Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: February 23, 2005 Archives

ROY S. FINCH

Roy S. Finch, 87, formerly of 211 Stevens Mill Road, died Tuesday at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hamilton Funeral Chapel in Goldsboro....

BRIAN HARRIS

The funeral service for Brian Harris, of LaGrange, will be held today at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory....

RONNIE HASKINS

Ronnie Haskins, 52, formerly of Wilson died Tuesday in Queens, N.Y. Among his survivors is his wife, Doretha Haskins, and his mother, Mary Haskins Bates. Funeral arrangements are pending at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

RALPH L. HAWKINS

Ralph Lamar Hawkins, 60, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park. Mr. Hawkins was born in Malvern, Ala., to the late Bill and Ruth Merritt Hawkins. He...

JESSE R. HINSON

A graveside service for Jesse Ruffin Hinson, 74, will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park. The Rev. Dann Patrick will officiate and the service will include military honors. Mr. Hinson died Tuesday at the home...

ARNOLD JOHNSON

The funeral for Arnold Ray "Junk Man" Johnson, of 107 S. Kornegay St., will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wave of Glory Faith Center. He died Monday, Feb. 14. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hester...

HALLIE MARTIN

Hallie Martin, 82, of 301 W. Edwards St., Princeton, died Monday evening at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory....

WILLIAM MARTIN

WARSAW -- Retired Captain William Noble Martin, 96, died Saturday at his home. A graveside service with military honors will be conducted on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Golden Grove Cemetery in Kenansville. Mr. Martin was born on Nov. 13,...

DIXIE MORRISEY

TURKEY -- Dixie Morrisey, 88, of 1160 Thompson Ave., died Tuesday at Mary Gran Nursing Center in Clinton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home in Mount Olive. The family will receive friends at the residence....

ELLEN S. PELT

Ellen Smith Pelt, 78, of 1005 Eleventh Street, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late George Henry Smith and Ruth Radford Smith and was married to the late Johnnie...

J.R. PEARCE JR.

PRINCETON -- William Waverly "J.R." Pearce Jr., 62, died Monday at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Born on Feb. 18, 1943, in Wayne County to the late William Waverly and Molissia Talton Pearce, he was a foreman with the Princeton Rock Quarry....

LUECEILA PIERCE

WALLACE -- Mildred Lueceila "Celie" Powers Pierce of Wallace died Saturday. The funeral will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Adoram Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Matthews Funeral Service is in charge of the...

ANNIE SOUTHERLAND

MAGNOLIA -- The funeral for Annie Ruth Southerland, 89, of 565 S. N.C. 903 Hwy., will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church in Kenansville. Pastor E.T. Coston will officiate. Interment will be in the...

ANTRAIL STUKES

MOUNT OLIVE -- Antrail T. Stukes, 22, of 109 E. Kornegay St., died Sunday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bass Funeral Home....

LORENE SWAN

Lorene Swan, 82, formerly of Mill Run Place, died Monday at her residence in Warren, Mich. Funeral arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory....

RUSSELL WORTHINGTON

SNOW HILL -- Arnold Russell Worthington, 57, died Monday at his residence. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. on Thursday at Rainbow Cemetery. The Rev. Chuck Owens will officiate. The Snow Hill Fire Department Honor Guard will provide...

VINSON WILSON

Vinson Wilson, 37, of Durham, formerly of Warsaw, died Tuesday at Durham Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home in Mount Olive. The family will be at the home of Ozzie Wilson, 312 Prospect St., Warsaw....