Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: May 12, 2005 Archives

RUTH MAE ARTIS

The funeral for Ruth Mae Artis. 84, of Stantonsburg, will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Delight Missionary Baptist Church in Walstonburg. The Rev. Roosevelt Taylor Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs....

CHARLES COSTON SR.

WARSAW -- The funeral for Charles Worth Coston Sr., 73, of 640 N. Gum St., will be held Saturday at noon in the chapel of Rhodes Funeral Home. Entombment will be in the Devotional Gardens. Mr. Coston died Tuesday at...

DAVID E. DAVIS

David Elwood Davis, 82, died Wednesday morning at the Brian Center in Goldsboro. A graveside service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Calypso Cemetery. Pastor Doug Radford will officiate. Mr. Davis was born in Duplin County...

NOREATHA EDWARDS

The funeral for Noreatha Edwards will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Lightner Memorial Funeral Home. Elder Sharon W. Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Old Mill Cemetery. Mrs. Edwards died Sunday night at Britthaven...

JAMES R. HILL

The funeral for James Ray Hill, 56, of 924 Goldsboro St., Fremont, will be held Saturday at 11 am. at Branch Memorial Holiness Church on Handley Street in Wilson. Mr. Hill died Sunday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Carrons...

LEONARD HOWARD

Leonard Howard, 47, of 1406 E Elm St., died Tuesday at his home. Among his survivors is his mother, Mary Howard of Goldsboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

KATIE JONES

Katie Jones, of 3194 Arrington Bridge Road, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Among her survivors is a son, Steve Jones of Goldsboro. Funeral arrangements are pending at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

BERT M. LEE SR.

KINSTON -- Bert Martin Lee Sr., 67, of 2789 Forrest Drive, died Wednesday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. The funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.. in the chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home in Mount Olive. Dr....

DAVID S. LIBBY

Retired Senior Maser Sgt. David Starnes Libby, 75, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center after a long illness. He was born in Westbrook, Maine, and joined the Air Force in 1948, serving 27 years in...

BILL ROUSE

LAGRANGE -- William Forrest "Bill" Rouse, 74, of 2763 Wildlife Street, died Wednesday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. A graveside services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Greg Stancil officiating. Mr. Rouse...

BEN SMITH

LAGRANGE -- Benjamin Franklin Smith, 77, of 407 Firetower Road, died Wednes-day at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. He was born in Greene County to the late James and Lula Pate Smith. He was a retired oil truck driver...

JAMES E. SMITH

The funeral for James Earl Smith, 72, of 1904 Elton Drive, will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Bear Creek Missionary Baptist Headquarters Building. The Rev. Timothy Dortch will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, will be in...

WILLIAM TAYLOR

William L. Taylor, 56, of Fort Washington, Md., died Friday, May 6, at Georgetown Medical Hospital in Washington, D.C. He retired from the Metropolitan Police Dept. with 20 years of service. He was a 1967 graduate of Dillard High...

ELOISE UNDERWOOD

Eloise "Wee Bie" Underwood, 73, died today at her home at 310 Lorease Drive in Wellwood Estates. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are being handled by McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

JESSIE WILLIAMS

The funeral for Jessie Williams, 87, of 206-B East Elm St., will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Calypso. The Rev. C.C. Hunt will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Mr. Williams was...