August 15, 2021, 61, Pikeville – Ms. Deborah D. McNeil, 61, passed on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Wayne UNC Health Care. No formal services will be held. Services of compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations of Goldsboro.… read more »
August 15, 2021, 63, Summerlin’s Crossroads – Donald Ray Summerlin, 63, died Sunday night, August 15, 2021, at his home. Donald Ray was the son of the late Larry Clyde “Nub” and Edna Rae Whaley Summerlin. His working career was that of being a metal fabricator and millwright. Along with his parents, he was preceded…… read more »
August 14, 2021, 60, Faison – Kenneth Malcolm Holloman, Jr., 60, of Faison, died on Saturday, August 14 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. He is survived by his wife Daphne Parker Holloman of Faison; a son and daughter in law, Kenneth W. Holloman and Janet of Mount Olive; a daughter, Addyson Rose Holloman…… read more »
August 18, 2021, 84, Goldsboro – Janice Woodard Braswell, age 84, passed away Wednesday at her home. Born in Johnston County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Harvey F. and Pearllean Webb Woodard. She was married for over 65 years to Rev. Vernon Braswell. She was a member of Rosewood First Baptist Church…… read more »
August 18, 2021, 75, Goldsboro – David Ray Cannon, 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. David was born in Edgecombe County on January 12, 1946 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cannon. He was married to the late Ealie Susan Cannon who preceded him…… read more »
August 18, 2021, 88, Goldsboro – Elizabeth “Betsy” Ann Floars Honeycutt, 88, passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at her home in Goldsboro. Betsy was born in Wayne County on July 7, 1933 to the late George Isaac Floars and Alva Aycock Floars. She grew up in the Nahunta community and graduated from Nahunta…… read more »
August 16, 2021, 83, Goldsboro – Virginia Carol Pettigrew Miller, 83, took the hand of her Savior and crossed over into God’s beautiful garden on Monday, August 16, 2021, with her family at her side. Raised in Alderson, West Virginia, Carol was born to the late Dyer and Violet Virginia Miller Pettigrew on August 31,…… read more »
August 19, 2021, 50, La Grange – Michael David Nelson Smith, 50, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Michael was born in Otero County, Colorado to the late Larry Dean Smith and Wilamina Dittemore Schindler on November 8, 1970. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Abigail…… read more »
An arrest is made for a Wayne County homicide. Around 10 AM on Friday, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Fugitive Task Force, arrested 34-year-old Michael Todd Langley of La Grange for the murder of 29-year-old Jonathan Earl Midgette, who was found suffering from a…… read more »
This week’s High School Football Game of the Week has been postponed. Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Deacon Jones Auto Group High School Football Game of the Week featuring Rosewood at C.B. Aycock has been moved from tonight to Monday evening, August 23. The pregame show will begin at 6:45 PM and…… read more »
