Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: January 18, 2004 Archives

HELEN McWHORTER

Mrs. Helen Brohard McWhorter, 83, of 107 Shamrock Road, died Friday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. A native of Weston, West Virginia, she was born on March 13, 1920. She was the daughter of the late Charles A. and...

JAMES PEACOCK

James Clifton Peacock, 89, of 388 Buck Swamp Road, died Friday at Britthaven Nursing Home. The funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Neal Salter officiating. Burial will be in Willow...

ELEANOR PETTY

AUSTELL, Ga. -- Eleanor Fields Petty died Friday, Jan. 9, in Austell Bryan Center. A graveside service was held in Orlando at Highlanders Cemetery. Mrs. Petty was the widow of James "Jim" Petty of Austell and the daughter of the...

BILLY SULLIVAN

PRINCETON -- A graveside funeral for Billy Ray Sullivan, 66, will be held today at 2 p.m. at Princeton Cemetery. The Rev. Bob Shuman will officiate. Mr. Sullvan died Thursday at his home in Linden. He is survived by a...

JESSE R. MITCHELL

NEW BERN -- Jesse Ray Mitchell, 71, of New Bern died Thursday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Formerly of Goldsboro, he moved to New Bern and was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and attended Highland Park. Funeral services were...

EVELYN R. EDWARDS

PRINCETON -- Evelyn Rains Edwards, 75, of 1015 Edwards Road, Princeton, died Friday evening at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield. Born Nov. 17, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Walter Bruce and Odessa Godwin Rains and was preceded...

DORIS F. NORRIS

Doris Foushee Norris, 84, formerly of Roxboro, died Friday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. The funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. at Warren's Grove United Methodist Church in Roxboro. On Monday, at 2 p.m., there will be a...

CARRIE A. JONES

PRINCETON -- Carrie A. Jones, 91, of 410 W. Second St., Princeton, died Saturday in Smithfield Manor. A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Lucretia Stevens. The funeral will be held Tuesday at...

JIMMY WIMBLEY

Jimmy Wimbley, 85, of 321 Sandhill Dr., Goldsboro, died Saturday in his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel....

VIOLA K. TURNAGE

Viola King Turnage, 79, of 606 Daisy St., Goldsboro, died early Saturday morning at Sampson County Hospital. Born Sept. 13, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Ingram King. Funeral services will be held today at...

VIOLA B. ALLEN

Viola Bass Allen 92, died Saturday at Britthaven of Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held by the graveside on Monday at 2 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery in Benson. Her son-in-law, Louis Marriner will officiate. Mrs. Allen was born in...

EARL F. STERNER

Retired Master Sergeant (Air Force) Earl Francis Sterner, 78, of East Beech St., died Thursday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. A private service will be held. Mr. Sterner was born in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on May 28, 1925,...

TONY D. BAKER

Tony Dean Baker, 45, of 139 Feather Lane, died Saturday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A celebration of life service will be held on Monday at 6 p.m. from the chapel of Howell Funeral Home and Crematory in...

MURIEL R. BATTES

Muriel Rutledge Battes, 66, of 149 Forest Knolls Rd., died Thursday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A private service will be held. Mrs. Battes was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 18, 1937, to the late Joe and LaVerne Brush...

RAYFORD A. MARTIN

Rayford Allen Martin, 63, of 500-B Sambo Lambert Road died Friday at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Johnston County, he was the son of the late Silas and Maybell Jackson Martin. He was a carpenter with T.A. Loving....

GERALD MOZINGO

LAGRANGE -- Edward Gerald Mozingo, 64, of 3083 New Hope Road, died Saturday, January 17, 2004, at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Gerald was son of the late Hubert and Eva Mae Burroughs Mozingo. He was a lifetime farmer. Funeral services will...