Yearly Archives: 2021

WCC To Continue Spring Semester Mostly Virtual

WCC To Continue Spring Semester Mostly Virtual

Wayne Community College will continue in a majority online instruction delivery mode for the remainder of the Spring 2021 semester. It was the original expectation of college administrators that courses that had been moved to synchronous online instruction would be moved back into classrooms after the first month of the semester. A new decision has…read more »

February Is The Time To Prune Muscadine Grapes

February Is The Time To Prune Muscadine Grapes

It is that time of the year again to begin many pruning chores in the landscape and garden. One of the major pruning chores includes pruning grapevines. The common type of grapevine grown in Eastern North Carolina is muscadines. Muscadine grapes are native to the Southeastern United States and are easier to grow than other…read more »

Janet Simms Hutchins

Janet Simms Hutchins

February 4th, 2021, 84, Goldsboro – It is with profound sorrow and grief that we the management and staff of Serenity Memorial Funeral Home join with the Hutchins and connected families to announce the earthly transition of Ms. Janet Simms Hutchins, 64 years of age. Ms. Hutchins transitioned at the Wayne UNC Health Care, Goldsboro,…read more »

Della Mae Pearce Artis

Della Mae Pearce Artis

February 3, 2021, 82, Kenly – Della Mae Pearce Artis was born on February 16, 1938, in Kenly, NC, to Alexander and Rosetta Pearce. She departed this life on February 3, 2021, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. Della was the oldest of three children. Della received her formal education in Kenly, NC. Her hobbies…read more »

Alice Elizabeth McCullen Brock

Alice Elizabeth McCullen Brock

February 2, 2021, 84, Mount Olive – Mrs. Alice Elizabeth McCullen Brock, 84-year-old resident of Mount Olive, passed away peacefully early evening Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center with her daughters at her bedside. Mrs. Brock was a retired registered nurse with Wayne Memorial Hospital. She was a member of First Baptist…read more »

Jessie Darden Peaden

Jessie Darden Peaden

February 2, 2021, 86, Elm City – Mrs. Jessie Darden Peaden, 86, resident of the Elm City area, passed away peacefully in her sleep during the early morning of Tuesday, February 2, 2021. She had been long time sales clerk in the cosmetics department at J. C. Penney Co. Mrs. Peaden is survived by Willie…read more »

Amma Mayo Turner

Amma Mayo Turner

February 4, 2021, 77, Goldsboro – Amma Mayo Turner was born on July 7, 1943 in Wayne County She was the daughter of the late Garland G. Mayo and Edith Smith Mayo and sister of the late Garland Gray Mayo, Jr. Amma was a graduate of Contentnea High School and East Carolina University. For thirty-four…read more »

Robert Morrison Gilbert Getchell

Robert Morrison Gilbert Getchell

February 1, 2021, 61, Goldsboro – Robert Morrison Gilbert Getchell, 61, of Goldsboro passed away Monday, February 1st. He was the son of the late Robert W. and Elaine G. Getchell. Robert loved to sing and was a member of The Hit Men. A service to celebrate his life will be held at a later…read more »

Rickie Allan Bell

Rickie Allan Bell

February 2, 2021, 63, Goldsboro – Rickie Allan Bell, 63, passed away at his home on February 2, 2021. Born on June 26, 1957 in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, Rickie was the son of the late Earl Bell and Mary Eileen George Bell. Rickie had a keen and deep appreciation for his country and the United States…read more »

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