Obituaries
Betty Jean Pope
Dec 18, 2021
August 4, 1935 – December 18, 2021 Betty Jean Pope, 86 of Wilson and Johnson County, passed away Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday December 21, 2021 at Joyner's Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Reverend Lyn Renfrow will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 1 p.m. – 2...
Donald Sebastian Johnson
Dec 18, 2021
Donald Sebastian Johnson
December 1, 1936 – December 18, 2021 Donald Sebastian Johnson, 85 of Crocker’s Nub Community passed away Saturday. His funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Moore’s Chapel Cemetery. Rev. David West will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m....
Gregory Lenue Hamilton
Dec 18, 2021
September 30, 1963 – December 18, 2021 Gregory Hamilton, 58 of Wilson passed away Saturday. Gregory is survived by his wife, Susan Hamilton of the home; daughters, Miranda Hamilton and Sylvia Hamilton; Son, Gerald Hamilton; brother, Stanley Hamilton; stepdaughters, Lisa Smith and Angela Marie Montgomery; granddaughter, Sierra Adrianna Smith; step granddaughter, Lisa Aljabali; great grandson, Laith Tareq Aljabali; and sister...
Willis "June Bug" Baker Jr.
Dec 17, 2021
January 11, 1935 – December 17, 2021 Willis “June Bug” Baker Jr., 86 of Elm City passed away Friday. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday December 20, 2021, in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Johnny Hudson will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday December 19th from 3 – 5 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100...
Carol Georgie Pickering Power
Dec 14, 2021
Carol Georgie Pickering Power
October 1, 1966 – December 14, 2021 Carol “Georgie” Pickering Power, most recently of Wilson, North Carolina was born in Liverpool, England on October 1, 1966, to Henry Arthur Pickering and Beryl Todd Pickering. Carol passed away on December 14, 2021, at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC. Carol’s journey took her from Liverpool to...
Samuel Anthony Edwards, Jr.
Dec 13, 2021
Samuel Anthony Edwards Jr
October 29, 1945 – December 13, 2021 Samuel Anthony Edwards Jr., 76 of Wilson passed away Monday. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 4 – 5 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Samuel is survived by his sons; Samuel Anthony Tomlin, Joseph Antonio Tomlin, Joshua Tomlin and David Tomlin of...
Carolyn Grice White
Dec 13, 2021
Carolyn Grice White
August 6, 1929 – December 13, 2021 Carolyn Grice White, 92, of Knightdale, peacefully went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 13, 2021. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 18th at 11 a.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. Pastor Aaron Wallace will officiate....
Reba Bissette Hamilton
Dec 12, 2021
Reba Bissette Hamilton
August 18, 1927 – December 12, 2021 Reba Agnes Bissette Hamilton, 94 of Middlesex passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex. Rev. Jason Gabbard will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home,...
Richard Albert Claybourne
Dec 11, 2021
Richard Albert Claybourne
September 23, 1938 – December 11, 2021
Richard Albert Claybourne, 83 of Fremont passed away Saturday morning, December 11, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. David Mortimer will officiate.
Funeral services will be livestream through Joyner’s Funeral Home website page....
Johnny Wayne Batten
Dec 11, 2021
Johnny Wayne Batten
January 30, 1943 – December 11, 2021 Johnny Wayne Batten, 78 of Elm City passed away Saturday. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Wayne was a graduate from Lucama High School, and he was an electrician that worked with Watson’s Electric for...
Larry Ray Pierce
Dec 8, 2021
Larry Ray Pierce
August 1, 1949 – December 8, 2021 Elder Larry Pierce, of the Farmington Heights Church of God, met his Lord and Savior, Jesus; His Father in Heaven; and the Holy Spirit, face to face and embraced them like never before, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2 p.m. – 3:15...
Lillian Deans Kennedy
Dec 7, 2021
Lillian Deans Kennedy
March 30, 1929 – December 7, 2021 Lillian Deans Kennedy, 92 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. A private graveside will follow. Dr. David Hailey will officiate. The family requests that masks are worn. The family will receive friends on Friday...
Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler
Dec 7, 2021
Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler
June 19, 1928 – December 7, 2021 Pattie Elizabeth Saunders Wheeler, 93 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021 in Stantonsburg Cemetery. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...
Anthony Cuong Phu Nguyen
Dec 3, 2021
Anthony Cuong Phu Nguyen
December 10, 1944 – December 3, 2021 “Tony” Cuong Phu Nguyen, 76, of Wilson, North Carolina peacefully passed away on December 3, 2021, surrounded by his loving family and friends after a short battle with cancer. He was born on December 10, 1944 to Nguyen Chi Luc and Nguyen Thi Ren in Vietnam. He married Dinh...
Shirley Mae Bunn
Dec 3, 2021
Shirley Bunn
December 5, 1935 – December 3, 2021
Shirley Mae Bunn, 85 of Bailey passed away Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Bailey Methodist Church, 12437 Green Street, Bailey. The family will receive friends from 1 – 1:45 p.m. at Bailey Methodist Church, Bailey.
Shirley is survived by her daughter, Robin Davis and husband, Robert; step-son,...
Sarah Kennedy Johnson
Dec 1, 2021
Sarah Kennedy Johnson
March 10, 1925 - December 1, 2021 Sarah Lavinia Kennedy Johnson, 96 passed away peacefully in her home in Wilson on December 1, 2021. Sarah was the wife of the late D. Calhoun Johnson of Delway, and the daughter of the late Daisy Hunter Kennedy and James Connor Kennedy of Clinton. She attended Bob Jones University and...
David Monroe Alford
Nov 30, 2021
David Monroe Alford
November 18, 1941 – November 30, 2021 David Monroe Alford, 80 of Wilson passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Jonathan Ange will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 1 – 2:30 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh...
Gregory "Greg" Allen Turnage
Nov 28, 2021
Gregory Allen Turnage
March 8, 1960 – November 28, 2021 Gregory Allen Turnage, 61 of Wilson passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1815 Airport Boulevard, Wilson. Private family interment. Rev. Joe Shakour will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 – 9 p.m. at...
Kevin Lee Parris
Nov 27, 2021
Kevin Lee Parris
December 2, 1971 – November 27, 2021 Kevin Lee Parris, 49 of Farmville passed away Saturday. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Stantonsburg Town Cemetery, Stantonsburg. Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate. Kevin is survived by his daughter, Ella Leigh Parris of Rocky Mount; mother, Mary Ann Barwick Parris of Wilson; father, Edward...
Carl Alvin Nowell
Nov 24, 2021
Carl Alvin Nowell
March 8, 1929 – November 24, 2021 Carl Alvin Nowell, 92 of Wilson passed away Wednesday. Carl is survived by his wife, Frances Nowell; daughters, Maurine Nowell Brown and husband, Greg, and Anna Jane Nowell Murray and husband, Jim; sons, Maurice Nowell and wife, Olga, and Carl Nowell Jr.; grandchildren, Jenna Lynn Murray, Rachel Brown, Ruth Ann...
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