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PECOLIA M. HOPKINS-JOHNSON

Sept. 23, 1949-March 4, 2017 Mother Pecolia Maxine Hopkins-Johnson, 67, 1819D Butterfield Lane, Wilson, died Saturday at Wilmed Hospital. Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at L.N. Forbes Tabernacle, with pastor Calvin Williams as eulogist and elder SaQuan...

JOYCOYLON ARTIS

Joycoylon "Jock" Artis, 60, 711 Pikeville-Princeton Road, Pikeville, died Tuesday at home. Arrangements are pending at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations Inc....

NOKOMIS X. BROWN

Died March 4, 2017 Nokomis X. Brown, 30, 190 Lenard Lane, Trenton, died Saturday. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at North West A Free Will Baptist Conference Tabernacle of Trenton. Burial will be in Haiti Cemetery. Visitation will...

DEBORAH A. CARLTON

Oct. 6, 1952-March 6, 2017 Deborah A. Carlton, 64, Baltimore, Md., formerly of Wayne County, died Monday at Genesis Healthcare. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Holy Ghost Cathedral Church, with apostle Preston Grimes officiating. Burial will...

MARGIE SYKES LASSITER

Died March 5, 2017 Mrs. Margie Sykes Lassiter, 78, passed away at Duke Hospice Center of Durham, N.C., March 5, 2017. Her homegoing celebration will be held Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Benson Revival Deliverance Center,...

BARBARA JEAN HARDY NEAL

Feb. 14, 1942-March 5, 2017 Barbara Jean Hardy Neal, 75, Philadelphia, Pa., died Sunday at Jefferson Hospital. Funeral will be March 18 at Nix and Nix Funeral Home North Memorial Chapel at 11 a.m. She was a graduate of...

RUBY J. WHITLEY RICHARDSON

Jan. 28, 1937-March 4, 2017 Ruby Joyce Whitley Richardson, 80, Snow Hill, died Saturday at home. Funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Howell Funeral Home and Crematory. Interment will be 2 p.m. at Eastern...

JATHA ROYAL JR.

Jatha Royal Jr., 36, Tampa, Fla., died. Funeral will be Saturday at 3 p.m. at Hamilton Funeral Chapel, with elder Dorsey Montgomery II officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton Funeral Chapel....

ANNA M. WHITFIELD

Anna Mae "Pickle" Whitfield, 69, 405 Claiborne St., died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

LETTIE H. WILLIAMS

Lettie Faye Holmes Williams, Mount Olive, died today at Kitty Askins Hospice. Arrangements are pending at Tyndall Funeral Home Inc....