Shirley Crocker
Aug 9, 2013
Shirley Horne Crocker, 77, of Wilson and widow of Jesse D. Crocker, died Friday, August 9, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, preceded by visiting at 6:00 PM. Interment, Tuesday, 9:00 AM, Black Creek Cemetery. Surviving is her daughter, Rose C. Viverette of Wilson; sister, Billie Jean Prorok of Vandergrift, PA; brother, Rev. Jesse Horne of...
Allien Mercer
Aug 8, 2013
LUCAMA - Allien Johnson Mercer, 94, died Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was widow of Millard Mercer who died in January, 1956, and daughter of the late Deams and Cora Lamm Johnson; sister to the late Clarcy Raper, Dorothy Lucas, Nona Barnes, Bessie Moore,...
Sylvia Webb
Aug 8, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Sylvia Baker Webb, 75, of the Holdens Cross Roads community, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Saturday, 10 AM, Macclesfield Cemetery. Sylvia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved farming with her husband and loved all animals, particularly her...
Lyman Laughinghouse
Aug 6, 2013
WILSON- Lyman W. Laughinghouse, 90, of Wilson, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service immediately followed by Masonic Rites. Lyman graduated from Charles L. Coon High School where he played both Junior and Varsity football and baseball. He played baseball for the Wilson Tobs (Coastal Plain League) for a short time before entering...
Bill Mercer
Aug 5, 2013
William L. Mercer, Wilson, NC William Lewis (Bill) Mercer, 85, died August 5, 2013 in Wilson, NC. Bill was the son of the late Thomas B. and Iva W. Mercer. He was preceded in death by his sister, Isadore Baker. Bill was happily married to Rachel Barbara Mattox Mercer for 63 1/2 years. He was the proud father...
Josephine Jones
Jul 26, 2013
LUCAMA - Josephine Proctor Jones, 83, died Friday, July 26, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, Monday, 10:00 AM. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gray "Red" Jones in 2003 after 57 years of marriage; parents, Alvin Anderson and Lossie...
Bryan Hooks
Jul 18, 2013
Lucama - Bryan Hooks, 82, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at home. Funeral, Friday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Saturday, 9:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park beside his wife, Waldine Hayes Hooks, who died January, 2009. Surviving is his daughter, Amanda Hooks of the home; sons, Randy Hooks (Gail), Andy...
Clifford Schrock
Jul 17, 2013
Elm City - Clifford Ralph Schrock, 88, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Inurnment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He moved to Wilson in 1967 from Goshen, IN, to be with Goshen Rubber Company as they opened the Wilson GNC plant. He retired in 1987 as...
Thedie Smith
Jul 16, 2013
WILSON - Thedie L. Smith, 87, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery. The family will be at the home following the funeral. He was retired from Suburban Propane with 41 years of service and had served in the Marines. Thedie was preceded in death by his wife, Jo Lamm Smith in January of...
Ollie Stancil
Jul 15, 2013
KENLY - Ollie Wilkins Grant Stancil died Monday, July 15, 2013. Funeral, 10 AM, Wednesday, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William Lee "Dick" Grant and sons, Earl Grant and Charles Grant. Ollie is survived by her husband, Steve C. Stancil (Retd. Nash County Deputy); son, James Grant of Wilson; 5 grandchildren,...
Ellen Deans
Jul 13, 2013
WILSON - Ellen Wade Brooks Deans, 98, died Saturday, July 13, 2013. Funeral, 2 PM, Wednesday, Maplewood Cemetery. Reverend Daniel P. Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends at the cemetery after the service. Ellen was born on April 28, 1915 to Wade Ruffin Brooks, Sr. and Bronna Henderson Bray Brooks. She married Lt. Col Edwin Gray...
Willard Ballance
Jul 12, 2013
FREMONT - Willard J. Ballance, 75, died Friday, July 12, 2013, at home surrounded by his family. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Dede Britt and assisted by Rev. Lindsay Ballance Collins and Daniel Collins. Interment will follow in Ballance Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home following the interment....
Jean Vick
Jul 6, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Jean Yelverton Vick, 79, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, in her home. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. She retired from elementary education in Wilson City Schools with several years at Winstead School and later taught and served in administration at Wilson Community College. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Edgar Vick; daughter,...
Ralph Parker
Jul 4, 2013
Ralph Parker, 89, of Wilson and Oriental, died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was a founder and retired owner of Parker's BBQ. Surviving is his wife, Betty Sasser Parker; daughter, Mary Carla Hollis of Raleigh and her children, Elliot and Aaron; son, Robert Fulghum and his partner, Marty Perry, of Sarasota,...
Patsy Russell
Jul 4, 2013
WILSON - Patsy Austin Russell, 75, died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, followed by visiting and sharing in the Bradshaw Building. Surviving is her husband, Charlie R. Russell; daughter, Karie Garner (Trevor) of Apex; grandchildren, Evan and Claire Garner of Apex. Patsy was born in Detroit, MI, to the late William...
Bob Gray
Jul 2, 2013
Bob M. Gray, 85, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Entombment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Gray retired from Firestone and had served in the U. S. Marines. Surviving are his daughters, Mary Ann Holland (Rev Keith) of Garner, Linda Carter of Middlesex, Denise Bailey, Debbie Woodall and Betty Jo Woodall, all of Kenly;...
Jack Overman
Jul 1, 2013
KINSTON - Jack Bardin Overman, Jr, 86, died July 1, 2013, at the N.C. Veterans Home in Kinston. Funeral, Friday, July 5th, 11:00 AM, First Baptist Church. Visitation will precede the service from 10:00 - 10:45. Surviving are his daughters, Jan Overman of Winston-Salem and Lou Ann Kernodle and her husband, Michael, of Boone; grandchildren, Jack K. Singley...
Ronnie Berry
Jun 29, 2013
Rondall "Ronnie" W. Berry, 81, a retired police officer and formerly of the Nobles Chapel Church Community, Sims, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Timonium, MD. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, conducted by Rev. Ray Wells. A time of visiting and sharing will follow. His wife, Shirley Scott Berry, died in August, 2007. He served in...
Buddy Owens
Jun 25, 2013
ELM CITY - Patrick Andrew "Buddy" Owens, III, 64, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 10:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery, with Military Rites. Buddy had served in the Navy during the VietNam War and had worked in the Postal Service. He is survived by a daughter, Tara Strickland (Thomas) of Elm City; son, Derrick Owens (Michele) of Wilson;...
Rachel Parker
Jun 11, 2013
WILSON - Rachel Britt Parker, 85, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 1:00 PM, First Baptist Church, following by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She retired from the Department of Social Services in 1987. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Parker, in 2002; parents, Van and Nannie Pittman Britt;...
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Shirley Crocker
Aug 9, 2013
Shirley Horne Crocker, 77, of Wilson and widow of Jesse D. Crocker, died Friday, August 9, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, preceded by visiting at 6:00 PM. Interment, Tuesday, 9:00 AM, Black Creek Cemetery. Surviving is her daughter, Rose C. Viverette of Wilson; sister, Billie Jean Prorok of Vandergrift, PA; brother, Rev. Jesse Horne of...
Allien Mercer
Aug 8, 2013
LUCAMA - Allien Johnson Mercer, 94, died Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was widow of Millard Mercer who died in January, 1956, and daughter of the late Deams and Cora Lamm Johnson; sister to the late Clarcy Raper, Dorothy Lucas, Nona Barnes, Bessie Moore,...
Sylvia Webb
Aug 8, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Sylvia Baker Webb, 75, of the Holdens Cross Roads community, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 8, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 7 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Interment, Saturday, 10 AM, Macclesfield Cemetery. Sylvia was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved farming with her husband and loved all animals, particularly her...
Lyman Laughinghouse
Aug 6, 2013
WILSON- Lyman W. Laughinghouse, 90, of Wilson, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service immediately followed by Masonic Rites. Lyman graduated from Charles L. Coon High School where he played both Junior and Varsity football and baseball. He played baseball for the Wilson Tobs (Coastal Plain League) for a short time before entering...
Bill Mercer
Aug 5, 2013
William L. Mercer, Wilson, NC William Lewis (Bill) Mercer, 85, died August 5, 2013 in Wilson, NC. Bill was the son of the late Thomas B. and Iva W. Mercer. He was preceded in death by his sister, Isadore Baker. Bill was happily married to Rachel Barbara Mattox Mercer for 63 1/2 years. He was the proud father...
Josephine Jones
Jul 26, 2013
LUCAMA - Josephine Proctor Jones, 83, died Friday, July 26, 2013. Funeral, Sunday, 6:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, Wilson, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, Monday, 10:00 AM. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gray "Red" Jones in 2003 after 57 years of marriage; parents, Alvin Anderson and Lossie...
Bryan Hooks
Jul 18, 2013
Lucama - Bryan Hooks, 82, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at home. Funeral, Friday, 7:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Burial, Saturday, 9:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park beside his wife, Waldine Hayes Hooks, who died January, 2009. Surviving is his daughter, Amanda Hooks of the home; sons, Randy Hooks (Gail), Andy...
Clifford Schrock
Jul 17, 2013
Elm City - Clifford Ralph Schrock, 88, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Funeral, Saturday, 2:00 PM, Wilson Memorial Service, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Inurnment, Evergreen Memorial Park. He moved to Wilson in 1967 from Goshen, IN, to be with Goshen Rubber Company as they opened the Wilson GNC plant. He retired in 1987 as...
Thedie Smith
Jul 16, 2013
WILSON - Thedie L. Smith, 87, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Funeral, Thursday, 11 AM, Maplewood Cemetery. The family will be at the home following the funeral. He was retired from Suburban Propane with 41 years of service and had served in the Marines. Thedie was preceded in death by his wife, Jo Lamm Smith in January of...
Ollie Stancil
Jul 15, 2013
KENLY - Ollie Wilkins Grant Stancil died Monday, July 15, 2013. Funeral, 10 AM, Wednesday, Evergreen Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William Lee "Dick" Grant and sons, Earl Grant and Charles Grant. Ollie is survived by her husband, Steve C. Stancil (Retd. Nash County Deputy); son, James Grant of Wilson; 5 grandchildren,...
Ellen Deans
Jul 13, 2013
WILSON - Ellen Wade Brooks Deans, 98, died Saturday, July 13, 2013. Funeral, 2 PM, Wednesday, Maplewood Cemetery. Reverend Daniel P. Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends at the cemetery after the service. Ellen was born on April 28, 1915 to Wade Ruffin Brooks, Sr. and Bronna Henderson Bray Brooks. She married Lt. Col Edwin Gray...
Willard Ballance
Jul 12, 2013
FREMONT - Willard J. Ballance, 75, died Friday, July 12, 2013, at home surrounded by his family. Funeral, Sunday, 3 PM, Fremont United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Dede Britt and assisted by Rev. Lindsay Ballance Collins and Daniel Collins. Interment will follow in Ballance Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home following the interment....
Jean Vick
Jul 6, 2013
STANTONSBURG - Jean Yelverton Vick, 79, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, in her home. Funeral, Tuesday, 11:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery. She retired from elementary education in Wilson City Schools with several years at Winstead School and later taught and served in administration at Wilson Community College. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Edgar Vick; daughter,...
Ralph Parker
Jul 4, 2013
Ralph Parker, 89, of Wilson and Oriental, died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 11:00 AM, Evergreen Memorial Park. He was a founder and retired owner of Parker's BBQ. Surviving is his wife, Betty Sasser Parker; daughter, Mary Carla Hollis of Raleigh and her children, Elliot and Aaron; son, Robert Fulghum and his partner, Marty Perry, of Sarasota,...
Patsy Russell
Jul 4, 2013
WILSON - Patsy Austin Russell, 75, died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Funeral, Monday, 2:00 PM, First United Methodist Church, followed by visiting and sharing in the Bradshaw Building. Surviving is her husband, Charlie R. Russell; daughter, Karie Garner (Trevor) of Apex; grandchildren, Evan and Claire Garner of Apex. Patsy was born in Detroit, MI, to the late William...
Bob Gray
Jul 2, 2013
Bob M. Gray, 85, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service. Entombment, Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Gray retired from Firestone and had served in the U. S. Marines. Surviving are his daughters, Mary Ann Holland (Rev Keith) of Garner, Linda Carter of Middlesex, Denise Bailey, Debbie Woodall and Betty Jo Woodall, all of Kenly;...
Jack Overman
Jul 1, 2013
KINSTON - Jack Bardin Overman, Jr, 86, died July 1, 2013, at the N.C. Veterans Home in Kinston. Funeral, Friday, July 5th, 11:00 AM, First Baptist Church. Visitation will precede the service from 10:00 - 10:45. Surviving are his daughters, Jan Overman of Winston-Salem and Lou Ann Kernodle and her husband, Michael, of Boone; grandchildren, Jack K. Singley...
Ronnie Berry
Jun 29, 2013
Rondall "Ronnie" W. Berry, 81, a retired police officer and formerly of the Nobles Chapel Church Community, Sims, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Timonium, MD. Funeral, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Wilson Memorial Service, conducted by Rev. Ray Wells. A time of visiting and sharing will follow. His wife, Shirley Scott Berry, died in August, 2007. He served in...
Buddy Owens
Jun 25, 2013
ELM CITY - Patrick Andrew "Buddy" Owens, III, 64, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 10:00 AM, Stantonsburg Cemetery, with Military Rites. Buddy had served in the Navy during the VietNam War and had worked in the Postal Service. He is survived by a daughter, Tara Strickland (Thomas) of Elm City; son, Derrick Owens (Michele) of Wilson;...
Rachel Parker
Jun 11, 2013
WILSON - Rachel Britt Parker, 85, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Funeral, Friday, 1:00 PM, First Baptist Church, following by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park. She retired from the Department of Social Services in 1987. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Parker, in 2002; parents, Van and Nannie Pittman Britt;...
