Category Archives: Obituaries

Jo Ann Passerrello

Jo Ann Passerrello

June 19, 2022, 59, Goldsboro – Jo Ann Passerrello, 59, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Jo Ann was born in Wake County on March 23, 1963 to the late Vester and Hazel Bailey Perry. She attended The Word Church. She is survived by her husband, Michael Passerrello;…read more »

Robert Rankin

Robert Rankin

June 18, 2022, 84, Goldsboro – Robert Rankin, 84, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Greendale Forest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Snow Hill. Arrangements are incomplete and in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.read more »

Anthony Gerald “Cowboy” Garris

Anthony Gerald “Cowboy” Garris

June 13, 2022, 62, Patetown – Anthony Gerald “Cowboy” Garris, 62, of Patetown passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Services will be held at a later date. Mr. Garris was born in Virginia on July 21, 1959 to the late William Gerald and Marjorie Pridgen Garris. He is…read more »

Faith Lynn Johnson

Faith Lynn Johnson

June 14, 2022, 22, Princeton – Faith Lynn Johnson was born in Johnston County, NC on July 1, 1999 and died June 14, 2022. She was blessed with many talents and showcased them whenever possible. She started dancing at a very young age at the Clayton School of Dance under the direction of Miss Ann…read more »

Eleanor Dare Edmundson Gooding

Eleanor Dare Edmundson Gooding

June 18, 2022, 80, Pikeville – Eleanor Dare Edmundson Gooding, age 80, passed Saturday morning at Wayne/UNC Health Care. Born in Wayne County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luby Erastus and Atha Ginn Edmundson. A 1960 graduate of Pikeville High School, Eleanor earned her Associates Degree in Nursing thru training with Wayne…read more »

Susan Kay Dunham

Susan Kay Dunham

June 16, 2022, 68, Goldsboro – Susan Kay Dunham, 68, passed away Thursday at ECU Health Care. She was the daughter of  the late Earl Ray and Loretta Mae Hartrup and wife of William “Bill” Dunham. Susan owned her own internet business and was an avid gardener.    She will be buried at Jefferson Barracks…read more »

Baby Boy Jayceon Gills

Baby Boy Jayceon Gills

June 12, 2022, 0, Goldsboro – “Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3–4). The Management and staff of Williams & Ashford Funeral Directors join with the Miller and Gills families to announce the earthly departure of Baby Boy Jayceon Gills. Baby Gills…read more »

Linda Carol Howell

Linda Carol Howell

June 14, 2022, 77, Mount Olive – Miss Linda Carol Howell, 77, passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 14, 2022 at Sutton’s Retirement Center. Linda, a native of the Mount Olive area, was the daughter of the late Elton W. Howell and Susan Thompson Howell Smith Jackson, and the step-daughter of the late Grover Jackson. She…read more »

Glenwood A. Lanier

Glenwood A. Lanier

June 11, 2022, 73, La Grange – Glenwood A. Lanier, 73, resident of La Grange, passed away Saturday evening, June 11, 2022, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Glen was the son of Corbett A. and Mary Howard Lanier, and he was raised in the Pleasant Grove area near Mount Olive. Glen’s life’s work had been…read more »

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