Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: December 28, 2005 Archives

BESSIE BRASWELL

Died Dec. 26, 2005 Bessie Marie Clayton Braswell, 83, of 369 Grantham School Road, died Monday. The funeral will be held at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday at 7 p.m., with the Rev. Chris Watkins officiating. Burial will be...

EDWARD BRASWELL

May 12, 1936-Dec. 27, 2005 Edward Harold Braswell, 69, formerly of North George St., died Tuesday morning at SunBridge Care of Mount Olive. The funeral will be held by the graveside on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Mitchell Cemetery in...

JAMES BATEMAN SR.

Died Dec. 26, 2005 RICHLANDS -- The funeral for James Walter Bateman Sr., 87, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Richlands First Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Volney Bryan will officiate. Burial will be in the Griffin...

LYNN COKER

July 28, 1957-Dec. 26, 2005 Beverly Lynn Coker, 48, of 2398 U.S. 13 North, died Monday at her home. She was born in Wayne County and was the daughter of Bill Coker of Goldsboro and Jean Bunn of Kenly. She...

TIMOTHY COMBS

Sept. 26, 1953-Dec. 24, 2005 Timothy Michael Combs, 52, of 569 Powell Road, died Saturday at his home. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home. The Rev. Dr. Donald Sauls will officiate. Mr....

ROSA DURHAM

Died Dec. 27, 2005 WILSON -- Rosa Durham, 94, died Monday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. The funeral will e held Friday morning at 11 in the chapel of Coley Funeral Home. Burial will be in Holly Springs Church...

ELEANOR EVERETT

Died Dec. 21, 2005 KINSTON -- Eleanor Dixon Everett, 80, died Wednesday at Lenoir Mem-orial Hospital. She retired as a counselor at Wayne County Correc-tional Center in Goldsboro. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the...

RAYFORD FORD

Died Dec. 26, 2005 Rayford Ford, 61, of 1700 Richard St., died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Dillard Middle School, 1101 Devereaux St. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery....

NINA GARDNER

Aug. 22, 1920-Dec. 26, 2005 GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Nina Honeycutt Gardner, 85, a resident of NHC Healthcare of Greenville, died Monday. Mrs. Gardner was born in Holly Springs and was the daughter of the late Daniel and Mary Jane Norris...

CARLTON HAMILTON

Died Dec. 27, 2005 Carlton Levon Hamilton, 47, of 1316 Florida St., died Tuesday at his residence. Among his survivors is his mother, Louise Hamilton of the home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries....

CARLTON JACOBS

Died Dec. 26, 2005 The funeral for Carlton O. "Jake" Jacobs will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home. The family will receive friends afterward, and later at the residence. Burial, with military honors,...

HELEN McCRAE

Died Dec. 26, 2005 Helen Garner McCrae, 83 formerly of Hampton, Va., died Monday at the home of her niece in Dudley. She was married to the late James Norris McCrae for 45 years prior to his death in 1990....

ADA K. MINSHEW

Died Dec. 27, 2005 Ada Kearney Minshew of Stantonsburg died Tuesday at Britthaven Nursing Home in Goldsboro. She was 101. The funeral will be held Friday night at 7 at Faro Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. Interment will be...

WILLIAM G. PRICE

Aug. 18, 1936 - Dec. 28, 2005 William Groom "Billy" Price, 69, of Scott Street, died early today at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was a native of the Pricetown community of Wayne County and was the son of the...

ARCHIE RAGAVAGE JR.

Aug. 24, 1968-Dec. 25, 2005 LELAND -- Archie "Frank" Ragavage Jr., 37, died Sunday from injuries received in an automobile accident. A native of Cumberland County, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Leland and was...

ROBERT SHEPARD SR.

Jan. 12, 1925-Dec. 26, 2005 KINSTON -- Robert Bruce "R. B." Shepard Sr., 80, died Monday. The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Howard-Carter Funeral Home. The Rev. Gordon Hart will officiate. Interment will...

TONY SMITH

Died Dec. 24, 2005 PIKEVILLE -- Fredrick Latone "Tony" Smith, 31, of 1500 Airport Road, died Saturday at his home in the Coley Acres community. He is survived by his mother, Sandra Smith; his father, Freddie Smith; four sisters,...

WILLIE WHITFIELD

Died Dec. 22, 2005 KINSTON -- The funeral for Willie Whitfield, 51, will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church. Elder Rudolph Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Mills Memorial Garden. Survivors include...