Obituaries
Rev. John Martin Bowman
Mar 19, 2015
Rev. John Martin Bowman October 15, 1935 – March 19, 2015 Rev. John Martin Bowman, 79, of Wilson passed away Thursday. His funeral service will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Monday at Winstead United Methodist Church, 1407 S Tarboro Street, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Paul Dunham and Rev. Richard Lewis will officiate. The family...
George Rowley
Mar 18, 2015
George Rowley October 27, 1936 – March 18, 2015 George Rowley, 78, of Wilson passed away Wednesday. His memorial service will be held 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2015 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. George is survived by his wife of fifty-seven years, Muriel Rowley; his daughter,...
Joyce Skinner Boykin
Mar 15, 2015
Joyce Skinner Boykin November 24, 1929 – March 15, 2015 Joyce Skinner Boykin, 85, of Wilson, passed away Sunday. A graveside service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in Nobles Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sims, NC. The Rev. Paul Batson will officiate. The family will receive friends 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Shirley Glover Skinner
Mar 12, 2015
Shirley Glover Skinner July 1, 1936 – March 12, 2015 Shirley Glover Skinner, 78, of Saratoga passed away Thursday evening surrounded by her loving family. Her funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Stantonsburg Cemetery, Stantonsburg. The Rev. Robert Goff will officiate. The family will receive friends 7 – 9 p.m....
James Eli Godbey
Mar 9, 2015
James Eli Godbey October 22, 1931 – March 9, 2015 James Eli Godbey, 83, of Wilson passed away Monday. His graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The family will receive friends 12 – 1:30 p.m. Thursday after prior to the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times...
James Edward Webb, Jr.
Mar 9, 2015
James Edward Webb, Jr. November 8, 1945 – March 9, 2015 James Edward Webb, Jr., 69, of Pinetops passed away Monday. His memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday in Pinetops Baptist Church, 710 W. Hamlet Street, Pinetops. The Rev. John Melancon will officiate. James was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be missed and thought...

Robert Arthur Moore
Mar 7, 2015
Robert Arthur Moore August 17, 1927 – March 7, 2015 Robert Arthur “Big Boy” Moore, 87, of Lucama passed away Saturday evening. His funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Barnes Cemetery, Wiggins Mill Road, Lucama. The family will receive friends 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Monday prior to the service at...
Loumis Franklin Hinnant
Mar 6, 2015
Loumis Franklin Hinnant August 22, 1925 – March 6, 2015 Loumis Franklin Hinnant, 89, of Wilson passed away Friday evening. His funeral service will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Justin Deeter will officiate. The family will receive friends 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Tuesday prior to...
Velma Crocker Hall
Mar 3, 2015
Velma Crocker Hall July 30, 1931 – March 3, 2015 Velma Crocker Hall, 83, of Middlesex, passed away Tuesday. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Friday at Mount Zion Free Will Baptist Church, Johnson Farm Rd., Kenly. Entombment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. The Rev. Lloyd Hargus will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 p.m....
Margaret Peele (Etheridge) Hoard
Mar 1, 2015
Margaret Etheridge Peele Hoard June 18, 1929 – March 1, 2015 Margaret Etheridge Peele Hoard, 86, of Florida passed away Sunday. Her graveside service will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday in Marsh Swamp FWB Church Cemetery, Rock Ridge. The Rev. Ray Wells and Rev. Elwood Long will officiate. The family will receive friends at the home of R. Louis Etheridge....

William Lendo Norris
Feb 25, 2015
William Lendo Norris March 15, 1944 – February 25, 2015 William “Bill” Lendo Norris, 70, of Middlesex passed away Wednesday. His funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. The Rev. Ed Toler will officiate. The family will receive friends 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Saturday prior to the service...

Barbara Wheeler Hill
Feb 22, 2015
Barbara Wheeler Hill October 22, 1930 – February 22, 2015 Barbara Wheeler Hill, 84, of Wilson passed away Sunday. Her memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul Dunham will officiate. The family will receive friends 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Wednesday prior to her service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road...
Margie Strickland Eatmon
Feb 17, 2015
Margie Strickland Eatmon December 20, 1924 – February 17, 2015 Margie Strickland Eatmon, 90, of Wilson passed away Tuesday. Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. The family will receive friends 6 – 8 p.m. Friday evening at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Margie is survived...
Justin P. Taylor
Feb 15, 2015
Justin P. Taylor July 29, 1982 – February 15, 2015 Justin P. Taylor, 32, of Kenly passed away Sunday. His funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Holland Family Cemetery, Lucama. The Rev. George Arant will officiate. The family will receive friends 12 – 1:45 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...
Franklin Wesley Owens, Jr.
Feb 15, 2015
Franklin Wesley Owens, Jr. May 21, 1925 – February 15, 2015 Franklin “Frank” Owens, Jr., 89, of Wilson passed away Sunday, February 15th. His funeral service will be conducted at Joyner’s Funeral Home on Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Stantonsburg Cemetery. The family will receive visitation Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...

Randy Scott Smith
Feb 13, 2015
Randy Scott Smith September 17, 1944 – February 13, 2015 Randy Scott Smith, 70, of Lucama passed away Friday. Graveside services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday with Masonic Rites in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Frank Haggard will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...
Bruce Perry
Feb 11, 2015
Bruce Perry January 30, 1935 – February 11, 2015 Bruce Perry, 80, of Sims passed away Wednesday. His funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will following in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Anderson Barnes will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:30 – 8 p.m. Friday evening at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100...

Beverly Ann Etheridge Spencer
Feb 10, 2015
Beverly Ann Etheridge Spencer September 26, 1963 – February 10, 2015 Beverly Ann Etheridge Spencer, 51, of Wilson passed away Tuesday. Her funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The family will receive friends 6 – 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway,...

Elsie Simmons Bridgers
Feb 9, 2015
Elsie Simmons Bridgers October 12, 1919 – February 9, 2015 Elsie Simmons Bridgers, 95, of Wilson, passed away Monday. Her funeral service will be conducted 6 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening immediately following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...
Janice Faye Earp Outland
Feb 7, 2015
Janice Faye Earp Outland July 16, 1949 – February 7, 2015 Janice Faye Earp Outland, 65 Bailey passed away Saturday. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Chaplin Donnie Eatmon will officiate. The family will receive friends 7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Janice is survived...