Obituaries
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...
Edgar Bain Hamm
Nov 22, 2021
Edgar Bain Hamm
January 3, 1941 – November 22, 2021
Edgar Bain Hamm was born on January 3, 1941 in Wayne County, to his loving parents Jiles Randolph Hamm and Helena Mooring Hamm. He died peacefully on November 22, 2021 with his family surrounding him. With his Eastern NC work ethic, Edgar grew up working on tobacco farms around his hometown...
William "Billy" Lester Price
Nov 22, 2021
William Lester Price, Jr.
January 1, 1945 – November 22, 2021 William “Billy” Lester Price, Jr., 76 of Wilson passed away Monday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at First United Methodist Church, 100 Green Street NE, Wilson. The family will receive friends immediately following the service with interment to follow in Evergreen Memorial...
Austin Perry
Nov 21, 2021
Robert Austin Wayne Perry
September 19, 1995 – November 21, 2021 Robert Austin Wayne Perry, 26 of Bailey passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Rev. Steve Edmundson will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12 – 1:45 p.m....
Lila Beth Rabil
Nov 20, 2021
Lila Beth Rabil November 14, 1955 – November 19, 2021
Lila Beth Rabil, 66 of Wilson passed away Friday. A Catholic Mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday, November 29 at St. Therese Catholic Church, 700 Nash Street, Wilson. Graveside burial will be private.
Lila is survived by her sons, Matthew “Matt” Rabil, Michael Rabil and husband, Joseph, and Joey Rabil...
Charlotte Lucas Price
Nov 16, 2021
Charlotte Lucas Price
September 14, 1931 – November 16, 2021 Charlotte Lucas Price, 90 of Raleigh passed away Tuesday. A private service will be held for the family in the Lucas Family Cemetery, Lucama. Charlotte was born in Wilson County, on September 14, 1931, to Allison A. Lucas and Cassie Lee Lucas and was the youngest of seven children. She...
William "Bill" Thomas Evans
Nov 16, 2021
William Thomas Evans
October 2, 1939 - November 16, 2021 William “Bill” Thomas Evans, 82 of Wilson passed away Tuesday. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 26, 2021 in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Pastor Mike Renfrow will officiate. William is survived by his wife, Wanda D. Evans; sisters, Clara Ricks, Jean Webb, several uncles, nieces...
Shelia Morgan Strickland
Nov 16, 2021
Shelia Morgan Strickland
July 15, 1947 – November 16, 2021 Shelia Morgan Strickland, 74 of Kenly passed away Tuesday. The family will receive friends Monday, November 22, 2021 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Shelia is survived by her daughters, Becky Rogers and husband, Chris, and Deborah Nobles and husband, Danny; grandsons,...
Sue Lassiter Brock
Nov 12, 2021
Sue Lassiter Brock
November 18, 1929 – November 12, 2021 Sue Lassiter Brock, 91of Middlesex passed away Friday. A private service will be held for the family. Sue is survived by her daughters, Susan Ward and husband, Mack of Bailey, and Martha Brock of Middlesex; son, M. Lee Brock and wife, Rebecca of Middlesex; five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She...
Shirley Reason Pierce
Nov 12, 2021
Shirley Reason Pierce
May 16, 1942 – November 12, 2021 Shirley Reason Pierce, 79 of Wilson passed away Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. Mark Harrell and Pastor Joe Shakour will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12 –...
Selby "Frankie" Franklin Pridgen
Nov 12, 2021
Selby Franklin Pridgen
September 11, 1943 – November 12, 2021 Selby “Frankie” Franklin Pridgen, 78 of Wilson passed away Friday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Eureka Town Cemetery, Eureka. Rev. Gregory Mark Sauls will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday morning from 10 – 10:45 a.m....
John "Johnny" Hilliard Boykin
Nov 12, 2021
John “Johnny” Boykin Sr.
December 30, 1944 – November 12, 2021 John “Johnny” Hilliard Boykin, Sr of Bailey passed away peacefully on November 12, 2021. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. Rev. Walter Blackman will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in Bailey Cemetery. Johnny was a loving...