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MARION CULVER ADAIR

June 25, 1926-Nov. 14, 2017 Marion Ruth Culver Adair was born June 25, 1926, in Conway, Mass., to James Francis and Effie (Jennings) Culver. Marion passed to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus Christ Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017,...

DAZELLE KING ARTIS

Feb. 15, 1940-Nov. 15, 2017 Dazelle King Artis, 77, 110 King Drive, Mount Olive, died Wednesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Mark Free Will Baptist Church. Burial will be in Carver...

SADEEQAH R. JONES ARTIST

Died Nov. 15, 2017 Sadeeqah Renee Jones Artist, 28, Wilson, died Wednesday. Funeral will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at L.N. Forbes Original Free Will Baptist Tabernacle of Wilson. Arrangements are by Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

MILDRED CARLTON

Mildred Carlton died Thursday in Concordia Transitional Care and Rehabilitation (Rose Manor) in Durham. Arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home....

VASHTI JENKINS CARTON

Died Nov. 16, 2017 Vashti Jenkins Carton, 61, 1319 Carlton Chapel Church Road, Warsaw, died Thursday at home. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Stephens AME Zion Church of Warsaw. Burial will be Monday at noon...

ROSE COOPER

Rose M. Cooper, 81, died Thursday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory....

MITTIE JONES DANIELS

Died Nov. 14, 2017 Mittie Jones Daniels, 94, died Tuesday at UNC Lenoir Health Care. Funeral will be Saturday 11 a.m. at St. Peter Free Will Baptist Church in Snow Hill. Interment will be in Snow Hill Cemetery. Visitation...

JARVIS M. DAVIS

June 15, 1974-Nov. 9, 2017 Jarvis Maurice Davis, 43, 106 Rockerfeller Court, died Thursday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Funeral will be today at 1 p.m. at St. James Church of Christ. Interment will be private. He was born...

MILTON EDWARDS

Oscar Milton "Dick" Edwards, 81, Seven Springs, died Thursday at Wayne Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Tyndall Funeral Home....

ALICE S. EDWARDS

July 8, 1923-Nov. 15, 2017 Alice Sykes Edwards, 94, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Alice was born in Nash County July 8, 1923, to the late Garland Reid Sykes...

RODERICK W. GILLETTE

Died Nov. 12, 2017 Roderick Wayne "Big Money" Gillette, 54, 208 E. King St., LaGrange, died Sunday. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church of LaGrange, with pastor Harold O. Warren officiating. Interment will...

JOHN WESLEY JOHNSON JR.

Aug. 11, 1967-Nov. 12, 2017 "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2 Mr. John Wesley Johnson Jr., 50, lovingly...

TRONSIL D. LEE

Died Nov. 14, 2017 Tronsil Desilva Lee, 93, Brooklyn, N.Y., formerly of Mount Olive, died Tuesday at home. Funeral will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Luke Disciple Church of Christ. Burial will be in Lee-Kornegay Family Cemetery....

GEORGE LENNON

Died Nov. 11, 2017 George Lennon, 68, Warsaw, died Saturday at UNC Hospital of Chapel Hill. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Prayer of Faith Church of Warsaw. Interment will be in Devotional Gardens Cemetery of Warsaw. Arrangements...

BARBARA MERN RUSTIN

Died Nov. 5, 2017 Barbara Mern Rustin passed away Nov. 5, 2017, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro, N.C. A memorial service will be held at Seymour Funeral Home Saturday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m., with the Rev....

LOUISE DIGGS SIMMS

Died Nov. 10, 2017 Louise Diggs Simms, 82, 6127 Blalock Road, Lucama, passed away Friday, Nov. 10. A celebration of her life and legacy will be held Saturday, Nov. 18, at noon at Contending for the Faith Church Ministries,...

LULA C. SMITH

March 25, 1921-Nov. 14, 2017 Lula C. Smith, 96, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. James Church of Christ Disciples of Christ, with the Rev. Ira Reynolds officiating. Burial...

ANTHONY D. WARD SR.

Died Nov. 13, 2017 Anthony Dean Ward Sr., 62, 143 Robert Ward Lane, Trenton, died Monday in Vidant Medical Center. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Haughton Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Burial will be in Ward Family...

SHARON E. WIGGINS

Died Nov. 11, 2017 Sharon E. Wiggins, Washington, D.C., formerly of Duplin County, died Saturday. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Spring Community Church of Clinton, Md. Arrangements by Hawes....