Category Archives: Obituaries

December 4, 2025, 93, Goldsboro - It is with deep sadness that the Staff and Management of J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home & Cremation, Inc. announce the passing of Ms. Bessie Shepard. Ms. Shepard, 93, a...

December 19, 2025, 75, Pikeville - Betty Fay Evans, 75, of Pikeville passed away Friday, December 19, 2025 at Post Acute Medical in Rocky Mount. Arrangements are incomplete and in the care of Howell F...

December 17, 2025, 93, Pikeville - Betty Jean Littleton, 93, of Pikeville was called to her heavenly home Wednesday morning, December 17, 2025. Mrs. Littleton was born in Wayne County to the late Dors...

December 10, 2025, 76, Goldsboro - Betty Lois Cox Coley was born October 31, 1949, to the late Louis Cox Sr. and Zola Best Cox. She transitioned to her Heavenly Home on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at...

December 14, 2025, 66, Goldsboro --- Debra L. Faggins, 66, passed away Sunday at her residence. She was born on January 30, 1959, in Hopkins County, Kentucky, to John Wayne Mackey and Laura Belle Hall...

December 14, 2025, 47, Goldsboro --- Cazale Barnes, 47, of Koonce Street, entered into eternal rest on Sunday. He was born on September 23, 1978, to Samuel Barnes and Sharon D. Walker. His life will b...

December 20, 2025, 91, Mount Olive --- Ms. Joyce Kornegay, 91 peacefully crossed the shores of time on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at ECU Vidant Hospital, Greenville. Funeral arrangements are incomple...

December 16, 2025, 83, Mount Olive - Mrs. Alice Jones Smith, 83 put her hand in the Master's hand on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at her home. Born in New York, she is daughter of the late Grant Jones a...

December 15, 2025, 67, Smithfield --- Karen Keen Casey, 67, of Smithfield passed away on Monday, December 15, 2025 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. She was born in Johnston County on January 3...

December 12, 2025, 58, Four Oaks --- Johnny Luther Cottle, 58, of Four Oaks passed away at his home on Friday, December 12, 2025. He was born in Wayne County on September 14, 1967 to the late Roland R...