Author Archives: Curtis Media
County Warns COVID-19 Cases Are Increasing Again
4,000.Wayne County reached that unfortunate milestone of 4,000 total positive cases of COVID-19 this week.There are currently 323 estimated active cases of coronavirus in Wayne County.At Tuesday's cou...
Oct 21, 2020
WCPS Finance Officer Completes First Week On The Job
Last week, Leslie Rouse spent her first days on the job as the Chief Finance Officer of Wayne County Public Schools. Rouse has 13 years of school budgetary and finance experience. She began her career...
Oct 21, 2020
Wayne County Crossroads Will Become All-Way Stop
The N.C. Department of Transportation will change an Old Mount Olive Highway intersection into an all-way stop to reduce the risk of crashes.Crews are scheduled to make the change beginning at 9 a.m. ...
Oct 21, 2020
Jewel Pate Paige
October 18, 2020, 85, FaisonJewel Pate Paige, 85, resident of Friendship Church Road, Faison, passed away early Sunday morning, Oct. 18, 2020 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.Funeral services will be Tu...
Oct 20, 2020
Edna Mae Jinnette Talton
October 18, 2020, 93Edna Mae Jinnette Talton, age 93 of the Nahunta Community, passed away, suddenly at her home on Sunday, October 18, 2020. She was born on July 11, 1927 to the late Archie and Maggi...
Oct 20, 2020
Richard Joseph (Rick) Cormier
October 17, 2020, 26, GoldsboroRick Cormier, age 26, of Goldsboro, died Saturday at his home. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of Richard "Ricky" Joseph Cormier and Neva Thompson Hartzog.A service...
Oct 20, 2020
Gwendoline Margaret Rea
October 16, 2020, 86, GoldsboroMs. Gwendoline Margaret Rea, 86, of Goldsboro and formerly of England, peacefully passed away on October 16, 2020 at her daughters' home.Gwen had a great love for God's ...
Oct 20, 2020
Hazel McLawhorn Bandy
October 19, 2020, 98Hazel McLawhorn Bandy, 98, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020 at Brookdale Country Day Road.Hazel was born in Greene County, North Carolina on November 12, 1921 to the late Je...
Oct 20, 2020
Patricia Malpass Henry
October 18, 2020, 67Patricia Marie Malpass Henry, 67, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Genesis Healthcare in Mount Olive after a period of declining health.Pat was born in Wayne County on De...
Oct 20, 2020
Barbara Joan Tewes
October 18, 2020, 84Barbara Joan Tewes, 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family.Barbara was born in Durham County on July 22, 1936 to the late Edwin...
Oct 20, 2020