Obituaries
Esther Purdy Ruffin
Jan 17, 2021
Esther Purdy Ruffin January 1, 1939 – January 17, 2021 Esther Purdy Ruffin, 82 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. The Rev. Cliff Lewin will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday immediately following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Katherine Neville Brantley
Jan 17, 2021
Katherine Neville Brantley June 9, 1935 – January 17, 2021 Katherine Neville Brantley, 85 of Wilson passed away on Sunday. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Oakdale Cemetery in Spring Hope. The family will receive family and friends Wednesday afternoon from 1-1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...
Eva Marie Wiggins Craft
Jan 17, 2021
Eva Marie Wiggins Craft November 28, 1935 – January 17, 2021 Eva Marie Wiggins Craft, 85 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. LaVonn Phillips will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 12:30 –...
Jiles Ranson Boykin, Jr.
Jan 17, 2021
Jiles Ranson Boykin, Jr. April 29, 1932 – January 17, 2021 Jiles Ranson Boykin, Jr., 88 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Son of the late Jiles Ranson Boykin, Sr. and Gladys Smith Boykin. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Old Bass Cemetery, Alton Road, Lucama. The Rev....
Fay Bass Tomlinson
Jan 16, 2021
Fay Bass Tomlinson March 23, 1928 - January 16, 2021 Fay Bass Tomlinson, 92, of Black Creek passed away Saturday. The immediate family will have a private burial, with a celebration of life to be held at a later date. Friends and family may pay respects to Fay from 3 – 7 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral...
Catherine B. Holloman
Jan 16, 2021
Catherine B. Holloman WILSON – Catherine B. Holloman, age 91, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Born in Johnston County, NC on September 8, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Minnie Barbour. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Rudolph Holloman; her daughters, Elaine H. Goff and Janice H. Bovender;...
Phyllis Carver Pearce
Jan 15, 2021
Phyllis Carver Pearce October 6, 1955 – January 15, 2021 Phyllis Carver Pearce, 65 of Bailey passed away Friday. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Phyllis is survived by her loving husband, Roger Pearce of Bailey; sisters, Belinda Forbes of Elizabeth City and Joan Holloman of Rocky...
William Worth Skinner
Jan 14, 2021
William Worth Skinner April 5, 1955 – January 14, 2021 William Worth Skinner, 65 of Lucama passed away Thursday. Inurnment will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Worth was retired from Firestone. His favorite hobby was working on his Chevy II and he loved to watch NASCAR Racing every Sunday. Worth enjoyed the sunshine that...
Kenneth Mark Williams, Sr.
Jan 13, 2021
Kenneth Mark Williams, Sr. October 26, 1943 – January 13, 2021 Kenneth Mark Williams, Sr., 77 passed away Wednesday after a long battle of cancer. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Kenneth loved sports and traveling, especially car racing and fishing. He was retired from Bakers Mechanical after forty-one years of...
Margie Coley Holland
Jan 11, 2021
Margie Coley Holland November 23, 1939 – January 11, 2021 Margie Coley Holland, 81 of Bailey passed way Monday. Her funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Pastor Angel Padilla will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday morning from 10 – 10:45 p.m....
Marjorie Lynn Rutter
Jan 9, 2021
Marjorie Lynn Rutter March 9, 1939 – January 9, 2021 Marjorie Lynn “Marge” Cramer Rutter, 81 of Wilson passed away Saturday. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Winstead United Methodist Church, Wilson. Inurnment will be at a later date. The Rev. George Loveland will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 1 - 1:45...
Mahala Williford
Jan 7, 2021
Mahala Williford August 8, 1945 – January 7, 2021 Mahala Williford, 75 of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, formerly of Wilson, North Carolina. A funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. The Rev. Johnnie Hudson will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, January 14, 2021 evening from 6 – 6:45 p.m. at Joyner’s...
Vicki Lee Brkic
Jan 7, 2021
Vicki Lee Brkic February 15, 1967 – January 7, 2021 Vicki Lee Brkic, 53 of Wilson passed away Thursday. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening with the family receiving friends immediately following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Rev. Kem Lancaster will officiate. Vicki was a Nurse Practitioner with Kenly...
Robert Kemp Raper
Jan 6, 2021
Robert Kemp Raper May 9, 1957 – January 6, 2021 Robert Kemp Raper, 63 of Wilson passed away Wednesday. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Black Creek Cemetery, Black Creek. The Pastor Lewis Forsythe will officiate. The family will receive friends at the home of his son, Joey Raper. Kemp was the owner and operator...
Lawrence Acosta Hysler
Jan 6, 2021
Lawrence Acosta Hysler January 15, 1936 – January 6, 2021 Lawrence “Larry” Acosta Hysler, 84 of Wilson passed away Wednesday. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Larry is survived by his wife, Delores Blackburn Hysler of the home; step-sons, William Ray Gourley...
Anderson Joseph Hall
Jan 5, 2021
Anderson Joseph Hall July 30, 1997 – January 5, 2021 Anderson Hall, 23 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A private graveside service will be held for the family. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Friends are welcome all day. Anderson graduated from Hargrave Military Acdemy....
Lynn D Widener
Jan 5, 2021
Lynn D Widener December 7, 1944 – January 5, 2021 SGM Lynn D Widener US Army Retired, 76, affectionately known as “Stretch”, was taken from this earth on Jan 5, 2021. He was raised on a small farm in Westminster, Maryland where he lost his mother at a very young age. In 1960 his father relocated the family to Miami,...
Sarah Ford Howard
Jan 4, 2021
Sarah Ford Howard October 3, 1947 – January 4, 2021 Sarah Ford Howard, 73 of Wilson passed away Monday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Her nephew, Chris Edgerton will officiate. Sarah was employed with Howard Enterprises, Inc. and Thermold D & D prior to working as a registered nurse at...
Faddie Lee Ballance, Jr.
Jan 4, 2021
Faddie Lee Ballance, Jr. January 12, 1943 – January 4, 2021 Faddie Lee Ballance, Jr., 77 of Fremont passed away Monday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Faddie loved to watch westerns and wrestling and playing solitaire on the computer. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather and a friend to...
Edward Alvarado Rodriguez
Jan 1, 2021
Edward Alvarado Rodriguez December 31, 1961 – January 1, 2021 Edward Alvarado Rodriguez, 59 of Wilson passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, January 11, 2020 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The family will receive friends Monday morning from 11 – 12:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Eddie was...
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