Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: October 4, 2005 Archives

GEORGE B. COKER

Aug. 2, 1949-Oct. 3, 2005 George Brantley "Porgy" Coker, 56, of Midlothian, Va., died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Richmond, Va. The funeral will be held tonight at 7 at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be Wednesday...

FLOYD R. EVANS

Dec. 1, 1927-Oct. 3, 2005 Floyd Richard Evans, 77, of 523 Forest Hill Drive, died Monday morning at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Jefferson United Methodist Church with the Rev....

HUNTER W. FINCH

Died Oct. 4, 2005 Hunter W. Finch, 77, of 606 Mill Road, died today at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service...

DAVID C. FORREST

March 7, 1935-Oct. 1, 2005 David Clifton Forrest, age 70, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. "He fought the good fight, he finished his course, and he kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7 The...

CARRIE GRADY

Feb. 1, 1907-Oct. 3, 2005 MOUNT OLIVE -- Carrie Waters Grady, 98, a lifelong resident of the White Flash community, died early Monday at the home of her son at Harker's Island. One of 13 children, she was born Feb....

LILLIAN JOHNSON

Died Oct. 2, 2005 KINSTON --A graveside service for Lillian Ellen Johnson, 78, mother of Faye Thomas of Goldsboro, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Westview Cemetery. Luby Outlaw will officiate. Mrs. Johnson died Sunday at her home....

GLENDA S. JONES

June 20, 1952- Oct. 2, 2005 Glenda Sedell Jones, 53, of 211 Buck Run Drive, died Sunday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jones was born in Bibb County, Ga., on June 20, 1952, to the late Jack Howard Sedell and...

WALTER PETERSON

Died Oct. 2, 2005 Walter "Pete" Dale Peterson, 74, died Sunday at Wayne Memorial Hospital The funeral will be held in Presque Isle, Maine. Burial will be at Southside Cemetery in Mapleton, Maine. Mr. Peterson was born in Akeley,...

ERSKINE POPE

May 25, 1928-Oct. 1, 2005 WINSTON-SALEM -- Erskine "Erk" Lee Pope, 77, died Saturday at his home. He was born in Goldsboro to Gurney Lee and Eloise Bradshaw Pope. He began his career in the construction business in 1948 and...

JAMES STRICKLAND

Died Oct. 3, 2005 The funeral for James Strickland, of 378 Kelly Springs Road, Mount Olive, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Congregational United Church of Christ. Dr. Harold Daniels will officiate. Burial will be in...

WILLIAM WALLACE

Died Sept. 30, 2005 KINSTON -- The funeral for William Arthur Wallace, 75, stepfather of Coletta Smith of Seven Springs, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Northwest A Tabernacle in Trenton. Elderess Antainette D. Bell will officiate. Burial...