Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: December 21, 2007 Archives

THE REV. GERTRUDE ARTIS

The Rev. Gertrude Mable Artis, 75, of 301 W. Seymour Drive, died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Golds-boro. Arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel of Goldsboro....

MARIE F. GRANT

Sept. 29, 1915-Dec. 19, 2007 Marie Fields Brock Grant, 92, died Wednesday evening at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. She was born in Wayne County to the late Walter Pleasant and Ida Casey Fields and was married to the late...

JAMES JOHNSON SR.

Sept. 10, 1941-Dec. 18, 2007 DUNN -- James Edward Johnson, Sr., 66, of Magnolia Apartments, died Tuesday at Betsy Johnson Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born in Wayne County the son of the late William E. and Mildred Westbrook Johnson. He...

THE REV. LOUIS JORDAN

July 14, 1945-Dec. 18, 2007 Attorney/Reverend Louis Jordan was born to the late Joseph and Mae Frances Bennett Jordan on July 14, 1945, in Baltimore, Md. He is survived by his wife, Nancy James Jordan of the home; two children,...

MARY R. LITTLE

April 20, 1938-Dec. 19, 2007 PRINCETON - Mary Ellen Rackley Little, 69, died Wednesday at WakeMed in Raleigh. Born in Wayne County she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Maggie Rackley. She is survived by her husband, Ray...

HAROLD MAGGARD JR.

MOUNT OLIVE -- Harold Clayton Maggard Jr., 30, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. Funeral services will be held tonight at 7 p.m. from the chapel of Howell Funeral Home and Crematory in Goldsboro with visitation afterward. Pastor Chris...

MARIE B. MITCHELL

March 14, 1913-Dec. 19, 2007 PRINCETON -- Marie Boyette Mitchell, 94, of Rhodes Road, died Wednesday. She was born in Johnston County to the late James and Ella Boyette and was widow of Willie Mitchell. Two children survive. Funeral will...

EVELYN J. PICKETT

June 28, 1919-Dec. 19, 2007 DURHAM -- Evelyn J. Pickett, 88, died Wednesday. She was born in Goldsboro, N.C. to Samuel and Bessie Jernigan. She has been a resident of Durham since 1941. She is survived by her sons, Wallace...

J. FAISON THOMSON

April 26, 1923-Dec. 20, 2007 J. Faison Thomson, 84, a long-time resident of Goldsboro, died Thursday afternoon at Duke Medical Center in Durham. Faison was born in Wayne County to the late J. Faison Thomson Sr. and Mary Louise...