Obituaries
Robert John Singer
Aug 12, 2018
Robert John Singer June 22, 1934 – August 12, 2018 Robert John Singer, 84, of Wilson passed away Sunday. A Mass Christian burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Therese, 700 Nash Street, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. A Rosary Service will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral, 4100 Raleigh...

Glenn Wesley Oakley
Aug 11, 2018
Glenn Wesley Oakley July 2, 1963 – August 11, 2018 Glenn Wesley Oakley, 55, of Zebulon passed away Saturday. His memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Bailey Baptist Church. The Pastor Darrel Davis will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. prior to the service at Bailey Baptist Church, 6646 Deans...
Evelyn Lee Strickland
Aug 10, 2018
Evelyn Lee Strickland November 17, 1927 – August 10, 2018 Evelyn Lee Strickland, 90, of Wilson passed away Friday. Her funeral service will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service...
Vicki Stott Fulghum
Aug 7, 2018
Vicki Stott Fulghum July 21, 1940 – August 7, 2018 Vicki Stott Fulghum, 78, of Wilson passed away Tuesday at The Pines Nursing Home. Her funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 11, 2018. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. The Rev. Steve Clayton will officiate. The family will receive friends 10:00 – 10:45 a.m., prior...
Marie Williams Harris
Aug 3, 2018
Marie Williams Harris September 2, 1929 - August 3, 2018. Marie was born in Wilson, September 2, 1929, grew up in Wilson and Nash Counties, and lived her entire adult life with her family in the Nash County community of Mount Pleasant. She is survived by two children; Connie Harris Stein and husband, Allen and Walter M. “Boots” Harris and...
Dorris Scott Woodall
Aug 2, 2018
Dorris Scott Woodall December 22, 1923 – August 2, 2018 Dorris Scott Woodall, 94 of Trinity Villas, Nashville passed away in her sleep Thursday, August 2, 2018. She was born in the mountains of Franklin County, Virginia on December 22, 1923. Dorris was delivered by a midwife riding a white horse and was of Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee descent. Dorris’...
Cassie Capps Lamm
Jul 29, 2018
Cassie Capps Lamm October 19, 1919 – July 2018 Cassie Capps Lamm 98 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, August 3rd, 2018 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. The Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon from 2 – 2:45...
John Raymond Sturges
Jul 28, 2018
John Raymond Sturges March 13, 1949 – July 28, 2018 John Raymond Sturges, 69, of Battleboro passed away Saturday. A celebration of John’s life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Impact Church of Wilson, 3338 Corbett Avenue, Elm City. The family will receive friends following the service. The Rev. David List will officiate. John is survived by his...
Johnie Mitchell Dew
Jul 28, 2018
Johnie Mitchell Dew January 28, 1944 – July 28, 2018 Johnie Mitchell Dew, 74, of Raleigh passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018, a retired firefighter for the city of Raleigh. The visitation will be Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. at White Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 3967 W. Hornes Church Road, Bailey with his funeral...
Gertrude Strickland Saunders
Jul 27, 2018
Gertrude Strickland Saunders June 7, 1922 – July 27, 2018 Gertrude Strickland Saunders, 96, of Middlesex passed away Friday. Her funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Stony Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 9646 Stoney Hill Church Road, Middlesex. Interment will follow in Spring Hope Memorial Gardens, 7881 Webbs Mill Road, Spring Hope. The Rev. Buddy Wagnon...
Patricia Lamm Varnell
Jul 24, 2018
Patricia Lamm Varnell November 10, 1958 – July 24, 2018 Patricia Lamm Varnell, 59, of Macclesfield passed away Tuesday. Her celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday morning at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Pastor Mike Bennett will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday morning prior to the service from 10 – 10:45 a.m. at Joyner’s Funeral...
Katie Elizabeth Rodriguez
Jul 20, 2018
Katie Elizabeth Rodriguez October 20, 1945 – July 20, 2018 Katie Elizabeth Rodriguez, 72, of Wilson passed away Friday. Her funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Tommy Hagan will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7 – 9 p.m. at Joyner’s...
Durwood C. Tyson
Jul 19, 2018
Durwood C. Tyson January 25, 1946 – July 19, 2018 Durwood C. Tyson, 72, of Wilson passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 while surrounded by his loving family. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2 – 4 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Durwood was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He lived...
Frances Waters Mull
Jul 17, 2018
Frances Waters Mull August 17, 1931 – July 17, 2018 Frances Waters Mull, 86, of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in Evergreen Memorial Park. The Rev. Tim Hopkins and Alvin Whitlow will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Charles Ray Page
Jul 17, 2018
Charles Ray Page October 31, 1935 – July 17, 2018 Charles Ray Page, 82, of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Friday in Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Charles is survived by his daughter, Bonnie Sue Barnes...
Rabon D. Manning
Jul 15, 2018
Rabon D. Manning March 19, 1938 – July 15, 2018 Rabon D. Manning, 80, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018. A graveside service will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Rabon lived his...

Albert Joseph Davis
Jul 15, 2018
Albert Joseph Davis February 4, 1987 – July 15, 2018 Albert Joseph Davis, 31, of Battleboro passed away Sunday. His memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at Union Missionary Baptist Church, Rocky Mount. Joey is survived by his mother, Brenda D. Burnette and step-father, Daivd of Battleboro; father, Ronald Wayne Peele of Middlesex; sisters, Miranda Peele and...
Elizabeth Nora Hooks Lint
Jul 11, 2018
Elizabeth Nora Hooks Lint November 12, 1926 – July 11, 2018 Elizabeth Nora Hooks Lint, 91 passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Smithfield Manor, Smithfield. She loved all life especially her family and her many pets over the years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Lewis Lint; her parents, Lester and Nora Gaylord Hooks; her...
Luther Grifton Daniel
Jul 10, 2018
Luther Grifton Daniel May 19, 1929 – July 10, 2018 Luther Grifton Daniel, 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. He was born on May 19, 1929, in Black Creek to Luther and Bessie (Lucas) Daniel. He graduated from Lee Woodard High School and Atlantic Christian College. He married Elizabeth Daugherty on July 7, 1957. He worked as a...

Margaret Lancaster Matthews
Jul 10, 2018
Margaret Lancaster Matthews September 18, 1929 – July 10, 2018 Margaret Lancaster Matthews, 88, of Goldsboro went home to the Lord Tuesday. A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, with the family receiving friends immediately following the service. The Rev. Kelvin Gurley will officiate. Margaret was a member of Daniels Chapel F.W.B Church...