OBITUARIES

James Orr

Oct 21, 2016

WILSON - James Carl Orr, 88, died Friday, October 21, 2016. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service and at other times at the home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Bricely Orr; parents, Willliam Carl and Jessie Jenkins Orr and sister, Zethia Engquist. James, known as...

Marie Dail

Oct 19, 2016

WILSON - Marie Fields Dail, 90, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Funeral, Saturday, 2 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery, beside husband, W. Earl Dail who died in 2013. Marie is survived by daughters, Cheryl Barton (Charlie) of Lake Toxaway, Earlene Pitts (Eugene) of Bailey; grandchildren, David Dew (Angie)...

JoAnn Bowen

Oct 19, 2016

ELM CITY - JoAnn Bissett Bowen, 79, entered the gates of Heaven on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 to be with her Lord and Saviour. Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Elm City, conducted by Rev. Mark Woolard and Rev. Frankie Elliott with special music by her niece, Mary Louise Narron. The visitation will follow at the Elm...

Pauline Craft

Oct 18, 2016

SARATOGA - Pauline Pittman Craft, 88, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Saratoga Christian Church. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. The visitation will be Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 PM at Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson. Pauline retired after 28 years of service from Wilson County Public Schools...

Sanford Lamm

Oct 16, 2016

WILSON - Sanford R. Lamm, 91, died Sunday, October 16, 2016. Funeral, Tuesday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service followed by visitation. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family. Mr. Lamm was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Lucas Lamm in 2006. He was a veteran of WW II. He is survived by his...

Mary Lamm

Oct 15, 2016

GREENVILLE - Mary Frances Lamm Lamm, 93, formerly of Lucama, died Saturday, October 15, 2016. Funeral will be Monday, October 17, at 2:00 pm, Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral at the funeral home. Her husband Thurman A. Lamm preceded Mrs. Lamm in death...

Miriam Barkley

Oct 11, 2016

WILSON - Miriam Hyde Barkley, 93, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016. She was surrounded by her loving children. A Celebration of Life Service will be Sunday, 4:00 PM, at Forest Hills Baptist Church followed by visitation in the fellowship hall. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace T. Barkley; son, Davey Barkley; grandson, Tim Barkley and...

Cleo Corbett

Oct 10, 2016

WILSON - Cleo Johnson Corbett, 94, died Monday, October 10, 2016. Funeral, Friday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wade T. Corbett in 2007 and son, Steve Corbett in 2015. She is survived by her son, Stan Corbett and wife, Rena, granddaughter, Erin L. Corbett and grandson, John...

Carlton Phillips

Oct 2, 2016

Carlton D. Phillips 82, of Nashville, and more recently of Parkwood Village in Wilson, died early Sunday, October 2, 2016 in Wilson Medical Center. Funeral, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. He is survived by his wife, Cleo Bardin Phillips; daughter, Lora Turner (Dwayne) of Louisburg; sons, Dwight Phillips (Donna)...

Vaughn Rue

Oct 1, 2016

WILSON - Vaughn T. Rue, 86, died peacefully on Saturday, October 1, 2016, in his home surrounded by his family. Funeral, Tuesday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, followed by a reception in Asbury Hall. The family will be at home on Monday, 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Surviving is his faithful wife of 57 years, Elizabeth Moore Rue;...

Curt White

Sep 30, 2016

WILSON - Albert Curtis White, 63, died Friday, September 30, 2016, in his home. Funeral, Monday, 2:00 PM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. He was born and raised in Wilson graduating from Ralph L. Fike High School in 1971. He loved reading, dogs, birds, the Green Bay Packers, the New York Yankees and beating his brother in a game of putt-putt...

James Knowles

Sep 27, 2016

WILSON - James Floyd "Jim" Knowles, 90, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Services will be held Friday, September 30, 11 AM, First Presbyterian Church, 414 Sunset Road NW, with visitation to follow. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Williams Knowles; sons, James D. Knowles and wife, Gail, of Simpsonville, S.C. and David B. Knowles of Greenville; grandson,...

Clara Stancil

Sep 26, 2016

Clara Wheeler Stancil, 85, of Greensboro, formerly of Wilson, died Tuesday, September 26, 2016. Funeral, Saturday, 1:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard K. Stancil who died in 2012; parents, Thomas Wheeler and Ethel Taylor and sisters, Ruby Mumford...

Dal Harris

Sep 22, 2016

WILSON - Albert Dallas "Dal" Harris, 83, died Thursday, September 22, 2016. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Anna Risko Harris; daughter, Kim Harris of Wilson; son, Chris Harris of Wilson; granddaughter, Morgan Harris. The last surviving child of the late William...

L. Stone

Sep 22, 2016

ELM CITY - Luther V. Stone, 95, died early Thursday, September 22, 2016, at the home of his daughter, Janet Edmundson, and her husband, Charlie, where he had lived for the past two years. Funeral, Saturday, 4 PM, Kenly Cemetery, Kenly, with a short time of visiting to follow. He was preceded in death by his wives, Savada...

Donald Edmundson

Sep 19, 2016

FREMONT - Donald Edmundson, 77, died Monday, September 19, 2016, in his home. The Funeral will be held Sunday, September 25, 2:00 PM, Elmwood Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The family will leave the cemetery immediately following the benediction for a time of visiting and sharing at the Fremont United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Donald was born February 24,...

Betty Hinson

Sep 19, 2016

WILSON - Betty Risko Hinson, 85, died early Monday, September 19, 2016, in her home. Funeral, Saturday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow in the Church Columbarium. In her last days, she was happy to be at home with her Carl at her side and now in the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ. Born...

Sylvia Williams

Sep 17, 2016

WILSON - Sylvia Vick Williams, 76, died early Saturday, September 17, 2016, in her home. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, beside her husband, Atha Williams, who died in August, 2010. Her parents were Alton and Mary Lou Shingleton Vick. She was a loving and caring mother to Kim Williams of the home...

Roswell Welfare

Sep 14, 2016

WILSON - Roswell P. Welfare, 64, died early Wednesday at Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro. Funeral, Friday, 2:00 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section G. Roswell is survived by his mother, Alice Smith Welfare, with whom he lived; brother, Rupert S. Welfare (Joni) of Wilson; nephew, Hunter Welfare, a student at East Carolina.

Harold Lamm

Sep 14, 2016

Wilson - Harold J. Lamm, 90, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016, in Duke Hospital. Funeral, Saturday, 11:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will be at the home on Meadowbrook Lane, Friday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM. He was preceded in death by...