Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: March 2, 2005 Archives

JOHN S. BRASWELL

SALISBURY -- John Stanley Braswell, 65, died Monday at his home after 18 months of declining health. He was a 1957 graduate of Goldsboro High School and was a former police officer in Goldsboro and Rocky Mount. He retired as...

DOROTHY COLEY

Early Sunday morning, February 27, 2005, God allowed His earthly saint, Mrs. Dorothy H. Coley, to end her battle. She had borne her illness courageously, suffering in silence -- never complaining. Mrs. Coley was born in Wayne County to the...

DAVID DEANS

David Edward Deans, 75, of 111 Fulton Road, Dudley, died today at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Among his survivors is his wife, Sadie Deans. Funeral arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home....

EUGENE MARTIN SR.

FAISON -- Eugene C. Martin, Sr. 76, of 120 Fletcher St.,., died Tuesday at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, Va. He was a retired employee of the Boling Chair Co. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 until 1953...

ARNOLD NICHOLS

Arnold Garfield Nichols, 89, died Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Charlene Lane in Southport, N.C. Funeral arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home of Goldsboro. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made...

RETHA SEARS

Retha Sears, 86, of Fremont, died at Britthaven Nursing Home in Goldsboro on Saturday. She was the daughter of the late Elonza Coley and Eliza Taylor. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara Wooten of Fremont, and five grandchildren,...

WINCHESTER STANCIL

KENLY -- The funeral for Winchester "Wink" Stancil, 70, was to be held today at 2 p.m. at New Jerusalem Free Will Baptist Church, with the Reverends Braxton Creech and Danny Creech officiating. Burial was to be in the church...

BRINKLEY TAYLOR

Mr. Brinkley Harrell Taylor, 83, of 915 Hwy. 581 South, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at his home after an extended illness. Mr. Taylor was born March 23, 1921, in Wayne County...

LARNELL THOMPSON

A memorial service for Larnell Thompson will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Greenleaf Church of Christ. Dr. William Barber II will officiate. Mr. Thompson is survived by one son, Pfc. Ryan Larnell Thompson of Seoul, South Korea; one...

MARTHA WARSHAW

Services for Martha Warshaw, 64, will be held in Palm Springs, California. She died Friday at the Brian Center in Goldsboro. A native of Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Leon and Anna Sidransky Warshaw. She is...

LINDA WHITAKER

Linda Whitaker, 52, died last week. Mrs. Whitaker was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Henry and Alice Whitaker. She is survived by a daughter, Antoinette Whitaker, and a son, George Whitaker. Private funeral services will be held under...

ODESSA WOOTEN

Odessa Wooten of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sunday. Among her survivors are her parents, Walter and Eva Sanders of Goldsboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....