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Friday, December 21, 2012

R.T. BLACKBURN JR.

Feb. 21, 1918-Dec. 20, 2012 WARSAW -- Robert T. Blackburn Jr., 94, died Thursday at Kenansville Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral will be 7 p.m. Saturday at Community Funeral Home chapel, with visitation to follow. Burial will be 2 p.m....

WILLIAM HAROLD BOYER

Aug. 1, 1927-Dec. 20, 2012 Bill Boyer passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, at home at the age of 85. Bill was born in Charlotte Aug. 1, 1927, to Hugh Graves and Elizabeth Morrison Boyer. He attended the University of...

EUGENIA INMAN BROWN

Aug. 13, 1939-Dec. 20, 2012 FREDERICK, Md. -- Eugenia "Jean" Inman Brown, 73, formerly of Goldsboro, died Thursday. She was the daughter of the late Ruby M. Inman. She was married to Franklin "C.B" Brown. She is survived by...

DONALD CRUSE

Sept. 5, 1956-Dec. 20, 2012 KENANSVILLE -- Donald Cruse, 56, died Thursday at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville. Funeral will be tonight at 7 at Community Funeral Home chapel in Warsaw. Burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday. He was...

DORIS SCHOLER DAVIS

Oct. 25, 1917-Dec. 19, 2012 EUREKA -- Doris Scholer Davis, 95, West Main Street, went to be with her Lord and savior Wednesday evening, Dec. 19, 2012, at home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at...

JUDITH B. GRADY

Feb. 26, 1946-Dec. 20, 2012 Judith Best Grady, 66, died early Thursday morning. Born in Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late William and Lottie Davis Best, and sister of the late Woody Best. At Judith's request,...

ANTHONY S. HOLLOMAN

Anthony S. "Black" Holloman, 34, 114 N. Lionel St., died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

ANGELA ISLER JONES

Died Dec. 13, 2012 LAGRANGE -- Angela Isler Jones, 39, 1412 Hugo Road, died Dec. 13 at home. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Emmanuel Christian Church. Burial will be in Beasley Cemetery. The family will assemble an...

SELBY LANCASTER

Oct. 21, 1935-Dec. 20, 2012 PIKEVILLE -- George Selby Lancaster, 77, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at Wayne Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. Selby was born in Wayne County Oct. 21, 1935, to the late Oscar Lancaster...

GORDON MILLER

Died Dec. 18, 2012 KENANSVILLE -- Gordon Miller, 75, died Tuesday at Vidant Duplin Hospital. Funeral will be at Rose Hill Funeral Home chapel in Rose Hill Saturday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Lewis Miller officiating. Burial will...

JAMES F. PLAYER

James Franklin Player, 48, 814 N. Herman St., died Thursday. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

GERALD POPLIN

PRINCETON -- Gerald Poplin, Princeton Kenly Road, died this morning. Arrangements are pending at Casey Funeral Home....

AARON SMITH

Sept. 23, 1926-Dec. 20, 2012 DUDLEY -- Aaron Smith, 86, trucking legend, died Dec. 20, 2012 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center due to heart failure. For over 50 years, he was a major transporter of flue-cured and burley tobacco...

DENNIE W. STROUD JR.

Dec. 10, 1947-Dec. 19, 2012 Dennie Wilbert Stroud Jr., 65, died Wednesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born in Wayne...

ANNE R. SUTTON

Anne R. Sutton, 74, died this morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

SARAH YOW TEW

Oct. 4, 1936-Dec. 19, 2012 Sarah Yow Tew died suddenly Wednesday night. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1000 11th St., Goldsboro. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery,...

ARTHUR THIGPEN

March 16, 1924-Dec. 21, 2012 CALYPSO -- Arthur Thigpen passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 21, at his residence. He was the son of the late Cleveland and Carrie Moody Thigpen, was retired from the Duplin County unit of...

JOHNNIE WHITFIELD

LAGRANGE -- Johnnie Whitfield, 92, 210 Phillips St., died Thursday at Hamony Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Kinston. Arrangements are pending at LaGrange Funeral Services....