OBITUARIES

Katie Keen

Katie Keen

Sep 20, 2013

WILSON - Katie Ruffin Keen , 79, died Friday, September 20, 2013. The funeral will be for and at the convenience of the family. Surviving is her daughter, Teresa K. Smith (Stevie) of Wilson; grandsons, John Smith (Casey) of Wilson and Scott Keen (John Barnes) of Lucama; granddaughter, Necie Jones (Casey) of Wilson and several great-grandchildren

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Bud Shirley

Bud Shirley

Sep 20, 2013

NASHVILLE - Melvin A. "Bud" Shirley, 76, died September 20, 2014 at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church, Stantonsburg on Sunday, September 22, at 4:00 PM. Visitation will be held at 3:00 PM prior to service. Burial will be in the Stantonsburg Cemetery. Mr. Shirley was born April 10,...

Hannah Bass

Hannah Bass

Sep 18, 2013

BLACK CREEK - Alma "Hanna" Barnes Bass, 88, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Interment, Black Creek Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Selby E. Bass in 1981; granddaughter, Amanda Bass; parents, William Clarence and Mary Alma Best Barnes; brother, Vernice Barnes. Surviving is her daughter, Marcia Barnes (Phil)...

Doris Woodard

Doris Woodard

Sep 14, 2013

WILSON - Doris Holmes Woodard, 92, died Saturday, September 14, 2013. Funeral, Tuesday, 2:00 PM, Maplewood Cemetery, Section G. She was the widow of William M. Woodard who died in 2001 and a daughter of the late Fred W. and Polly Williams Holmes of Mount Olive. Surviving are her sons, Bill Woodard and Fred Woodard, both of Wilson;...

Winnie Kelly

Winnie Kelly

Sep 11, 2013

WILSON - Winnie Petty Holzhauer Kelly, 87, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, followed by visitation in the church parlor. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Richard W. Holzhauer and her parents, John Herbert and Winnie Taylor Barnes Petty. Surviving is her husband, H.F. Kelly; step-daughters, Ginny Lassiter...

Kenneth Mattox

Kenneth Mattox

Sep 10, 2013

Kenneth C. Mattox, 83, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 2:00 PM, Evergreen Memorial Park. Surviving is his daughter, Kennie M. Mosley (Eugene) of Wilson; son, Tim Fuller (Katherine) of Raleigh; grandchildren, Heather Mosley-Beers (Justin), Gina Lamm (Scotty), Jason Mosley, Kelsey Fuller, Jacob Fuller. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Harris Mattox, in 2001....

L. Smith

L. Smith

Sep 8, 2013

WILSON - L. Carlton Smith of Wilson passed away on September 8, 2013 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. Carlton was born in Wayne County on November 28, 1932, to the late Luby A. and Bessie Westbrook Smith. He retired from BB&T in Wilson after a long and successful career. Carlton was active in local politics and...

Wayne Broome

Wayne Broome

Sep 5, 2013

WILSON - Wayne Wilson Broome, 85, died Thursday, September 5, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, First Baptist Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. He was a native of Union County and a son of the late Brady Wilson and Ruth McRorie Broome. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Broome. Surviving is his wife, Lobelia "Billie" Tyson...

Charles Fields

Charles Fields

Aug 29, 2013

ELM CITY - North Carolina Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Retd (E-9) Charles A. Fields, 73, of the Gardners School community, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. He served 34 years in the Guard and retired as service manager for Cox Dodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Lloyd and Pearl Carlisle Fields, sister, Janice...

Joyce Lamm

Joyce Lamm

Aug 29, 2013

WILSON - Joyce Bass Lamm, 83, died Thursday, August 29, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 31, 2013, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Ms. Lamm is survived by her husband, Harold J. Lamm Sr.; sons, Jennings Lamm and wife, Jaye, of Wilson, Alan Lamm of Bailey, Donnie Lamm and wife, Donna, of Clinton and Ronnie Lamm of...

Susan Black

Susan Black

Aug 23, 2013

Susan Hackney Black, 67, of Wilson, died Friday, August 23, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 3:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving is her husband, Joseph "Michael" Black; daughters, Susan B. Strauch of Wilson and Elizabeth Horne (Jim) of Elm City; son, Michael Black, Jr., (Dottie) of Southern Pines; grandchildren, Holden, Jay, Liza, Anna Grace and Trey; mother,...

Billy Sasser

Billy Sasser

Aug 21, 2013

PIKEVILLE - Billy Eugene Sasser, 78, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Sunday 3:30 PM, Wayne Memorial Park. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annette Toler Sasser and was a Navy veteran. Surviving is his daughter, Vicki...

Anne Lee

Anne Lee

Aug 20, 2013

RALEIGH - Anne Roberts Lee, noted educator who developed and implemented Wake County's character education program, passed away August 20, 2013, after a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare degenerative neurological disease. Anne was born in Logan, West Virginia, to the late O.B. and Edith Roberts, and grew up in Wilson, North Carolina. She received her...

Foster Rodgers

Foster Rodgers

Aug 20, 2013

STANTONSBURG - Foster Gray Rodgers, 91, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 7 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by visitation. Interment, Friday, 2 PM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. Foster was a Navy veteran of World War II and retired Stantonsburg Postmaster. Surviving is his wife, Evelyn Pike Rodgers; son, Larry Rodgers (Terry) of Stantonsburg; grandson, Zachary Rodgers; granddaughters, Amelia,...

Mary Rakow

Mary Rakow

Aug 19, 2013

WILSON - Mary Lou Bailey Rakow, 76, died August 19, 2013. The memorial service will be held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (where Mary Lou sang in the choir for over forty years) on Friday at 11:00 AM, followed by inurnment in the church columbarium. The family will receive friends at the church following the inurnment. She was...

Suzanne Patterson

Suzanne Patterson

Aug 17, 2013

Suzanne Patterson, 51, of Stantonsburg, died Saturday, August 17, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Stantonsburg Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Surviving is her mother, Barbara Tidwell Patterson; brother, Joel Patterson (Ashley) of Wilson, aunts and uncles, Joe and Margaret Patterson and Joe and Sandy Poole. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson

Aug 16, 2013

WILSON - Christine "Chris" Rucker Wilson, 87, of Bradford Place, died Friday, August 16, 2013. Funeral, Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Tuesday, 2:00 PM. After the interment, the family will be at the home of Will and Tina Rucker in Shelby. She was born on February 20, 1926, in Rutherford County to the late William Ralph and Lillian Pearl Glascoe...

Mary Weaver

Mary Weaver

Aug 16, 2013

Mary Susanne Weaver, known to all as "Susanne", 58, was born July 29, 1955. She died Friday, August 16, 2013. Her funeral will be Monday, 2:00 PM, Weaver Family Cemetery, 4603 Jo Weaver Road, Wilson, conducted by Rev. Roy Porter. The family will be at the home place near the cemetery one hour prior to the service. Her...

Cornelia Hinton

Cornelia Hinton

Aug 15, 2013

NASHVILLE - Cornelia Frances Hinton, 93, of the Momeyer Community, died, Thursday, August 15, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, August 17, 11 AM, Forest Hills Cemetery. She was a retired bookkeeper for Wood Motor Service and Hinton Brothers Builders. "Aunt Frances" was a very special friend and motherly figure to her nieces and nephews. She loved gardening, baking and reading...

Laura Moore

Laura Moore

Aug 10, 2013

Laura Dell Davis Moore, 87, of Wilson, widow of Robert Lee Moore, died Saturday, August 10, 2013. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving are daughters, Linda Barbee (Jeff) of Lucama and Jane Lamm of Wilson; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sister, Sara...