Obituaries

Carolyn Grice White

Carolyn Grice White

Dec 13, 2021

Carolyn Grice White

August 6, 1929 – December 13, 2021 Carolyn Grice White, 92, of Knightdale, peacefully went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 13, 2021. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 18th at 11 a.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Pastor Aaron Wallace will officiate....

Reba Bissette Hamilton

Reba Bissette Hamilton

Dec 12, 2021

Reba Bissette Hamilton

August 18, 1927 – December 12, 2021 Reba Agnes Bissette Hamilton, 94 of Middlesex passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. Rev. Jason Gabbard will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...

Richard Albert Claybourne

Richard Albert Claybourne

Dec 11, 2021

Richard Albert Claybourne

September 23, 1938 – December 11, 2021

Richard Albert Claybourne, 83 of Fremont passed away Saturday morning, December 11, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. David Mortimer will officiate.

Funeral services will be livestream through Joyner’s Funeral Home website page....

Johnny Wayne Batten

Johnny Wayne Batten

Dec 11, 2021

Johnny Wayne Batten

January 30, 1943 – December 11, 2021 Johnny Wayne Batten, 78 of Elm City passed away Saturday. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Wayne was a graduate from Lucama High School, and he was an electrician that worked with Watson’s Electric for...

Larry Ray Pierce

Larry Ray Pierce

Dec 8, 2021

Larry Ray Pierce

August 1, 1949 – December 8, 2021 Elder Larry Pierce, of the Farmington Heights Church of God, met his Lord and Savior, Jesus; His Father in Heaven; and the Holy Spirit, face to face and embraced them like never before, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2 p.m. – 3:15...

Lillian Deans Kennedy

Lillian Deans Kennedy

Dec 7, 2021

Lillian Deans Kennedy

March 30, 1929 – December 7, 2021 Lillian Deans Kennedy, 92 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. A private graveside will follow. Dr. David Hailey will officiate. The family requests that masks are worn. The family will receive friends on Friday...

Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler

Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler

Dec 7, 2021

Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler

June 19, 1928 – December 7, 2021 Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler, 93 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 in Stantonsburg Cemetery. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...

Anthony  Cuong Phu Nguyen

Anthony Cuong Phu Nguyen

Dec 3, 2021

Anthony Cuong Phu Nguyen

December 10, 1944 – December 3, 2021 “Tony” Cuong Phu Nguyen, 76, of Wilson, North Carolina peacefully passed away on December 3, 2021, surrounded by his loving family and friends after a short battle with cancer. He was born on December 10, 1944 to Nguyen Chi Luc and Nguyen Thi Ren in Vietnam. He married Dinh...

Shirley Mae Bunn

Shirley Mae Bunn

Dec 3, 2021

Shirley Bunn

December 5, 1935 – December 3, 2021

Shirley Mae Bunn, 85 of Bailey passed away Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Bailey Methodist Church, 12437 Green Street, Bailey. The family will receive friends from 1 – 1:45 p.m. at Bailey Methodist Church, Bailey.

Shirley is survived by her daughter, Robin Davis and husband, Robert; step-son,...

Sarah Kennedy Johnson

Sarah Kennedy Johnson

Dec 1, 2021

Sarah Kennedy Johnson

March 10, 1925 - December 1, 2021 Sarah Lavinia Kennedy Johnson, 96 passed away peacefully in her home in Wilson on December 1, 2021. Sarah was the wife of the late D. Calhoun Johnson of Delway, and the daughter of the late Daisy Hunter Kennedy and James Connor Kennedy of Clinton. She attended Bob Jones University and...

David  Monroe Alford

David Monroe Alford

Nov 30, 2021

David Monroe Alford

November 18, 1941 – November 30, 2021 David Monroe Alford, 80 of Wilson passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Jonathan Ange will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 1 – 2:30 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...

Gregory "Greg" Allen Turnage

Gregory "Greg" Allen Turnage

Nov 28, 2021

Gregory Allen Turnage

March 8, 1960 – November 28, 2021 Gregory Allen Turnage, 61 of Wilson passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1815 Airport Boulevard, Wilson. Private family interment. Rev. Joe Shakour will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 9 p.m. at...

Kevin  Lee Parris

Kevin Lee Parris

Nov 27, 2021

Kevin Lee Parris

December 2, 1971 – November 27, 2021 Kevin Lee Parris, 49 of Farmville passed away Saturday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Stantonsburg Town Cemetery, Stantonsburg. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Kevin is survived by his daughter, Ella Leigh Parris of Rocky Mount; mother, Mary Ann Barwick Parris of Wilson; father, Edward...

Carl Alvin Nowell

Carl Alvin Nowell

Nov 24, 2021

Carl Alvin Nowell

March 8, 1929 – November 24, 2021 Carl Alvin Nowell, 92 of Wilson passed away Wednesday. Carl is survived by his wife, Frances Nowell; daughters, Maurine Nowell Brown and husband, Greg, and Anna Jane Nowell Murray and husband, Jim; sons, Maurice Nowell and wife, Olga, and Carl Nowell Jr.; grandchildren, Jenna Lynn Murray, Rachel Brown, Ruth Ann...

Edgar Bain Hamm

Edgar Bain Hamm

Nov 22, 2021

Edgar Bain Hamm

January 3, 1941 – November 22, 2021

Edgar Bain Hamm was born on January 3, 1941 in Wayne County, to his loving parents Jiles Randolph Hamm and Helena Mooring Hamm. He died peacefully on November 22, 2021 with his family surrounding him. With his Eastern NC work ethic, Edgar grew up working on tobacco farms around his hometown...

William "Billy" Lester Price

William "Billy" Lester Price

Nov 22, 2021

William Lester Price, Jr.

January 1, 1945 – November 22, 2021 William “Billy” Lester Price, Jr., 76 of Wilson passed away Monday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at First United Methodist Church, 100 Green Street NE, Wilson. The family will receive friends immediately following the service with interment to follow in Evergreen Memorial...

Austin Perry

Austin Perry

Nov 21, 2021

Robert Austin Wayne Perry

September 19, 1995 – November 21, 2021 Robert Austin Wayne Perry, 26 of Bailey passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Rev. Steve Edmundson will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12 – 1:45 p.m....

Lila Beth Rabil

Lila Beth Rabil

Nov 20, 2021

Lila Beth Rabil November 14, 1955 – November 19, 2021

Lila Beth Rabil, 66 of Wilson passed away Friday. A Catholic Mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday, November 29 at St. Therese Catholic Church, 700 Nash Street, Wilson. Graveside burial will be private.

Lila is survived by her sons, Matthew “Matt” Rabil, Michael Rabil and husband, Joseph, and Joey Rabil...

Charlotte Lucas Price

Charlotte Lucas Price

Nov 16, 2021

Charlotte Lucas Price

September 14, 1931 – November 16, 2021 Charlotte Lucas Price, 90 of Raleigh passed away Tuesday. A private service will be held for the family in the Lucas Family Cemetery, Lucama. Charlotte was born in Wilson County, on September 14, 1931, to Allison A. Lucas and Cassie Lee Lucas and was the youngest of seven children. She...

William "Bill" Thomas  Evans

William "Bill" Thomas Evans

Nov 16, 2021

William Thomas Evans

October 2, 1939 - November 16, 2021 William “Bill” Thomas Evans, 82 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 26, 2021 in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Mike Renfrow will officiate. William is survived by his wife, Wanda D. Evans; sisters, Clara Ricks, Jean Webb, several uncles, nieces...