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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

ELWOOD "GRAMPS" BASDEN

Died Sept. 30, 2012 KINSTON -- Elwood "Gramps" Basden, 90, 373 N.C. 11 South, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, officiated by Ronnie Basden. Burial will...

JACOB E. BECKWORTH JR.

PRINCETON -- Jacob Edward Beckworth Jr., 66, died Monday at home. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

GEORGE C. BEDFORD

March 4, 1929-Sept. 30, 2012 George Cooper Bedford, 83, passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at his home. George was born in Wayne County March 4, 1929, to the late Joe and Bessie Waters Bedford. He was married to...

JUDY T. COKER

Aug. 20, 1950-Sept. 30, 2012 Judy Thornton Coker, 62, died Sunday at her home surrounded by her family. Born in Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Preston Thornton and Bessie Jordan Thornton. She was a...

MARGARET M. FLANIGAN

Margaret M. Flanigan, 96, died Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

CHARLES E. GARTEN

Nov. 14, 1948-Oct. 1, 2012 DUDLEY -- Charles Edward Garten, 63, died at home Monday morning surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be Saturday at First Pentecostal Holiness Church at 11 a.m., with pastor Doug Bartlett and...

LOIS AYCOCK GRADY

Dec. 5, 1945-Oct. 1, 2012 Lois Aycock Grady, 66, passed Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Lois was born in Wayne County Dec. 5, 1945, to the late Alston Aycock and Thelma...

REID E. MORLOCK

Reid E. Morlock, 58, died Monday. Arrangements are pending at Smith-Holloway Memorial Funeral Services LLC....

KENNETH MICHAEL "MIKE" PENNINGTON

Died Sept. 29, 2012 NEWTON GROVE -- Kenneth Michael "Mike" Pennington, 52, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Funeral service will be Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at 6 p.m. at West and Dunn Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Chris...

WILLIAM P. PITT

William Paul Pitt, 78, 1107 S. Andrews Ave., died Monday. Arrangements are pending at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations....

JAIRUS M. SAUNDERS

Jairus Mikael Saunders, 18, 1405 Day Circle, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending at McIntyre Funeral Home....

HENRY L. SKIDMORE

Henry Lee Skidmore, 72, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

JASPER TUCKER JR.

Died Sept. 29, 2012 Jasper Tucker Jr., 67, 104 Barkridge Place, died Saturday. Funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Rocky Branch United Church of Christ in Kenly, with the Rev. Gary Leath officiating. Interment will be in...

EDWARD L. WALSTON

May 25, 1948-Oct. 1, 2012 PIKEVILLE -- Edward Lee Walston, 64, N.C. 581 North, died Monday morning at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A graveside service will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Nahunta Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

LOIS DAPHNEY WILLIAMS

Oct. 11, 1923-Sept. 30, 2012 Lois Daphney Williams, 88, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of Shingleton Funeral Home Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. She is...

ROY S. WRIGHT

Jan. 8, 1915-Sept. 30, 2012 MOUNT OLIVE -- Roy S. Wright, 97, Canton, formerly of Asheville, died Sunday afternoon with his family by his side. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Unity Baptist Church, 489 N.C....