Charles Wayne Garris, 79 of Wilson passed away Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Stantonsburg, 313 S Main Street, Stantonsburg. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. Rev. John Huckaby will officiate.

The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 - 8 p.m. at Joyner's Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson, and other times at the home.

Wayne is survived by his son, Charles "Chip" Wayne Garris, Jr. and wife, Robin of Wilson; grandchildren, Turner Garris, Mary Lynn Garris; his dearest friend, Martha Lou Murphy; sisters, Pat Gardner of Wilson and Claudia Matthews and husband, Mickey of Wilmington; brother, Donnie Garris of Wilson, and his fur baby, Bella.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie Driver Garris.

Flowers are welcome or please consider memorials in Wayne's memory to First Baptist Church of Stantonsburg, PO Box 57, Stantonsburg, North Carolina 27883 or American Cancer Society, 930 Wellness, Greenville, North Carolina 27834.

Condolences directed to Joyner's Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.