Alfred Paul Rignoli

Alfred Paul Rignoli May 7, 1918 – January 14, 2015 Alfred Paul Rignoli, 96, of Wilson passed away Wednesday. His funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. The Rev. Ronnie Clemmons and the Rev. Steve Stephenson will officiate. The family will receive friends 10 – 10:45 a.m. Monday prior to the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Fred was a U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII. He worked as a jewelry chain designer with Armbrust Chain Company in Providence, Rhode Island for thirty years. In 1983, he and his wife retired to Wilson, where he worked as a groundskeeper at the Wilson Country Club until he was eighty-five years of age. Fred continued working for Wilson County until he reached the age of ninety. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. Fred is survived by his wife of seventy-one years, Lillian Jacques Rignoli of the home; his daughter, Sheila R. Matthews of Wilson; his granddaughter, April M. Guidetti and husband, Richard of La Habra, California; his grandson, Jason D. Matthews and fiancée, Christie Hendricks of Wilson; his great-grandsons, Alexander D. Matthews and Collin D. Matthews and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Angelo and Phyllis DeCaesar Rignoli. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to the American Alzheimer’s Association, 1305 Navaho Drive, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27605. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.