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 »
July 24, 2024, 93, Mount Olive — Mary Dallas Cottle Sutton, 93, long time Mount Olive resident, found eternal rest Wednesday evening, July 24, 2024, while being cared for at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Mrs. Sutton was born in the little Duplin County town of Teachey and was raised in Faison, where she was the…… read more »
July 22, 2024, 79, Seven Springs — At about the two o’clock hour in the early morning of Monday, July 22, 2024, Johnny Raiford passed away at his new home (The Cabin) of which he was most proud. Mr. Raiford, 79, whose legal name was John Henry Raiford, was raised at Grady’s Crossroads in Wayne…… read more »
July 16, 2024, 86, Albertson — Faison Delano Smith, age 86 of Albertson, NC died Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at his daughter, Katrina’s home in Clayton, NC surrounded by loved ones. Also known as “Buddy Boy”, Faison was born January 4th, 1938 in Kinston, NC to the late Katie Susan “Susie” Grady Smith and Faison…… read more »
July 9, 2024, 86, Raleigh — Carl Mitchell Daughtry, 86, died peacefully at his home in Raleigh, surrounded by family, on July 9, 2024. He was born in Faison, NC, to the late Wade Woodrow and Ruth Lewis Daughtry, and was married to his beloved Carole Brock Daughtry for 46 years until her passing in…… read more »
July 5, 2024, 77, Fayetteville — William Edward Pate, 77, passed away Friday, July 5, 2024, in Fayetteville, NC where he had been residing for the last few years. While he was a native of Duplin County, NC, upon his enlistment with the United States Army, he was afforded the opportunity to live in many…… read more »
July 4, 2024, 86, Mount Olive — Leroy E. Stalmach, 86, a native of Texas and long-time resident of the Pleasant Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away on Independence Day, 2024. He had been employed with Scott and Jones Inc. in Calypso for many years and had served in the United States Air Force. …… read more »
July 2, 2024, 84, Dudley — Rodney “Jack” Deaver, 84, a resident of the Dudley area, passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 2, 2024, at home. He was the son of the late Jim and Mary Whitfield Deaver and was one of their six sons. He served in the United States Army from 1959 until 1979,…… read more »
June 29, 2024, 77, Mount Olive — Ms. Edna Corbett Dixon, known to all as Pinky Dixon, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Genesis Care Center in Mount Olive. She was 77. Pinky was born November 2, 1946, in Sumter County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Claude W. “C.W.” and…… read more »
June 25, 2024, 71, Dudley — Douglas M. Coker, 71 of the Dudley area, passed away just minutes before noon on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, while being cared for at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. He had been a dump truck driver, having hauled for a sand and gravel company, and also a concrete company. In…… read more »
