May 22, 48,

Tuyen “Tina” Thanh Nguyen, was 48 wise years of age. She was an extremely happy and youthful person, she passed away due to a stroke on May 22nd, 2020 in Greenville at Vidant Medical Center.

A visitation will be held Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 2 p.m. for family and close friends followed by a Buddhist ceremony at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.

Mrs. Nguyen was born in Phuoc, Vietnam, on December 31, 1971. She was the daughter of her mother,Thi Hai Truong and her father, Chí Hieu Nguyen. She was a survivor of many battles and war until she came to the United States in 1987.

She owned and operated many nail salons from Fayetteville to Goldsboro, NC, she will be missed by her friends and loyal customers. She positively influenced everyone she ever met, she is unforgettable. She was genuinely caring, remarkably kind and enthusiastically outgoing. She was the kind of person to help anyone. She informally adopted many children and helped raise them all her life. For decades she sent money back to families in the U.S. and Vietnam. Her life was gratuitous and many people will miss and remember her for generations to come.

She is survived by her husband, Tung Thanh Vo; one son, John Nguyen of Fayetteville; two daughters, Jenny Nguyen and her husband, Binh Tran of Fayetteville and Channel Vo of Goldsboro and one sister, Diep Nguyen of Florida and a host of other relatives and friends.

The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro