December 22, 2023, 85, Mount Olive — Clara Linda Alphin Smith passed away in the early morning hours of December 22, 2023, at home surrounded by family. Linda was born on December 5, 1938, at Summerlin’s Crossroads, near Mount Olive, North Carolina to Fred and Clara Dail Alphin. She graduated from James Kenan High School…… read more »
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Clara Linda Alphin Smith
Audrey Thompson Taylor
December 21, 2023, 63, Albertson — Audrey Thompson Taylor, 63, a resident of Albertson, and known as Shaggy to most and Cookie to a few, passed away at home on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Audrey was a member of the 1979 graduating class of East Duplin High School. and she attended Lenoir Community College. She…… read more »
Shirley Barber Outlaw
December 15, 2023, 73, Seven Springs — Shirley Barber Outlaw, 73, of the Outlaw’s Bridge area near Seven Springs, died Friday, December 15, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. She was the daughter of the late Rudolph Valentino Barber and Myrtie Frances Nicols Barber. Shirley had been employed at Butterball in the cafeteria. Survivors include her…… read more »
Sammy Travis Fields
December 15, 2023, 36, Faison — Sammy Travis Fields, 36, a resident of the Faison area, passed away Friday, December 15, 2023, at his home. Travis graduated from Hobbton High School and he was employed with Mount Olive Housing Authority as a maintenance technician. He leaves behind his wife, Michelle M. Fields; his daughter, Adah…… read more »
H. Nelson Waters
December 18, 2023, 79, Mount Olive — Nelson Waters, loving husband, daddy, grandpa, pepa and great-grandpepa, passed away on December 18, 2023, leaving a hole in the hearts of his family and community. Nelson was born on February 4, 1944, as the third of four siblings and was the only of his siblings to be…… read more »
Rev. Blanche Elizabeth Sasser Pollard
December 15, 2023, 93, Mount Olive — The Rev. Blanche Elizabeth Sasser Pollard passed away peacefully on Friday, December 15, 2023. Blanche, known to many as “Aunt Blanche,” was born in Mount Olive, NC on March 24, 1930, to Reverend Richard Joseph and Sally Lewis Sasser. She was the third of five children, an older…… read more »
Barry Michael Giddings
December 14, 2023, 79, Mount Olive — Barry Michael Giddings, 79, died December 14, 2023, at Genesis Mt. Olive Center, where he had lived for a number of years. Barry was a remarkable man. Born with cerebral palsy, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in physics from East Carolina University. Despite…… read more »
Terry Lewis Price
December 13, 2023, 68, Dudley – Terry Lewis Price, 68, of the Dudley community died early Wednesday morning at Wayne UNC Hospital, Goldsboro. Terry is survived by his wife of the home; Wendy Tucker Price; stepchildren, Felecia Cooper and husband Dennis of Charlotte, Jesse Moore of Albertson, and Brian Moore of Greenville; a brother, Brent…… read more »
Martha Gardner Parker
December 10, 2023, 83, Calypso — Ms. Martha Gardner Parker, life lifelong resident of the Faison/Calypso/Mount Olive areas, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Wayne UNC Healthcare. She was 83. Ms. Parker had been a food service worker for most of her life with employment at the Piggly Wiggly in Faison, and more recently…… read more »
Reverend Shelton Dean Whitman
December 10, 2023, 65, Mount Olive — The Reverend Shelton Dean Whitman, at the age of 65, was called home to Heaven on Sunday afternoon, December 10, 2023. Born June 6, 1958, in Wayne County to local parents, he grew up at stations around the world as his father served in the Army. On Easter…… read more »
