Obituaries
Marie Lewis Tant
Feb 26, 2022
Doris Marie Lewis Tant, 70, of Middlesex, passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday. A Funeral Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Stony Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 9646 Stoney Hill Church Road, Middlesex. Rev. Ricky Anderson will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
A Graveside Service...
Sidney Earl Ellis
Feb 26, 2022
Sidney Earl Ellis, 91, of Elm City, passed away Saturday. A Graveside Service will be held at 2pm in Maplewood Cemetery on Thursday, March 3, 2022. The family will receive friends prior to the service at Maplewood Cemetery from 1:30-2:00 p.m. Rev. Charles Davis will officiate.
Sidney loved life and most importantly, he loved his family. He was a...
Michael Sherwood Ordess
Feb 26, 2022
Michael Sherwood Ordess, 43, of Durham, passed away Saturday, may he rest in peace. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2022, in the Bailey Town Cemetery. Mark Armstrong will officiate.
Michael is survived by his parents, Mark and Carol Ordess of Southport; daughter, Alexis Carol Ordess of Fredericksburg, Virginia; son, Aston Mark...
Kathy Speight Eatmon
Feb 25, 2022
Katherine “Kathy” Speight Eatmon, 58 of Wilson passed away Friday. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Shawn Garrnett will officiate.
The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 1 – 2 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson, and other times at the home.
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Patricia Woodruff
Feb 22, 2022
Patricia Woodruff, 71, of Middlesex, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday. A Funeral Service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Donnie Woodruff will officiate.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.
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Arbadella "Della" Davis Sanders
Feb 20, 2022
Arbadella Davis Sanders, known to many as Della, 84 of Bailey, passed away peacefully at home and went to her eternal home on Sunday, February 20, 2022.
The family will receive visitors in The Family Ministry Center at Bailey United Methodist Church, 12437 Green Street, Bailey, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 1:00 pm until 1:50 pm. A Celebration...
Teresa Carol Outland Daniel
Feb 19, 2022
Teresa Carol Outland Daniel, 59 of Wilson passed away Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment to follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Brian Tippett will officiate.
The family will receive friends Saturday afternoon from 1 – 2:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Park, Wilson and...
William Gray "Punk" Williams
Feb 18, 2022
William Gray Williams
September 9, 1940 – February 18, 2022
William Gray “Punk” Williams, 81 of Wilson passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Thompson Chapel Cemetery, 5620 Thompson Chapel Church Road, Wilson. Rev. William Pike and Rev. Matthew Roman will...
Carolyn T. Murray Tedder
Feb 18, 2022
Carolyn T. Murray Tedder, 67 of Hookerton passed away Friday, February 18, 2022. Her funeral services will be held Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Alan Ledezma will officiate.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening prior to the...
Kenneth Alan Hinnant
Feb 17, 2022
Kenneth Alan Hinnant, 63, of Wilson, passed away Thursday. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Buckhorn United Methodist Church, 8102 NC-42, Kenly. Rev. Carol Dean will officiate. Interment will follow in Buckhorn United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Monday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at...
Shirley Anna Mae (Schmucke) Mohesky
Feb 15, 2022
Shirley Anna Mae (Schmucke) Mohesky of Wilson, North Carolina passed away Tuesday February 15, 2022. She was born September 21, 1941, in Washington, Missouri.
In addition to raising their three children, Shirley spent her life supporting her husband’s career and farming passion. She was a savvy partner in operating successful family businesses, organizing every need. Shirley was an amazing...
Agnes Whitley Hill
Feb 15, 2022
Agnes Whitley Hill, 63, of Wilson, passed away Tuesday. A Funeral Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Rev. Darrell Bowles will officiate. Family will Receive friends immediately following service and at other times at the family home.
A Graveside Service will be held on...
Shana Baum
Feb 15, 2022
Shana Baum, 60, of Snow Hill, passed away on Tuesday. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at First Christian Church, 207 Tarboro Street NE, Wilson, North Carolina, 27893. Rev. Gary Walling will officiate.
Shana is survived by her husband, Steve Baum; daughter, Caitlin Swearengin and granddaughter, Nina Swearengin.
She was...
Melvin Raymond Cooke
Feb 13, 2022
Melvin Raymond Cooke, 84, of Elm City, passed away Sunday. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Rev. Barry Drum will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Elm City.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10:00...
Phyllis Moore Hamilton
Feb 13, 2022
Phyllis Moore Hamilton, 62, of Wilson, passed away Sunday. A Graveside Service will be held at 3:00 on Friday, February 18, 2022, in the Moore Family Cemetery, 7516 St. Mary’s Church Road, Lucama. Pastor Tony Hawley will officiate.
Phyllis loved the Lord and was a long-time member of Lamm’s Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church in Lucama. She was loved by...
Kimberly Campbell Evans
Feb 12, 2022
Kimberly Campbell Evans, 56, of Sims, passed away Saturday. A Celebration of Life will be held from 7:00-9:00 on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.
Kimberly is survived by her partner, James Taylor, of the home; daughters, Brittany Reinhard and husband, Derek of Sims and Haley Etheridge of Sims; mother and father,...
Eugene Frick Scott
Feb 12, 2022
Gene Scott, 65, the engineer who designed and oversaw the construction of Wilson’s Greenlight Community broadband network, passed away early Saturday, February 12, 2022.
Gene, born Eugene Frick Scott on May 6, 1956, in Columbia, South Carolina, to John Walter and Vera Frick Scott, had metastatic pancreatic cancer and was admitted to SECU Hospice House in Smithfield a day...
Jeffrey Stewart Goodman
Feb 11, 2022
Jeffrey Stewart Goodman
November 28, 1953 – February 11, 2022
Jeffrey Stewart Goodman, 68, of Wilson, passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.
The family will receive friends on Saturday prior to the service from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00...
Hadie Hardy Skinner, Jr.
Feb 10, 2022
Hadie Hardy Skinner, Jr., 82, of Saratoga, passed away Thursday. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 13, 2022, in Stantonsburg Town Cemetery. Elder Floyd Norris will officiate.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, from 5:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100, Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.
Hadie is survived...
James Edward Wooten
Feb 7, 2022
James Edward Wooten
March 3, 1941 – February 7, 2022
James Edward Wooten, 80, of Wilson, passed away Monday. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Pastor Woody Parrish will officiate.
The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 2...