Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: August 8, 2006 Archives

JOHNNIE ARTIS

Died Aug. 2, 2006 MOUNT OLIVE -- Memorial services for Johnnie William Artis, 93 of 515 Stanley Chapel Church Road, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Garris Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Terry Armstrong officiating. Mr....

PATTY J. COPE

Died Aug. 7, 2006 Patty Jones Cope, 90, wife of Dr. Oliver B. Cope, died Monday at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville. She was a native of Mount Olive and was daughter of the late Daniel and Martha Jones....

CORA L. COX

Died Aug. 7, 2006 Cora Lee Cox, 84, of 214-A Alpha Arms Apartments, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel, Goldsboro....

ERSEL LEE EVANS

July 2, 1920-Aug. 8, 2006 PIKEVILLE -- Ersel Lee Evans, 86, of 108 Canary Lane, died today at Suttons Retirement Center. Mr. Evans was born in Johnston County to the late Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Evans and was the widower...

ROBERT GARDNER

May 6, 1949-Aug. 6, 2006 Robert Kirk Gardner, 57, died Sunday evening at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Gardner was born on May 6, 1949 to Barbara Kirk Gardner of Goldsboro and the late George...

JOHNNIE L. LEONARD

Died Aug. 5, 2006 Johnnie Louise Leonard of 101 Pacific Drive, Dudley, died Saturday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held Thursday at noon at Payne Temple A.M.E. Zion Church with the Rev. Preston Grimes officiating. A...

JAMES MEACHEN

June 22, 1921 - Aug. 7, 2006 James H. "Jim" Meachen, 85, of 3102 Cashwell Drive, died Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. He was born in Page, N.D., in 1921 and was preceded in death by his parents,...

CHARLES PELLETIER

Died Aug. 7, 2006 LAGRANGE -- Charles Albert Pelletier, 71, of 4946 Aldridge Store Road, died Monday at Pitt Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Rouse Funeral Home with the Rev....

MARY SOUTHERLAND

Died Aug. 5, 2006 ROSE HILL -- The funeral for Mary Lillie Southerland, 98, of 887 Pastor Branch Road, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Rose Hill, with the Rev. W.K. Raynor officiating....

CHRISTINE C. SUTTON

Died Aug. 7, 2006 LAGRANGE -- Christine Carter Sutton, 76, of 2869 Jenny Lind Road, died Monday at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Rouse Funeral Home in LaGrange....

ROY STRICKLAND SR.

Dec. 30, 1923-Aug. 7, 2006 Roy Talbert Strickland, Sr., 82, of 1907 N. Berkeley Blvd., died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Mr. Strickland was born in Johnston County on December 30, 1923, to the late Leonard Muns "Jack" Strickland...

ALBERT J. YOUNG SR.

Mar. 22, 1920 - Aug. 7, 2006 Albert Jay Young Sr., 86, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Gary Bailey and Barry Williamson...