Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: March 22, 2006 Archives

CHARLES BATTEN JR.

Died March 22, 2006 Charles Anderson Batten Jr., 80, died today at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Ada Batten. The family will receive friends at the home of his daughter, Debbie Jones, 3193 Emmaus Church Road, Mount...

NITA C. GRIMES

Nov. 22, 1914-March 21, 2006 MOUNT OLIVE -- Nita Chestnutt Grimes, 91, died Tuesday morning at her home at 98 Coker Store Road. A member of Brownings United Methodist Church, she was a retired homemaker and farmer's wife. She...

JOHNNIE HAND

Died March 21, 2006 WARSAW -- Johnnie Hand died Tuesday at his residence. Among his survivors is his wife, Katie Hand of the home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home in Mount Olive. The family will receive friends...

MILFORD JACKSON

Feb. 24, 1922-Mar. 21, 2006 MOUNT OLIVE -- Milford Richard "Swifty" Jackson, Sr., 84, of 407 E. College St., died Tuesday. The funeral will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home. The Rev. Steven...

LEILA SKAF JOSEPH

Aug. 7, 1933-Feb. 6, 2006 A memorial Mass will be celebrated for Leila Skaf Joseph on Saturday, March 25, at noon at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Joseph died on Monday, Feb. 6, in Beirut, Lebanon. She grew...

JUANITA KEENE

Died March 18, 2006 A graveside service for Juanita Marjorie Keene, 70, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Johnston County, will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. The Rev. Timmy Whitaker will officiate. Mrs. Keene is survived...

IOLA M. LOVE

Died March 17, 2006 TEACHEY -- Iola Murphy Love died Friday at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. The funeral was to be held today at 1 p.m. at Rockfish A.M.E. Church, with the Rev. T. Campbell officiating. Burial was to...

ANNIE MANDELIN

Died March 21, 2006 Annie Laurie Bass Mandelin, a former resident of Goldsboro, died Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas, following a brief illness. She was the widow of Charles Mandelin Jr. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shumate-Faulk...

FRED McKOY

Died March 17, 2006 Fred McKoy, formerly of Goldsboro and uncle of Minister Ernestine Rhodes, died last Friday in Philadelphia, Pa. The funeral will be held this Friday at Beulah Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Condolences may be sent to Terry's...

GLADYS MITCHELL

Died March 21, 2006 Gladys Mercer Mitchell, 89, died Tuesday at the Brian Center in Spruce Pine following an extended period of declining health. Mrs. Mitchell resided in Goldsboro prior to relocating to western North Carolina. She was a member...

HARRY L. MORRIS JR.

Jan. 23, 1936-March 14, 2006 Goldsboro native Harry Lee Morris Jr., 60, died Tuesday at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va. He was the son of the late Julia Carter Morris and Harry Lee Morris Sr. and was a 1953...

MARY PIKE

Oct. 18, 1920-Mar. 21, 2006 A graveside service for Mary Evelyn Pike, 85, of Hollywood, Md., will be held Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Silas Pike Cemetery near Pikeville. Mrs. Pike died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Md....

PEGGY ROSE

Sept. 29, 1927-Mar. 21, 2006 SMITHFIELD -- Maggie Mae "Peggy" Rose, 78, died Tuesday. A graveside service will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Beth Burton-Williams officiating. Mrs. Rose...

WINNIE ROYALL

Died March 20, 2006 FAISON -- Winnie R. Royall, 74, died Monday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Among her survivors is a daughter, Lillian Mincy of the home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home. Condolences may be...

DORIS R. SHINGLETON

STANTONSBURG -- Doris Rowe Shingleton, 83, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006. She was a member of Mount Nelson Baptist Church in Eureka, American Legion Post #94 Auxiliary in Snow Hill, and was retired from Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. She...

KEITH SLOAN JR.

Sept. 11, 1925-Mar. 21, 2006. Keith Sloan Jr., 80, of 236 Falling Creek Lane, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with Rev. Craig Langston officiating. Mr....

ELNORA P. WHETSELL

Aug. 10, 1928-Mar.. 22, 2006 MOUNT OLIVE -- Mary Elnora Price Whetsell, 77, of Mount Olive, fell asleep in the Lord early Wednesday morning, March 22, 2006, after a lifetime of service. She was at the home of her son...