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Friday, January 28, 2011

JESSE H. GARRETT

Elder Dr. Jesse H. Garrett, of 402 W. New Hope Road, Goldsboro, died Thursday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C. Arrangements are incomplete and are being handled by E.M. Matthews Funeral Home & Cremations Inc....

ROBERT GILLESPIE

Robert "Gus" L. Gillespie, 48, retired Master Sergeant, of Wood Place, Goldsboro, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Gillespie was born on Coronado Island, Ca. He entered the U.S. Air...

EDDIE LEE GRAHAM

So peacefully and gently on Tuesday night, Jan. 25, 2011, God in his infinite wisdom called to eternal rest our dear loved one Eddie Lee Graham. He was born on Sept. 15, 1943, in Wayne County to James Graham,...

EDWARD E. HERRING

DURHAM -- Edward E. Herring, 85, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at The Shannon Gray Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Herring was born in Wayne County, the son of the late Addison Herring and Pauline Gertrude Ellis Price. He was...

ELIZABETH MATHIS

Elizabeth Mathis of Goldsboro died Thursday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are incomplete and are being handled by E.M. Matthews Funeral Home & Cremations Inc....

MELVIN H. SHAVER

Melvin Hobort Shaver Jr., 70, of Goldsboro, formerly of Meadow Bridge, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at his home following a long illness. Born Aug. 25, 1940, in Meadow Bridge, W.Va., he was the son of...

HEZEKIAH E. SIMMONS

Hezekiah Edward Simmons, 87, of New York, died Saturday at the Regency Extended Care Center in Yonkers, N.Y. A celebration of life will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Rhodes Funeral Home chapel, 708 S. Slocumb St.,...

JOHN A. STEWART

John A. Stewart, of 511 Stadium Drive, died Thursday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Arrangements are incomplete and are being handled by E.M. Matthews Funeral Home & Cremations Inc....

JOHN TAYLOR

John Taylor, 91, of 1400 Evergreen Ave., died Thursday at the Brian Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, and being handled by Hamilton Funeral Chapel....

HOWARD VAUGHN JR.

Howard Vaughn Jr., 87, of Goldsboro died Jan. 22 at Sentara Careplex Hospital in Hampton, Va. He was born June 25, 1923, in Goldsboro to the late Howard and Elizabeth Vaughn. He is survived by his wife and three...