March 14, 2023, 96, Princeton – Edward Thomas Cox Jr. was born December 14, 1926, the son of Edward Thomas Cox, Sr. (Ted) rural mail carrier of RFD #1, Imperial, Penna from 1928 to 1956. Edward T. Cox, Jr. was known by the name “Tom”. Tom attended Findlay Township School and Graduated in the class…… read more »
Category Archives: Obituaries
Edward Thomas Cox Jr.
Harvey Pearce
March 15, 2023, 83, Princeton – Harvey Pearce, 83, of Princeton passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. He was born in Wayne County on November 16, 1939, to the late Raymond Chester Pearce and Jessie Elzania Strickland Pearce. Mr. Pearce owned his own business, Pearce Trucking Inc. He was a truck…… read more »
Diane R. Naoum
March 11, 2023, 70, Goldsboro – Mrs. Diane R. Naoum, 70, passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at UNC Wayne Healthcare, Goldsboro, NC. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. She was born on October 18, 1952, in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Marcel Lemire and Mary Rose “Lillian” LaMotha. She is survived by her husband, Stephen…… read more »
David (T-Bone) Tyndall
March 11, 2023, 66, Calypso – David (T-Bone)Tyndall, 66, Calypso resident, and Mayor of Calypso, died early Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Wayne UNC Hospital. Services will be held Friday, March 17, at 12 Noon at North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery at Goldsboro. Officiating will be Rev. Nick Nielsen. T-Bone was the son of the…… read more »
Robert Swiger
March 13, 2023, 86, Grantham – Robert Swiger, Age 86 of the Grantham Community died in his home on the 13th of March 2023. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home & Crematory of Goldsboro.… read more »
Melvin Eugene “Gene” Witherington
March 12, 2023, 78, Goldsboro – Melvin Eugene “Gene” Witherington, age 78, passed away Sunday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Born in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Lloyd Woodrow Witherington and the late Lossie Belle Holloman Witherington. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ray Witherington, and a grandson,…… read more »
Ken Gordon Smith
March 12, 2023, 78, Goldsboro – Ken Gordon Smith, 78, was welcomed into his Savior’s arms on Sunday, March 12, 2023. He was born and raised on his family’s farm in Wayne County to the late John Roger Smith and Viola Carter Smith on February 4, 1945. Working for Kemp Furniture in Goldsboro and retiring…… read more »
John Lewis Noble
March 12, 2023, 77, Goldsboro – John Lewis Noble, 77, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. John was born in Hazard, Kentucky to the late Raymond and Winnie Noble on July 27, 1945. John lived his dream proudly serving as a helicopter crew chief in the United States Marine…… read more »
Dan Hardy Wallace
March 10, 2023, 87, Goldsboro – Dan Hardy Wallace, 87, went peacefully to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday, March 10th, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born in November of 1935 and raised on a farm in rural Bath, NC. He is the youngest of 11 children of the late Will and…… read more »
Grace Sugg Burke
March 11, 2023, 94, La Grange – January 14, 1929 – March 11, 2023 Grace Sugg Burke passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice in Goldsboro, NC. Grace was born January 14, 1929, in Greene County to the late Josiah Sugg, Sr, and Beulah Phillips Sugg. Grace was also preceded in…… read more »
