March 8, 2024, 93, Mount Olive —

Mrs. Helen Whitfield Britt, at the age of 93, passed away Friday evening, March 8, 2024, at a daughter’s home.  She had lived in the Garner’s Chapel community near Mount Olive.

Mrs. Britt will be buried with her son and husband in the Albert Britt Family Cemetery following a private committal service.

She is survived by two daughters, Deborah Britt Whaley and husband, David Whaley, of Mount Olive, and Susan Britt Wilt of Goldsboro; three grandchildren, Jason Whaley of Mount Olive, Miranda Goulet and husband, DuWayne, of Goldsboro, and Kelly Merritt of Goldsboro; and three great-grandchildren, Paul Whaley of  Michigan, Sadie Dearing of Wilmington, and Savannah Goulet of Raleigh; a brother, Rex Whitfield of Mount Olive; and several nieces and nephews.

She now joins in death, her husband, Albert O’neal “Sholl” Britt; a son, Phillip Gregory Britt; her parents, Frank and Minnie Hill Whitfield; two sisters, Hazel W. Jones and Janice W. Lane; and brothers, Harold Whitfield, Bobby Whitfield, and Franklin “Bug” Whitfield.