OBITUARIES

Bobby Taylor

Bobby Taylor

Jul 18, 2014

LUCAMA - Bobby Ray Taylor, 72, died Friday, July 18, 2014. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Harvest Christian Fellowship, 307 W. Spring Street, Lucama. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral at the church. Burial, Upper Black Creek Church Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Janet Pope Taylor; daughters, Janet Carol Nichols of Chocowinity and Deborah Newcomb (Tim)...

Letha Watson

Letha Watson

Jul 14, 2014

LUCAMA - Letha Jones Watson, 82, went to her heavenly home Monday, July 14, 2014. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Friday, 10 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Letha was retired from the Heritage Bank with over 40 years of service. She was born in Kenly, August 25, 1931 to the late Jasper Floyd...

Andy Mattox

Andy Mattox

Jul 12, 2014

Jonathan Andrew "Andy" Mattox, 36, died Saturday, July 12, 2014. Funeral, Wilson Memorial Service, Wednesday, 3:00 PM, with visiting one hour prior. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He is survived by his daughters, Ashley and Taylor Mattox of Richlands; mother, Dianne Durham Dunn and step-father, William F. Dunn, III, of Wilson; fiancée, Trisha Hayes of Wilson; brothers, David Wayne...

Betty Wood

Betty Wood

Jul 10, 2014

WILSON - Elizabeth "Betty Deane" Valentine Wood, 85, died Thursday, July 10, 2014. Funeral, St Timothy's Episcopal Church, Monday, 11:00 AM. Her family will be at home until the funeral hour with a time of visiting at the church after the inurnment. From early on, her ambition was to teach others to read. It was a passion that...

Opal Dail

Opal Dail

Jul 9, 2014

WILSON - Opal Baines Dail, 98, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Funeral, Friday, 11:00 AM, Snow Hill Cemetery, Snow Hill. The visitation will be at Evansdale United Methodist Church, 4334 Evansdale Rd, Wilson, Thursday, 6 - 8 PM. Opal was preceded in death by her husband, Roland Bruce Dail, and grandson, Dennis Cooper. She was retired from the Eastern...

G. Gauss, Jr

G. Gauss, Jr

Jul 7, 2014

WILSON - Gustav Edward Gauss, Jr., 82, died Monday, July 7, 2014. Funeral, Thursday, 11:00 AM, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church followed by a reception. The visitation will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Wednesday, 6 - 7:30 PM. Eddie was a graduate of Staunton Military Academy where he played tennis and basketball and was part of the Drum and...

Staten Webb

Staten Webb

Jul 2, 2014

Staten Webb, 83, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Funeral, Wilson Memorial Service, Saturday, 10:00 AM, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is his wife, Emmalane Stott Webb; son, Michael Sikes (Susie) of Elm City; granddaughters, Hope Lucas (Ricky) and Meriem Shimbel (Stephen) of Wilson, Sherry Willard of Darlington, SC; great-grandchildren, Ashley, Sabrina,...

Louise Hackney

Louise Hackney

Jul 1, 2014

WILSON - Louise Wiggins Hackney, died July 1, 2014, in her home. Mrs. Hackney was born January 6, 1917 to John Lawrence and Lilian Aycock Wiggins. She attended Atlantic Christian College (now Barton). In 1956 she was president of The Women of First Christian Church and Secretary of The National Council of Church Women. She was Special Gifts...

Aileen Boyette

Aileen Boyette

Jun 30, 2014

WILSON - Aileen Durham Boyette, 89, died Monday, June 30, 2014. Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Bethany Church Cemetery, Kenly. Surviving is her son, Charles Boyette (Chris) of Wilson; granddaughter, Katherine Roland (Zac) of Calhoun, GA; great-grandchildren, Avery Roland, Shepherd Roland; sister, Sarah Watson of Kenly; sister-in-law, Doris Durham of Louisville, KY; and nieces, Vickie Watson Capps,...

Tim Morris

Tim Morris

Jun 30, 2014

WILSON - Timothy Hassel Morris, 64, died Monday, June 30, 2014. Funeral, Maplewood Cemetery, Section E, Wednesday, 10:00 AM. Surviving is his wife, Trudy Godwin Morris; daughters, Allison Morris of the home, Ashley Watkins (Matt) of Sims; grandson, Avery Watkins; and brother, Joel Morris of Wilson. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00...

Josephine Finch

Josephine Finch

Jun 28, 2014

WILSON - Josephine Wilson Finch, 92, died Saturday, June 28, 2014. A funeral for the family will be held prior to a special time of visiting and sharing on Tuesday, 1:00 -2:00 PM, First Baptist Church, Wilson. Jo was born October 16, 1921, to Sanford and Mary Stott Wilson of Wilson County. In addition to her parents, she...

Frances Anderson

Frances Anderson

Jun 25, 2014

WILSON - Frances Powell Anderson, 87, entered her new life with our Lord June 25, 2014. Funeral, Friday, 2 PM, Winstead United Methodist Church. The visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Franklin and Lizzie Powell, and by...

Lois Scott

Lois Scott

Jun 24, 2014

WILSON - Lois Warren Scott, 93, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Lois is survived by her children, Jo Linda Mainor (Richard) of Lillington, Jean Blackman of Wilson, Joseph Harold Scott (Joyce) of Mocksville and Clara Diane Greenhaw (Clint) of Midwest City, OK; grandchildren, Gary Neal, Daryl Radford (Mary...

Debbie Ezzell

Debbie Ezzell

Jun 16, 2014

ROCKY MOUNT - Debbie Williams Ezzell, 46, of the Temperance Hall community, died Monday, June 16, 2014. Funeral, Friday, 10:00 AM, Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount. The family will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson, Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Surviving are her sons, Randy Conner and Thomas Ezzell; father, Mickey Williams and his wife, Robin; brother, Scotty Williams...

Eunice Nichols

Eunice Nichols

Jun 16, 2014

SIMS - Eunice Price Hamm Nichols, 95, died Monday, June 16, 2014. Funeral, Saturday, 12:30 PM, Maplewood Cemetery. The visitation will be at Wilson Memorial Service, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Noon. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry B. Hamm and James M. Nichols; parents, George F. and Pietie High Price; daughter, Linda N. Lang and...

Leona Broadway

Leona Broadway

Jun 13, 2014

WILSON - Leona Webb Broadway, 84, died Friday, June 13, 2014. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Broadway; parents, John Dawson and Daisy Brown Webb and brother, John Webb. 'Mis Leona is survived by her daughter, Patricia Holland (Ronnie) of Lucama; sons, John Broadway (Debbie) and Robert Broadway...

Eleanor Shingleton

Eleanor Shingleton

Jun 10, 2014

STANTONSBURG - Eleanor Whitley Shingleton, 84, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014. She was the widow of B. T. Shingleton who died in 2009 and a daughter of the late Macon and Anna Sherard Whitley of Wilson County. Funeral, Thursday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. She is survived by her daughter,...

Brockett Barnes

Brockett Barnes

Jun 9, 2014

WILSON - Ella Brockett Wilkins Barnes, 91, died Monday, June 9, 2014. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery, a gathering will follow at the home. She was the daughter of William "W.B" or "Will" Brockett Wilkins and Elizabeth "Bess" Dixon. Born in Wilson, NC on July 20, 1922 at the Moore-Herring Hospital, she graduated from Wilson High School...

Sylvia Jones

Sylvia Jones

Jun 9, 2014

WILSON - Sylvia Barber Jones, 59, died Monday, June 9, 2014. Funeral, Wilson Memorial Service, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Maplewood Cemetery, Thursday, 10:00 AM. Surviving is her husband, Leroy Jones; daughters, Tonya Lewis (Steven) of Wilson, Susan Milligan (Mike) of Micro and Sharon Jackson of Wilson; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren;...

Sandra Askew

Sandra Askew

Jun 7, 2014

LUCAMA - Sandra Mercer Askew, 71, died Saturday, June 7, 2014. Funeral, Little Rock FWB Church, Tuesday, 6:00 PM, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. She retired from the Lucama Elementary School and was also involved in the after school program. She was preceded in death by her parents, Millard and Allien Johnson Mercer. Surviving are...