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CLEVELAND LEROY ARTIS

March 4, 1951-Feb. 15, 2012 Cleveland Leroy Artis was born March 4, 1951, in Wayne County to Ruth Artis Bryant and the Late Chester Best. Cleveland departed this earthly life Feb. 15, 2012. He was united in holy matrimony...

BENJAMIN "BEN" EARL BECTON

Oct. 26, 1955-Feb. 12, 2012 LAGRANGE -- Benjamin "Ben" Earl Becton, 57, 102 W. James St., died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at home. A native of Lenoir County, he was born Oct. 26, 1955, the son of Mrs. Glenneth...

MARY CORINNE PATE BRITT

Died Feb. 15, 2012 In the morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, while at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Mary Corinne Pate Britt was ushered into the presence of her Lord and savior by His angels, and has been...

VERA P. BROWN

June 26, 1923-Feb. 13, 2012 SNOW HILL -- Vera P. Brown, 88, 1304 S.E. Second St., died Monday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be Saturday at noon at Faith United Holiness Church. Burial will be at Willow Dale...

DAVID CREECH

Nov. 1, 1944-Feb. 13, 2012 PIKEVILLE -- David Creech, 67, 2660 Pikeville-Princeton Road, died Monday at Wilson Medical Center. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the J.B. Rhodes Jr. Memorial Chapel at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home, with...

LAURA JEAN "MEMA" BEST FIELDS

Jan. 16, 1948-Feb. 15, 2012 Laura Jean Best Fields, 64, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, surrounded by her family. Laura was born in Wayne County Jan. 16, 1948, to the late James Edgar Best and Annie Howell Best....

ELVIRA HILL FRANKS

NEW YORK -- Elvira Hill Franks, 91, formerly of Kenansville, died Tuesday at Kings County Medical Center in Brooklyn. Arrangements are pending at Rhodes Funeral Home....

LARRY D. KELLY

March 12, 1954-Feb. 16, 2012 KENLY -- Larry Daniel Kelly, 57, died Thursday at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Memorial service will be 6 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Minshew-Coley Funeral Home. Born March...

CHRISTINE OWLE MURRAY

May 1, 1974-Feb. 14, 2012 RALEIGH -- Christine Owle Murray, beloved daughter, wife, sister and daughter-in-law, passed away Feb. 14, 2012. Born May 1, 1974 in Portsmouth, Va., she was the daughter of Janet J. and Stephen M. Owle...

CARNELIA ROBINSON

DUNN -- Carnelia "Lady Bug" Robinson, 88, 102 Venus Drive, died Thursday at home. Arrangements are pending at Hamilton Funeral Chapel Inc....

VIOLET MAY WALLACE ROSE

March 30, 1920-Feb. 12, 2012 SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Violet May Wallace Rose, cherished mother, beloved grandmother and eternal disciple of the Lord, passed peacefully in her home Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Violet was born March 30, 1920, to...

CLEMENT EDWARD THOMPSON

March 9, 1934-Feb. 16, 2012 PIKEVILLE -- Clement Edward Thompson, Capps Bridge Road, went to be with his Lord and savior Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at home surrounded by his family. Homegoing services will be held Saturday at 2...

JAMES H. WADE

James H. Wade, 72, died Friday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

CLEOPATRA WOOTEN WARREN

March 22, 1947-Feb. 11, 2012 "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." II Corinthians 5:1 Cleopatra Wooten...