Category Archives: Obituaries

February 2, 2026, 69, Mount Olive - Ms. Doretha Strickland, 69, transitioned Monday, February 2, 202,6 at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

January 27, 2026, 69, Princeton - Arthur Linwood Hughes, 69, of Princeton went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. He was born...

January 27, 2026, 60, Mount Olive - Emery Mills Walker, 60, lifelong resident of the Mount Olive area, left his disease-stricken body to receive an immortal body to forever live with the Lord. He was ...

January 27, 2026, 63, Mount Olive - Lori Jane Price Gardner, resident of Mount Olive, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2026, while at Wayne UNC Healthcare. Jane, as she was known, worshipped at First ...

January 26, 2026, 55, Mount Olive - Joseph Whitehurst Caveness, Jr., 55, resident of Mount Olive, passed away at his home. Joseph had been employed with his parents at Mount Olive Gas Company until it...

January 25, 2026, 91, Mount Olive - Harriett Pate Taylor, 91, found rest in death on Sunday, January 25, 2026, while being cared for at Snow Hill Memory Care Nursing Home in Snow Hill. Mrs. Taylor was...

January 23, 2026, 53, Goldsboro - Kevin Lynn Turnage, age 53, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2026 at his home in Goldsboro. Born in Kinston, North Carolina, he is the son of his late father Louis ...

January 23, 2026, 73, Goldsboro - Chester Ray Howell, 73, affectionately known as "Rayye," passed away on Friday, January 23, 2026, at UNC Health in Chapel Hill. Rayye was born in Wayne County on Octo...

January 19, 2026, 79, Goldsboro - John Holeman Hawley III, 79, of Goldsboro, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2026, at his home in Crozet, Virginia. The family will receive friends on Friday, Jan...

January 15, 2026, 89, Goldsboro - Norman Elissimer Herring Jr., age 89, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Born on July 12, 1936, in Wayne County, North Carolina...