Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: December 22, 2005 Archives

HARRY ALBRITTON

Died Dec. 20, 2005 WILMINGTON -- Harry Linwood Albritton, 78, died Tuesday at Liberty Commons Nursing Center. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 11 at the Church Street Chapel of Farmville Funeral Home. Dr., Lance Perry will officiate....

LENA BACKUS

Died Dec. 19, 2005 FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Lena Isabel Backus, 75, died Monday at Mary Washington Hospital. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Meridian Club and the ECU group. She is survived by her husband, Curtis Backus;...

WILLIE BATTLE

Died Dec. 17, 2005 KINSTON -- Willie C. Battle, 96, of 912 Highland Ave. Apt. 1-C, died Saturday at her home. The funeral will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at St. Peters Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, with...

KENNETH CARTER

March 11, 1936-Dec. 20, 2005 LUCAMA -- Kenneth Carter, 69, of 305 E. Oak St., died Tuesday at home. A private burial will be held at Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont. Mr. Carter was the son of the late Raymond and...

REV. RICHARD CONYERS

Died Dec. 22, 2005 PIKEVILLE -- The Rev. Richard Lee Conyers, 44, an ordained Free Will Baptist minister, died today at his home at 6093 Wayne Memorial Drive. Among his survivors is his wife, Brenda Pate Conyers. Funeral arrangements are...

THOMAS DAWSON

Died Dec. 19, 2005 The funeral for Thomas Dawson will be held Friday at 1 p.m.. at Liberty Grove Missionary Baptist Church in LaGrange. Pastor Harold Warren will officiate. Burial will be in St. Matthew's Cemetery. Mr. Dawson is survived...

KATHERINE FIELDS

Dec. 5, 1957-Dec. 21, 2005 LAGRANGE -- Katherine Anne Smith Fields, 48, 290 Garris Chapel Road, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 4 p.m. at New Hope Friends Church with Bill Garner officiating. Interment...

WILLIAM R. FLEMING

Died Dec. 20, 2005 STOKES -- William Roland "Billy" Fleming, 66, brother of Rosalyn Fleming Lomax of Goldsboro, died at his home on Tuesday. The family will hold a private celebration of his life at a later date. Mr. Fleming...

ROBERT FRICK

Oct. 9, 1915-Dec. 2, 2005 Robert Samuel Frick, 90 died at Rockingham Memorial Hospital on December 2, 2005. He was a resident of Park Gables at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mr. Frick was born in Philadelphia,...

MACY GAVIN

Died Dec. 19, 2005 WARSAW -- Macy Underwood Gavin, 82, of 118 Julia Drive, died Monday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hines Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Dr. Naverro...

MACK HOLLOMAN

Apr. 17, 1936 - Dec. 21, 2005 FAISON -- Carroll Maxton "Mack" Holloman, 69, of 8150 Suttontown Road, died Wednesday afternoon. He was a retired farmer. The funeral will be held Friday at 7 p.m. on Friday at Tyndall...

TOMMY JOHNSON

Died Dec. 22, 2005 Tommy Greene Johnson, 71, of 402 Birch Drive, died today at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

DOUG JOYNER

July 6, 1922-Dec. 21, 2005 William Douglas Joyner, 83, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mr. Joyner was born July 6, 1922, in Franklin County to the late George Henry and Martha Overton Joyner. He served in World War...

PAT M. MERRITT

Died Dec. 20, 2005 HILLSBOROUGH -- Pettie Lou "Pat" McCormick Merritt, 74, of 7217 Dodson Crossroads, died Tuesday at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Merritt was born in Robeson County to the late Mendal and Lucille Barfield Byrd. She was...

BRIAN PLUMMER

Died Dec. 18, 2005 The funeral for Brian Keith Plummer, 23, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Gospel Light United Holy Church, 442 Hillsboro Street, Mount Olive. Apostle Edwin Newsome will officiate. Burial will be in Carver...

VIOLA R. SMITH

Died Dec. 21, 2005 Viola Radford Smith, 91, died Wednesday at the Brian Center. A graveside service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Smith Family Cemetery, with the Rev. Ed Tatum officiating. Mrs. Smith was born...