Category Archives: Obituaries

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 »

Edith Marie Gore Thornton

Edith Marie Gore Thornton

June 9, 2022, 80, Faison – Edith Marie Gore Thornton, age 80, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday evening. Born in Duplin county, she was the daughter of the late Maurice David and Ora Gertrude Ezzell Gore and the wife of the late Glenn Ray Thornton.  A graveside service for Glenn & Edith…read more »

Delores Quintin

Delores Quintin

June 16, 2022, 71, Mt. Olive – Delores Quintin, 71, passed away on June 16, 2022 at Wayne UNC Hospital in Goldsboro. Born on July 29, 1950 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, she was daughter to the late Curtis and Arlene Cory Fox. Delores is survived by her sons, Richard Quintin, Steve Quintin, Real Quintin and…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 »

Patricia Showley Faircloth

Patricia Showley Faircloth

June 12, 2022, 80, Goldsboro – Patricia Showley Faircloth, 80, entered into the joy of her salvation on Sunday morning, June 12, 2022, while in the comfort of her home surrounded by the love and warm embraces of her family. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 20, 2022, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.…read more »

Linda Walston Wells

Linda Walston Wells

June 10, 2022, 79, Goldsboro – Linda Walston Wells, 79, fell asleep on this earth to awaken in the arms of Jesus on Friday, June 10, 2022, while in the comfort of her home surrounded by the love and warm embraces of her family. Linda was born in Columbia, SC to the late Clifton and…read more »

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