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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
