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LILLIE RUTH JENKINS CLEMONS

Jan. 15, 1938-Sept. 6, 2018 Lillie Ruth Jenkins Clemons, 80, died Thursday evening at her home. Born in Lenoir County she was the daughter of the late Jobe T. and Lillie B. Thigpen and was the wife of Luther...

MARGARET R. FENNELL

Died Sept. 3, 2018 Margaret Rouse Fennell, 67, 116 Waverly Faison Road, died Monday at home. Funeral will be today at 1 p.m. at Hills Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lenwood Pigford officiating. She was born in...

WILLIAM M. FORD

Died Sept. 5, 2018 William M. Ford, 73, 213 Broad Street, Wilson, died Wednesday at home. Funeral will be today at 11 a.m. at Stevens Funeral Home, Wilson....

ROBERT H. HIMES JR.

Sept. 26, 1948-Sept. 6, 2018 Robert H. Himes Jr., 69, Pikeville, died Thursday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. All services will be held in Amityville, N.Y. He was born Sept. 26, 1948, in Oceanside, N.Y., to the late Robert...

DAVID L. JOHNSON

David Lee Johnson, 81, died Thursday at Vidant Duplin Hospital, Kenansville. Arrangements are pending at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations....

JERMAINE J. MERCER JR.

Died Sept. 4, 2018 Mr. Jermaine J. Mercer Jr., 21, passed away in Wayne County, Sept. 4, 2018. Funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. at St. James Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, 514 Memorial Church...

JUDY R. NORFOLK

Judy Robison Norfolk, 79, died Friday at home. Arrangements are pending at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory....

JANIE L. PIGFORD

Died Sept. 5, 2018 Janie Lee Pigford, 73, Wilson, died Wednesday at Wilson Medical Center. Funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Wilson....

DOROTHY HILL ROLLINS

Aug. 26, 1933-Sept. 6, 2018 Dorothy Hill Rollins, completed her journey home Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 to the welcoming words, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Dorothy was born Aug. 26, 1933, in Wayne County to the late...

HATTIE C. SHEPPARD

Hattie C. Sheppard, Jason, died Saturday at UNC Lenoir Health Care Center in Kinston. Arrangements are pending at Britt Funeral Home and Cremation Service....

ELLEN MERCER SKELLY

March 25, 1947-Sept. 6, 2018 Ellen Mercer Skelly, 71, passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, at LifeCare Hospitals of North Carolina in Rocky Mount. Ellen was born March 25, 1947, in Duplin County to the late Lewis Ivey and...

BETTY S. WADE

Betty “Gail” Sutton Wade, 68, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending at Howell Funeral Home and Crematory....

JAMES LAWRENCE WEAVER

Oct. 23, 1939-Sept. 7, 2018  James Lawrence Weaver, 78, passed away Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. James was born Oct. 23, 1939, in Wayne County to the late Gertha and Clara Thelma Denning Weaver....

JAMES M. WHITMAN

Nov. 11, 1940-Sept. 7, 2018 James M. Whitman, 77, Mount Olive area resident, passed away early Friday morning, Sept. 7, at Kitty Askins Hospice House. Funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home, with...