May 16, 2024, 89, Faison — Marilyn Padgett Heckman, long-time Faison resident, passed away Thursday morning, May 16, 2024, at her home. She had been employed as a laboratory supervisor at Chas. F. Cates & Son Pickle Company in Faison. In later years, she assisted in the office at the town hall for the Town…… read more »
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Marilyn Padgett Heckman
Nancy Alphin Haney
May 16, 2024, 64, Mount Olive — Nancy Alphin Haney of the Alum Springs Church area near Mount Olive, passed away Thursday morning, May 16, 2024, at her home. She was 64. Nancy had attended the B. F. Grady School and graduated from East Duplin High School. She obtained an associate degree in early childhood…… read more »
Vincent Dean Brock
May 11, 2024, 67, Middlesex — Vincent Dean Brock, better known as Vennie Brock, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at his home in Middlesex. A native of Faison, he had been a Middlesex resident for many years. It was here that he served the town and its people as a police officer,…… read more »
Nancy Carol Summerlin Goodson
May 11, 2024, 92, Mount Olive — Nancy Carol Summerlin Goodson passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at UNC-Lenoir Hospital in Kinston, North Carolina following an extended illness. Born in Duplin County NC, on December 11, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Summerlin and Cornelia Kilpatrick Summerlin Jernigan. The youngest…… read more »
Taylor Ortiz
May 9, 2024, 26, Drummersville — Miss Taylor Ortiz, 26, a resident of the Drummersville Community near Seven Springs, passed away Thursday morning, May 9, 2024, in a vehicular accident. Taylor was a member of the 2015 graduating class of Spring Creek High School. She then obtained her associate degree in animal science at Wayne…… read more »
Cecil Ray Columbus
May 7, 2024, 98, Little River, SC — Cecil Ray Columbus, known as Daddy C to his family and many others, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in his temporary home at River Park in Little River, SC. He was 98. Family and friends will agree that he was singing as he passed through the…… read more »
Wendy Suzanne Pittman Strickland
May 3, 2024, 64, Goldsboro — Wendy Suzanne Pittman Strickland, 64, passed away Friday afternoon while being cared for at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. She is survived by her husband of the home, Joseph Donald Strickland; their children, Ashley Strickland of Seven Springs, Jason Garner of Goldsboro, Alexander Ray Garner of Goldsboro, and…… read more »
Gerardo Tovar-Flores
April 16, 2024, 15, Newton Grove — Gerardo Tovar-Flores, 15, of near Newton Grove, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh as the result of an accident. He was a sophomore student at Harnett Central High School near Angier. Gerardo is survived by his parents, Francisco Tovar Tovar and Francisca…… read more »
Eugenia “Jeannie” Carroll McArthur
April 16, 2024, 67, Mount Olive — Eugenia “Jeannie” Carroll McArthur, 67, resident of the Mount Olive area, passed away Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024, at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Jeannie had been employed in area sewing factories. She worshipped with the Mount Olive congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was originally from Suffolk County,…… read more »
Robin Susan Sutton
April 9, 2024, 59, Mount Olive — Robin Susan Sutton, resident of the Brock’s Chapel section near Mount Olive, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at her home. Just three days prior, she had celebrated her 59th birthday. Robin had been employed as a reservations specialist/booking agent with American Airlines before becoming a school teacher…… read more »
