Katie Barnes
Jun 2, 2017
WILSON - Katie Russell Barnes, 91, died Friday, June 2, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Born Katherine Smith Russell in Nash County, North Carolina on February 26, 1926 to Annie Florence Smith Russell and Thomas Jennings Russell, Senior, she was known by friends as Katie. She graduated from Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Rocky...
Dot Brock
Jun 1, 2017
WILSON - Dorothy Pendle Brock, 92, formerly of Durham, died Thursday, June 1, 2017. Dorothy was born in Rome GA, and grew up in Fla. After WWII, she and husband, Bill, moved to his hometown of Durham. There they raised their two daughters. Dot was active in the Durham community, serving on countless boards and with Altrusa International...
Steve Mason
May 31, 2017
FREMONT - Stephen Andrew Mason, 59, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home. Funeral, Friday, June 9, 11 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Old Section. Steve was born in Wayne County to Mary Love Richardson Mason and the late William Donald Mason. He is survived by his daughters, Christy M. Lee (Alex) of Creswell, OR and Stephanie M. Ingle...
Bobby Collins
May 28, 2017
WILSON - Bobby G. Collins, 72, of Wilson, died Sunday, May 28, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 12 Noon, Wilson Memorial Service, with burial following in Maplewood Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Surviving are sons, Bobby Collins and Steve Collins (Tina) of Bailey; three grand-children; a great-grandchild; sister, Debra Pierce...
John Townsend
May 23, 2017
John Sims Townsend, of Wilson and more recently of Glen Allen, VA, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, June 3, 4:00 PM, Winstead United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. The burial will be for and at the convenience of the family. Survivors include a son, Dr. John S. Townsend, II and wife,...
Nora Dildy
May 16, 2017
WILSON - Nora Eatmon Dildy, 93, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Funeral, Tuesday, May 23, 3:00 PM at Maplewood Cemetery.
Ashley Fenner
May 16, 2017
WILSON - Jeanne Ashley Fenner, 52, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. She was the daughter of Bill and Jeanne Fenner of Wilson. Ashley was born in Wilson and grew up at 1003 Nash St NW. She became an original resident of Wilson Residential Services' first female group home on Gold Street in 1985. Upon graduating from...
Donald Hawley
May 16, 2017
J. Donald Hawley, 70, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, Ascension Lutheran Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He worked for Yellow Freight Motor Lines for 22 years. A member of Masonic Lodge 117, he was also involved with Allied Masonic Degrees and York Rite Bodies. He enjoyed the Wilson...
Kenneth Taylor
May 15, 2017
Kenneth Eugene Taylor, 76, of Wilson, died Monday, May 15, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 10:00 AM, Peace Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He is survived by wife, Faye Allen Taylor; daughter, Wanda Allen of Wilson; sons, Steve Allen of Black Creek and Timmy Allen of Wilson; special granddaughter, Bridgette Baker (Chris); grandchildren, Candice, Stephanie and...
Dr. Billy Toler
May 9, 2017
Reverend Dr. William F. "Billy" Toler, 70, Free Will Baptist minister, of Elm City, died Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, First Free Will Baptist Church, 4865 Nash St, NW, Wilson. Interment, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. The family will be at the church, Friday, beginning at 6:00 PM. Surviving is his wife of 51...
Bob Bristow
May 5, 2017
WILSON - Robert Lee "Bob" Bristow, 88, died Friday, May 5, 2017. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Bob received a Masters Degree in Chemistry from American University in Washington, DC, on January 30, 1960. He took early retirement from American Cyanamid in May, 1985 after 25 years of...
Evelyn Wilson
May 4, 2017
ELM CITY - Evelyn Ford Wilson, 80, died Thursday, May 4, 2017. The funeral will be for and at the convenience of the family. She was the widow of John W. Wilson who died in September, 2016. A daughter of the late Paul and Evelyn Lorenz Ford, she grew up in Baltimore. Locally, she was active in Red...
John Dildy, Jr
May 2, 2017
John Albert "Bugs" Dildy, Jr, 62, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 12 Noon, Maplewood Cemetery, followed by a celebration of his life at the Wilsonian in Historic Downtown Wilson, 115 Barnes St SW. Surviving is his wife, Elizabeth "Beth" Heyward Fenner; step-daughter, Ashley Heyward Studdard; two brothers, Richard King Tillery and Curtis Clark Tillery...
G.E. Bissette, Jr
Apr 30, 2017
BAILEY - Grover E. Bissette, Jr., 84, died Sunday, April 30, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, May 6, 12:00 PM, Bible Baptist Church, 2833 Tilghman Rd, Wilson. Burial, Evergreen Memorial Park, with military honors. The visitation will be at the church one hour before the funeral and all other times at 7915 Stott Rd, Bailey. His family includes a son,...
Emma Pennington
Apr 28, 2017
Emma Matthews Pennington, 97, of Stantonsburg, died Friday, April 28, 2017. She was a long time member of Watery Branch FWB Church, where the funeral will be held, Sunday, 6:00 PM, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Monday, 11:00 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, near the flagpole. Surviving is her grandchildren, Cynthia "Cymp" Hardison, Jennifer Webb, Marty...
H.H. Walston III
Apr 27, 2017
WILSON - Henry Hyman Walston III died on Thursday April 27, 2017.He was born in Wilson, NC, the second son of Henry Hyman Walston, Jr. and Ruth Sauls Walston. H. H. attended the Public Schools of Wilson graduating from Charles L. Coon High School. He then attended one year at Darlington School in Rome, Georgia. After graduating from Darlington, he...
Nell Hicks
Apr 27, 2017
WILSON - Nell Lewis Hicks, 82, died Thursday, April 27, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. The visitation will be at the home Wednesday after 1:00 PM. Our mother's journey began on June 12, 1934. Nellie Evone Lewis was born to Luther and Annie Rue Lewis in Middlesex. She had an ideal small town childhood in...
Ada Morgan
Apr 24, 2017
Ada Kathryn Rhodes Morgan, of Wilson, died peacefully in her home on Monday, April 24, 2017. A service followed by visitation will be held on Friday, April 28, 11:00 AM at Wilson Memorial Service. An interment service for the family will be held immediately afterward. A graduate of Atlantic Christian College, she went on to teach US and...
Fran Tyson
Apr 24, 2017
Fran Avery Tyson, 78, of Stantonsburg, died Monday, April 24, 2017, in her home. Funeral, Wednesday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing in Asbury Hall. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. Fran met her future husband, Bill, while they were attending High Point College....
Stephen Yelverton
Apr 21, 2017
Stephen Thomas Yelverton, 70, of Washington, DC, died Friday, April 21, 2017. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. The visitation will follow at the church Fellowship Hall. He was born in Wilson on April 10, 1947 to the late John Thomas and Lyda Musgrave Yelverton. Steve graduated from Fremont High School,...
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Katie Barnes
Jun 2, 2017
WILSON - Katie Russell Barnes, 91, died Friday, June 2, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Born Katherine Smith Russell in Nash County, North Carolina on February 26, 1926 to Annie Florence Smith Russell and Thomas Jennings Russell, Senior, she was known by friends as Katie. She graduated from Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Rocky...
Dot Brock
Jun 1, 2017
WILSON - Dorothy Pendle Brock, 92, formerly of Durham, died Thursday, June 1, 2017. Dorothy was born in Rome GA, and grew up in Fla. After WWII, she and husband, Bill, moved to his hometown of Durham. There they raised their two daughters. Dot was active in the Durham community, serving on countless boards and with Altrusa International...
Steve Mason
May 31, 2017
FREMONT - Stephen Andrew Mason, 59, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home. Funeral, Friday, June 9, 11 AM, Elmwood Cemetery, Old Section. Steve was born in Wayne County to Mary Love Richardson Mason and the late William Donald Mason. He is survived by his daughters, Christy M. Lee (Alex) of Creswell, OR and Stephanie M. Ingle...
Bobby Collins
May 28, 2017
WILSON - Bobby G. Collins, 72, of Wilson, died Sunday, May 28, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 12 Noon, Wilson Memorial Service, with burial following in Maplewood Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Surviving are sons, Bobby Collins and Steve Collins (Tina) of Bailey; three grand-children; a great-grandchild; sister, Debra Pierce...
John Townsend
May 23, 2017
John Sims Townsend, of Wilson and more recently of Glen Allen, VA, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, June 3, 4:00 PM, Winstead United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. The burial will be for and at the convenience of the family. Survivors include a son, Dr. John S. Townsend, II and wife,...
Nora Dildy
May 16, 2017
WILSON - Nora Eatmon Dildy, 93, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Funeral, Tuesday, May 23, 3:00 PM at Maplewood Cemetery.
Ashley Fenner
May 16, 2017
WILSON - Jeanne Ashley Fenner, 52, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. She was the daughter of Bill and Jeanne Fenner of Wilson. Ashley was born in Wilson and grew up at 1003 Nash St NW. She became an original resident of Wilson Residential Services' first female group home on Gold Street in 1985. Upon graduating from...
Donald Hawley
May 16, 2017
J. Donald Hawley, 70, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, Ascension Lutheran Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He worked for Yellow Freight Motor Lines for 22 years. A member of Masonic Lodge 117, he was also involved with Allied Masonic Degrees and York Rite Bodies. He enjoyed the Wilson...
Kenneth Taylor
May 15, 2017
Kenneth Eugene Taylor, 76, of Wilson, died Monday, May 15, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 10:00 AM, Peace Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He is survived by wife, Faye Allen Taylor; daughter, Wanda Allen of Wilson; sons, Steve Allen of Black Creek and Timmy Allen of Wilson; special granddaughter, Bridgette Baker (Chris); grandchildren, Candice, Stephanie and...
Dr. Billy Toler
May 9, 2017
Reverend Dr. William F. "Billy" Toler, 70, Free Will Baptist minister, of Elm City, died Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, First Free Will Baptist Church, 4865 Nash St, NW, Wilson. Interment, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Elmwood Cemetery, Fremont. The family will be at the church, Friday, beginning at 6:00 PM. Surviving is his wife of 51...
Bob Bristow
May 5, 2017
WILSON - Robert Lee "Bob" Bristow, 88, died Friday, May 5, 2017. Funeral, Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Bob received a Masters Degree in Chemistry from American University in Washington, DC, on January 30, 1960. He took early retirement from American Cyanamid in May, 1985 after 25 years of...
Evelyn Wilson
May 4, 2017
ELM CITY - Evelyn Ford Wilson, 80, died Thursday, May 4, 2017. The funeral will be for and at the convenience of the family. She was the widow of John W. Wilson who died in September, 2016. A daughter of the late Paul and Evelyn Lorenz Ford, she grew up in Baltimore. Locally, she was active in Red...
John Dildy, Jr
May 2, 2017
John Albert "Bugs" Dildy, Jr, 62, of Wilson, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 12 Noon, Maplewood Cemetery, followed by a celebration of his life at the Wilsonian in Historic Downtown Wilson, 115 Barnes St SW. Surviving is his wife, Elizabeth "Beth" Heyward Fenner; step-daughter, Ashley Heyward Studdard; two brothers, Richard King Tillery and Curtis Clark Tillery...
G.E. Bissette, Jr
Apr 30, 2017
BAILEY - Grover E. Bissette, Jr., 84, died Sunday, April 30, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, May 6, 12:00 PM, Bible Baptist Church, 2833 Tilghman Rd, Wilson. Burial, Evergreen Memorial Park, with military honors. The visitation will be at the church one hour before the funeral and all other times at 7915 Stott Rd, Bailey. His family includes a son,...
Emma Pennington
Apr 28, 2017
Emma Matthews Pennington, 97, of Stantonsburg, died Friday, April 28, 2017. She was a long time member of Watery Branch FWB Church, where the funeral will be held, Sunday, 6:00 PM, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Monday, 11:00 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, near the flagpole. Surviving is her grandchildren, Cynthia "Cymp" Hardison, Jennifer Webb, Marty...
H.H. Walston III
Apr 27, 2017
WILSON - Henry Hyman Walston III died on Thursday April 27, 2017.He was born in Wilson, NC, the second son of Henry Hyman Walston, Jr. and Ruth Sauls Walston. H. H. attended the Public Schools of Wilson graduating from Charles L. Coon High School. He then attended one year at Darlington School in Rome, Georgia. After graduating from Darlington, he...
Nell Hicks
Apr 27, 2017
WILSON - Nell Lewis Hicks, 82, died Thursday, April 27, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. The visitation will be at the home Wednesday after 1:00 PM. Our mother's journey began on June 12, 1934. Nellie Evone Lewis was born to Luther and Annie Rue Lewis in Middlesex. She had an ideal small town childhood in...
Ada Morgan
Apr 24, 2017
Ada Kathryn Rhodes Morgan, of Wilson, died peacefully in her home on Monday, April 24, 2017. A service followed by visitation will be held on Friday, April 28, 11:00 AM at Wilson Memorial Service. An interment service for the family will be held immediately afterward. A graduate of Atlantic Christian College, she went on to teach US and...
Fran Tyson
Apr 24, 2017
Fran Avery Tyson, 78, of Stantonsburg, died Monday, April 24, 2017, in her home. Funeral, Wednesday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing in Asbury Hall. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. Fran met her future husband, Bill, while they were attending High Point College....
Stephen Yelverton
Apr 21, 2017
Stephen Thomas Yelverton, 70, of Washington, DC, died Friday, April 21, 2017. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. The visitation will follow at the church Fellowship Hall. He was born in Wilson on April 10, 1947 to the late John Thomas and Lyda Musgrave Yelverton. Steve graduated from Fremont High School,...
