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,...
Ronnie Ellis
Apr 19, 2017
Ronnie E. Ellis, 68, of Raleigh, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by sister-in-law, Bonnie E. Ellis of Knightdale; cousin/guardian, Edith Parrish of Sims; aunt, Mary Vester of Knightdale; uncle, Raymond Ellis of Clayton and numerous other cousins.
Randy Radford
Apr 17, 2017
STANTONSBURG - Randy M. Radford, 55, died Monday, April 17, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. The visitation will be Friday, 7 - 9 PM, at 203 E. Commercial Ave, Stantonsburg.
Norman Price
Apr 16, 2017
ELM CITY - Norman W. Price, 92, died Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Burial, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Surviving is his wife, Marian Langley Price; sons, N.W. "Bill" Price, Jr, (Stephanie) of Elm City and David Price (Darlene) of...
Peggy Teague
Apr 15, 2017
Peggy Lamm Teague, 83, formerly of Lucama, died Saturday, April 15, 2017, in her home in Wilson. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Monday, 7 - 8:00 PM. Surviving is her daughters, Rebecca Barnett (Charles) with whom she lived and Melodie Killeavy (Francis) of Austin, TX; sons, Tony Teague...
Dewey Walston
Apr 10, 2017
Dewey McArthur Walston, 74, of Nashville, died Monday, April 10, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Tuesday, 7 - 8:00PM. He is survived by his wife, Rosemarie Demilio Walston; son, Darren Walston (Cayla) of Clayton; grandson, Jacob Walston; sisters, Loretta Davis of Wilson, Florence...
Vernon Mason
Apr 4, 2017
WILSON - Vernon Hall Mason, Sr., 77, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 4:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is his wife, Nancy Ireland Mason; daughter, Kathy Carter (David) of New Bern; sons, Terry Beacham (Donna) and Vernon Mason (Andy) both of Wilson; grandchildren, Brittany Beacham, Wolfgang Beacham (Victoria),...
Geoff Brone
Apr 3, 2017
LUCAMA - Geoffrey Alan Brone, 60, died Monday, April 3, 2017. Funeral will be for and at the convenience of the family. He played the drums for Family Tradition, Harvest Band, Jacked Up Hot Rod and Rockit Bands along with numerous other bands. He is survived by son, Will Brone (Stephanie) of Lucama; sister, Valerie B. Rios-Maldonado (Pablo);...
Luther Barnes
Mar 31, 2017
WILSON - Luther Haywood Barnes, Jr., 91, died Friday, March 31, 2017. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was in the Marines and fought in World War II and was a salesman for Gray Concrete & Pipe Company until his retirement. Surviving is his...
Tara Carter
Mar 23, 2017
SNOW HILL - Tara Tyndall Carter, 46, died Thursday, March 23, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. She is survived by her daughter, Lexi Gayle Jernigan; son, Hunter Owen Jernigan (friend: MacKenzie Ripper); special friend, Mike Grady; father of the children, Kim Jernigan;...
Teenie Blalock
Mar 21, 2017
FREMONT - Teenie Lewis Blalock, 97, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 2:00 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Mrs. Blalock was the widow of Paul Cameron Blalock, Jr. and daughter of the late Ben and Rena Peele Lewis. She is survived by daughter, Scottie Gibson (Billy) of Fremont; son,...
Jean Blackman
Mar 20, 2017
WILSON - Jean Scott Blackman, 70, died Monday, March 20, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. The family will be at 4502 Bristol Ct, Wilson, all other times. Jean worked in banking for over forty years retiring from RBC Centura. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Arnold Scott and Lois...
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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,...
Ronnie Ellis
Apr 19, 2017
Ronnie E. Ellis, 68, of Raleigh, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by sister-in-law, Bonnie E. Ellis of Knightdale; cousin/guardian, Edith Parrish of Sims; aunt, Mary Vester of Knightdale; uncle, Raymond Ellis of Clayton and numerous other cousins.
Randy Radford
Apr 17, 2017
STANTONSBURG - Randy M. Radford, 55, died Monday, April 17, 2017. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. The visitation will be Friday, 7 - 9 PM, at 203 E. Commercial Ave, Stantonsburg.
Norman Price
Apr 16, 2017
ELM CITY - Norman W. Price, 92, died Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Burial, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Surviving is his wife, Marian Langley Price; sons, N.W. "Bill" Price, Jr, (Stephanie) of Elm City and David Price (Darlene) of...
Peggy Teague
Apr 15, 2017
Peggy Lamm Teague, 83, formerly of Lucama, died Saturday, April 15, 2017, in her home in Wilson. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Monday, 7 - 8:00 PM. Surviving is her daughters, Rebecca Barnett (Charles) with whom she lived and Melodie Killeavy (Francis) of Austin, TX; sons, Tony Teague...
Dewey Walston
Apr 10, 2017
Dewey McArthur Walston, 74, of Nashville, died Monday, April 10, 2017. Funeral, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Tuesday, 7 - 8:00PM. He is survived by his wife, Rosemarie Demilio Walston; son, Darren Walston (Cayla) of Clayton; grandson, Jacob Walston; sisters, Loretta Davis of Wilson, Florence...
Vernon Mason
Apr 4, 2017
WILSON - Vernon Hall Mason, Sr., 77, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 4:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is his wife, Nancy Ireland Mason; daughter, Kathy Carter (David) of New Bern; sons, Terry Beacham (Donna) and Vernon Mason (Andy) both of Wilson; grandchildren, Brittany Beacham, Wolfgang Beacham (Victoria),...
Geoff Brone
Apr 3, 2017
LUCAMA - Geoffrey Alan Brone, 60, died Monday, April 3, 2017. Funeral will be for and at the convenience of the family. He played the drums for Family Tradition, Harvest Band, Jacked Up Hot Rod and Rockit Bands along with numerous other bands. He is survived by son, Will Brone (Stephanie) of Lucama; sister, Valerie B. Rios-Maldonado (Pablo);...
Luther Barnes
Mar 31, 2017
WILSON - Luther Haywood Barnes, Jr., 91, died Friday, March 31, 2017. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was in the Marines and fought in World War II and was a salesman for Gray Concrete & Pipe Company until his retirement. Surviving is his...
Tara Carter
Mar 23, 2017
SNOW HILL - Tara Tyndall Carter, 46, died Thursday, March 23, 2017. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr, N, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. She is survived by her daughter, Lexi Gayle Jernigan; son, Hunter Owen Jernigan (friend: MacKenzie Ripper); special friend, Mike Grady; father of the children, Kim Jernigan;...
Teenie Blalock
Mar 21, 2017
FREMONT - Teenie Lewis Blalock, 97, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 2:00 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Mrs. Blalock was the widow of Paul Cameron Blalock, Jr. and daughter of the late Ben and Rena Peele Lewis. She is survived by daughter, Scottie Gibson (Billy) of Fremont; son,...
Jean Blackman
Mar 20, 2017
WILSON - Jean Scott Blackman, 70, died Monday, March 20, 2017. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. The family will be at 4502 Bristol Ct, Wilson, all other times. Jean worked in banking for over forty years retiring from RBC Centura. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Arnold Scott and Lois...
