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RONNIE BOWDEN

Ronnie Bowden, 67, Goldsboro, died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home....

W. ROY DAVENPORT

May 26, 1952-Dec. 26, 2017 William Roy Davenport, 65, Albertson area resident, died Tuesday, Dec. 26. Graveside service, 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Pink Hill. He had been employed in poultry production with several area farmers,...

RONALD L. DEARING

Ronald Lee Dearing, 60, died Saturday at home. Arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory....

JERRY K. DUNN

Jerry Kent Dunn, 77, died Friday at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

BISHOP ERNEST EDWARDS

Died Dec. 27, 2017 Bishop Ernest Odell "E.O." Edwards, 92, 309 Park Ave., died Wednesday at Lenoir UNC Health Care, Kinston. Funeral is today at 1 p.m. at Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church, Kinston. Burial at Wayne Memorial...

SANDRA ENGLISH

Sandra English, 70, Wilson, died Friday at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home, Wilson....

LINDA P. GURGANUS

Linda Pearsall Gurganus, 68, died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

BILL HARDY SR.

May 10, 1940-Dec. 28, 2017 William "Bill" Herman Hardy Sr., 77, Winterville, died Thursday. Services will be held privately. He was born in Wayne County on May 10, 1940, to the late Troy Hardy and Ina Barwick Hardy. He...

JOSEPH HARRISON

Died Dec. 24, 2017 Joseph Harrison, 76, Fremont, died Dec. 24, 2017 at the Fremont Rest Center. Funeral is Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, Wilson....

LARSE HENDERSON

Larse Henderson, 72, Wilson, died Wednesday at Duke University Hospital in Durham. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home, Wilson....

JOE HOLMES

Aug. 5, 1949-Dec. 22, 2017 Joseph "Joe" Marshall Holmes, 68, Kinston, died Dec. 22, 2017. A private graveside service was held Saturday at Westview Cemetery. He was born Aug. 5, 1949 in Wayne County, to the late Marshall Oliver...

JEAN JOHNSON

Nov. 23, 1940-Dec. 29, 2017 Betty Jean Heath Johnson, Goldsboro, went to be with her Lord on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Jean was born in Pitt County on Nov. 23,...

DUSTIN W. LANCASTER

Dustin William Lancaster died Saturday in New Bern. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

BISHOP JESSE J. LOFTIN

Bishop Jesse Jerome Loftin died Friday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. Arrangements are pending at Britt Funeral Home and Cremation Service, LaGrange....

SKIPPY MCLAMB

Jan. 22, 1951-Dec. 27, 2017 Terry Lynn "Skippy" McLamb, 66, Goldsboro, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family. Skippy was born in Durham County Jan. 22, 1951, to the late Annie Ruth Pearce....

NANCY LUCILLE ALDRIDGE MITCHELL

July 30, 1937-Dec. 29, 2017 Nancy Lucille Aldridge Mitchell, age 80, died Friday evening at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. Born in Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Helen D. Aldridge, and was...

KATHLEEN C. PARRISH

Oct. 16, 1921-Dec. 27, 2017 Kathleen Caudill Parrish, 96, died Wednesday. Graveside service is Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park. She was born in Smethport on Oct. 16, 1921, to the late Howard and Bonnie Caudill. She...

LENWOOD B. PERRY

Oct. 25, 1936-Dec. 28, 2017 Lenwood Bailey Perry, 81, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Lenwood was born Oct. 25, 1936 in Greene County, to the late Johnnie and Mittie Hinnant Perry. Lenwood was preceded in death...

RICHARD H. POTTER II

Feb. 2, 1947-Dec. 20, 2017 Ret. Master Sgt. Richard "Rick" Henry Potter II, 70, peacefully passed away Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, with his family by his side. Rick was born in Johnson County, Ky., on Feb. 2, 1947, to...

WILLIAM S. WHITE

William Samuel White, 84, Wilson, died Wednesday at Avante at Wilson. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home, Wilson....