February 24, 2021, 79, Goldsboro – Avis Marie Rye Davis, age 79, passed away Wednesday at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Born in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Howard Vincent and Bertha Wonnacott Rye. She was a member of Pineview Baptist Church, the Women’s Missionary Union,…… read more »
Yearly Archives: 2021
Avis Marie Rye Davis
Martha Elaine Perkins
February 23, 2021, 71, Goldsboro – Martha Elaine Perkins, 71 of Meadow View Assisted Living passed away Tuesday. She is the daughter of the late Albert and Pauline Perkins. She was a retired school teacher, having worked for several school systems. As a teenager, she played the piano at Falling Creek Methodist Church. A graveside…… read more »
Peggy Armstrong Wiggs
February 23, 2021, 75, Goldsboro – Peggy Armstrong Wiggs, age 75, passed away Tuesday at Wayne/UNC Health Care. She was the daughter of the late Edward Armstrong and the late Maggie Jones Mihm. She was a retired CNA 2 with 3HC/Home, Health & Hospice. No formal services will be held at this time. She is…… read more »
Bobby Ray Holland
February 26, 2021, 76, Goldsboro – Bobby Ray Holland, 76, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Born on December 20, 1944 in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Lindsey Relmond Holland and Mildred Benton Holland. Bobby proudly served in the United States Army. Among many hobbies…… read more »
Robert Glenn “Rob” Hampton
February 25, 2021, 60, Goldsboro – Robert Glenn “Rob” Hampton, 60, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021 at his home in Goldsboro. Born in Avis, Pennsylvania on August 12, 1960 to Florence Jean Helsel Hampton of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and the late Robert L. Hampton. Rob proudly served his country in the United States Air Force…… read more »
Paul Delmus Bridgers, Sr.
February 24, 2021, 90, Goldsboro – Paul Delmus Bridgers, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Delmus was born in Wayne County on December 19, 1930 to the late Paul Francis Bridgers and Charlotte Walters Bridgers. He was married for 68 years to the late, Jean Strickland…… read more »
Retha Smith Peele
February 23, 2021, 91, Goldsboro – Retha Smith Peele, 91, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at Willow Creek Nursing & Rehab. Born in Wayne County on May 21, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Mark and Arzella Smith. Retha worked in sales with Wholesale Fabrics in Goldsboro. She possessed a green…… read more »
Joyce Marie Parrish Harrison
February 23, 2021, 81, La Grange – Joyce Marie Parrish Harrison was welcomed into the arms of her Savior on February 23, 2021. Though they grieve at her passing, her family rejoices in knowing her strength of body and mind have been renewed and she has been reunited with her daughter, Donna, and her Parrish…… read more »
Julian William Fields III
February 22, 2021, 82, LaGrange – Julian William Fields III, affectionately known to all as “Speck”, passed away peacefully at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Wayne County on February 22, 2021. Julian was born on August 12, 1938 in Lenoir County. His parents, Julian “Spot” Fields, Jr and Frances Earle Walters, saw the tiny Julian…… read more »
James “Lamont” Herring
February 23, 2021, 89, Dudley – James “Lamont” Herring, 89, of Dudley passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A graveside service will be held Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 1 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park in Dudley. The family will receive friends following the service. Those in…… read more »
