Obituaries
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...
Dorothy Carter Hayes
Jul 6, 2018
Dorothy Carter Hayes June 18, 1929 – July 6, 2018 Dorothy “Dot” Carter Hayes, 89, of Wilson passed away Friday. Her funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at Evansdale United Methodist Church, 4334 Evansdale Road, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Pastor Bob Rose and Pastor Bobby Fletcher will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday...

John Franklin Aycock
Jul 6, 2018
John Franklin Aycock September 22, 1937 – July 6, 2018 John Franklin Aycock, 80, of Wilson passed away Friday. His funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The Rev. Johnny Sullivan will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. John is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth...

Blanche Duke Hester
Jul 6, 2018
Blanche Duke Hester April 25, 1924 – July 6, 2018 Blanche Duke Hester, 94, of Wilmington passed away Friday. Her funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ascension Lutheran Church, 2512 Nash Street N, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Mandy Iahn will officiate. The family will receive from 10 – 10:45 a.m. prior to...
Thomas "Ted" Elmer Deans, Jr.
Jul 6, 2018
Thomas Elmer Deans, Jr. December 26, 1949 – July 6, 2018 Thomas Elmer “Ted” Deans, Jr., 68, of Bailey passed away Friday. His funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Nobles Chapel Baptist Church, 7330 Old Raleigh Road, Sims. Interment will follow in Nobles Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sims. The Revs. Brittany and Chase Caldwell will officiate. The...
Wayne A. Smith
Jul 4, 2018
Wayne A. Smith August 2, 1948 – July 4, 2018 Wayne A. Smith, 69, of Wilson passed away Wednesday. His funeral service will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim McFatter and the Rev. Charles Thompson will officiate. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Monday...
Walter Franklin Inscoe, Jr.
Jul 4, 2018
Walter Franklin Inscoe, Jr. June 9, 1927 – July 4, 2018 Walter Franklin “Doug” Inscoe, Jr., 91, of Wilson passed away Wednesday. His funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Grace Baptist Church. A reception will follow the service. The Rev. Steve Strickland will officiate. The family will receive friends 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. prior to the...

MayBelle Grice Atkinson
Jul 4, 2018
MayBelle Grice Atkinson February 8, 1921 – July 4, 2018 Maybelle Grice Atkinson, 97, of Four Oaks Senior Living, passed away Wednesday. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Oak Grove Cemetery, Flower Hill Road, Middlesex. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in Oak Grove Cemetery. Maybelle is survived by her daughters, Brenda...

Dorothy Lamm Brantley
Jul 3, 2018
Dorothy Lamm Brantley February 20, 1932 – July 3, 2018 Mrs. Dorothy Lamm Brantley, 86, of Lucama passed away Tuesday, peacefully with her family by her side. Her funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Brantley Family Cemetery, Middlesex. The Rev. Tony Hawley and Rev. Faye Jones will officiate....
Anthony Scott Hayes
Jul 3, 2018
Anthony Scott Hayes 4/13/65 – 7/3/18 Anthony “Scott” Hayes, 53, of Wilson, passed away in his home on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, after a 4-year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Victorious in that battle, he is now healthy, whole, and in the presence of our Lord and Savior in heaven. God is good...