All Obituaries

           Four Oaks, NC:  Mrs. Evangeline Johnson Lee, age 88, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 at The Laurels of Forest Glenn Nursing and Rehab in Garner.  Graveside Services will be held 11:00AM-Monday, July 13, 2020 at Blackman’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Four Oaks, NC. Revs. Jerry Hicks and Rodney Wilson will officiate.              Mrs. Lee was born on December 27, 1931 in...

            Smithfield, NC: Ms. Frances Baker Gooch, age 72, passed away on Tuesday July 7, 2020, at UNC Johnston Health in Smithfield. A Graveside Service will be held 12:00 PM - Friday, July 10, 2020 at Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield, NC.  Pastor Eddie White will officiate.              Ms. Gooch was born on September 11, 1947 in Johnston County to the late Elmon and Lorena Pope...

Coats, NC:  Mr. Doyle Ray Barbour, age 88, of 618 Tart Road West died Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest, NC. Funeral Service will be held 11:00AM Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Coats Baptist Church in Coats.  Officiating will be Pastor Neal Thornton and Pastor Jimmy Newkirk. Burial will follow in Coats City Cemetery.             Mr. Barbour was born on June 11, 1932 in Harnett County to the late Randall...

  Benson, NC:  Mr. William Keith Barefoot, age 60, of Raynor Road, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be 11:00AM Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Revs. Michael Bassett, Mike Warren and Scott Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow in Banner Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Benson.             Mr....

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Edna Stevens Collier, age 95, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020 with her loving daughter, Edna Mae Langdon by her side, at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn. Funeral Services will be held 11:00AM Tuesday, July  7, 2020 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Coats.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Jimmy Newkirk.           Mrs. Collier was born on January 31, 1925 in...

DUE TO THE WEATHER, THE SERVICE WILL BE HELD TODAY, 3:00 PM, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 AT ROSE AND GRAHAM FUNERAL CHAPEL IN FOUR OAKS.   Benson, NC: Mrs. Clara Lee Blackmon, age 84, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Laurels of Forest Glenn in Garner.  Graveside Service will be held 3:00 PM, Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at the Johnson Family Cemetery on Holly Grove Road, outside Benson.  Revs. Corky Herring and Doug Abel will...

Benson, NC:  Mr. Kenneth Wayne “Henry” Norris, age 67, of Beasley Road, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Graveside Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Red Hill Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Coats. Rev. Steven Campbell will officiate.             Mr. Norris was born on January 24, 1953 in Harnett County to the late Larkin and...

  Benson, NC:  Mr. Glenn Everette Blackman, age 70, of Meadowbrook Road, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Hood’s Grove Baptist Church, Newton Grove. Revs. Bill West, Clayton Sutton, and Frank Sandy will officiate. Burial will follow in the Blackman Family Cemetery, Meadow.             Mr. Blackman was born on...

              Benson, NC:  Mrs. Pauline Ray Baucom, age, 83, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Magnolia Assisted Living Center in Clinton.  Graveside Service will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, July 3, 2020 at Harnett Devotional Gardens.  Revs. Jerry Stephenson and Tim Cowan, Jr. will officiate.              Mrs. Baucom was born on April 15, 1937 in Wake County to the late Linus...

Benson, NC:  Mrs. Lisa Webb Woodall, age 55, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Johnston Memorial Hospital.              Mrs. Woodall was born in Johnston County on July 17, 1964. She was a loving mother, wife, and homemaker. She also was the owner and operator of Wheels of Dunn Skating Rink in Dunn, NC for many years. Surviving include her husband, Donald Ray Woodall, Sr.; children, Donald Ray Woodall, Jr. of...