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THERESA ANN ANDERSON

March 23, 1963-Oct. 3, 2017 Theresa Ann Anderson, 54, Goldsboro, passed away suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at her home. Theresa was born in Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 1963, to the late Franklin Roosevelt Anderson and Shirley Lee Bradshaw....

KAREN B. BEAMON

July 5, 1960-Oct. 3, 2017 Karen Barrow Beamon, 57, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at her home. Karen was born in Wayne County July 5, 1960, to the late Desmond Barrow and Rose Taylor Barrow. She worked as...

DENNIS R. BYNUM SR.

Dennis Ray Bynum Sr., 52, 2802 Olinville Ave., Apt. 2E, Bronx, N.Y., died Tuesday at home. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

REV. JESSIE YARBOROUGH CLEMONS

The celebration of life for the Rev. Jessie Yarborough Clemons, Rocky Mount, formerly of Goldsboro, N.C., and a native of Louisburg, N.C., will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. at New Morning Star Church Christ. Dr....

MYRTLE M. MURPHY COSTON

Died Sept. 30, 2017 Myrtle Mae Murphy Coston, 102, Wallace, died Saturday at home. Funeral will be at First Baptist Church of Teachey Saturday at noon, with the Rev. Edward Barnhill officiating. Burial will be at Coston Family Cemetery....

GENE A. FORD SR.

Aug. 8, 1953-Oct. 3, 2017 Gene A. Ford Sr., 64, 1707 S. John St., Apt. D, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. No funeral will be held. He was born Aug. 8, 1953, in Wayne County to Roy...

MICHAEL D. HARRELL

Nov. 21, 1959-Oct. 3, 2017 Michael Dean "Mr. Big Fry" Harrell, 57, died Tuesday at UNC Rex Hospital. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Ernest Asa Harrell and Ruth Ferrell Harrell, and brother of...

MICHAEL HARRIS

Michael Harris, 63, Kinston, died Wednesday at Vidant Medical Center Arrangements are pending at Trinity Memorial Funeral Home Inc....

WILLIAM K. HARRISON

William Kelvin Harrison, Kinston, died Tuesday at UNC Lenoir Healthcare. Arrangements are pending at Rouse Funeral Home of LaGrange....

HATTIE HILL

Hattie Hill, 94, 145-48 230th St., Springfield Gardens, N.Y., died Monday at Franklin Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

MARGARET V. JERNIGAN

Oct. 28, 1927-Oct. 3, 2017 Margaret Vassar Jernigan, 89, Goldsboro, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Margaret was born in Albany, Ga., Oct. 28, 1927, to the late Brinker S. Vassar and Margaret Prescott...

JACKIE PAGE MURRAY

April 9, 1941-Oct. 2, 2017 II Timothy 4:7: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." Jackie Page Murray, 76, Cedar Point, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at Carteret Health...

DEREK M. SMITH

Oct. 3, 1989-Sept. 30, 2017 Derek Matthew Smith, 27, LaGrange, passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. Derek was born Oct. 3, 1989, to Durwood Edward Smith and Donna Bartlett Smith. Derek graduated from Eastern Wayne High School. With Derek,...

JULIA G. SUTTON

May 16, 1925-Oct. 4, 2017 Julia Mae Grantham Sutton, 92, Calypso resident, passed away early Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, at Transitions Life Care Hospice in Raleigh. Born in the Smith's Chapel community of Wayne County, it was Jan. 14,...

ROBERT L. WHITLEY

Died Sept. 29, 2017 Robert Lee Whitley, 89, 504 Maul Swamp Road, Vanceboro, died Friday at home. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Joe's Free Will Baptist Church of Vanceboro. Burial will be in Dawson Family Cemetery....