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LONNIE HARRIS BATTEN

Sept. 5, 1933-March 12, 2015 KENLY -- Lonnie Harris Batten, 81, died Thursday. Funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion OFWB Church, Kenly. Officiating will be the Rev. Jamie Coates and the Rev. Lewis...

HAZEL BYNUM

WILSON -- Hazel Bynum, 900 Jordan Street, died Friday. Funeral services are incomplete and being handled by Stevens Funeral Home....

JERRY DAIL

LAGRANGE -- Jerry Dail, 52, 3633 Legion Road, died Thursday at home. Arrangements are incomplete and being handled by J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home....

RITA SIMMONS DIAZ

June 13, 1954-March 12, 2015 Rita Simmons Diaz, 60, Kenansville, died Thursday at Vidant Duplin Hospital. Funeral will be today at 2 p.m. in Community Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Pinecrest Cemetery. She was born June 13,...

OSCAR HARDISON JR.

Feb. 15, 1939-March 14, 2015 ROSE HILL -- Oscar Hardison, 76, died Saturday at his home. Mr. Hardison was born February 15, 1939 to the late Oscar Hardison Sr. and Margie Hardison. Mr. Hardison will be honored by his...

MARIAN W. HARRELL

Sept. 18, 1923-March 14, 2015 Marian Wenner Harrell, 91, passed away early Saturday morning, March 14, 2015, at the Brian Center. Marian was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania on Sept. 18, 1923 to the late Henry John Wenner and...

ERNEST DEWEY "MICK" MCCARTY

April 14, 1943-March 11, 2015 Ernest Dewey "Mick," McCarthy 71, Midlothian, Va., passed away March 11, 2015, after a brief illness. He was born April 14, 1943, in Goldsboro, N.C., where he lived before moving to Chapel Hill, N.C....

JAMES MOORE

James R. Moore Sr., 61, died Saturday at Wilson Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenly Funeral and Cremation Service....

MARIE W. O'CONNER

June 29, 1945-March 12, 2015 LAGRANGE -- Marie Wise O'Conner, 69, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Wayne Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Marie was born in Wayne County on June 29, 1945 to the late...

JEANETTE H. REED

March 20, 1945-March 12, 2015 Elsie Jeanette Hinson Reed, 69, passed away on Thursday at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Jeanette was born in Wayne County on March 20, 1945 to the late Arnold E. and Mary Elsie Jackson Hinson....

PRESTON ROSE

RALEIGH -- Preston Rose died Saturday morning at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Arrangements are incomplete with Kenly Funeral and Cremation Service....

GERALENE COX SWINSON

FAYETTEVILLE -- Geralene Cox Swinson, 80, died Wednesday at Duke Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at noon at Herring Funeral Care and Cremations Chapel in Fayetteville. Burial will follow in the Sandhills State Veteran Cemetery in...

VERNE THOMPSON

Died March 12, 2015 Verne Thompson, 73, died March 12 at his home near Morehead City. Verne, the son of the late James Monroe and Sue Hanner Thompson of Seven Springs, N.C., graduated B.F. Grady High School, and worked...

OLIVER TOOMEY

Died March 13, 2015 Oliver R. Toomey, an Ohio native whose devotion to Wayne County consumed more than half of his 96 years of life, died Friday in Winston-Salem. He and his wife, Betsy, had moved from Goldsboro only...

RICHARD LEE TOUVE

July 10, 1939-March 12, 2015 On Thursday, March 12, 2015, Richard Lee Touve, 75, passed away at home with his wife at his side. Richard was born July 10, 1939 to Mabel and Arnold Touve in Port Wing, Wisconsin....

CONNIE SUE VANDIFORD

Dec. 13, 1956-March 11, 2015 Connie Sue Vandiford, 58, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, to walk hand in hand with our Lord and Savior and her parents. Connie was a very special child born...

JACKIE DUNN WEAVER

May 1, 1927-March 12, 2015 Jacqueline "Jackie" Dunn Weaver, 87, died Thursday morning in the Regency Park Assisted Living of Gambrills, Md. Born May 1, 1927 in Jersey City, N.J. to the late Eugene Daniel and Lena West Dunn,...

SAM WESTBROOK

Dec. 2, 1976-Mar. 12, 2015 Sampson Love "Sam" Westbrook Jr., 38, of Goldsboro, peacefully passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Sam was born Dec. 2, 1976 in Lenoir County to Sampson Love "Sammy" Westbrook...

BETTIE JEAN WOODARD

March 5, 1939-March 12, 2015 MIDDLESEX -- Bettie Jean Wood Woodard, 76, died Thursday at Wilson Medical Center. Bettie was born in Duplin County on March 5, 1939 to the late Elmon and Nellie Bell Brown Wood. Bettie is...