Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: July 25, 2004 Archives

KAREN D. BAKER

Karen Diane Baker, 43, of Goldsboro passed away Thursday evening after a long battle with breast cancer. She had a 20-year career with Caswell Center in Kinston as a teacher of exceptional children after having earned a master's degree...

HAZETTA BATTLE

WARSAW -- Hazetta Battle, 91, of 345 Euray Moore Road died Friday at Guardian Care Nursing Center, Kenansville. Among her survivors is a sister, Vermel R. Hall of the home. The family will receive friends at the residence. Garris Funeral...

ARTHUR CRIER

WARSAW -- Arthur Crier, 69, of 345 West Bay St. died Thursday at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending at Rhodes Funeral Home in Warsaw....

VERYLYN M. DAVIS

GREENSBORO -- Verlyn Manuel Davis of 4120 Stirrup Drive, formerly of Dudley, died Thursday. A private memorial service will be held at Hargett Funeral Home and a cremation service will be held at a later date in Philadelphia. Mrs....

HARRY A. EVANS JR.

PIKEVILLE -- Harry Alton Evans, Jr., 54, of 120 Sir Richard Drive died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A native of Virginia Beach, Va., Mr. Evans was the son of Harry Alton Evans Sr. and the late Ellen Ferbie...

ROGER M. FLYNN

Roger Milton Flynn, 61, of 808 Guilford St. died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Rocky Point, Mr. Flynn was the son of the late Paul A. Flynn and Hazel Futch Flynn. Mr. Flynn began his career...

EDMUND GRANTHAM

Funeral services for Edmund Grantham will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at New Spirit Church Ministries, 1501 N. William St. The burial will follow in the Wayne Memorial Park Cemetery, U.S. Highway 117. Dr. Freddie I. Barnes will...

DONNA R. KIRBY

DUDLEY -- Donna Jane Routh Kirby, 47, of 661 Sand Hill Drive died Friday night at U.N.C. Hospitals in Chapel Hill. A service to remember her life will be held Monday at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Tyndall Funeral...

NORE H. LASSITER

PRINCETON -- Nore Heber "Paul" Lassiter, 76, of 512 Lassiter Road died Saturday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Lenoir County, he was the son of the late Nathan Lassiter and Effie Pearce Lassiter. Mr. Lassiter was a farmer...

WILLIAM F. McKINNEY

William Frederick McKinn-ey, 68, departed this life at the Virginia Beach General Hospital on Friday to join his family and friends in the hereafter that departed previously. He was born in Philadelphia on Dec. 16, 1935 to Helen Frederick McKinney...

DORIS PARKS

Doris Parks Cherry, 91, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of Goldsboro, died Tuesday in Lexington Country Place. She was born in Goldsboro to the late Frank Forrest Parks and Leah Elizabeth Henry Parks. She moved to Lexington in 1982 after her...

MACKIE J. ROBINSON

CLINTON -- Mackie Lee Jackson Robinson, 73, of 120 Southwood Drive died Saturday in Mary Gran Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held Monday night at 7 from the Royal-Hall Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Shook officiating. Burial...

THELMA SOUTHERLAND

KENANSVILLE -- Funeral services for Thelma O. Southerland, 76, will be held Monday at 4 p.m. from the Big Zion AME Zion Church with the Rev. William Peterson officiating. Burial will follow in the McGowan Cemetery. Mrs. Southerland died Thursday...

WILLARD WESTBROOK

ALBERTSON -- Willard Livington Westbrook, 91, of 113 Wood Church Road died Friday at Duplin General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Eula Mae Cauley Westbrook, and his second wife, Nelda Kaye Westbrook. Funeral services will...

IRENE WADE

KINSTON -- Irene Parker Wade, 53, of 181 Mitchell Wooten Court died Thursday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. in the chapel of S. Connor Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Jerusalem...