Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: March 14, 2004 Archives

MARY LOU BEAMON

Mary Lou Beamon, 73, of 405 Hooks River Road died Saturday at the home of her sister, Bonnie Dillard-Day in Knoxville, Tenn. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro....

ROBERT E. GODWIN

PIKEVILLE -- Robert Earl Godwin, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, died Friday in his home. He was 79. Born in Wake County, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Lula Betty Poole Godwin and was...

EDWARD EARL HARPER

A funeral service for Mr. Edward Earl Harper is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. at McIntyre Funeral Home Chapel. The burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery on U.S. Highway 117. Bishop D.L. McIntyre will officiate. Mr. Harper was...

LESTER G. LANE

Lester George "Biggie" Lane of 7 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, N.J., formerly of Goldsboro, died Friday at his home. He was husband of Christine Lane of the home and son of the late Sylvester and Louella Lane of Goldsboro. Rhodes...

WILLIAM R. PIERCE

WILSON -- William R. "Billy" Pierce, 75, of 1816 Lynn Drive, formerly of Kenly, died Friday at Wilson Medical Center. Mr. Pierce was a teacher at Selma School and North Johnston High School for 16 years and principal for 17...

GENEVA O. RIGSBEE

MOUNT OLIVE -- Geneva Odom Rigsbee, 80, of Crest Drive, died Friday in SunBridge Care Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the First United Methodist Church of Mount Olive where she was a member. Dr....

LESSIE MAE J. ROWE

Lessie Mae Johnson Rowe, 90, formerly of Rains Crossroads Road in Princeton, died Saturday morning at Smithfield Manor. Born April 12, 1913, in Johnston County to the late Rev. William Riley and Mary Elizabeth Lewis Johnson, she was the widow...

PATRICIA M. VISTEIN

MOUNT OLIVE -- Patricia "Pat" McCreight Vistein, 63, of 201 Zion Church Road, died Thursday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Merrial and Irene Holmes Inman McCreight. She was...

ANNIE MAE WATKINS

NEWTON GROVE -- Annie Mae Watkins, 84, of 854 Cedar Point Road, died Saturday. Funeral service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at St. Paul Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Clifton officiating. Burial will follow in...

HAZEL WRIGHT

Hazel Denning Wright, 86, died Thursday at Britthaven Nursing Home in Kinston. A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late E.C. Denning Sr. and Edith Florence Faircloth Denning and was the widow of William Wright....