Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: March 11, 2004 Archives

VIOLA M. BAKER

KENLY -- Viola M. Baker, 91, died today. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Coley Funeral Home....

DENNIS BLACKMON

FAISON -- Dennis Roland Blackmon, 54, of 2241 Giddensville Road, died Wednesday at Sampson Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Blackmon family cemetery. The Reverends Ray Smith, Bobby Trott and Gerald Garris...

LORRAINE R. COBB

Lorraine R. Cobb, 91, formerly of Goldsboro, died Sunday at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. A private funeral will be held at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro. Mrs. Cobb was a native of Wayne County,...

HUGH COLEY

Hugh Coley, 72, of Oxon Hill, Md., formerly of Eureka, died Saturday, March 6, at St. Thomas More Nursing Rehab Center in Hyattsville, Md. He was born on Jan. 17, 1932, in Wayne County to the late Russell Coley...

JAMES GREEN SR.

Deacon James Green Sr., 86, of 404 Olive St., died last Saturday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held this Saturday at noon at Barnes Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member. The Rev. Connie...

MARY K. HESS

Mary Kathryn Hess, 75, of 1720 O'Berry Center Road, died Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Mrs. Hess was born in Charleston, West Virginia to the late James Edgar George and Rena Jane Hill George. She was a member...

DIXIE H. HOOKS

Funeral services for Dixie H. Hooks will be held by the graveside on Friday at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with Dr. Douglas McCaleb officiating. The family is being served by Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro....

LUCILLE JOMP

KENLY -- Lucille L. Jomp, 90, died Wednesday at her home. The funeral will be held Friday at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Coley Funeral Home. The Rev. Carlton Lucas will officiate. Burial will be on Saturday morning at...

NEEDHAM LOFIN JR.

AYDEN -- Needham Henderson "N.H." Loftin Jr., 75, died Wednesday. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church in Greenville. The Rev. Ronnie Hobgood will officiate. Mr. Loftin is survived by...

OWEN MARTIN SR.

WARSAW -- Owen Bryant Martin Sr., of 532 W. College St., died Tuesday. He was born in Warsaw on June 24, 1922, to the late Henry and Lena Martin. He joined the Warsaw First Baptist Church at an early...

JAMES MILLIGAN

LAURINBURG -- James Edwin "Jim" Milligan, 79, of Scotia Village, formerly of Wayne County, died Wednesday. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at the First United Methodist Church, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Stan Smith and...

SHIRLEY SIMS

Shirley Perry Sims, 76, of 603 Lockhaven Court, died Tuesday at Carteret General Hospital. The funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Thomas McClendon will be officiating. Burial will...

HAZEL D. WRIGHT

Hazel Denning Wright, 86, died today at Britthaven Nursing Home in Kinston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home in Goldsboro....

RAYFORD YOUNG

Rayford Young, 59, of 2088 Selah Church Road, Four Oaks, died early Thursday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held by the graveside on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Selah Church Cemetery. Born Sept. 17, 1944, he...