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Thursday, December 13, 2012

MARY SAULS BEST

April 19, 1921-Dec. 10, 2012 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." (II Timothy 4:7) Mrs. Mary Sauls Best, 91, lovingly known by her family and friends as "Sister," 1005...

ANNETTE BIZZELL

Annette Bizzell, 58, Townsend Road, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

LEROY CORE

April 27, 1934-Dec. 11, 2012 Leroy Core died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Funeral will be Saturday at noon at Elm Grove Church in Pikeville. Interment will be at Union Grove Church Cemetery. He was born April 27,...

GIOVANNI "JOHN" FALCONE

Died Dec. 11, 2012 MOUNT OLIVE -- Giovanni "John" Falcone, 81, passed away Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. He was born in Rome, N.Y., to Italian parents, the late Pasquale and Mary Russo Falcone. He was...

ANNIE D. BRANCH FIGUEROA

Died Dec. 9, 2012 ROSE HILL -- Annie Doris Branch Figueroa, 69, died Sunday at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville. Funeral will be at Rose Hill Funeral Home chapel in Rose Hill Saturday at 1 p.m., with elder Danny...

VIOLA E. GRANTHAM

Viola Exum Grantham, 94, 107 Ashley Ave., died Wednesday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hamilton Funeral Chapel....

LYMAN CHARLES HUNTER

Feb. 14, 1950-Dec. 11, 2012 Retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Lyman Charles Hunter, 62, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Lyman was born in Cayuga County, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1950, to the late Kenneth...

DAVID KNEESHAW

LAGRANGE -- David Kneeshaw died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending at Rouse Funeral Home of LaGrange....

SAMUEL O. LAMBERT

PRATTVILLE, Ala. - Samuel O. Lambert, 85, died Monday. He was a native of Calypso and the Mount Olive area, and was married to Lillian. He is survived by four sons and a daughter. Arrangements are pending....

GEORGE R. POTTS

Jan. 31, 1924-Dec. 13, 2012 MOUNT OLIVE -- George Rudolph Potts Sr., 88, 958 Baker's Chapel Church Road, passed away in the quietness of the early morning of Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Mount Olive Care and Rehabilitation Center....

DERRICK T. SMITH

Derrick Tyrone Smith, 53, 414 Creech St., died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

JEFFERY F. STOKES

Died Dec. 8, 2012 MOUNT OLIVE -- Jeffery F. Stokes, 85, 136 E. Nelson St., died Saturday at Johnston Medical Center. Funeral will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Payne Temple AME Zion Church, with the Rev. Lamont Dudley...

VERNA MAE TAYLOR

July 24, 1934-Dec. 11, 2012 Verna Mae Taylor, 78, passed away Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. She was born in Duplin County to the late Ernest A. Taylor, Jr. and Rita Taylor, and was married to the late William...

TRUEMILLER THOMPSON

March 3, 1922-Dec. 10, 2012 Truemiller Thompson, 90, 157 Best Ave., died Monday morning at home. Funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Interment will be in Old Mill Cemetery. She was born...

NORMA J. ULMER

Died Dec. 12, 2012 Norma Gail Jones Ulmer, 75, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised in Pleasure Ridge Park, Ky. Norma was retired from Civil...

ERNESTINE WILLIAMS

Aug. 11, 1931-Dec. 9, 2012 WARSAW -- Ernestine Williams, 81, 876 N. Front St., died Sunday at home. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mount Zion Holiness Church in Warsaw, with pastor Dexter Stevens officiating. Interment will...