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Ken Autry Raynor
May 16, 2021
Dunn, NC: Mr. Ken Autry Raynor, age 83, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at UNC Johnston Health in Clayton. Graveside Services will be 1:00PM-Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Barbour's Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery in Four Oaks. Pastor Eddie White will officiate.
Mr. Raynor was born on May 28, 1937 in Johnston County to the late Roy Major...
Douglas McLean Bowden
May 16, 2021
Mr. Douglas McLean Bowden, 66, of Angier, NC passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from a fatal car accident on Old Fairground Road in Angier, NC.
A native of Washington, DC, Mr. Bowden, born January 11, 1955, was the son of the late parents, William and Barbara Hayes Bowden. He was a graduate of Eastern Wayne High School in...
Benny Haskel Dobbs, Jr. CSM (Ret.) US Army
May 13, 2021
Benny Haskel Dobbs Jr., CSM (Ret.) US Army, passed away near his residence on Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Benson, NC. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 4:00PM-Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Johnson Memorial Church, 8280 NC Hwy 50 N. Angier, NC. Pastor Brandon Teachey will officiate. Burial will follow in Elk Spring Cemetery in Monticello, Kentucky at...
Betty Jean Norris
May 12, 2021
Coats, NC: Miss. Betty Jean Norris, 62, of Oak Dale Street, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn. Funeral Services will be 3:00-PM-Friday, May 14, 2021 at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats. Rev. Steve Southers will officiate. Interment will follow in Harnett Devotional Garden in Dunn.
Miss. Norris was born...
Fred Thompson Raynor
May 12, 2021
Benson, NC: Mr. Fred Thompson Raynor, age 83, of Woodall Dairy Road passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Graveside Funeral Services will be held 2:00PM-Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Banner Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites and Military Honors. Rev. Marshall Stewart will officiate. Mr. Raynor was born on June...
Wilma Inez Hawley
May 9, 2021
Wilma Inez Hawley, age 92, passed away on Mother's Day Sunday May 9, 2021. A visitation will be from 1:00-2:00pm on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats, NC. Followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 2:00 pm in the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats, NC. Burial will follow in the...
Johnny Mac Parker
May 6, 2021
Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Johnny Mac Parker, age 62, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Barbour Court Nursing and Rehab in Smithfield. Graveside Funeral Services will be held 11:00AM, Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the Leon E. Parker Family Cemetery, Four Oaks, NC. Elder Tony Parker will officiate. Mr. Parker was born on August 9, 1958 in Johnston...
Joseph Alexander Gregory, Sr.
May 6, 2021
Angier, NC: Mr. Joseph Alexander Gregory, Sr., age 76, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh. Funeral Services will be 3:00 PM -Sunday, May 9, 2021 at Coats Baptist Church in Coats. Revs. Turner Matthews and Jimmy Newkirk will officiate. Burial will follow in the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Angier.
Mr. Gregory was...
Durwood "Derby" Lee Dowdy
May 4, 2021
Erwin, NC: Mr. Durwood “Derby” Lee Dowdy, age 68, of East I Street, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be 3:00PM-Friday, May 7, 2021 at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Four Oaks. Dr. Elvin Butts and Rev. Keith Rivenbark will officiate. Burial will follow in...
Michael Troy Jackson
May 2, 2021
Durham, NC: Mr. Michael Jackson, 64, of 5901 Wilkins Drive, lot number 17, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021at his residence. A Memorial Service will be held June 12, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at Kipling United Methodist Church in Kipling, NC. Officiating will be Rev. Melinda Ivey.
Mr. Jackson was born in Wake County on March 11, 1957 to...
Daisy Maude Stephenson Faircloth
May 2, 2021
Coats, NC: Mrs. Daisy Maude Faircloth, age 95, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehab Center in Benson. A Graveside Service will be 11:00 AM -Friday, May 7, 2021 at Coats City Cemetery in Coats. Revs. David Denton and Doug Howard will officiate.
Mrs. Faircloth was born on September 26, 1925 in Harnett...
Ronnie Wayne Caudle
Apr 29, 2021
Benson, NC: Mr. Ronnie Wayne Caudle, age 69, of Mingo Road, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM-Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Rev. Cameron Cloud will officiate. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Benson.
Mr. Caudle was born on July...
Debra Elizabeth Barbour Byrd
Apr 29, 2021
Mrs. Debra Elizabeth Barbour Byrd, age 67, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Graveside Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Hills of The Neuse Memory Gardens, Smithfield, NC. Dr. Billy Cashwell will officiate.
Mrs. Byrd was born on September 27, 1953 in Johnston County to the late Roosevelt and Dorothy Christine Smith Barbour. She was...
Lena Barbour Langdon
Apr 28, 2021
Angier, NC: Mrs. Lena Barbour Langdon, age 83, of NC Hwy 50 North, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at UNC Johnston Health Hospital in Clayton. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM-Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Benson Baptist Church in Benson. Dr. Lawrence Powers will officiate. Burial will follow in Fellowship Community Cemetery in Angier.
Mrs. Langdon was born on...
Mitchell Ray McLamb
Apr 28, 2021
Mr. Mitchell Ray McLamb, age 39, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Graveside Funeral Services will be 3:00PM, Monday, May 3, 2021 at the McLamb-Tart Cemetery in Benson, NC. Revs. Chris Brown and Randy Beasley will officiate.
Mitchell was born on August 6, 1981 in Sampson County. He was preceded in death by his father, Terry Ray McLamb, and his...
Jonathan Robert Nicholson Snyder
Apr 28, 2021
Mr. Jonathan Robert Nicholson Snyder, age 41, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Graveside Memorial Services will be held 4:00PM Thursday, May 6, 2021 at the Hills of Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield, NC. Rev. Rogers will officiate. Jonathan was born in Johnston County on September 30, 1979 and was loved by his family. Jonathan was known by his...
Reverend R. Blair Little
Apr 27, 2021
Reverend R. Blair Little was born on July 19, 1932, to the late Vann and Daisy Little in Union County, NC. On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, surrounded by family, Rev. Little entered his heavenly home, joining his wife of 64 years, Rachel Cloer Little. Graveside Funeral Services will be 11:00AM Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Alexis Baptist Church, 118 Alexis...
Kenneth Dale Beasley
Apr 26, 2021
Mr. Kenneth Dale Beasley, age 38, of Hobbson Road died on April 26, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00AM, Monday, May 3, 2021 at The Gospel Tabernacle in Dunn, NC. Officiating will be Rev. Randy Hill.
Mr. Beasley was born on March 18, 1983 in Johnston County to Kenneth and Susan Raynor Beasley. He was preceded in death...
Doris Ruth Phillips Eudy
Apr 25, 2021
Doris Phillips Eudy passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Meadowview Assisted Living in Smithfield, where she had resided since 2012. Graveside Services will be 11:00AM-Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield, NC. The family will receive friends following the graveside service. Rev. Percy Hartley will officiate.
A Johnston County native, she previously...
Clarence "Junior" Stanley, Jr.
Apr 25, 2021
Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Clarence Stanley Jr,” Junior”, age 76, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at UNC Johnston Health Center in Smithfield. Funeral Services will be held 3:00PM, Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks, NC. Rev. Jesse Brock will officiate. Burial will follow in the Burnell Baptist Church Cemetery, Four Oaks,...
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