Obituaries

Brenda Lamm Jackson
Jan 14, 2016
Brenda Lamm Jackson June 29, 1948 – January 14, 2016 Brenda Lamm Jackson, 67, of Wilson passed away Thursday. Her funeral services will be conducted 7 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Bill Groce will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday evening...

Ottilie Wahl
Jan 13, 2016
Ottilie Wahl April 26, 1928 – January 13, 2016 Ottilie Wahl, 87, of Elm City passed away Wednesday. Her funeral service will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Preston Smith will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service Sunday from 1:30 – 2:15...

Kevin Ray Walston
Jan 10, 2016
Kevin Ray Walston April 8, 1981 – January 10, 2016 Kevin Ray Walston, 34, of Wilson passed away Sunday. His funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Jeff Davison will officiate, and will be assisted by Ruth Gainey. The family will receive friends 1:00 –...

Verina Lamm Bryant
Jan 9, 2016
Verina Lamm Bryant December 25, 1932 – January 9, 2016 Verina Lamm Bryant, 83, of Wilson passed away Saturday. Her funeral will be conducted 7 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in Rock Hill Cemetery, Lamm Road, Wilson. The Rev. Billy Toler will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday...
Jim Berry Worrell
Jan 7, 2016
Jim Berry Worrell June 28, 1938 – January 7, 2016 Jim Berry Worrell, 77, of Sims passed away Thursday. Jim was a prominent business man for fifty-two years in Wilson. His funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Stantonsburg Town Cemetery, Stantonsburg. The Rev. LaVon Phillips will officiate. The family...

Joseph Boley Martin, Jr.
Jan 7, 2016
Joseph Boley Martin, Jr. August 25, 1934 – January 7, 2016 Joseph Boley Martin, Jr. (Jay), of Wilson County passed away on January 7, 2016 after a period of declining health. Jay was a 1956 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill who also served his country honorably as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corp. He was an exceptional businessman...
Brenda Hawley Cannon
Jan 6, 2016
Brenda Hawley Cannon July 10, 1947 – January 6, 2016 Brenda Hawley Cannon, 68, of Sims passed away Wednesday. Her funeral will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Billy Toler and the Rev. Anderson Barnes will officiate. The family will receive friends 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m....
Lynette Lambert Radford
Jan 3, 2016
Lynette Lambert Radford May 29, 1940 – January 3, 2016 Lynette ”Nett-Net” Lambert Radford, 75, of Wilson passed away Sunday. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. The Rev. LaVon Phillips will officiate. The family will receive friends 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and...

Sally S. Rech
Jan 3, 2016
Sally S. Rech January 23, 1952 – January 3, 2016 Sally S. Rech, 63, of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 9, 2015 at Winstead United Methodist Church, 1407 Tarboro Street, S, Wilson. The Rev. Paul Dunham will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service at the home of...

Teresa Gail Langley
Dec 31, 2015
Teresa Gail Langley June 27, 1960 – December 31, 2015 Teresa Gail Langley, 55, of Middlesex passed away Thursday. Her memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Sims Pentecostal Holiness Church, 6747 US 264 Alt., Sims. The Rev. Tony Hawley will officiate. The family will receive friends 3 – 3:45 p.m. prior to the service at Sims...

Millard Oscar Winstead
Dec 29, 2015
Millard Oscar Winstead October 10, 1937 – December 29, 2015 Millard Oscar “Poss” Winstead, 78, of Sandy Cross passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be 3 p.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Jimmy Reavis will officiate. The family will receive friends 1 – 2:30 p.m. preceding the graveside service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Purvis Bissette
Dec 29, 2015
Purvis Bissette March 24, 1927 – December 29, 2015 Purvis Bissette, 88, of Middlesex passed away Tuesday. His memorial service will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. The Rev. David Barnes will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening immediately following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times...
Michael Carlyle McDuffie, Jr.
Dec 28, 2015
Michael Carlyle McDuffie, Jr. June 26, 1964 – December 28, 2015 Michael Carlyle McDuffie, Jr., 51, of Wilson passed away Monday. His funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. The Rev. Rusty Russell will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s...

Michael Allen Taylor
Dec 27, 2015
Michael Allen Taylor June 11, 1963 – December 27, 2015 Michael Allen Taylor, 52, of Rocky Mount, passed away peacefully at Vidant Medical Center on Sunday, December 27, 2015, with his family at his side. Mike was born June 11, 1963 in Rocky Mount to Earl Taylor, Sr. and Anne Tolston Taylor. He was preceded in death by his parents....
Barbara Jean Rice Green
Dec 26, 2015
Barbara Jean Rice Green May 26, 1934 – December 26, 2015 Barbara Jean Rice Green passed away on December 26, 2015, at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Kilmarnock, Virginia, with family at her side. She was born on May 26, 1934, in Wilson, to the late Henry and Mittie Rice. Known as \"Jeannie\" to her friends and \"Gibby\" to her grandchildren,...
Joyce Wall Gardner
Dec 25, 2015
Joyce Wall Gardner August 28, 1936 – December 24, 2015 Joyce Wall Gardner, 79, of Wilson passed away Thursday. Her funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Mark Woolard will officiate. The family will receive friends from noon to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at...
Jo Ann Jones Whitley
Dec 25, 2015
Jo Ann Jones Whitley November 8, 1947 – December 25, 2015 Jo Ann Jones Whitley, 68, of Wilson passed away Friday. Her funeral will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson with the family receiving friends immediately following the service and other times at the home. A graveside service will...

Robert Grover Webb
Dec 24, 2015
Robert Grover Webb July 10, 1951 – December 24, 2015 Robert Grover Webb, 64, of Nashville passed away Thursday. His funeral service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Pastor Tim Andrews will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 7:15 Monday prior to the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson...
John R. Brinkley, Jr.
Dec 18, 2015
John R. Brinkley, Jr. November 30, 1919 – December 18, 2015 John R. Brinkley, Jr., of Wilson passed away Friday. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. The Rev. Dr. Billy Toler and Phil Farmer will officiate. The family will receive friends 3 – 5 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...

Erwin Brasca Pittman, Jr.
Dec 17, 2015
Erwin Brasca Pittman, Jr. March 16, 1938 – December 17, 2015 Erwin Brasca Pittman, Jr. passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015. The family will receive friends Sunday, December 20, 2015 from 3 – 5 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. A memorial service for Erwin will be held at a later date. Erwin was born March...