Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: September 26, 2007 Archives

JOHN W. DAWSON

KINSTON -- John Wesley "Duck" Dawson, formerly of LaGrange, died Tuesday at the home of his daughter. Arrangements are incomplete at Lightner Memorial Funeral Home of Goldsboro....

MARTHA H. EDWARDS

PARIS, Texas -- Martha Helen Edwards, 78, formerly of Goldsboro, died Wednesday at her daughter's residence in Paris, Texas. Arrangements are incomplete at this time at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home of Goldsboro....

RUTH T. HOWELL

Nov. 27, 1918-Sept. 25, 2007 Ruth Tilton Howell, 88, formerly of Goldsboro, died Tuesday at Margate Health and Rehab Center in West Jefferson, N.C. Ruth was born in Wayne County to the late George Calvin Tilton and Mary Willoughby...

ERNEST LAMB

Ernest Lamb, 85, 1019 Royall Avenue, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. Arrangements are incomplete at Garris Funeral Home of Mount Olive....

CARL MILLARD JR.

Carl Milton Millard Jr., 74, of 104 Old Farm Road in the Rosewood Community, went to be with his Lord on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Pine Forest United Methodist Church,...

JAMES "BUD" PEARSALL

Died Sept. 22, 2007 James "Bud" Pearsall, 61, formerly of Duplin County, died Saturday at University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill. Seven children survive. Funeral will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Rose Hill, with...

NAOMI J. ROWE

Nov. 8, 1928-Sept. 24, 2007 Naomi Ruth Johnson Rowe, 78, died Monday at Britthaven of Goldsboro. Born in Johnston County, she is the daughter of the late Galberth and Rachel Perry Johnson and the wife of the late Robert Earl...

SENIOR MASTER SGT. BOBBY O. SHIFFLETT SR.

Nov. 25, 1937-Sept. 23, 2007 Bobby O. Shifflett Sr., Senior Master Sgt., Retired U.S. Air Force, died on Sunday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Bobby was born in Charlottesville, Va., to the late Ernest O. Shifflett and Effie Mae...

JOSEPHINE S. THIGPEN

Died Sept. 24, 2007 PINK HILL -- Josephine Smith Thigpen, 95, 1281 Sumner Road, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro, N.C. Mrs. Thigpen was a member of Sandy Plains F.W.B. Church...

GEORGE WADFORD

Died Sept. 21, 2007 George Wadford, 78, 305 W. Hooks River Road, died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Wadford and four children. Funeral will be noon Thursday at Greenleaf Christian Church with the...