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

LOUISE BENSON

WARSAW -- Louise Chambers Benson, 92, died Tuesday at her home. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Addie Houston Chambers of Duplin County and was the widow of Johnnie Benson. She is survived by one son,...

THELMA BROWN

Thelma Holmes Brown, of 418 N. Kornegay St., died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lightner Memorial Funeral Home....

MERLIN HUGHES

Merlin Hughes died today. Among his survivors is his wife, Eleanor Hughes. Funeral arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home....

BETTY JOHNSON

WARSAW -- Betty Hill "Bebe" Johnson, 70, of 112 Boyette Road, died Tuesday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home in Mount Olive. The family will receive friends at the residence....

DOROTHY JONES

Dorothy DeVaughn Jones, of 507 Hamilton Drive, died today at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lightner Memorial Funeral Home....

BEN SMITH

LAGRANGE -- Ben Smith, 76, of Britthaven of LaGrange, died today at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. Funeral arrangements are pending at LaGrange Mortuary....

JOHN L. SMITH JR.

MOUNT OLIVE -- John Lemley Smith Jr., 86, of Mount Olive, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Maryfield at Pennybyrne in High Point. A graveside service will be held Thursday, Aug. 19, at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with...

RUSSELL TOPLOVICH

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Russell Joseph "Rusty" Toplovich, 45, of 103 Shiloh Lane, died Monday at his residence. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was employed at Lockheed Martin as an aircraft mechanic specialist. A native of Corry, Pa.,...

IRENA WILLIAMSON

CLINTON -- Irena Crumpler Williamson, 88, sister of Sally Walker of Goldsboro, died Monday at Sampson Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday in White Oak Baptist Church, where she was a member. Burial will...

STEVEN WILKES

The funeral for Steven L. Wilkes, 21, of 20 Brick Kitchen Road, Hookerton, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Rhodes Funeral Home in Goldsboro. Burial will be in Old Mill Cemetery. Mr. Wilkes died Thursday,...