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DELLA L. ALBRITTON

Died March 30, 2018 Della Lanier Albritton, 88, of the Browntown Community, Snow Hill, died Thursday at home. Funeral is Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Bryan Holy Tabernacle United Holy Church. Burial in Wade Cemetery. Visitation is from 2...

ORION ROLF BLIZZARD SR.

Aug. 26, 1919-March 30, 2018 Mr. Orion Rolf Blizzard Sr., 98, of Kenansville, died Friday, March 30, 2018, at home. He was born Aug. 26, 1919, the son of Blaney and Lula Blizzard in Deep Run. O.R. served in...

KENNETH A. BOYD

Kenneth Abner Boyd, 84, died Friday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

WILLIE MAE MOORING BRIDGERS

Died March 29, 2018 Willie Mae Mooring Bridgers, 78, Eureka, died Thursday, March 29, 2018. Funeral is Monday at noon at Mount Nelson Church, with the visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment in Eureka Cemetery. Surviving is...

BOBBY L. BUCK

Bobby Linwood Buck, 79, died Thursday at his home in Alexandria, Va. Arrangements are pending at Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

COL. EDGAR FELTON DAVIS

The remains of Col. Edgar Felton Davis, born Dec. 15, 1935, have been identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, December 2017. Felton, an Air Force navigator with the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, was shot down Sept. 17, 1968,...

JOYCE E. DIXON

Died March 28, 2018 Joyce E. Dixon, 71, Wilson, died Wednesday at Wilson Medical Center. The funeral is Monday at 1 p.m. at Salisbury Church, Wilson. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home....

STEPHEN N. HANNUM

Aug. 26, 1981-March 29, 2018 Stephen Newell Hannum, age 36, died Thursday at his home. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of Robert "Bob" Jr. and Lois Hannum of the home. Stephen attended the The Bridge Church...

CATHERINE H. HERRING

Catherine Hamilton Herring, 68, 1220 S. Andrews Ave., died Friday at Wayne UNC Health Care. Arrangements are pending at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations....

MARY JANE JACKSON

Jan. 17, 1930-March 30, 2018 Mary Jane Jackson, 88, of Fremont, was reunited with her loving husband Friday morning, March 30, 2018. Funeral service will be held Monday, April 2, 2018, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Shackleford-Howell...

RUDOLPH R. JONES

Sept. 22, 1930-March 30, 2018 Rudolph Randall Jones, 87, Pine Level, died Friday. Funeral is Monday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lyn Renfrow and the Rev. Al Warrick officiating. Burial, with...

JOAN KING

Eldress Joan King, 64, Fayetteville, formerly of Mount Olive, died Thursday at Duke University Hospital in Durham. Arrangements by Garris Funeral Home....

MINH LE

Sept. 29, 1988-March 27, 2018 Minh Le, 29, died Tuesday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. He was born in Vietnam on Sept. 29, 1988, to Van Hong Le and Mai "Lisa" Huynh. He is survived by his wife, Tuyet...

MICHAEL NICHOLAS RICHARD

Died March 29, 2018 Michael Nicholas Richard, 62, of New Bern, N.C., passed away early on the morning of March 29, 2018. Michael was born in Saco, Maine. He lived in all corners of the country during his childhood...

MARGARET PATE SASSER

Aug. 11, 1929-March 29, 2018 Margaret "Pete" Pate Sasser, 88, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. Margaret was born in Wayne County on Aug. 11, 1929, to the late Jeff C....

JERRY W. TORRANS

Dec. 27, 1956-March 30, 2018 Jerry Wayne Torrans, 61, Warsaw, died Friday at home. Funeral is Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church of Warsaw. He was born Dec. 27, 1956, in Sampson County to the late Thomas...

MARY THOMPSON WHITFIELD

June 13, 1943-March 27, 2018 Mary Thompson Whitfield, 74, of 1203 Franklin St., peacefully succumbed to the Lord's call Tuesday morning at her residence. She was born Sunday, June 13, 1943, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Willie and Doris Bazemore....

NANCY NORWOOD WILLARD

July 22, 1929-March 23, 2018 Nancy Norwood Willard passed away peacefully on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the age of 88. Nancy was born on July 22, 1929, in Goldsboro, N.C., to John and Mary...