified as a paratrooper. He...
Etta Smith
May 30, 2011
WILSON - Etta Exum Smith, 72, died Monday, May 30, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. Etta retired from clerical work in the medical field and was active in the Wilson Church of Christ. Surviving is her husband, John E. Smith; sons, Mike...
Sadie Barnes
May 23, 2011
WILSON - Sadie Davis Barnes, 90, died Monday, May 23, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennett Barnes and parents, Ed and Martha McDonald Davis. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. She is survived by her sister, Martha Clyde Davis and brother, John Ed Davis both of Wilson and several nieces...
Norman Lamm
May 22, 2011
LUCAMA - Norman R. Lamm. 88, of the Lamms Grove community, died Sunday, May 22, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 3 PM, Springhill Presbyterian Church. Interment, church cemetery. Norman was a farmer, veteran of World War II, and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac and Valear Ferrell Lamm; grandchildren, Michelle & Ricky Lamm; sisters, Muriel Jones and Nona...
Sara Weatherford
May 21, 2011
WILSON - Sara Yates Weatherford, 94, died Saturday, May 21, 2011. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, Piney Forest Baptist Church, 4509 Andrew Jackson Rd (Hwy 76) west of Chadbourn, with burial in the church cemetery beside her husband, Herbert W. Weatherford, who died in 1991. Surviving is her daughter, Sara Ann Pollock of Wilson; son, Hugh Colvin (Betsy) of...
Teresa Howard
May 21, 2011
WILSON - Teresa "Terri" Carolyn Parris Howard, 56, died May 21, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Burial at the convenience of the family. Terri had been a hearing officer for the N.C. Department of Social Services. Surviving is her son, Chris S. Howard (Sara Holcomb) ; parents, Newman and...
Rochelle Pender
May 20, 2011
WILSON - Rochelle Boswell Pender, 71, of Wilson, died Friday, May 20, 2011. She was preceded in by her husband, Cecil U. Pender, parents, Woodrow and Winnie Coley Boswell and sister, Janie Kopacka. Funeral, Sunday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Monday, Noon, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. Surviving are daughters, Wendy Pender of the home, Teresa...
Sadie Corbett
May 20, 2011
WILSON - Sadie Coleman Corbett, 80, of Rock Ridge, died Friday, May 20, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Sadie was born on June, 19, 1930, on what is now known as Sadie Road. She was the third daughter of the seven children of Robert and Lula Coleman....
Bob Bartera
May 17, 2011
WILSON - Robert "Bob" Bartera, 78, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Saturday, 5-6 PM, for a time of visiting and sharing. Final rites will be accorded later in Maryland. Bob worked 25 years as a communications expert for the U. S. Government. In retirement, he worked as a security consultant...
G.C. Webb
May 16, 2011
George C. "G.C." Webb, Jr., 88, died Monday, May 16, 2011. Funeral, Thursday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. G.C. operated a farm supply business in Weldon before retiring to Wilson several years ago to be near other relatives. In years of declining health, he and Glennie moved to Fayetteville...
Gertrude Anderson
May 14, 2011
WILSON - Gertrude Bierwagen Anderson, 90, died Saturday, May 14, 2011. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. With her family at her side at death it brought to closure a beautiful life of family, church, civic and professional service. She was born February 14, 1921 in New Leizig,...
W. Finch
May 13, 2011
WILSON - Wade Thomas "Tom" Finch, 83, died May 13, 2011. Burial rites for his family have been held with interment in Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving are his sisters, Ruth Worrell of Wilson and Lessie Smith of Winston-Salem; brother, John C. Finch, of the home; several nieces and nephews.
Frank Sharpe
May 9, 2011
WILSON - William Franklin "Frank" Sharpe, 88, died Monday, May 9, 2011. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting. Frank was born in Danville, VA, on September 26, 1922, a son of Paul Brantley and Inez Roane Sharpe. He graduated from George Washington High School in Danville and immediately went to...
Clifton Galloway
May 8, 2011
WILSON - Clifton Galloway, 85, died Sunday, May 8, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was a piano tuner for numerous churches, schools and in homes for more than 25 years and worked in association with Frederick's Music of Goldsboro. He was a long time member of the Wilson Evening Optimist...
Angie Bailey
Apr 29, 2011
BAILEY - Angela Hayes "Angie" Bailey, 43, died Friday, April 29, 2011. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Wednesday, 2 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughter, Crystal Scott Hall (Michael) of Sims; son, Chandler Parrish of Lucama; grandson, Braxton Hall; parents, Bill and Bonnie Parrish Hayes; brothers, Paul Hayes...
Katherine Carter
Apr 28, 2011
WILSON - Katherine Garris Carter, 84, died Thursday, April 28, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Carter, parents, Floyd and Eva Parrish Garris; sister, Eloise Taylor; brothers, Bill and Floyd Garris, Jr. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughters, Kathie Kiefer (Eric) of...
William Strickland
Apr 26, 2011
WILSON - William "Bill" Strickland, entered eternal rest with his loving, faithful wife and caretaker by his side on April, 26, 2011. Bill worked at Teledyne Thermatics in Elm City for 36 years as Quality Director and VP of Technology. He was lifetime member of Elm City Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday school...
Linda Flippin
Apr 18, 2011
WILSON - Linda Leigh Flippin, 76, died suddenly, Monday, April 18, 2011, at her home. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. D. Ray Warren, Jr. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Linda was born in Coleman, FL, and spent her youth in Kinston where she was president of her high school student body....
