June 2, 2025, 84, Goldsboro —
Early Monday morning, June 2, 2025, Nellie Lou Thigpen Faulk passed away at the age of 84.
She had been a long time employee of Mt. Olive Pickle Company as a keypunch operator in the accounting department, and until recently, she was employed at the Mount Olive Wal-Mart. Lou was a member of Brock’s Chapel Church.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 5, at 11 a.m. by the graveside at Wayne Memorial Park. Officiating will be the Rev. Jeff Bartlett. Friends and family are being received at the residence where Lou enjoyed living with her late husband and in which her children were raised, and after them, grandchildren were loved and cared for.
Lou is survived by her five children, Kenny Faulk and wife, Linda, of Mount Olive, Sherri Faulk Martin and husband, John, of Newport, Ernie Faulk of Mount Olive, David Faulk and wife, Sheila, of Dudley, and Tony Faulk of Mount Olive. Lou’s grandchildren include Kasey Faulk, Nikki Faulk Wolfe, Michael Faulk, Christopher Faulk, Joshua Faulk, Dale Faulk, Jeffery Faulk, Zachary Faulk, Kayla James, Charlie, Hanna, and Harleigh Faulk; numerous great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles N. Faulk; her parents, George Washington Thigpen and Annie Whaley Thigpen; a brother, Wesley Thigpen; and sisters, Vertie Foss and Viette Blizzard.
