Obituaries
Edward Gold Flowers
Jan 1, 2022
October 4, 1934 – January 1, 2022
Edward Gold Flowers, 87, of Wilson, passed away Saturday. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Crosspointe Baptist Church, 400 East Main Street, Fremont at 6:30p.m. Pastor David Varnell will officiate. He is survived by his special friend and companion, Janice Radford; brother, Barry Flowers and a host...
Betty Frances Smith Bartlett
Dec 31, 2021
Betty Frances Smith Bartlett
December 29, 1934 – December 31, 2021
Betty Frances Smith Bartlett was born to Judd and Vera Matthews Smith on December 29, 1934, in the small community of Chalybeate Springs in Harnett County. She was a Home Economics major at Meredith College, class of ‘57, and identified lifelong as an Angel. She met her husband, the love...
John Luther O'Neill
Dec 31, 2021
John Luther O’Neill
September 13, 1943 – December 31, 2021 John Luther O’Neill of Wilson, North Carolina and formerly of Danbury and New Fairfield, Connecticut, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, December 31, 2021. He was born in Peekskill, New York on September 13, 1943, to Elaine Rizzie O’Neill and John Jacob O’Neill. He enjoyed his childhood,...
Donald Tomlinson
Dec 30, 2021
November 26, 1937 – December 30, 2021
Donald Tomlinson, 84, of Wilson passed away Thursday. A Celebration of Life will be held at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 3p.m. Pastor Ray Barnhill will officiate. The family will receive friends from 2:00pm – 2:45pm Wednesday afternoon. He was a loving husband, father,...
Charles Carlyle Minshew Jr.
Dec 28, 2021
May 22, 1943 – December 28, 2021
Charles Carlyle Minshew, 78, of Fremont passed away Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be private and with Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory. Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.
Wanda Gail Bass
Dec 27, 2021
August 21, 1947 – December 27, 2021
Wanda Gail Bass, 74, of Wilson passed away Monday. Wanda is survived by her sons, Stephen Myers and William Bass; as well as two grandsons and a sister. She is preceded in death by her parents, Stephen and Ethel Winborne; daughter, Dee Tyson and two brothers, Tommy Winborne and Jimmy Winborne. Condolences directed...
Kenneth Wade Renfrow
Dec 26, 2021
June 17, 1936 – December 26, 2021
Kenneth Wade Renfrow, 85, of Wilson passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Philp Thompson will officiate.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Joseph Bland Jr.
Dec 25, 2021
November 8, 1934 - December 25, 2021
Joseph “Joe” Bland Jr., 87, of Wilson North Carolina passed away December 25, 2021, after a long illness. Joe was born on November 8, 1934, to Joseph Sr. and Virginia House Bland in the Merry Hill Township of North Carolina. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1954. While he was in the...
Margie Harrell Harris
Dec 24, 2021
February 20, 1933 – December 24, 2021
Margie Harrell Harris, 88, of Wilson, passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...
Robert "Bob" Lanier Bass
Dec 22, 2021
Robert Lanier Bass
December 19, 1948 – December 22, 2021
Robert “Bob” Lanier Bass from Wilson passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Rev. Rusty Russell will officiate. Bob was...
Tammy Elizabeth Manning
Dec 21, 2021
June 23, 1972 – December 21, 2021
Tammy Elizabeth Manning, 49, of Wilson, passed away Tuesday. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 27, 2021, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Black Creek Town Cemetery. Pastor Travis Moore will officiate.
The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m....
Jimmy Charles Ellis
Dec 20, 2021
Jimmy Charles Ellis, 75 of Kenly, passed away Monday. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Jimmy is survived by his brother, Donald Ray Ellis; sisters, Brenda Maloney, Carolyn Colvard and Linda Ellis, as well as many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Addie Ellis.
Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and...
Paul Raymond Brenner
Dec 19, 2021
March 5, 1970 - December 19, 2021
Paul Raymond Brenner, 51 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Private Memorial Services will be held at a later date.
Paul worked for the United States Postal Service for twenty years. In his time off, he was an avid reader and collector of comic books and memorabilia. He also loved movies and music. Paul is...
Woodrow Stanley Strickland
Dec 19, 2021
Woodrow Stanley Strickland, 84, of Bailey, founder of Strickland’s Used Cars and W.S. Strickland’s Body Shop, both successful used car dealerships, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021.Woodrow was born on February 18, 1937, as the son of the late Hubert and Minnie Strickland. Woodrow was raised in a hard-working share-cropper farm family, along with his late sister, Geraldine S....
Betty Jean Pope
Dec 18, 2021
August 4, 1935 – December 18, 2021 Betty Jean Pope, 86 of Wilson and Johnson County, passed away Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday December 21, 2021 at Joyner's Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Reverend Lyn Renfrow will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 1 p.m. – 2...
Donald Sebastian Johnson
Dec 18, 2021
Donald Sebastian Johnson
December 1, 1936 – December 18, 2021 Donald Sebastian Johnson, 85 of Crocker’s Nub Community passed away Saturday. His funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Moore’s Chapel Cemetery. Rev. David West will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m....
Gregory Lenue Hamilton
Dec 18, 2021
September 30, 1963 – December 18, 2021 Gregory Hamilton, 58 of Wilson passed away Saturday. Gregory is survived by his wife, Susan Hamilton of the home; daughters, Miranda Hamilton and Sylvia Hamilton; Son, Gerald Hamilton; brother, Stanley Hamilton; stepdaughters, Lisa Smith and Angela Marie Montgomery; granddaughter, Sierra Adrianna Smith; step granddaughter, Lisa Aljabali; great grandson, Laith Tareq Aljabali; and sister...
Willis "June Bug" Baker Jr.
Dec 17, 2021
January 11, 1935 – December 17, 2021 Willis “June Bug” Baker Jr., 86 of Elm City passed away Friday. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday December 20, 2021, in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Johnny Hudson will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday December 19th from 3 – 5 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100...
Carol Georgie Pickering Power
Dec 14, 2021
Carol Georgie Pickering Power
October 1, 1966 – December 14, 2021 Carol “Georgie” Pickering Power, most recently of Wilson, North Carolina was born in Liverpool, England on October 1, 1966, to Henry Arthur Pickering and Beryl Todd Pickering. Carol passed away on December 14, 2021, at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC. Carol’s journey took her from Liverpool to...
Samuel Anthony Edwards, Jr.
Dec 13, 2021
Samuel Anthony Edwards Jr
October 29, 1945 – December 13, 2021 Samuel Anthony Edwards Jr., 76 of Wilson passed away Monday. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 4 – 5 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Samuel is survived by his sons; Samuel Anthony Tomlin, Joseph Antonio Tomlin, Joshua Tomlin and David Tomlin of...