September 10, 2025, 92, Goldsboro — Coleen Davis Best, life-long Mount Olive resident, passed away quietly at home late Wednesday afternoon, September 10, 2025. She was 92. Mrs. Best had been employed with Mt. Olive Pickle Company in her earlier years, and then with the Boling Company, all the while being a homemaker, a loving…… read more »
Harry Lee Cashwell, resident of the Smith Chapel community near Mount Olive, passed away early Tuesday morning, September 9, 2025, while in the care of Wayne UNC Healthcare. Mr. Cashwell, born and raised in the Smith Chapel area, had a long tenure of service with the North Carolina National Guard. Upon his early adulthood, he…… read more »
September 6, 2025, 83, Goldsboro — Billy Joe Ivey, at the age of 83, went to be with his Lord. Death came late Saturday afternoon, September 6, 2025, while he was at home. Mr. Ivey, born raised in the Doodletown community near Summerlin’s Crossroads, Mount Olive, attended Rooty Branch Free Will Baptist Church with his…… read more »
September 4, 2025, 90, Goldsboro — William Lasky Odom, age 90 of the Manley’s Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away just minutes into the new morning of Thursday, September 4, 2025, while receiving comforting care at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. Mr. Odom leaves behind a loving family to include his wife, Wilma…… read more »
September 2, 2025, 81, Goldsboro — Anna Brizendine Pitts, 81, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, September 2, at ECU Medical Center in Greenville, NC. She is survived by her devoted husband, Larry Pitts of Mount Olive; and her daughters, Tammy Lackey and husband Doyle of Taylorsville, NC, Pamela Guins and husband David of Taylorsville,…… read more »
August 31, 2025, 85, Goldsboro — Robert Merton Bishop, lovingly known as Bob, long time resident of New Bern, passed away Sunday evening, August 31, 2025 at Crystal Coast Hospice Center in Newport. Mr. Bishop was a native of Massachusetts. Soon after high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He also earned…… read more »
August 30, 2025, 79, Goldsboro — Gilbert Douglas “Doug” Jones passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 30, 2025, while surrounded by the compassionate care of Heartland Hospice at Rex Hospital. Born in Lenoir County to the late Johnnie Manley and Olive Williams Jones, Doug lived a life defined by service, family, and faith. He proudly…… read more »
August 29, 2025, 92, Goldsboro — The Rev. Millard Fillmore Bounds passed away peacefully at his home in Faison on Friday, August 29, 2025. A service of love and remembrance will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the…… read more »
August 29, 2025, 88, Goldsboro — Former long-time North Carolina Senator Louis Milford Pate, Jr., age 88, passed away peacefully at home in Mount Olive, on, Friday, August 29, 2025. He was preceded in death by a brother, George Pate of Hopewell, Virginia, and a sister, Linda Santmier of Richmond, Virginia. He is survived by…… read more »
August 28, 2025, 65, Goldsboro — Gregory Steven Taylor, known to all as simply Stevie Taylor, life long resident of the Pleasant Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away early Thursday morning, August 28, 2025, at ECU Health Duplin General Hospital, just days after the discovery of a terminal illness. Stevie was a happy-go-lucky kind…… read more »
