All Obituaries

Mr. Eddie Roy Brown, 91, of Grifton, NC, departed this earthly life on Friday, February 16, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Please see the service times of Mr. Brown's celebration of life service, with military honors,  below.  Elder Claude Willie, Presiding - Associate Pastor Dennis Turnage - Eulogist Please keep his wife Marjorie, daughter Dorise, and the entire Brown family in your prayers as they prepare for the celebration of life service of their...

Mr. LeRoy Franklin McDowell, 74, of Elm City, NC, departed this life on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Wilson Medical Center, Wilson, NC, surrounded by his loving family. Please keep his wife Barbara, sons LeRoy and Derrick, grands, Mother Mary, and the entire McDowell family in your prayers, as they prepare for the celebration of life memorial service of their dearly beloved husband, father, grandfather, and son - LeRoy.  "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal". ...

Rolando Antonio Rosado Acosta, 72, of  Mount Olive, NC, departed this life on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Please keep the family in your prayers as they prepare for the celebration of life service of their dearly beloved.

Mrs. Nina Hara Parker Johnson, 62, of Dudley, NC, departed this life on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at Signature Healthcare Center, Kinston, NC. Please keep the Parker and Johnson families in your prayers as they prepare for the celebration of life service of their beloved "Nise". *SEE SERVICE TIMES BELOW*

Mrs. Phyllis DeGraffenreidt Watson, 75, of Chapel Hill, NC, departed this life on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC.  Please keep the family in your prayers as they prepare for the celebration of life graveside service of their dearly beloved Phyllis. Pastor Robert Bland, Officiating/Eulogist.  "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal". *SEE SERVICE TIMES BELOW*

Mr. Matthew “Clay” Sauls, 41, of Grifton, NC, peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, surrounded by his family and friends at home after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his mom, Pam Sauls; maternal grandmother, Grace Fulford; maternal grandfather, Gene Fulford, and his paternal grandfather, Howard Sauls. He is survived by his wife, Andrea Sauls; Dad, Jimmy Sauls; paternal grandmother, Juanita Sauls; children, Carolina Sauls, Southie Sauls,...

Essie Mae Wooten, lovingly known to her family and friends as “Marge”, was born October 25, 1943 to the late Elbert Wooten, Sr. and Janie Lewis Wooten in the Best Station Community. She departed this earthly life on Monday, November 27, 2023.  She was preceded in death by five siblings:  Kirby Wooten, Reginald Wooten, Odessa Wooten, Cleo Warren, and Elbert Wooten, Jr. Essie was a graduate of Central High School in the Class of 1962.  Shortly after high school, she...

Deacon Roland Anthony Taylor, 82, of La Grange, NC, peacefully departed this life on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro, NC.  Bishop J.E. Reddick, Pastor.  Elder T.S. Ham, Eulogist. Roland was born on June 2, 1941 to the late Paul and Martha Holloway Taylor in Wayne County.  He was preceded in death by his parents and his only two sisters and their husbands, Pauline Taylor Lofton (Charles Lofton Sr.) and Gloria Taylor Burden (William Burden...

Mr. Booker Talton McLean, 85, of Goldsboro, NC, departed this earthly life on Friday, October 13, 2023 at Willow Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Goldsboro, NC. Booker T. was the third child born to the late Howard, Sr. and Esther McLean, on March 1, 1938 in Wayne County, NC.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia.    Booker T. was reared in Goldsboro and graduated from the historic Dillard High School in the Class of 1957.  He worked at...

Mr. William Bryan West, 78, of Kinston, NC, departed this life on Monday, October 10, 2023, surrounded by his loving family at home. Please keep the West family in your prayers as they prepare for the celebration of life service of their beloved Mr. West.