Lena Pridgen
Oct 26, 2007
FREMONT - Lena Lucas Pridgen, 79, widow of William Donnie Pridgen, died Friday, October 26, 2007 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 pm, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, N, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including David Reason, Jr. of Fremont. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Turner Burnette
Oct 25, 2007
WILSON - Turner A. Burnette, 82, died Thursday, October 25, 2007. He had been in the trucking business and was preceded in death by a son, T. Ashby Burnett, Jr. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is his wife, Joyce Phelps Burnette: sons, Brian Burnette of the home and Aubrey Burnette of Richmond, VA: daughter-in-law, Adrienne...
Warren Tait
Oct 23, 2007
WILSON - Warren R. Tait, 86, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007. He was born in Wisconsin, attended public schools and graduated from Wisconsin State College. He went on to earn his masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and did further work in physics at Dartmouth, Ohio University and Cornell College. During World War II, he was a meteorologist in...
Thelma Wheeler
Oct 16, 2007
Thelma Virginia Pridgen Wheeler, Mimi, 94, passed into Heaven on Tuesday. She was dearly loved by her family and friends all of her life. She lived her life fully and independently until her last three years. Her unique and loving spirit will be greatly missed and remain in our hearts always. She was predeceased by her husband and...
Charles Latta
Oct 11, 2007
Charles Willis Latta, 83, died Thursday, October 11, 2007. He grew up in Wilson County as a son of the late Willie Earl and Ethel Cockrell Latta. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, he went on to graduate from Atlantic Christian College - now Barton - Class of 1945. He was a member of Phi Delta...
Doris Barnes
Oct 4, 2007
WILSON - Doris Hare Barnes, 78, died Thursday, October 4, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rayford Lee Barnes and her parents, George and Mamie Sasser Hare. Funeral, Sunday, 3:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughter, Lynne Ballard (Gaylord) of Elm City: son,...
Alene Torrans
Sep 26, 2007
Wilson -Alene Outlaw Torrans, 81, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Mrs. Torrans, born in Duplin County, is predeceased by her parents, Edgar and Nora Kornegay Outlaw and by brothers, Remus Jennings Outlaw, Eugene Raeford Outlaw and sister Irene Outlaw Price. Married for 51 years, she was the widow of Kenneth Ray Torrans who died in February, 2000. She...
Pat Thompson
Sep 24, 2007
Pat Greene Thompson, 55, died Monday, September 24, 2007. Pat had served in the Wilson medical community for many years including being the lab supervisor at the Wilson Health Department. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur "Pete" and Edith "Bill" Bailey Greene. Funeral, Thursday, 1:00 PM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving: husband,...
Carol Bass
Sep 23, 2007
Eureka - Ruby Carol Edmundson Bass, 73, died Sunday, September 23, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Eureka United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Emerson Bass, Sr: daughters, Pam Bass of Eureka &: Brenda Proctor (Larry) of Pikeville: sons, Emerson Bass, Jr, of Eureka,...
Ann Hunt
Sep 22, 2007
Stantonsburg - Ann Hood Hunt, 76, died Saturday, September 22, 2007. She was the widow of Chester "Arnie" Hunt, who died in 1989, and daughter of the late Thomas Jordan and Hazel Seymour Hood of the Grantham community. Ann graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1950 and later from Crumpler Business School. She was librarian and later secretary...
Marguerite Winbon
Sep 15, 2007
Raleigh - Marguerite Anderson Winbon, 74, formerly of Fremont, died Saturday, September 15, 2007. She was the widow of Carl J. Winbon and had resided in Raleigh in recent years with her daughter, Donna. Marguerite was born in Maryland to the late Claus Alfred and Bertha Marshall Anderson. Preceding her were sisters, Velva Coon of Salem, OR, and...
Gladys Winborne
Sep 3, 2007
Sims - Gladys Lucas Winborne, 93, died Monday, September 3, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Romer B. Winborne. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Nobles Chapel Baptist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Surviving: daughters, Peggy Raper (O.W.) and Helen Walston (Harry) of Sims, Evelyn Galloway and Jean Anderson of Wilson: sons, J. Gerald...
James Fulkerson
Sep 3, 2007
FREMONT - James "Jim" F. Fulkerson, 96, died Monday, September 3, 2007. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Chief Petty Officer and also retired from civil service at Seymour Johnson AFB. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, New Section. Surviving is his wife, Daphne Barnes Fulkerson: daughter, Brenda F. Bowie (Jim) of Fremont: son, Michael...
Wade Corbett
Aug 25, 2007
Wade T. Corbett, 95, of Wilson, died August 25, 2007. He was retired from the City of Wilson Police Department and a long time member of the First Free Will Baptist Church. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Cleo Johnson Corbett: sons, Steve Corbett and Stan Corbett...
Norma Snipes
Aug 16, 2007
WILSON - Norma E. Snipes died August 16, 2007. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is a sister-in-law, Eva Snipes: several nieces and nephews including Wanda Snipes, Charlene Johnson, Helene Snipes, Ruth Askew, Alvin Grant, Frank Snipes and her extended family. Her family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Friday, 7 - 8 PM,...
Shirley Berry
Aug 14, 2007
SIMS - Shirley Scott Berry, 71, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Funeral, Friday, 10 AM, Wilson, Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson. Surviving is her husband, Rondall "Ronnie" W. Berry: sons, John Berry of Westminister, MD, and David Berry of Hampstead, MD: grandson, Cameron Berry: sister, Hazel S. Boykin of Rock Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Marsh Swamp...
Edith Roberts
Aug 12, 2007
WILSON - Edith Crockett Roberts, 92, died Sunday, August 12, 2007.
She had relocated to Glenaire in Cary to be nearer her children. Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her husband, O.B. Roberts, in 1992 whom she married on November 22, 1940. She was a native of Middlesboro, KY, and a daughter of the late Charles Cleveland and...
Matrene Newton
Aug 11, 2007
WILSON - Matrene Thorne Newton, 89, died Saturday, August 11, 2007. She was the widow of E. Sharpe Newton, Sr. She grew up in the Gardners township of Wilson county as a daughter of the late Robert J. and Pattie Wiggins Thorne. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Thelma T. Jackson. "Red", as she came...
Lennie Vick
Aug 11, 2007
Lenna "Lennie" Thomas Vick, 49, died Saturday, August 11, 2007. Lennie lived in the Horne's Church Crossroads community and had worked in farming and sheet metal fabrication. Funeral, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of sharing and remembering. Surviving is his wife, Sharri Joyner Vick: parents, Jerome Beacham and Susan...
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Lena Pridgen
Oct 26, 2007
FREMONT - Lena Lucas Pridgen, 79, widow of William Donnie Pridgen, died Friday, October 26, 2007 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 pm, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, N, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including David Reason, Jr. of Fremont. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Turner Burnette
Oct 25, 2007
WILSON - Turner A. Burnette, 82, died Thursday, October 25, 2007. He had been in the trucking business and was preceded in death by a son, T. Ashby Burnett, Jr. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is his wife, Joyce Phelps Burnette: sons, Brian Burnette of the home and Aubrey Burnette of Richmond, VA: daughter-in-law, Adrienne...
Warren Tait
Oct 23, 2007
WILSON - Warren R. Tait, 86, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007. He was born in Wisconsin, attended public schools and graduated from Wisconsin State College. He went on to earn his masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and did further work in physics at Dartmouth, Ohio University and Cornell College. During World War II, he was a meteorologist in...
Thelma Wheeler
Oct 16, 2007
Thelma Virginia Pridgen Wheeler, Mimi, 94, passed into Heaven on Tuesday. She was dearly loved by her family and friends all of her life. She lived her life fully and independently until her last three years. Her unique and loving spirit will be greatly missed and remain in our hearts always. She was predeceased by her husband and...
Charles Latta
Oct 11, 2007
Charles Willis Latta, 83, died Thursday, October 11, 2007. He grew up in Wilson County as a son of the late Willie Earl and Ethel Cockrell Latta. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, he went on to graduate from Atlantic Christian College - now Barton - Class of 1945. He was a member of Phi Delta...
Doris Barnes
Oct 4, 2007
WILSON - Doris Hare Barnes, 78, died Thursday, October 4, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rayford Lee Barnes and her parents, George and Mamie Sasser Hare. Funeral, Sunday, 3:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her daughter, Lynne Ballard (Gaylord) of Elm City: son,...
Alene Torrans
Sep 26, 2007
Wilson -Alene Outlaw Torrans, 81, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Mrs. Torrans, born in Duplin County, is predeceased by her parents, Edgar and Nora Kornegay Outlaw and by brothers, Remus Jennings Outlaw, Eugene Raeford Outlaw and sister Irene Outlaw Price. Married for 51 years, she was the widow of Kenneth Ray Torrans who died in February, 2000. She...
Pat Thompson
Sep 24, 2007
Pat Greene Thompson, 55, died Monday, September 24, 2007. Pat had served in the Wilson medical community for many years including being the lab supervisor at the Wilson Health Department. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur "Pete" and Edith "Bill" Bailey Greene. Funeral, Thursday, 1:00 PM, First United Methodist Church. Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Surviving: husband,...
Carol Bass
Sep 23, 2007
Eureka - Ruby Carol Edmundson Bass, 73, died Sunday, September 23, 2007. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Eureka United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Emerson Bass, Sr: daughters, Pam Bass of Eureka &: Brenda Proctor (Larry) of Pikeville: sons, Emerson Bass, Jr, of Eureka,...
Ann Hunt
Sep 22, 2007
Stantonsburg - Ann Hood Hunt, 76, died Saturday, September 22, 2007. She was the widow of Chester "Arnie" Hunt, who died in 1989, and daughter of the late Thomas Jordan and Hazel Seymour Hood of the Grantham community. Ann graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1950 and later from Crumpler Business School. She was librarian and later secretary...
Marguerite Winbon
Sep 15, 2007
Raleigh - Marguerite Anderson Winbon, 74, formerly of Fremont, died Saturday, September 15, 2007. She was the widow of Carl J. Winbon and had resided in Raleigh in recent years with her daughter, Donna. Marguerite was born in Maryland to the late Claus Alfred and Bertha Marshall Anderson. Preceding her were sisters, Velva Coon of Salem, OR, and...
Gladys Winborne
Sep 3, 2007
Sims - Gladys Lucas Winborne, 93, died Monday, September 3, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Romer B. Winborne. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Nobles Chapel Baptist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Surviving: daughters, Peggy Raper (O.W.) and Helen Walston (Harry) of Sims, Evelyn Galloway and Jean Anderson of Wilson: sons, J. Gerald...
James Fulkerson
Sep 3, 2007
FREMONT - James "Jim" F. Fulkerson, 96, died Monday, September 3, 2007. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Chief Petty Officer and also retired from civil service at Seymour Johnson AFB. Funeral, Wednesday, 10 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, New Section. Surviving is his wife, Daphne Barnes Fulkerson: daughter, Brenda F. Bowie (Jim) of Fremont: son, Michael...
Wade Corbett
Aug 25, 2007
Wade T. Corbett, 95, of Wilson, died August 25, 2007. He was retired from the City of Wilson Police Department and a long time member of the First Free Will Baptist Church. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Cleo Johnson Corbett: sons, Steve Corbett and Stan Corbett...
Norma Snipes
Aug 16, 2007
WILSON - Norma E. Snipes died August 16, 2007. Funeral, Saturday, 10 AM, Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is a sister-in-law, Eva Snipes: several nieces and nephews including Wanda Snipes, Charlene Johnson, Helene Snipes, Ruth Askew, Alvin Grant, Frank Snipes and her extended family. Her family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Friday, 7 - 8 PM,...
Shirley Berry
Aug 14, 2007
SIMS - Shirley Scott Berry, 71, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Funeral, Friday, 10 AM, Wilson, Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson. Surviving is her husband, Rondall "Ronnie" W. Berry: sons, John Berry of Westminister, MD, and David Berry of Hampstead, MD: grandson, Cameron Berry: sister, Hazel S. Boykin of Rock Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Marsh Swamp...
Edith Roberts
Aug 12, 2007
WILSON - Edith Crockett Roberts, 92, died Sunday, August 12, 2007.
She had relocated to Glenaire in Cary to be nearer her children. Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her husband, O.B. Roberts, in 1992 whom she married on November 22, 1940. She was a native of Middlesboro, KY, and a daughter of the late Charles Cleveland and...
Matrene Newton
Aug 11, 2007
WILSON - Matrene Thorne Newton, 89, died Saturday, August 11, 2007. She was the widow of E. Sharpe Newton, Sr. She grew up in the Gardners township of Wilson county as a daughter of the late Robert J. and Pattie Wiggins Thorne. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Thelma T. Jackson. "Red", as she came...
Lennie Vick
Aug 11, 2007
Lenna "Lennie" Thomas Vick, 49, died Saturday, August 11, 2007. Lennie lived in the Horne's Church Crossroads community and had worked in farming and sheet metal fabrication. Funeral, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of sharing and remembering. Surviving is his wife, Sharri Joyner Vick: parents, Jerome Beacham and Susan...
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