Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: August 22, 2004 Archives

SHIRLEY H. BEST

Shirley H. Best, 44, of 710 S. Center St., died Wednesday at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Survivors include her husband, Hillary; two daughters, April and Takisha Hall; three sisters, Fannie M. Merritt, of Clinton, Clara Atkinson, of Newton Grove, and...

JOHNNY BASS

EUREKA -- Johnny Mack Bass, 55, of 122 East Main St., died Thursday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Mr. Bass was born in Wayne County to Mack Bass and the late Sarah Anderson Bass. In addition to his...

LEROY BUNN

MOUNT OLIVE -- Leroy Bunn Sr., 88, of 3405 Summerlin Cross Road, died Wednesday at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville. He was the husband of Mrs. Mary Bunn. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home....

LAWRENCE CHESTNUT

The funeral for Lawrence Eugene Chestnut will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of McIntyre Funeral Home. Bishop D.L. McIntrye will officiate. Mr. Chestnut was born in Wayne County and was the son of Lawrence Lee...

LARRY GRAHAM

MOUNT OLIVE -- Larry H. Graham, 57, died Friday. After graduating from Mount Olive High School in 1965, he entered the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. Following his military service, he attended Mount Olive College and later the University...

ANNIE MAE JONES

Annie Mae Holloman Jones, 88, of 105 Quail Drive, died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Johnston County, Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late Lee Roy Holloman and Alice Evans Holloman and was married to the...

BETTY H. JOHNSON

WARSAW -- Betty Hill "Bebe" Johnson, 70, of 112 Boyette Rd, died Tuesday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Mrs. Johnson married the late Paul Johnson Sr. and was the daughter of Catherine Hill of Kenansville and the late Reynold...

ESTHER JONES

Esther Weeks Boyette Jones, 78, of 4526 Antique Lane, died Friday at her home. Mrs. Jones was born in Mount Olive to the late Arthur James Weeks and Lydie Sutton Weeks and was the widow of William J. Boyette....

CARLTON SMITH

WARSAW -- Carlton Fields "Chip" Smith, 76, a former resident of Magnolia, died Thursday at GlenCare Nursing Home. Mr. Smith was the son of the late William and Esther Davis Smith of Wayne County. He was a member, deacon and...

BARBARA WASHINGTON

Barbara Washington, 44, of 1403 Humphrey St., died Thursday. She is survived by three sons, Anthony Washington, James Bryant Washington, and Erwin Washington, of Goldsboro; her mother, Doris Washington, of Goldsboro; three sisters, Claressa Crawford, Doris Holloman of Goldsboro,...