The Mount Olive Chamber of Commerce has chosen Lynn Pearsall Williams as the grand marshal for the 2021 Mount Olive Christmas parade. The parade will be held on Saturday, December 4th at 10 AM in downtown Mount Olive. Community members nominate potential candidates to be named grand marshal and a Christmas committee composed of chamber…… read more »
MISSING GIRL-ONLINE CHAT Florida teen safe after leaving home with man she met online NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl who was taken across state lines has been found safe days after leaving her home in Florida with a man she met playing an online video game. North Miami Beach Police Chief…… read more »
November 23, 2021, 85, Springfield – Myrtle Rae “Tootsie” (Warrick) Forest, 85, formerly of Springfield, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Daughter of the late Coleman G “Mink” Warrick and Ella (Langston) Warrick, she was born September 11, 1936 in Watha, NC. The youngest of 8 siblings, Tootsie grew up in Goldsboro, NC. She…… read more »
November 28, 2021, 65, Greenville – Ms. Lena C. Ward, 65, passed on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Willow Creek Nursing & Rehab Center, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations of Goldsboro.… read more »
November 26, 2021, 59, Goldsboro – Mr. Michael A. Taylor, 59, passed on Friday, November 26, 2021 at UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations of Goldsboro.… read more »
November 23, 2021, 64, Mt. Olive – Mr. Charles M. Branch, 64, passed on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at home. The celebration of his life will be held on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 3:00 pm with a viewing from 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations, 1701 Wayne Memorial…… read more »
November 22, 2021, 80, Pikeville – Mr. Paul E. Hobbs Carraway, 80, passed on Monday, November 22, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family. Paul Elijah Hobbs Carraway was the eldest of two boys born to Paul and Jennie T. Hobbs on December 8, 1940. He and his brother were adopted and reared by…… read more »
November 21, 2021, 61, Mt. Olive – Ms. Mary L. Strong, 61, passed on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. The celebration of her life will be held on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 2:00pm at Winn Chapel Church, 110 Smith Street, Mt. Olive, NC. There will be a chapel viewing…… read more »
November 20, 2021, 9, Goldsboro – Miss Kimberly M. Brown, 9, passed on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at home. The celebration of her life will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 1:00 pm at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations, 1701 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC. She was born on November 22, 2011…… read more »
November 20, 2021, 86, Goldsboro – Mr. Woodrow C. Newsome, 86, passed on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Wayne UNC Health Care, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations of Goldsboro.… read more »
