Goldsboro News-Argus | Obituaries: January 30, 2009 Archives

JOSEPH E. ALLEN

Oct. 10, 1920-Jan. 28, 2009 Joseph Eli Allen, 88, Summit Place, Kings Mountain, died Wednesday. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Willowdale Cemetery with the Rev. Don Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Willowdale Cemetery...

JAMES A. BEST

WARSAW -- Homegoing celebrations for the Rev. James Arthur Best, 72, 2579 Highway 24 W., will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Warsaw Middle School with the Rev. Herbert Williams officiating. He will be laid to rest in...

WILLIE D. CHESTNUTT

MAGNOLIA -- Willie Dale Chestnutt died Thursday at Duplin General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Garris Funeral Home....

BETTYE J. DEAKLE

Feb. 16, 1933-Jan. 29, 2009 Mrs. Bettye Jean Deakle went home to be with her Lord on Thursday after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. The family will receive friends at Jefferson United Methodist Church on Saturday...

WILLIA ELIZABETH B. DURHAM

Died Jan. 28, 2009 "If I can help somebody as I pass along, then my living shall not be in vain." In profound sorrow, McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries and the Bennett-Durham family announces the death of Willia Elizabeth B....

GORDON HILL

MOUNT OLIVE -- Gordon Hill, 102 a resident of SunBridge Nursing Center, formerly of Faison, died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Garris Funeral Home....

HENRY A. HUNTER

Henry A. Hunter, 87, died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory in Goldsboro....

RACHEL M. KENNEDY

Aug. 3, 1921-Jan. 28, 2009 PIKEVILLE -- Rachel McCullen Kennedy, 87, died Wednesday night at Loris Community Hospital in Loris, S.C. The family will receive friends at Tyndall Funeral Home in Mount Olive on Saturday from 10 to 10:45...

NORWOOD M. KORNEGAY

Aug. 19, 1921-Jan. 28, 2009 MOUNT OLIVE -- Norwood M. Kornegay, 87, 1156 Old Smith Chapel Road, died Wednesday night at SunBridge Care Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home. Officiating will...

FREEDA JUNE MAYHORN

July 1, 1924- Jan. 26, 2009 PIKEVILLE -- Freeda June Mayhorn, 84, died Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. All services will be held privately. She was born on July 1, 1924, to the late Albert and...

JIMMY M. SESSOM

Died Jan. 28, 2009 KENLY -- Jimmy M. Sesson, 83, Ahednego Road, died Wednesday. Graveside services will be held today at 1 at Holly Springs Church Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Minshew-Coley Funeral Home of Kenly....

RUTH ELIZABETH SPENCE

Sept. 24, 1921-Jan. 29, 2009 Ruth Elizabeth "Granny" Deans Spence, 87, went to be with her Lord on Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Pentecostal...

TALMAR H. WHITEHURST

Aug. 1, 1919-Jan. 29, 2009 KINSTON -- Talmar Hughes Roop Whitehurst, 89, of Kinston, died Thursday with her family by her side. A visitation for family and friends will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Northwest Christian Church,...