Obituaries

Linda J. Whitley
January 22, 2021Sept. 9, 1945 — Jan. 11, 2021 LOUISBURG — Linda Joyner Whitley, 75, died Monday evening at her home....
Mary Charlie Patterson Corpening
January 13, 2021April 11, 1932 — Jan. 7, 2021 CHARLESTON, S.C. — Mary Charlie Patterson Corpening passed away peacef...
Sherrie Jean Young Grooms
January 6, 2021Aug. 30, 1956 — Dec. 27, 2020 Sherrie Jean Young Grooms, 64, passed away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2020...
Charles Fred Middleton
December 29, 2020Charles Fred Middleton, 86, went to his heavenly home on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. A graveside service...

Bruce Lowell Jenkins Jr.
December 16, 2020July 28, 1959 — Dec. 3, 2020 Bruce Lowell Jenkins Jr. passed away on Dec. 3, 2020. He was born to ...
Billie Price Broughton
December 16, 2020Dec. 3, 1937 — Dec. 8, 2020 ZEBULON — Billie Price Broughton, 83, went from the arms of her daughter...

Eugene Edward Dominique
December 10, 2020May 12, 1939 — Nov. 24, 2020 WAKE FOREST — Eugene Edward “Gene” Dominique passed away Tuesday, Nov. ...

Charity Elizabeth Moody Honeycutt
December 3, 2020April 4, 1946 — Nov. 24, 2020 WAKE FOREST — Charity Elizabeth Moody Honeycutt, 74, passed away unexp...

Linda Jean Jones Hunter
December 3, 2020ROLESVILLE — Linda Jean Jones Hunter, 75, passed away, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 at her home. She was b...
Nancy F. Byard
December 3, 2020Oct. 4, 1929 — Nov. 23, 2020 Nancy F. Byard passed away Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at Springmoor Life Ca...
Johnnie O’Neal
November 19, 2020RALEIGH — Johnnie “J.B.” Burton O’Neal, 78, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, 2020. He was born in Wake County, the son of the late Nancy Bailey O’Neal and Johnnie Elmo O’Neal. In …
Joseph Amaru
November 18, 2020WAKE FOREST — Joseph Amaru, 94, loving husband, father and grandfather, died Nov. 8, 2020 at his home following an extended illness. He was the son of Orazio and Angelina L. Amaru, both Italian …
Donald Wayne Allen
November 11, 2020Dec. 16, 1942 — Nov. 6, 2020 KITTRELL — Donald Wayne Allen, 77, passed away peacefully on Nov. 6, 2020, at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh. He was born on Dec. 16, 1942, in Wake County to …
Tempie Ellen Watkins Woodlief
November 12, 2020Dec. 3, 1929 — Nov. 9, 2020 YOUNGSVILLE — Tempie Ellen Watkins Woodlief, 90, was born on Dec. 3, 1929, and joined her husband Leelan on Nov. 9, 2020. Ellen was born in Wake County to Jesse …
Alton Carter Sr.
November 4, 2020May 20, 1946 — Oct. 29, 2020 WAKE FOREST — Alton Parker Carter Sr., 74, lost his fight with cancer on Oct. 29, 2020, surrounded by his family. Alton was born to parents Lewis and Ruth …
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