Category Archives: Obituaries

Phuong Dien To

Phuong Dien To

May 31, 2023, 70, Goldsboro – Phuong Dien To of Goldsboro passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at home surrounded by his loving family. A Buddhist ceremony will be held Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory, 1500 Wayne Memorial Drive in Goldsboro. Visitation will follow…read more »

Gladys Irene Summerlin

Gladys Irene Summerlin

May 31, 2023, 87, Fremont – Gladys Irene Summerlin, 87, formerly of Fremont passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 10 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont.  The family will receive friends Friday, June 2, 2023, from 5 until 6:30…read more »

Elmer Leroy Bowman

Elmer Leroy Bowman

May 30, 2023, 78, Faison – Elmer Leroy Bowman, 78, of Faison, passed away Tuesday morning, May 30, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Services will be held at a later date. Mr. Bowman was born in Pennsylvania on April 2, 1945, to the late Charles Maxwell Bowman and Catherine Craley Bowman. He was a…read more »

Master Sergeant Sammy K. Farrell

Master Sergeant Sammy K. Farrell

May 29, 2023, 80, Goldsboro – Master Sergeant Sammy K. Farrell, USAF, Retired of Goldsboro passed away Monday, May 29, 2023, at UNC Health Wayne in Goldsboro. Visitation will be held Monday, June 5, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro. A graveside service with military honors…read more »

Mary Lou Walker Abbott

Mary Lou Walker Abbott

May 28, 2023, 88, Princeton – Mary Lou Walker Abbott, 88, of Princeton, passed away at her home on Sunday, May 28, 2023.  Ms. Abbott was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 7, 1934, to the late Walter Edmond Walker and Antonia Dora Kremer Walker.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded…read more »

Samuel Herbert DeWitt

Samuel Herbert DeWitt

May 28, 2023, 74, Selma – Samuel Herbert DeWitt, 74, of Selma was called home to our Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 28, 2023.  He was born in Durham County at Watts Hospital on May 11, 1949, to the late Clyde Sylvester DeWitt and Margaret Rudell Jones DeWitt.  In addition to his parents, he…read more »

Lewis Johnson

Lewis Johnson

May 27, 2023, 67, Pikeville – Mr. Lewis L. Johnson, 67, answered the Master’s call to leave this world on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at home. Chapel viewing Friday, June 2, 2023, 4:00-6:00 P.M. The celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 1:00 pm at J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home…read more »

Milton “Bartender” Best

Milton “Bartender” Best

May 27, 2023, 78, Goldsboro – Mr. Milton “Bartender” Best, 78, completed this earthly walk of life on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of caring compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral & Cremations of Goldsboro.read more »

Derrick “Juicy” Faison

Derrick “Juicy” Faison

May 24, 2023, 61, Goldsboro – M. Derrick “Juicy” Faison, 61, completed this earthly walk of life on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at UNC Wayne Healthcare, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of caring compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral & Cremations of Goldsboro.read more »

Tamaro J. Battle

Tamaro J. Battle

May 23, 2023, 67, Goldsboro – Ms. Tamaro J. Battle, 67, received her ultimate healing on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at the ECU Health Inpatient Hospice Center, Greenville, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Services of caring compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral & Cremations of Goldsboro.read more »

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