June 20, 2025, 72, Goldsboro — Carl Odom passed away peacefully at Helping Hands Assisted Living Center in Goldsboro Friday night, June 20, 2025. Carl was the son of the late Lorenzo Carl (Shag) Odom and Gracie Eudell Strickland Odom. He had been a long time resident of Calypso, and in recent years, the Mount…… read more »
June 19, 2025, 78, Goldsboro — Edna Garris Stancil, 78, Seven Springs area resident, passed away in the early evening Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Wayne UNC Healthcare. Ms. Stancil had been employed as an income maintenance social worker, first with Wayne County Department of Social Services for a short while, followed by Lenoir County…… read more »
June 17, 2025, 85, Goldsboro — Kenneth R. Wiggins, 85 of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, passed away June 17, 2025 while being cared for at Harbison Shores Memory Care in Columbia, South Carolina. Kenneth was born in Elizabeth, NJ on February 20th, 1940. He worked at Elizabeth Iron Works and D&D Auto body before moving…… read more »
June 15, 2025, 85, Goldsboro — Kenneth Ray Strickland, known to many as Coot Strickland, went to be with the Lord soon after the noon hour on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Mr. Strickland, 85, was a long-time resident of the Mount Olive area. He was a member of Jones Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church. He had…… read more »
June 14, 2025, 71, Goldsboro — Deborah Jean “Debbie”Jones Singleton, 71, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, June 14, 2025. She is survived by her devoted husband of 50 years, Bobby Ray Singleton of the home; her daughter, Kelly Singleton of Mount Olive; and her twin sons, Bobby Ray “B.J.” Singleton and wife Tammy,…… read more »
June 12, 2025, 62, Goldsboro — Sherri Lynn Faulk Martin, 62, resident of Newport, NC passed away unexpectedly Thursday evening, June 12, 2025, at her home. Her passing came just ten days after her beloved mother passed. Sherri was a native of the Mount Olive area, and was a member of the 1981 graduating class…… read more »
June 6, 2025, 90, Goldsboro — James Walter Creel, known to most as Jimmy Creel, resident of the Dudley area, passed away Friday afternoon, June 6, 2025, at Wayne UNC Healthcare. He was 90. Mr. Creel will be best remembered as having operated Goldsboro’s Snack and Cue, a local, legendary pool room. He was retired…… read more »
June 5, 2025, 90, Goldsboro — Rex T. Hatch, at the age of 90, passed away early evening, Thursday, June 5, 2025, on Hatch’s Hill, the place he loved and called home. Mr. Hatch was a graduate of North Carolina State University, and he had served in the United States Army. Mr. Hatch was not…… read more »
June 2, 2025, 84, Goldsboro — Early Monday morning, June 2, 2025, Nellie Lou Thigpen Faulk passed away at the age of 84. She had been a long time employee of Mt. Olive Pickle Company as a keypunch operator in the accounting department, and until recently, she was employed at the Mount Olive Wal-Mart. Lou…… read more »
June 1, 2025, 79, Goldsboro — Sarah Tempie Deaver Underhill, at the age of 79, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 1, 2025, at the home of her daughter, Barbara, in LaGrange, with whom she made her home. Tempie, as she was mostly called, had been a devout mother to her children. She leaves behind three…… read more »
