August 30, 2024, 86, Kenansville — The Honorable Stephen Monroe Williamson, Chief District IV Court Judge, retired, a lifelong resident of Kenansville, passed away Friday evening, August 30, 2024. Judge Williamson graduated from Campbell College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He served in the North Carolina National Guard from the Warsaw unit, had been…… read more »
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The Honorable Stephen Monroe Williamson, Chief District IV Court Judge
Doris Batchelor Cashwell
August 23, 2024, 88, Mount Olive — Doris Batchelor Cashwell, 88, native of Sampson County and long-time resident of Mount Olive, passed away late Friday afternoon, August 23, 2024, at Southwood Nursing Center in Clinton. Mrs. Cashwell was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mount Olive and at one time, had been…… read more »
John Pirham Justice
August 21, 2024, Newborn, Mount Olive — William Garrett “Will” Justice and Hannah Renee Whitman of Mount Olive announce the birth and death of their baby boy, John Pirham Justice. He was born Wednesday morning, August 21, 2024, at 8:57 a.m. at what appeared to be a perfect infant, weighing seven pounds, eleven and a…… read more »
Elsie Hollingsworth Herring
August 12, 2024, 86, Mount Olive — Mrs. Elsie Hollingsworth Herring, 86, a long-time resident of the Rones Chapel community near Mount Olive, passed away early Monday morning, August 12, 2024, at her home. Born in Sampson County, she graduated with the class of 1956 from Halls High School. Aside from being a homemaker, she…… read more »
Gary Lynn Malpass
August 12, 2024, 57, Mount Olive — Gary Lynn Malpass, 57, a lifelong resident of the Mount Olive area, passed away Monday, August 12, 2024. Gary is survived by his mother, Julia Coltren Phillips, of Hephzibah, Georgia; his father, Ellis Malpass, Jr., of Morehead City; a grandson, Ayden Hernandez; sisters, Stephanie Hunt and husband, Michael,…… read more »
Rubylene Waters Lambert
August 7, 2024, 85, Calypso — Rubylene Waters Lambert, 85, a long-time resident of Calypso, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Born and raised in the White Flash community near Mount Olive, she graduated from B. F. Grady High School and attended Campbell College. Nearly all of her working years were spent as an office…… read more »
Rose Marie Beasley Gurganus
August 4, 2024, 75, Dudley — Rose Marie Beasley Gurganus, a Dudley area resident, passed away at her home early Sunday evening, August 4, 2024. She was 75 years of age. Mrs. Gurganus, a Wayne County native, had earned an associate degree in nursing from Wayne Community College. She used her nurturing and nursing skills…… read more »
Joseph L. Summerlin, Jr.
August 1, 2024, 88, Mount Olive — Joseph L. Summerlin, Jr., known to most as Joe Summerlin, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2024. He was 88 years of age. Joe was a native of Summerlin’s Crossroads in Duplin County, and after living in Goldsboro for many years, it was here that he returned to live…… read more »
Jimmy Paul Williams
July 31, 2024, 66, Mount Olive — Jimmy Paul Williams, lifelong resident of the Faison area, passed away early Wednesday morning, July 31, 2024. He was 66. His early working years were spent with the Sampson County Landfill before employment came with Mt. Olive Pickle Company where he retired as warehouse supervisor. Always a sports…… read more »
Helen Bland Best
July 29, 2024, 88, Mount Olive — Mrs. Helen Bland Best, 88, of the Dobbersville area west of Mount Olive, passed away Monday morning, July 29, 2024, while at home. Mrs. Best, a long-time member of Brownings Methodist Church where, for years, she served as church pianist, and later sang in the church choir, had…… read more »
