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JERRY L. CORY

Jerry L. Cory, 73, died Wednesday at Bluefield Regional Hospital in West Virginia. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

LINDA FULLER FORD

Died March 13, 2018 Mother Linda Fuller Ford, 68, 221 N. William St., died Tuesday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Greater Morning Star Church, with pastor Richard R. Darden officiating and...

GEORGE FORTE

Died March 9, 2018 George Forte, 87, died March 9. Graveside service will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Eureka Cemetery. He was born in Wayne County to Garfield and Elizabeth Spence Forte. Arrangements are by J.B. Rhodes Funeral...

WOODROW GRANDY SR.

The Rev. Woodrow Grandy Sr., 85, 107 Elmore St., died Thursday at Genesis Health Care. Arrangements are pending at Garris Funeral Home....

MICHAEL V. LAWHORN

Died March 13, 2018 Michael Valentine Lawhorn, 55, 1427 Biddle Road, Dover, died Tuesday in Johnston County. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at New Mount Zion Christian. Burial will be in Bryant Family Cemetery He was married to...

LINDA MOZINGO MALPASS

Linda Mozingo Malpass, 74, passed away in peace in her home after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer. She was born July 12, 1943, in Portsmouth, Va., before moving to Goldsboro, where she lived most of her life. She...

FRANK P. MITCHELL

Frank Peter Mitchell, 94, Snow Hill, died Wednesday at home. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

ROBERT L. NELSON

Robert "Bob" L. Nelson, 59, died Thursday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are pending at Evergreen Funeral Home....

EDNA TAYLOR NICKENS

July 28, 1926-March 14, 2018 Edna Taylor Nickens, 91, Goldsboro, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Edna was born in Greene County July 28, 1926, to the late Amos Henry Taylor...

TYREE ROSENBORO

May 21, 1982-March 7, 2018 Tyree Rosenboro, 35, Grifton, died March 7 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church of Grifton. Burial will be at Rosenboro...

DOROTHY WATSON SASSER

Rejoice! Dorothy Watson Sasser of Goldsboro has gone to heaven. She was born April 26, 1932, to the late James Clarence Watson and Pearl Peterson Watson. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 17, 2018, from 1 to 2...

SHARONETTA DAWSON SLOAN

Sharonetta Dawson Sloan, 55, died Monday at Chesapeake Hospice Care of Harwood, Md. Arrangements are pending at McIntyre Funeral Home....

ERIC E. WALLS

Eric Eugene Walls, 37, died Wednesday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

PATRICIA A. WHITFIELD

Aug. 12, 1954-March 10, 2018 Patricia Ann Whitfield, 63, 108 Young Blvd., Mount Olive, died Saturday at home. Funeral will be Monday at noon at Holy Ghost Cathedral. Burial will be in Wynn Cemetery. She was born Aug. 12,...

JOHN W. WOOTEN JR.

Died March 12, 2018 John Wesley "Big John" Wooten Jr., 59, Kinston, formerly of LaGrange, died Monday at UNC Lenoir Health Care Center. Funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Rouse Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of LaGrange, with...