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KENNETH A. ANDERSON

Kenneth A. Anderson, 80, died Friday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory Inc....

RICHARD E. ASKINS

Aug. 19, 1949-March 8, 2018 Richard Earle Askins, 68, died early Thursday morning at his home. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Jamie H. Askins and Hallie Hollowell Askins. He was also preceded in...

BEVERLY G. BLACKWELL BARFIELD

Dec. 12, 1964-March 7, 2018 Beverly Gayle Blackwell Barfield, 53, died Wednesday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Funeral will be private. She was born in Wayne County Dec. 12, 1964, to the late Preston Blackwell and Bertha Holland Evans....

TEKEVIOUS D. BEST

Died March 4, 2018 Tekevious Darnell Best, 32, Spartanburg, S.C., died March 4 in Florala, Ala. Funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at United American Free Will Baptist Tabernacle of Kinston. Interment will be in Snow Hill Cemetery....

E.J. BLACKMAN

Died March 8, 2018 E.J. Blackman, 65, 305 Cottonwood Drive, died Thursday at home. Funeral will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Bear Creek Association Headquarters, with apostle Walter Barbour officiating. Burial will be in Wayne Memorial Park South...

ROSE L. BROWN

Rose L. Brown, 65, Maryland, died Friday. Arrangements are pending at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations....

ANNIE D. BARNES EASON

Annie Doris Barnes Eason, 80, 1123 Churchill Ave., Wilson, died Saturday at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

MARY M. EDWARDS

Mary M. Edwards, 44, 1930 Shamrock Drive, Decatur, Ga., died March 3 at home. Arrangements are pending at Trinity Memorial Funeral Home Inc. of Kinston....

RONNIE FOSS

Walter Ronald "Ronnie" Foss, 68, died Saturday at Wayne UNC Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

NANCY B. FULGHUM

June 29, 1939-March 8, 2018 Nancy Britton Fulghum, 78, passed away Thursday evening at her home. Born in Williamston, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Marvin Britton and Mary Leggett Britton. Nancy was retired from the...

IRA L. FUSSELL

Died March 7, 2018 Ira Lee "Winkie" Fussell, 64, 516 Roberts St., died Wednesday at home. Funeral will be Monday at noon at Word of Truth Christian Fellowship. Burial will be at Wayne Memorial Park. She was born in...

LIZZIE S. GONZALEZ

March 1, 1929-March 7, 2018 Lizzie Simpson Gonzalez, 89, died Tuesday at home. Graveside service will be Friday 10 a.m. in Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. She was born in Williamston March 1, 1929, to the late Kenneth and...

ANNIE GRAHAM

Annie Graham, 89, 1717 Tommy's Road, died Saturday in Wayne Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Haskins Funeral Home....

JACK "JACKIE" DONNELL GREGORY

Died March 9, 2018 Jack "Jackie" Donnell Gregory, 71, passed away Friday at Wayne UNC Health Care. The family will receive friends Sunday at the home of Charlie and Sandy Gregory, 912 New Daniels Church Road, Fremont. Other arrangements...

DIXIE BRASWELL HALL

Dixie Braswell Hall, 94, died Saturday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

PATRICIA M. HARDY

May 29, 1934-March 9, 2018 Patricia Moriarty "Pat" Hardy, 83, Kinston, quietly and peacefully passed away Friday, March 9, 2018. Pat was born May 29, 1934, in Holyoke, Mass., to the late Francis Moriarty and Helen Flynn Moriarty. Her...

ELIZABETH "BETSY" CARTER HEYWARD

May 10, 1957-March 1, 2018 Betsy, 60, died suddenly at her home in Graham, N.C. She spent her childhood years in Goldsboro. Betsy was a University of North Carolina Chapel Hill graduate, and taught preschool and elementary grades for...

BERTHA CHRISTINE WELLS MASSEY

April 16, 1933-March 8, 2018 Bertha Christine Wells Massey, 84, Princeton, passed away at her home Thursday, March 8, 2018. She was born April 16, 1933, and was the daughter of Raymond Eugene and Mamie Pearl Sullivan Wells. She...

IRENE R. PITT

Irene R. Pitt, 77, Wilson, died Friday. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

SHERRY L. ERNSBURGER RAMEY

June 23, 1956-March 8, 2018 Sherry Lynn Ernsburger Ramey, 61, died Thursday. Memorial service will be in Ohio. She was born in Michigan June 23, 1956, to Jane Heflen Gerald) and the late Donald Ernsburger. She was the wife...

TYREE ROSENBORO

Tyree Rosenboro, 35, Grifton, died Wednesday at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville. Arrangements are pending at Loftin Memorial-J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home of Kinston....

LILLIAN R. THOMAS

Lillian R. Thomas, 56, died at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Arrangements are pending at Stevens Funeral Home of Wilson....

ROSE I.M. WATKINS

Dec. 31, 2017-March 8, 2018 Rose Ivery Marie Watkins, 2 months, 112 Lisa Drive, Pikeville, died Thursday at Vidant Care Hospital of Greenville. Funeral will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at James T. Haskins Memorial Chapel of Haskins Funeral...

MICHAEL "MIKE" WHITLEY YORKE JR.

Died Feb. 24, 2018 Michael "Mike" Whitley Yorke Jr., 75, passed away the morning of Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at Duke Hospital in Durham, N.C., following a brave and courageous battle with cancer. A memorial/remembrance service in his honor...