Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: May 27, 2005 Archives

JAMES BAKER III

FREMONT -- James "Bud" Lemuel Baker III, 57, of 821 Turner Swamp Road, formerly a resident at Avante of Wilson, died Wednesday at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson. A funeral service will be held this evening at 7 from...

HULA E. CHERRY

Hula E. Cherry, 75, of 702 N. Spence Ave., died Thursday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel of Goldsboro....

JAMES E. DOVE

DUDLEY -- James Earnest Dove Sr., 72, of 202 Ward Drive, died Thursday in Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mr. Dove was born in Jones County on November 22, 1932, to the late Roy and Mable Rhodes Dove. He was a...

CHARLES EDWARDS

Charles Pearson Edwards, of 2621 Hwy. 70 W., died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mr. Edwards was born in Wayne County and was the son of the late Luby Edwards and Annie Pearson Edwards. He was a World War II...

JACOB J. FERNANDEZ

PIKEVILLE -- Jacob James Fernandez, 20, of 110 Barrier Place, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was born in Miami, Fla. A funeral service will be held 5 p.m. Friday at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill...

MILDRED AYCOCK GINN

Mildred Aycock Ginn, 83, formerly of Jacksonville, Fla., died Wednesday in Longwood, Fla. Mrs. Ginn was born in Fremont and was the daughter of the late Wiley Edwards Aycock and Mildred Ellen Gurley Aycock. Mrs. Ginn was married to the...

LENA MAE HALL

NEWTON GROVE -- Lena Mae Hall, 65, of 13867 Hobbton Hwy., died Wednesday. A funeral service will be held at a later date in Bluewell, W. Va. A visitation will be held this evening from 6 until 8 at West...

DUFFY JONES

MOUNT OLIVE -- A funeral service for Duffy Jones will be held tonight at 7 from the First Pentecostal Holiness Church of Mount Olive. The Reverends Doug Bartlett and Jimmy Swinson will officiate. Visitation will follow the service. A committal...

ELIZABETH LEWIS

FREMONT -- Elizabeth Benson Lewis, 81, of 205 Dock St., died Wednesday morning at home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Fremont Free Will Baptist Church in Fremont. The Reverends Robert Langley and...

CARL MATTHIS

CLINTON -- Carl T. Matthis, 57, of 2790 Wilson Road, died Thursday. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Matthis Family Cemetery in Clinton. He is survived by his wife, Lynette J. Matthis; two daughters, Jeanine...

MILDRED BEST SMITH

Mildred Best Smith, 97, of 1853 Tommy's Road died Thursday in Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel of Goldsboro....

ALLEN THOMPSON JR.

FUQUAY-VARINA -- After a valiant battle with cancer, Allen Kader (A.K.) Thompson Jr., 62, passed peacefully from this life to his eternal home in the presence of his beloved family at the Thompson home, 7812 St. Anne's Way, Fuquay-Varina....

NEEDHAM WILDER

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Needham Wilder, 62, formerly of Goldsboro, died Wednesday, May 18, while a patient at Howard University Hospital. He was born in Greene County to the late Needham and Alberta Strickland Wilder. A memorial service will be...

EARL WELLS

MOUNT OLIVE -- Earl "Monk" Wells, 65, of 100-A Johnson Court, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at New Jackson Tabernacle Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Carver Memorial Cemetery....