OBITUARIES

Henry Evans

Henry Evans

Dec 9, 2015

BLACK CREEK - Henry Evans, 67, of Black Creek, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Burial will be for and at the convenience of the family. Henry was proud of his service to the community through the Black Creek Fire Department with over 40 years of service. He served in the USAF...

Peggy Walston

Peggy Walston

Dec 7, 2015

WILSON - Margaret Mitchell "Peggy" Walston, 78, died Monday, December 7, 2015. Her funeral will be on Friday, December 11th at 1:00 pm, First Christian Church, 207 Tarboro St. NE, Wilson, with a visitation reception in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service Child of God, Wife, Mother, Grammie, Sister, Friend, Artist, Servant -- a feisty lady...

Floyd Varnell

Floyd Varnell

Dec 6, 2015

Robert Floyd Varnell, 80, of Wilson, died Sunday, December 6, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Maplewood Cemetery. Prior to retirement, he had worked with P. L. Woodard & Co and farmed before that. He is survived by his wife, Cleo Batchelor Varnell; daughter, Martha Jo Sale...

Helen Batchelor

Helen Batchelor

Dec 6, 2015

WILSON - Helen Murray Batchelor, 67, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, Bailey Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be Tuesday, 6 - 8 PM, at Wilson Memorial Service. Helen loved people for she believed whole heartedly this was her work for The Lord. It was...

Mildred Pittman

Mildred Pittman

Dec 2, 2015

ELM CITY- Mildred C. Pittman, 88, of Elm City, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Funeral, Friday, 11 AM, Elm City Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Cedar Grove Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Alvis Pittman; daughters, Vickie Pittman of the home, Sharon Strickland (Terry) of Spring Hope; grandchildren, Abby Pace (Christopher)...

Lemuel Perry

Lemuel Perry

Nov 30, 2015

Lemuel Wayne Perry, 65, of Wilson, died November 30, 2015. Funeral, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Lemuel had been very active in both the Stantonsburg-Moyton Fire and Rescue Services for over 25 years. For his own pleasure, there was always NASCAR. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Sauls...

Marjorie Crisp

Marjorie Crisp

Nov 28, 2015

Marjorie Crisp, 90, of Wilson, died Saturday, November 28, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, First Presbyterian Church, followed by a time of visiting. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. She was a Life Master in Duplicate Bridge and a member of the American Contract Bridge League. Surviving is a niece, Lynda Bowling Cooper of Wilson; nephew, Tom Bowling (Shau Wen) of...

John Conkwright

John Conkwright

Nov 27, 2015

WILSON - John Mimms Conkwright, 71, of Wilson and Arapahoe, died Friday, November 27, 2015. A Celebration of Life Service will be Thursday, 11 AM, at Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. John was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Edloe Mimms Conkwright and Pleasant Jefferson Conkwright of Winchester, KY. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and...

Linda Manning

Linda Manning

Nov 23, 2015

STANTONSBURG - Linda Howard Manning, 58, died Monday, November 23, 2015 Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, First Baptist Church, Stantonsburg, followed by visitation. Linda is survived by her husband, Dr. Billy Manning, Jr.; son, Ashley Hodges of Raleigh; step-children, Brent Manning (Lisa) and their children, Savanna and Emerson of Ashville, Benjamin Manning (Jessica) and their children, Julianna and Evan...

Robert Pittman

Robert Pittman

Nov 20, 2015

KENLY - Robert Edward Pittman, 62, of the Pinkney community, died Friday, November 20, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Kenly Cemetery. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Monday, 6:30 - 8 PM. He was an active member of Union Grove FWB Church and was a Gideon. Robert worked for 35 years in...

Steve Corbett

Steve Corbett

Nov 19, 2015

WILSON - Steve W. Corbett, 66, of Wilson, died Thursday, November 19, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 10 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed immediately by visitation. Interment will be at Maplewood Cemetery for all who would like to attend. Steve was preceded in death by his father, Wade T. Corbett. He was retired from Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. For the...

Joseph Edwards

Joseph Edwards

Nov 15, 2015

WILSON - Joseph "Wayne" Edwards, 62, died Sunday, November 15, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He was retired from the housekeeping department of Wilson Medical Center. He is survived by his sisters, Tammy Lamm (Don) of Wilson and JoAnn Head (Ricky) of Nashville; three nieces and two...

John Avera

John Avera

Nov 8, 2015

WILSON - John C. Avera, 81, of the Daniels Chapel community, died Sunday, November 8, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Entombment, Wednesday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Grantham Avera; daughter, Gail Hooks (Randy) of Black Creek; grandson, Michael Hooks (Karrie)...

Barbara Johnson

Barbara Johnson

Nov 4, 2015

ELM CITY - Barbara Edmondson Johnson, 76, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Batts Family Cemetery. The visitation will be at the funeral home, Saturday, 7 - 8:30 PM. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, Charles "Tommy" Johnson in 2002; parents, Charles Thomas and Lanie Tolston Edmondson; and brother,...

Charmaine Ferguson

Charmaine Ferguson

Oct 22, 2015

Wilson - Charmaine Mooring Ferguson, 89, died Thursday, October 22, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 11 AM, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. Mrs. Ferguson was a nurse for 30 years, working at Woodard Herring Hospital with Dr. Spencer in obstetrics and gynecology and was a reservists in the Army during World War II. She was involved...

Eddie Edmundson

Eddie Edmundson

Oct 20, 2015

WILSON - Eddie Edmundson, 88, died Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Funeral, Thursday, 1 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He is survived by his daughter, Jacquelyn Hughes (Rev. Blaine) of Wilson; son, Jim Edmundson (Kim) of Wilson; step-son, Jerry Dalton (Betty Jo) of Clayton; grandchildren, Amory O'Neal (Brian), Ashley Cayton Milton (Jarrod),...

Grace Bridgers

Grace Bridgers

Oct 18, 2015

WILSON - Grace Batts Bridgers, 89, of Wilson, died Sunday, October 18, 2015. Funeral, Wednesday, 1 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. She is survived by her son, Alvin Bridgers of Wilson; daughters, Rhonda Brantley of Wilson, Glenis Brock (John) of Wilson; grandchildren, Misty Richards (Jonathan), Heather Owens and Jara Jones (Ryan); great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Trenton and Cecelia Richards and Caleb...

Hubert Walston

Hubert Walston

Oct 14, 2015

STANTONSBURG - Hubert N. "Pete" Walston, 52, of Stantonsburg, died Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Funeral, Saturday, 3 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Walstonburg Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Denise Wheeler Walston; daughter, Brittany Newsome (Josh) of Lucama; son, David Crabtree (Shala) of Wilson; four grandchildren, Caleb, Haley, Natalie...

Norman Winstead, Sr

Norman Winstead, Sr

Oct 11, 2015

WILSON - Norman R. Winstead, Sr., 90, of Wilson, died Sunday, October 11, 2015. Funeral, Tuesday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Fannie McGee Winstead; daughter, Marsha Smith; son, Phil Winstead; step-daughter, Brenda Lamb; 3 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 2...

James McGuire

James McGuire

Oct 10, 2015

WILSON - James S. McGuire, 89, died Saturday, October 10, 2015. Funeral, Friday, October 16 at 11 AM, Ascension Lutheran Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Inurnment at a time for and at the convenience of the family. He was born October 23, 1925, on a farm owned by his grandfather near Wirtz, Virginia. A...