Obituaries
Billy Ray Benton
Sep 13, 2024
Billy Ray Benton, 85 of Fremont passed away Friday, September 13, 2024. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 23, 2024, in Eureka Cemetery, Eureka. Pastor Mark Sauls will officiate.
Billy Ray was a truck driver, and he loved to tinker on lawn mowers. He was a faithful husband, and beloved step-father. Billy Ray will be greatly...
Linda Lee Musgrave
Sep 12, 2024
Linda Hinchey Musgrave, 80, of Wilson passed away Thursday, September 12, 2024. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 17, 2024, in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Scott Eatmon will officiate.
Linda was a very hard worker and dedicated mother. At the age of ten, David Wayne’s father, Lewis David Dorsey, passed away in a boating accident,...
Harold Scotty Whitley
Sep 9, 2024
Harold Scotty Whitley, 74, of Elm City passed away Monday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 13, 2024 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove, Elm City. Rev. Gene Wells will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening, September 12, 2024 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Heneritta Lewis Price
Sep 9, 2024
Heneritta Lewis Price, 83, of Middlesex passed away Monday, September 9, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 13, 2024, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. Rev. Jonathan Pierce will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Esther "Jane" Rountree
Sep 6, 2024
Esther “Jane” Sawrey Rountree, 81 of Wilson passed away Friday, September 6, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. David Barnes will officiate.
The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12:30- 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Norman Glenwood Morgan
Sep 4, 2024
Norman Glenwood Morgan of New London, NC, formerly of Wilson, NC, aged 75, passed peacefully on Wednesday, September 4th, in the presence of his wife, Dianne, and his daughter, Cindy, at his home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, September 9, 2024 at Grace Baptist Church, 644 Edgemont Street, Albemarle with funeral services and burial in Wilson...
Jerry Thomas Lucas
Sep 3, 2024
Jerry Thomas Lucas, 70, of Elm City passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Jerry’s Life will be held on Friday evening, September 6, 2024, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.
He loved spending time with his family, especially his twin grandsons, and enjoyed traveling to...
Doris M. Kuster
Sep 1, 2024
Doris M. Kuster (nee Miller) of Elm City, NC, formerly of Toms River, NJ, aged 92 passed on Sunday, September 1 in the presence of her daughter Diane and her son Robert at home. Doris was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in Germany during the Second World War. Upon her return to the United States in...
Billy W. Stone
Aug 31, 2024
Billy W. Stone, long-time Bailey businessman and Wilson Christian Academy board member and supporter, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2024, at age 89. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Stone, son Grady Stone, daughter Holly Parmelee, and sisters Lucy Stone and Joan Goodman of Middlesex. The family will have a private interment at the F. W. Stone Memorial Cemetery.
Although...
Rosa Lee Baker
Aug 31, 2024
Rosa Lee Baker was a faithful Christian woman and a skilled cook. Much of her family remembers gathering in her home for Sunday lunches, where she lined the table with fried chicken, collard greens and scratch-made biscuits.
Her grandsons played basketball in her front yard so often that the grass died off, leaving dirt patches where they ran.
She provided endless laughs...
Mallie Christopher "Chris" Raper
Aug 30, 2024
Mallie Christopher “Chris” Raper, 78, of Elm City passed away Friday, August 30, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 6, 2024, at Arlington Baptist Church, 1500 Bethlehem Road, Rocky Mount. Interment will follow with Military Honors in Evergreen Memorial Park, 2800 Nash Street, Wilson. Rev. Mike Stamper will officiate.
The family will receive friends Friday afternoon...
Sue Smith Winstead
Aug 30, 2024
Sue “Susie” Smith Winstead, 77, of Wilson passed away Friday, August 30, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 5, 2024, at First Christian Church, 207 Tarboro Street NE, Wilson. Rev. Scott Schieber will officiate.
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Blaine August Hurrelbrink
Aug 29, 2024
Blaine August HurrelbrinkJanuary 9, 1948 - August 29, 2024Blaine August Hurrelbrink passed away on Thursday, succumbing to a16-year long battle with Marrow Deficiency Syndrome (MDS). He was the son of Floyd and Mary Booth Hurrelbrink.
Blaine married his wife Christy Reed Hurrelbrink on April 26, 1968, sharing a 56-year long marriage. Together they had three children Kelly, Julie, and Brent. He...
Terry Cooper Farmer
Aug 28, 2024
Terry Cooper Farmer, 65, of Wilson passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024. A private celebration of life will be held for the family at a future date.
Terry is survived by her son, Mark Selby Farmer, Jr. and wife, Brooke Bissette Farmer; mother, Elizabeth Elaine Black Cooper; sister, Sharon Cooper Church; brother, William Jeffrey Cooper; niece, Faith Hunter Church and Zeke...
Mona Faye Brewer
Aug 28, 2024
Mona Faye Brewer, 87 of Wilson passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate.
The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 12 – 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Jonas David Edwards
Aug 27, 2024
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Jonas David Edwards on August 27, 2024, at the age of 82. David was selfless, and his life was a testament to the impact one person can make through acts of kindness and service. The countless lives he touched bear witness to his generosity, skill, and servant’s heart.
For over 45 years, David...
James Patrick Carraway
Aug 26, 2024
James Patrick Carraway, 71, of Wilson passed away Monday, August 26, 2024. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, August 30, 2024, in Maplewood Cemtery, 400 College Street NE, Wilson. Pastor Joe Shakour will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening, August 29, 2024, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway...
Richard Robert Phillips
Aug 25, 2024
Richard Robert Phillips, 70, of Wilson, North Carolina, passed away on August 25, 2024, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House. Rick courageously departed his earthly home, unbroken and bound for heaven, enveloped in the love of his wife Debbie, and his daughters Kim and Kathleen.
Rick was born on October 11, 1953, and grew up in Westfield, New Jersey. He graduated...
James "Butch" Harvey Strickland
Aug 25, 2024
James “Butch” Harvey Strickland, 82, of Wilson passed away Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road, Wilson.
Butch is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Blalock and husband, Travis; grandsons,...
Newton Rose, Jr.
Aug 24, 2024
Newton Rose, Jr. (NJ) went to his heavenly home August 24, 2024, peacefully in the care of family and SECU Hospice House. He was born June 28, 1941, to his late parents Alice and Newton Rose in Selma, North Carolina and spent most of his life in the Smithfield area. He was an expert in the tire service industry for...
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