Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: May 4, 2008 Archives

PENINA C. APPLEWHITE

Died May 2, 2008 Penina C. Applewhite, 67, of 300 Hollowell St., Goldsboro, died Friday morning at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. She was the daughter of the late Leroy and Annie G. Coley and leaves to cherish her memory...

LOLETTA PARKS BEST

Died April 30, 2008 Loletta "Ma Let" Parks Best, 94, of 204 S. Audobon Ave., passed April 30 at her residence. Among her survivors is her daughter, Annie Frances Dixon of Goldsboro. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at...

JOYCE BLOUNT

Joyce Blount, 59, of 2633 96th St., Apt. 1F, E. Elmhurst, formerly of Goldsboro, died May 3 at North Shore Forest Hills Hospital in Queens. Arrangements are incomplete with McIntyre Funeral Home....

BARBARA J. BROCK

Barbara J. Brock, 71, formerly of Goldsboro, died Saturday at Wake Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Seymour Funeral Home....

DOUGLAS R. CORBETT

Oct. 3, 1944-April 29, 2008 RALEIGH -- Douglas Ray Corbett passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The son of the late Beatrice and Norman E. Corbett, he was born Oct. 3, l944 in Goldsboro. He is survived by...

JOHN BRANTLEY ELLIS JR.

Died May 1, 2005 John Brantley Ellis Jr., of Vinton, Va., passed away Thursday at the age of 83. Mr. Ellis graduated from Goldsboro High School and attended Morehead State College. He joined the U.S. Navy at the onset of...

ESSIE PEARL GOODMAN

Died April 30, 2008 Essie Pearl Goodman, 96, of 410 Chestnut St., died Wednesday at SunBridge Nursing Center. She is the daughter of the late Leonza and Jenkie Bradshaw Simmons. The funeral will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at...

PATRICIA A.S. HITE

Dec. 28, 2008-May 2, 2008 Patricia Ann Sasser Hite, 69, wife of William B. Hite, of Mount Pleasant, S.C. passed away on Friday, May 2, 2008. Mrs. Hite was born Dec. 28, 1938, in Goldsboro, N.C., daughter of Carl...

MARTHA MCPHAIL KING

Died May 2, 2008 MOUNT OLIVE -- Mrs. Martha McPhail King, 86, of 420 Norbert Wilson St., Mount Olive, died Friday May 2, 2008, at Sunbridge of Mount Olive. Mrs. King had been in declining health for the last...

JIMMY G. MCLAWHON

March 13, 1943-May 3, 2008 Jimmy Gerald McLawhon, 65, of 302 S. Harding Drive, died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Mark and Gussie Dixon McLawhon and brother to...

WILMA C. RENNINGER

May 15, 1919-May 1, 2008 Wilma C. Renninger, 88, died Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Britthaven Nursing Home in Goldsboro. Wilma was born in New Riegel, Ohio on May 15, 1919 to the late Ralph Elchert and Eulala Altwies Elchert....

CHRISTINE D. ROYALL

Feb. 22, 1929-May 2, 2008 SMITHFIELD -- Christine Daughtry Royall, 79, died Friday morning at her home. Born Feb. 22, 1929 in Johnston County she was a daughter of the late Richard Arthur and Miggie Ophelia Lynch Daughtry. Chris was...

WILLIAM E. SEYMOUR

Oct. 30, 1931-May 2, 2008 Mr. William Ellis "Bill" Seymour, 76, of 100 Tarklin Drive died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Bill was born in Wayne County on Oct. 30, 1931, to the late James Howard Seymour Sr. and...

ELSIE D. SUTTON

Oct. 22, 1922-May 2, 2008 PRINCETON -- Elsie Daughtry Sutton, 85, died Friday afternoon in Smithfield Manor. Born in Johnston County to the late Kimble and Elsie Woodard Daughtry she was the widow of William G. "W.G." Sutton. The funeral...

EVA B. WALL

Oct. 8, 1926-May 1, 2008 MOUNT OLIVE -- Eva Best Wall, 81, of 865 Country Club Road, died Thursday night at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Services were held Saturday at 6 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home with the Rev. James Earl...