Obituaries
Marlo Grimsley Morris
May 11, 2019
Marlo Grimsley Morris May 14, 1970 – May 11, 2019 Marlo Grimsley Morris, 48 of Wilson passed away Saturday. Her funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Johnny Taylor will officiate. The family will receive friends 30 minutes Wednesday prior to...
Horace Ray Harris
May 10, 2019
Horace Ray Harris July 23, 1933 – May 11, 2019 Horace Ray Harris, 85 of Elm City passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019. His funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ridgecrest Worship Center, 1120 West Mount Drive, Rocky Mount. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove, Elm City. The Rev. Kelly Shope, Rev. James Starling and Rev....
Dr. Artis Dwight Johnson
May 10, 2019
Dr. Artis Dwight Johnson July 30, 1922 – May 10, 2019 Dr. Johnson attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry in 1945. He served two year in the US Navy aboard the US Princeton Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific and started his dental practice in Wilson, NC...
Ronald "Red" Lee Williams
May 8, 2019
Ronald Lee Williams September 19, 1940 – May 8, 2019 Ronald “Red” Lee Williams, 78, of Sims passed away Wednesday. Graveside service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Pastor Pam Denton will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson....
Irene Leonard Riley
May 5, 2019
Irene Leonard Riley February 5, 1921 – May 5, 2019 Irene Leonard Riley, 98 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Irene was born into a large farming family in rural Nash County, she learned to be self-reliant at an early age and learned to love the land and people all around her. Many of her skills were self-taught and she never...
Tommy Alfonzo Narron
May 1, 2019
Tommy Alfonzo Narron March 18, 1931 – May 1, 2019 Tommy Alfonzo Narron, 88, of Kenly passed away Wednesday. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. followed by a service at 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson with Rev. Clark Vincent officiating. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m....
Connie Davis Lamm
May 1, 2019
Connie Davis Lamm July 23, 1934 – May 1, 2019 Connie Davis Lamm, 84, of Wilson passed away Wednesday. Her funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Lt. Gene Hunt will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon from 1 – 1:45 p.m. at...
Roger Dale Bray
May 1, 2019
Roger Dale Bray March 2, 1955 – May 1, 2019 Roger Dale Bray, 64, of Fremont passed away Wednesday. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Ervin Lewis will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Franklin "Bud" Ivey Baker
Apr 29, 2019
Franklin Ivey Baker July 3, 1931 – April 29, 2019 Franklin “Bud” Ivey Baker, 87, of Wilson passed away Monday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Marsh Swamp Original Free Will Baptist Church, Rock Ridge. The Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s...
Larry Marshal Lindsey
Apr 28, 2019
Larry Marshal Lindsey June 29, 1949 – April 28, 2019 Larry Marshal Lindsey departed this life April 28, 2019 after a period of declining health. Prior, Larry was a catalyst that brought many a smile to others’ faces. He worked hard his entire life, beginning at Watson Electrical Construction Company right out of apprenticeship school. He worked his way...
James Vonnie Hocutt
Apr 28, 2019
James Vonnie Hocutt December 1, 1929 – April 28, 2019 James Vonnie Hocutt, 89, of Sims passed away Sunday. A graveside will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Cliff Lewin will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 – 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson....
Joanne Evans Ellis
Apr 28, 2019
Joanne Evans Ellis May 8, 1948 – April 28, 2019 Joanne Evans Ellis, 70, of Asheboro, formerly of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Pentecostal Church 1424 Hwy 42 S, Asheboro. Graveside service will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Stacy Garnett and...
Larry Richard Joyner, Jr.
Apr 28, 2019
Larry Richard Joyner, Jr. January 13, 1942 – April 28, 2019 Larry Richard Joyner, Jr., 77, of Wilson passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at home with his loving and devoted family by his side. Larry was the son of Richard and Dorothy “Dot” Joyner and the grandson, of Askew C. Joyner, Sr. and Nora Farmer Joyner. Larry was born...
Derrick "D.J." Adstan Jenkins
Apr 27, 2019
Derrick Adstan Jenkins April 27, 2019 Derrick “D.J.” Adstan Jenkins, infant of Derrick and Stacy Pipkin Jenkins of Wilson passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. D.J. is survived by his maternal grandmother, Linda Pipkin and paternal grandmother, Janice Jenkins. He was preceded in death by...
Donnie Page
Apr 27, 2019
Donnie Page December 22, 1943 – April 27, 2019 Donnie Page, 75, of Nashville, the seventh of twelve children, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday. His going home celebration will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Following the service, his earthly body will be laid to rest in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. His...
Earl Lewis Creech
Apr 26, 2019
Earl Lewis Creech January 29, 1928 – April 26, 2019 Earl Lewis Creech, 91 of Kenly passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 in Perry, Georgia. Earl was born January 29, 1928 in Johnston County, a son of the late Willie and Sudie Edwards Creech. In addition to his parents, Earl was predeceased by two sister and two brothers and daughter...
Linda Forbes Price
Apr 25, 2019
Linda Forbes Price December 8, 1943 – April 25, 2019 Linda Forbes Price, 75, of Wilson passed away Thursday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Linda is survived by her son, Jason Price; sisters, Shelby Forbes Pridgen and Annette Forbes Boyd and husband, Bob....
Alton Ray Lynn
Apr 25, 2019
Alton Ray Lynn June 2, 1952- April 25, 2019 Alton “Al” Ray Lynn passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 surrounded by his family at Wake Med Hospital, Raleigh. A celebration of his life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Word of Life International Church, 3388 McNair Road, Tarboro. The family will receive friends prior...
Kathleen Hooks Fisher
Apr 23, 2019
Kathleen Hooks Fisher October 19, 1940 – April 23, 2019 Kathleen Hooks Fisher, 78, of Kenly passed away Tuesday. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Kathleen is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Fisher Lukens and husband, Philip of Raleigh; her son, Sanford Talmadge Fisher of Kenly and her granddaughters, Amber Urban and husband, Kory of...
Robert Bruce Frantz
Apr 22, 2019
Robert Bruce Frantz April 2, 1931 - April 22, 2019 Robert Bruce Frantz was born April 2, 1931 to B. Bruce Frantz and Edna Ford Frantz in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Washington and Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia and attended both The George Washington University and American University in Washington, D.C. Bob honorably served his country during the...
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