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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

JESSIE LEE BARKSDALE

Jessie Lee Barksdale, 70, 4730 U.S. 117 South Alternate, passed Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home. (Pd)...

CHAQUETTA M. BATTLE

Died Dec. 21, 2017 Chaquetta M. Battle, 33, 5023 Trappers Road, Wilson, died Thursday at Wilson Medical Center. Funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Salisbury AME Zion Church of Wilson. Arrangements are by Stevens Funeral Home of...

ELIZABETH ANN CRAFT

April 2, 1947-Dec. 22, 2017 Elizabeth Ann Craft, 70, Goldsboro, passed away Dec. 22, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at noon at Shingleton Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Kem Lancaster officiating. Interment will...

BETTY MAE THOMPSON ELROD

Feb. 3, 1928-Dec. 25, 2017 Betty Mae Thompson Elrod, 89, Goldsboro, passed away peacefully Christmas Day at her home. Betty was born in Emmanuel County, Ga., Feb. 3, 1928, to the late George Thompson Jr. and Shellie Canady Thompson....

HENRY J. GAMES

May 9, 1925-Dec. 23, 2017 Henry Jay Games, 92, died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Graveside service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. He was born in Johnston County May 9, 1925, to the...

JOSEPH HARRISON

Joseph Harrison, 76, Fremont, died Sunday at Fremont Rest Center. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

DEBORAH MERRITT JOHNSON

Deborah Merritt Johnson, 69, died Tuesday at home. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

EDWARD LOUIS KORNEGAY

Dec. 29, 1948-Dec. 26, 2017 Edward Louis Kornegay, 68, died Tuesday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late John Louis Kornegay and Hilda Cox Kornegay. Ed was a member of...

DAVID MCKINLEY LASSITER SR.

Sept. 21, 1934-Dec. 24, 2017 David McKinley Lassiter Sr., 83, Princeton, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. He was born Sept. 21, 1934, and was the son of the late Nathan and Effie Mae Pearce Lassiter. Mr. Lassiter was...

ALONZO L. MURPHY

July 27, 1952-Dec. 26, 2017 Alonzo L. Murphy, 65, 1315 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, died Tuesday at the Durham VA Medical Center. Funeral will be Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in James T. Haskins Memorial Chapel of Haskins Funeral Home....