September 6, 2021, 50, Seven Springs – Marina Cruz Castillo, 50, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021 at Vidant Medical Center in Kenansville. Visitation will be held at Maria, Reina de las Americas Catholic Church, 636 Whitfield Road, Mt. Olive, on Friday, September 10, 2021. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow the visitation. Interment…… read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Marina Cruz Castillo
North Carolina News – September 10
EDUCATION FUNDING Judge sets deadline for N. Carolina to boost school funding RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge has set a mid-October deadline for state lawmakers to provide funding for improving public education or he will take action himself. News outlets report State Superior Court Judge David Lee said he was “very disheartened”…… read more »
Rena Mae Ford
September 10, 2021, 78, Goldsboro – Rena Mae Ford, 78, of Goldsboro passed away Friday, September 10, 2021 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.… read more »
Ruthie Lee Alexander
September 8, 2021, 91, Goldsboro – Ruthie Lee Alexander, 91, of Goldsboro passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at her home. A private family graveside service will be held in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Mrs. Alexander is survived by two sons, Mike Kellam and wife, Janet of Grifton and Aven Smith and wife, Pam of Georgia;…… read more »
Phillip “Phil” Farra Hampton, Jr.
September 6, 2021, 83, Dudley – Phillip “Phil” Farra Hampton, Jr., 83, of Dudley, passed away September 6, 2021 at Duke Hospital in Durham. All services will be held privately. Mr. Hampton was born in Richmond, Virginia on January 9, 1938 to the late Phillip F. Hampton Sr. and Pauline Hunt Hampton. He was retired from the…… read more »
Barbara Denise Newcomb Hooks
September 7, 2021, 60, Princeton – Barbara Denise Newcomb Hooks, 60, of Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at home surrounded by her family. Denise was born in Wake County on February 17, 1961 to Elizabeth Joann Bridgers Medlin and the late Bobby Edgar Newcomb. In addition to her mother, Denise is survived…… read more »
Leamon Dwight Capps
September 5, 2021, 77, Goldsboro – Leamon Dwight Capps, 77, of Goldsboro, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at UNC Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro surrounded by his family. Leamon was born in Wayne County on December 17, 1943 to the late Crutchfield Walter Capps and Eva Fail Capps. In addition to his parents,…… read more »
Athlete Of The Week: Adam Cain
Southern Wayne’s Adam “Stone” Cain always wanted to play running back, but when he was younger playing pop warner, he could not live out his dreams of carrying the football. “I played in little league, and there was always a weight limit, and I was always over it,” Cain said. “No matter how much I…… read more »
Rotary’s Field Of Honor Flag Display Opens At WCC
Hundreds of American Flags are flying on the campus of Wayne Community College. The Goldsboro Rotary Club officially unveiled its 2nd annual Field of Honor at WCC on Thursday. Sherry Archibald, President of the Goldsboro Rotary Club, says the flags in the display honor “active-duty military, veterans, first responders, teachers, neighbors, family and friends.” Archibald…… read more »
Wayne County Surpasses 58,000 With At Least One Vaccine Dose
Over 58,000 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Wayne County. Thursday’s figures from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services show 58,102 people have received at least one vaccine dose, representing 47% of the county’s population. 50,247 people have been fully vaccinated, which is just 41% of Wayne…… read more »
