Obituaries
Carolyn Louise Hales
January 18, 2022WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Carolyn Louise Hales, age 84, died Thursday, January 13, 2022. Service arrange...
Terry Joe Grissom
January 17, 2022SMITHFIELD, N.C. — Terry Joe Grissom, age 59, died Sunday, January 16, 2022. Service arrangements ar...
Katharine Lynn Busch
January 17, 2022FOUR OAKS, N.C. — Katharine Lynn Busch, age 59, died Saturday, January 15, 2022. Service arrangement...
Elsie Langston Crawford
January 11, 2022MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Elsie Langston Crawford, age 84, died Sunday, January 9, 2022. Service arrange...
Georgia Langley
January 7, 2022PRINCETON, N.C. — Georgia Langley, age 102, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Service arrangements ar...
Billy Ray Sullivan
January 5, 2022Middlesex, N.C. — Billy Ray Sullivan, 75, passed away at his home on January 4, 2022 surrounded by h...
Deborah Gail Evans
January 4, 2022LUCAMA, N.C. — Deborah Gail Evans, age 63, died Friday, December 31, 2021. Service arrangements are ...
Noble Gentry Strickland
January 4, 2022SMITHFIELD, N.C. — Noble Gentry Strickland, age 22, died Sunday, January 2, 2022. Service arrangemen...
Kathryn Shaw
December 30, 2021Glenarden, Md. — Kathryn Shaw, 43 of Glenarden, MD, passed away on December 26, 2021.The funeral se...
Katie Hawley White
December 27, 2021LUCAMA, N.C. — Katie Hawley White, age 96, died Saturday, December 25, 2021. Service arrangements ar...
Charles Lynwood Johnson
December 27, 2021MIDDLESEX, N.C. — Charles Lynwood Johnson, age 74, died Thursday, December 23, 2021. Service arrange...
Robert Hocutt
December 23, 2021MIDDLESEX, N.C. — Robert Hocutt, age 89, died Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Service arrangements are...
Judy Yelverton Pennington
December 21, 2021KENLY, N.C. — Judy Yelverton Pennington, age 76, died Monday, December 20, 2021. Service arrangement...
Dwight Wade Sorrells
December 17, 2021Pine Level, N.C. — Dwight Wade Sorrells, age 70, of Pine Level, NC passed away peacefully and went t...
John Randolph Gelina
December 9, 2021PIKEVILLE, N.C. — John Randolph Gelina, age 78, died Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Service arrangemen...
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