Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: December 19, 2004 Archives

MARIE BARNES

Marie Barnes, 78, of 902 Canal St. died Thursday at Davita Dialysis Center. Mrs. Barnes was born in Wayne County on Aug. 23, 1926, to the late John Tyner and Julia Tyner-Hill. She was a retired Wayne County educator. She...

SAMUEL BRITT

MOUNT OLIVE -- Samuel Lee Britt, 59, of 137 E. Hillsboro St. died Wednesday at the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville. He was a native of Sampson County and was the son of the late Percy Lee Britt and Kathleen Corbett...

LANEY HILL

HEPHZIBAH -- Laney Elsworth Hill, 73, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital Downtown Division. He was the son of the late Laney and Nora Blizzard Hill and husband to Sumiko Suganuma Hill. Mr. Hill retired from the United States...

MILDRED KORNEGAY

Mildred Corbett Kornegay, 84, died Saturday. A native of Johnston County, she was the daughter of the late James and Alice Crocker Corbett, and the widow of Nelson Kornegay. She was a member of Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church....

RUDY JONES

Rudy Xerxes Jones, 51, of 230 Mount Carmel Church Road died Friday at his residence. A native of Wayne County, he was the son of Edna Lewis Jones of Pikeville and the late John X. Jones. A funeral service...

RUTH OVERMAN

LUCAMA -- Ruth Hardison Overman, 84, died Thursday evening at Britthaven of Wilson. A funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Shackle-ford-Howell Funeral Home. The Rev. Patsy Jones and the Rev. Webb will...

GEORGE RECTOR

George Vernon Rector, 61, of 104 South Center St. died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of Frances Ricks Rector Drew of Mount Olive and the late Ennis Carl Rector. He was a...

EARL RICHARDSON

The funeral for Earl Richardson will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Saint Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church, Pearson Street. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Mr. Rich-ardson is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mary Robinson; four...

KATHLEEN STRICKLAND

PRINCETON -- Kathleen Shallington Strickland, 62, of 787 Bugshop Road died Friday afternoon at her home. Born Sept. 6, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Franklin Shallington and wife of the late Moses Franklin Strickland. She was...

LAYTON TEW

SELMA -- Layton Tew, 76, died Friday at his home. He was born July 6, 1928, in Johnston County to the late Ransom Benjamin and Cora Beasley Tew. He was a U.S. Marine. A funeral service will be held Monday...

ELTON WOOTEN

Elton Rudolph Wooten, 75, a retired farmer of 1276 Pikeville-Princeton Road, died Saturday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Wayne County, he was the son of the late Wesley and Enness Hicks Wooten. Elton was a lifetime member...