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KATIE C. BARNES

Died Jan. 4, 2018 Katie C. Barnes, 88, 113 S.E. Powell St., Wilson, died Thursday at Wilson Medical Center. Funeral will be Friday at noon at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church of Wilson. Arrangements are by Stevens Funeral Home of...

VIRSET MOORING CARTER

Sept. 1, 1923-Jan. 8, 2018 Virset Mooring Carter, 94, Gastonia, peacefully passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Goldsboro while visiting her granddaughter. Born in Wayne County Sept. 1, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Marcellus Mooring...

ERIC D. COVINGTON

Nov. 25, 1987-Dec. 20, 2017 Eric Donta Covington, 30, died Dec. 20. Funeral will be today at 2 p.m. at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations. Burial will be at Jerusalem Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery of Seven Springs....

BARBARA B. FURMAN

Aug. 30, 1931-Jan. 8, 2018 Barbara Betts Furman, 86, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at the home of her daughter while surrounded by her family. Barbara was born in Chesterfield County, Va., Aug. 30, 1931, to the late...

ALBERT H. GILLIKIN

Nov. 23, 1956-Jan. 7, 2018 Albert Handley "Al" Gillikin, 61, died Sunday at UNC Hospital of Chapel Hill. Funeral will be Friday at 3 p.m. from the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home, with Dr. Glenn Phillips officiating. Committal will...

W. MILTON HENDRIXSON JR.

Died Jan. 3, 2018 W. Milton Hendrixson Jr., Cypress Glen Retirement Community in Greenville, N.C., passed away at the age of 98 Jan. 3, 2018. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio, to Wilbur M. Hendrixson Sr. and Edna Liming...

ELSIE COX HOWELL

May 12, 1925-Jan. 7, 2018 Mrs. Elsie Cox Howell, 92, resident of Mount Olive since 1968 and native of Onslow County, died early Sunday morning, Jan. 7, 2018, in a Hopewell Virginia hospital. She had resided in Hopewell with...

WILLIAM "BILL" RHODES JOHNSON

Aug. 10, 1937-Dec. 28, 2017 William "Bill" Rhodes Johnson, 80, Orlando, Fla., died at home Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, after a long illness. Born Aug. 10, 1937, in Burlington, N.C., to David Rhodes Johnson and Leone Virginia Rudd, Bill...

ALBERT E. JOHNSON

Albert E. "Al" Johnson, 81, died Tuesday at home. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

TONY KENNEDY

Anthony Ray "Tony" Kennedy, 56, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

JOSEPH M. MELVIN

Died Jan. 4, 2018 Joseph Mack "Joe Melvin" Melvin, 65, 130 Ward Drive, Dudley, died Thursday at home. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Worley Funeral Home chapel, with apostle Marcus Becton officiating. Burial will be in Springvale...

MOTHER ADA KNIGHT MELVIN

March 7, 1934-Jan. 6, 2018 "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His Word, Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know," Thus saith the Lord" ... Mother Ada Knight Melvin, 83, Goldsboro,...

GARLON PITTMAN

Sept. 18, 1934-Jan. 8, 2018 Joseph Garlon Pittman, 83, Goldsboro, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at the Brian Center. Garlon was born in Nash County Sept. 18, 1934, to the late Willie and Lucy Rose Pittman. He proudly...

E. WARREN ROLLINS

Oct. 22, 1935-Jan. 8, 2018 Elwood Warren Rollins, 82, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at home surrounded by his family. Born in Wayne County Oct. 22, 1935, he was the son of the late Clifton Warren Rollins and...

BARBARA ANNE SIMPKINS SPENCER

Sept. 22, 1937-Jan. 4, 2018 Barbara Anne Simpkins Spencer, Kenly, died Wednesday. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1000 11th St., Goldsboro, N.C., with service to follow at 2...

JOSEPHINE TAYLOR

Josephine Taylor, 64, Stantonsburg, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

MAVIS PATE WILLIFORD

April 18, 1925-Jan. 8, 2018 Mavis Pate Williford, 92, Patetown community, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. Homegoing service will be held Friday, Jan. 12, 2018,...

PHONG WRIGHT

Phong Wright, 72, died Monday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....