Obituaries

Tammie Rhodes Zaccari

Tammie Rhodes Zaccari

Sep 7, 2021

Tammie Rhodes Zaccari January 21, 1961 – September 7, 2021 Tammie Rhodes Zaccari, 60 of Bailey passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Pastor Jason Gabbard will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 -8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and...

Oland Franklin Barnes

Oland Franklin Barnes

Sep 5, 2021

Oland Franklin Barnes June 8, 1937 – September 5, 2021 Oland Franklin Barnes, 84 of Sims passed away Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday morning from 11 – 1 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...

Bobby Ray Combs

Bobby Ray Combs

Sep 5, 2021

Bobby Ray Combs August 24, 1953 – September 5, 2021 Bobby Ray Combs, 68 of Elm City passed away Sunday. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, September 20, 2021 in Evergreen Memorial Park. Rev. Rusty Russell will officiate. Bobby was a soft-spoken man, that had a big heart. Anyone who knew him knew he had an endless...

Susan Faison Boykin

Susan Faison Boykin

Sep 3, 2021

Susan Faison Boykin February 8, 1949 – September 3, 2021 Susan Faison Boykin, 72 of Bailey passed away Friday. Her memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, September 13, 20201 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Pastor Joe Shakour will officiate. Susan was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with family...

Larry William Bly

Larry William Bly

Sep 2, 2021

Larry William Bly August 3, 1942 – September 2, 2021 Larry William Bly, 79 of Wilson passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon, September 10, 2021, from 4 – 6 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Services will be held later in New Hampshire. Larry was born on August...

Ruth Elizabeth Bissette Frazier

Ruth Elizabeth Bissette Frazier

Sep 2, 2021

Ruth Elizabeth Bissette Frazier Ruth Elizabeth “Beth” Bissette Frazier went home to her Lord and Savior on September 2, 2021. She told her grandfather when she was six years old that she joined the Bailey United Methodist Church because “I Love Jesus” and that remained the basic tenet of her faith for all of her life. Later as an adult...

Derek Bonshor

Derek Bonshor

Aug 30, 2021

Derek Bonshor June 19, 1939 – August 30, 2021 Derek Bonshor, 82 of Wilson passed away Monday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Barnes Family Cemetery, Wiggins Mill Road, Wilson. The Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Derek’s ambition on leaving school was to join the Royal Navy but his father had other ideas, so he...

Shirley Ruffin Ricks

Shirley Ruffin Ricks

Aug 29, 2021

Shirley Ruffin Ricks February 10, 1948 – August 29, 2021 Shirley Ruffin Ricks, 73 of Scotland Neck passed away Sunday. Her funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Pastor Joe Shakour will officiate. During the service and visitation, the family request friends to wear face covering. The...

George Harry Swain

George Harry Swain

Aug 28, 2021

George Harry Swain March 29, 1923 – August 28, 2021 George Harry Swain, “Harry,” passed away on August 28, 2021 at age 98 in Wilson. Harry was born on March 28, 1923, the eighth child of ten born to Robert Arnette and Mary Moore Swain, in Anthony, Marion County, Florida. His parents bestowed upon him a strong intellect, and they...

Jeffrey Howard Edwards

Jeffrey Howard Edwards

Aug 28, 2021

Jeffrey Howard Edwards February 19, 1959 – August 28, 2021 Jeffrey Howard Edwards, 62 of Kenly passed away Saturday. Jeffrey is survived by his mother, Jean Ricks Whitfield; brother, Jason Edwards and wife, Christy and their children, Tanner Edwards, Ryland Edwards and Greenlee Edwards; nieces, Ava Grace Stone, Bella Faith Stone; aunt, Lucille Troutman, and husband, Wade, and his uncles,...

Victoria C. Bruhn

Victoria C. Bruhn

Aug 27, 2021

Victoria C. Bruhn October 25, 1959 – August 27, 2021 On August 27, 2021, surrounded by her friends and family, Victoria C. Bruhn “Bruhnie” joined her mother, Sandy in paradise. Vicki was sixty-one years old. Victoria was born October 25, 1959, in Wheeling, West Virginia to Jim and Sandy Bruhn. In 1963 she became a big sister to her only...

Deborah Lynne Atkinson Clayton

Deborah Lynne Atkinson Clayton

Aug 25, 2021

Deborah Lynne Atkinson Clayton June 1, 1961 – August 25, 2021 Deborah Lynne Atkinson Clayton, 60 of Lucama passed away Wednesday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Kelley Smart will officiate. Deborah will be remembered as a loving caregiver for her parents, always supportive and a caring sister. She was...

Merry Ann Bridgers Harrell

Merry Ann Bridgers Harrell

Aug 25, 2021

Merry Ann Bridgers Harrell December 25, 1959 – August 25, 2021 Merry Ann Bridgers Harrell, 63 of Wilson passed away Wednesday. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon with the family receiving friends following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Rev. Dwight Batts will officiate. Merry is survived by her daughter,...

Howard Raymond Godwin

Howard Raymond Godwin

Aug 22, 2021

Howard Raymond Godwin May 9, 1929 – August 22, 2021 Howard Raymond Godwin, 92 of Wilson passed away Sunday. A private graveside service will be held for the family. Rev. Walter Blackmon will officiate. An informal viewing will be offered to Howard’s friends on Monday, August 23, 2021 from 12 – 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...

Michael Anthony Nash

Michael Anthony Nash

Aug 22, 2021

Michael Anthony Nash October 23, 1960 – August 22, 2021 Michael Anthony Nash, 60 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The family will receive friends following the service. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Michael is survived by his mother, Dorothy Taylor of Midlothian,...

Thomas Vick Taylor

Thomas Vick Taylor

Aug 21, 2021

Thomas Vick Taylor November 1, 1927 – August 21. 2021 Thomas “Tommy” Vick Taylor, 93 of Wilson passed away Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. The funeral will be livestreamed on Joyner’s Funeral Home Facebook page. A Graveside service with military honors will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Evergreen...

Preston Wornell Gregory

Preston Wornell Gregory

Aug 21, 2021

Preston Wornell Gregory December 7, 1936 - August 24, 2021 Preston Wornell Gregory, 84, of Wilson passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Good News Advent Christian Church, Cemetery, 7000 Holdens Cross Road. Pastor Rusty Russell of Peace Church...

Yvette Grace Dehe´tre Ward

Yvette Grace Dehe´tre Ward

Aug 21, 2021

Yvette Grace Dehe´tre Ward May 2, 1937 – August 21, 2021 Yvette Grace Dehe´tre Ward, 84 of Wilson passed away Saturday. A service will be held at a later date. Yvette is survived by her husband, Robert Edward Ward, Sr.; daughter, Carol Anne Ward McCullen of Wilson; sons, Robert Edward Ward, Jr. and wife, Nancy of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, and...

Billy Hugh Boykin

Billy Hugh Boykin

Aug 19, 2021

Billy Hugh Boykin July 8, 1939 – August 19, 2021 Billy Hugh Boykin, 82 of Raleigh passed away Thursday after a long illness from Prostate Cancer. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Billy is survived by his best friend and significant other, Linda Johnson, sons, Donald...

Michael Francis West

Michael Francis West

Aug 19, 2021

Michael Francis West May 24, 1949 – August 19, 2021 After devoting fifty-four years to the love of his life, his high school sweetheart Susan; pouring his heart into five decades of fatherhood with dad jokes and antics aplenty; cherishing every moment as a beloved Grampy always up for an adventure, Mike West of Wilson, North Carolina died at Vidant...

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