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GLORIA J. ARTIS

Died Oct. 26, 2016 Gloria J. Artis, 77, 1709 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Wilson, died Oct. 26. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Life of the Word Ministries of Wilson. Arrangements are by Stevens Funeral Home...

STEPHEN RAY BLIZZARD

March 13, 1993-Nov. 1, 2016 Stephen Ray Blizzard, 23, passed away suddenly Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. A celebration of his life service will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home...

MR. MOSES BRODIE

May 29, 1951-Oct. 28, 2016 Mr. Moses Earl Brodie, 65, 1405 Poplar St., died Friday morning at Wayne UNC Health Care. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at noon at New Stoney Hill United Holy Church,...

EUGENE BAUGHMAN DAVIS

July 13, 1933-Oct. 31, 2016 The Rev. Dr. Eugene Baughman Davis, 83, Jacksonville, N.C., passed away Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, at Village on Campbell in Burgaw, N.C. Born July 13, 1933, in Mount Olive, N.C., he was the youngest...

NAOMI W. GRANTHAM

Sept. 4, 1921-Nov. 1, 2016 Naomi Worrell Grantham, Mount Olive, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, at her home. Born in Wayne County Sept. 4, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Morgan Worrell and Blanche Smith...

EUGENE B. "GENE" GUNTER JR.

Sept. 27, 1933-Nov. 1, 2016 Eugene B. "Gene" Gunter Jr., 83, passed away peacefully at his home at North Topsail Island Tuesday, Nov. 1, after an extended illness. He was born in 1933 in Hamlet, N.C., the only son...

EVA STEWART HOLIDAY

Died Oct. 30, 2016 Eva Stewart Holiday, 81, 1619 Kirkgate Lane, Midlothian, Va., died Sunday. Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Stevens Funeral Home chapel of Wilson....

JOHNNIE E. JONES

Died Oct. 29, 2016 Johnnie Ervin "Red" Jones, 65, 5942 Wyse Ford Road, Dover, died Saturday at home. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Northwest "A" Free Will Baptist Conference Tabernacle of Trenton. Burial will be in Mills...

ANN MCCOLLUM

May 1, 1958-Oct. 31, 2016 Ann McCollum, 58, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be at Saint Paul's Funeral Home. Memorial service will be Friday at noon. She was born in Parkton May 1,1958, the daughter of...

LESLIE MARIE "SUGAR RIE" NICHOLSON

Jan. 29, 1972-Oct. 24, 2016 Nothing like that "Sugar Rie." Leslie Marie "Sugar Rie" Nicholson, 44, Goldsboro, N.C., departed her earthly life Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, at her residence. Leslie was born in Goldsboro, N.C., Jan. 29, 1972, to...

KENNETH NOBLES

May 10, 1949-Nov. 2, 2016 Kenneth Nobles, 67, Elizabeth, N.J., formerly of Wayne County, died Wednesday. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Word Faith Center. Burial will be in Wayne Memorial Park. He was born May 10,...

EARL E. PATE

March 23, 1930-Oct. 31, 2016 Earl Edward Pate, 86, died Monday morning at home. He was born in Wayne County to the late Barnie and Irene Dixon Pate. A veteran of the United States Army, he served during the...

MR. MOSES RAY

July 23, 1925-Oct. 30, 2016 Mr. Moses Ray, 91, died Oct. 30, 2016, at Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Mark Church of Christ, Disciples of...

JESSIE M. JORDAN WALSTON

Died Oct. 29, 2016 Jessie Mae Jordan Walston, 86, 2804 Forest Hills Loop, Wilson, died Saturday at Wilson Medical Center. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Contending for the Faith Church Ministries of Wilson. Interment will be in...

BILLY E. WILLIAMS

Died Oct. 25, 2016 Billy Earl Williams, 59, 1317 Parkside Drive, Wilson, died Oct. 25 at Duke University Hospital in Durham. Funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Saint Rose Church of Christ Disciples of Christ of Wilson....