Category Archives: Obituaries

November 1, 2025, 63, Goldsboro — Juanita Lynne Gurganus, 63, passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at UNC Wayne Healthcare in Goldsboro. Juanita was born in Wayne County on January 18, 196...

October 31, 2025, 94, Goldsboro — Rachel Peele Fields, 94, passed on Friday, October 31, 2025, with her family by her side. She passed with a smile on her face looking forward to a face-to-face ...

October 30, 2025, 87, Goldsboro — James Parks "J.P." Smith, Jr., 87 passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Willow Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Wayne County on Decembe...

October 30, 2025,83, Goldsboro — Nina Stroud Rouse, 83, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 30, 2025, while surrounded by her loving family at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center in G...

October 30, 2025, 82, Raleigh — James Raeford Ingram, 82, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro. Born in Wayne County on August 15, 1943, he was son to ...

October 30, 2025, 85, Goldsboro — Sylvia Carol Stevens Shafer, 85, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Sylvia was born in Goldsboro on January 2...

October 29, 2025, 84, Princeton — Sudie Worley Baker, 84, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Born in Johnston County on April 21, 1941...

October 28, 2025, 96, Goldsboro — Elizabeth Kearney Radford, 96, went home to be with her Lord and Savior after many years of declining health while at Willow Creek Nursing Home. Elizabeth was b...

October 27, 2025, 81, Goldsboro — William Norwood Swinson, affectionately known as Billy, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center, at the age of 81...

June 23, 1944, 81, Goldsboro — Sharon Lee Memmelaar, a devoted nurse, woman of deep faith, and beloved mother, passed away peacefully after facing illness with remarkable strength and grace. Bor...