Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: July 9, 2004 Archives

GUILLERMO T. ACEVEDO

SELMA -- Guillermo Torres Acevedo, of Wood Street, died Wednesday at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro....

DON BARRETT

LAURINBURG -- Donald "Don" Wallace Barrett, 81, of 1007 W. Church Street, died at his home Tuesday evening, July 6, 2004, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the...

ESTHER BECTON

Esther Becton, of 3217 Highway 222, Stantonsburg, died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Among her survivors is a daughter, Alberta Young. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

ALTHEA BEST

Althea Rose Best, 88, died Thursday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late George Pinkney Rose and Sarah Holmes Rose and was the widow of William T. Best. The...

VIOLA COOPER

KENLY -- The funeral for Viola Parker Cooper, 90, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Coley Funeral Home. The Rev. Braxton Creech will officiate. Burial will be in Holly Springs Church Cemetery. Mrs. Cooper died...

WILLIE GURGANUS

Willie James Gurganus, 72, of 585 Forest Knolls Road, died Thursday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Fred Carraway will officiate....

JAMES HUMPHREY

James Edgar "Sonny" Humphrey 69, of 2056 Summerhill Terrace, Kinston, died Wednesday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. Mr. Humphrey was the previous owner of Down East Protection Systems, a member of the Ram Neuse Lions Club and Kinston Seventh-Day Adventist...

CHARLIE JORDAN

LAGRANGE -- Charlie Belton Jordan, 68, of 304 Firetower Road, died Wednesday evening at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held tonight at 7 in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerry Mitchell and the Rev....

CHARLES KEADLE

Charles Arnold Keadle, of 176 Sleepy Creek Drive, Dudley, died today at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Among his survivors is his wife, Sue P. Keadle. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home....

DEBRA KING

Debra Ann Mack King, minister of music at St. Mark Church of Christ, died Thursday at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

AUDREY LUPTON

Audrey Louise Lupton, 82, of 905 West Oak Street, died Wednesday evening at her home. The funeral will be held Saturday evening at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro. The Rev. Wayne...

EDWARD NEWKIRK JR.

MOUNT OLIVE -- Edward C. "Rabbit" Newkirk Jr., 39, of 113 Smith St., died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Garris Funeral Home....

JESSIE J. SMITH

LAGRANGE -- Jessie Johnson Smith of 407 Firetower Road, died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Greene County to the late Herbert and Minnie Ginn Johnson. She was a member of New Hope Road Church Of...

CHARLIE TURNAGE

DUDLEY -- Charlie E. Turnage, 66, of 124 Barnwell Road, died Wednesday at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation in Mount Olive. A private funeral will be held with the Rev. Steven Bedsole officiating. Mr. Turnage was born in Wayne County...

STANLEY WESTBROOK

CLINTON -- Stanley G. Westbrook, 63, of 213 Forest Trail, died Thursday. The funeral will e held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Friendly Holiness Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Marvin Bryant will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest...