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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

DENNIS R. BEST

Feb. 17, 1940-Dec. 27, 2011 Dennis Ray Best, 71, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at the VA Hospital in Durham. Dennis was born in Wayne County Feb. 17, 1940, to the late James Edward Best and Josie Estelle...

R.M. "BOB" BRITT

FAISON -- R. M. "Bob" Britt, 80, Winniferd St., died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Tyndall Funeral Home....

WALTER LEE BURNETT JR.

Died Dec. 27, 2011 CONWAY, S.C. -- Walter Lee Burnett Jr. died Tuesday after a brief illness. Visitation will be Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Sweetwater Baptist Church, followed by funeral at 11 a.m. Interment will be...

WILLIAM C. GILLIAM

William C. Gilliam, 72, 400 Old Smithfield Road, died Tuesday at O'Berry Center. Arrangements are pending at E.M. Matthews Funeral Home and Cremation Inc....

FRANCES SYKES GOODMAN

June 3, 1917-Dec. 24, 2011 "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck...

MAVIS L. GRANT

NEW JERSEY -- Mavis Lynette Grant, 59, 278 Teaneck Rod, died Monday at Holy Name Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home....

EVA P. LOCKEY

Died Dec. 26, 2011 MOREHEAD CITY -- Eva Paul Lockey, 97, died Monday. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Munden Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Lavera Parato officiating. She was married to the late Gordon Mason Lockey....

BOBBIE JEAN MCKITHAN

Died Dec. 23, 2011 Mrs. Bobbie Jean McKithan, 60, 619 Claiborne St., Goldsboro, departed this life Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Life Care Hospital in Rocky Mount. A celebration of her life will be held Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011,...

KATHERINE STEVENS MUMFORD

MOUNT OLIVE -- Katherine Stevens Mumford, 61, 103 E. Franklin St., died Tuesday at Mount Olive Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

MELODY P. ROBB

May 2, 1959-Dec. 27, 2011 PIKEVILLE -- Melody Jean Pate Robb, 52, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville. Melody was born in Wayne County May 2, 1959, to Lee Pate Jr. and Shirley...

EDNA E. NORRIS SANDERS

June 18, 1936-Dec. 26, 2011 PRINCETON -- Edna Earle Norris Sanders, 75, Pinetop Lane, died at home Monday. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home in Selma, with the Rev. Ronnie Massey officiating....

LOLA HARDY SASSER

June 25, 1921-Dec. 25, 2011 MOUNT OLIVE -- Lola Hardy Sasser, 90, passed away Christmas morning at Mount Olive Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided for the past several years. A native of the Liddell section of...

LARRY DEWAYNE WADE

Dec. 15, 1967-Dec. 24, 2011 Mr. Larry Dewayne Wade was born Dec. 15, 1967, to Linda Ham and Larry Wade in Wayne County. He attended Charles B. Aycock High School. He departed this earthly life Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011....

PANIS K. WATSON

Dec. 26, 1929-Dec. 27, 2011 LAGRANGE -- Panis Kearney Watson, 82, LaGrange, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. Mrs. Watson was born Dec. 26, 1929, in Greene County to the late Robert L. Kearney and Eula Corbett Kearney. She...

M. ELWOOD WIGGINS

May 20, 1947-Dec. 26, 2011 MOUNT OLIVE -- Major Elwood Wiggins, 64, died at home early Monday, Dec. 26. Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Tyndall Funeral Home, with visitation afterward....