OBITUARIES

Raleigh - Kimberly Denise Williams , 48, passed away Wednesday. Born in Wake County,she is the daughter of Bobby Howell Williams and Genevieve Lucas Williams. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday at Bryan Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. In addition to being survived by her parents, she is survived by three brothers,...

BUIES CREEK - Max Gray Marshburn, 74, passed away on Saturday. He was a veteran of the U S Army and worked with the town of Angier for many years. Graveside service will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at the Kipling United Methodist Church Cemetery on Olive Branch Road, Kipling, NC. Surviving are his wife Mary Lee Marshburn,...

GARNER- Leon Owen Bagwell, 88, Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother passed away Sunday, Veterans Day at his home. The last surviving child of Pearl and Dallie Bagwell, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Millie Bryan, sisters, Myrtle Poole and Margaret Phillips, brothers, Henry, Horace, Carl Lee, Coye, El, Lawrence and Emmett Bagwell. While serving in...

RALEIGH - Ella Moore Phillips Mills, died Wednesday, April 4th. Born in Martin County, she was the daughter of the late Rupert Andrew and Elsie Peel Phillips. She graduated from the University of North Carolina and was a charter member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church.Funeral Services will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at St. Andrews...

January 20, 1924 - May 24, 2012 Willie Everette 'Butch' Bradley, loved and known by many as 'Butch', was the first-born son of Leo Rex and Sallie E. Bradley. He was born January 20, 1924. Having terrorized the back roads of Chalybeate as a child with his side-kick and brother, Carl Bell, he went on to join the Navy...

Ethan Michael Heath was delivered to this world already an angel on Monday, April 7 at 4:36pm. His adoring parents, Shawn and Shannon Heath, greeted him with every ounce of love they had and showered him with snuggles while saying their emotional hello and goodbye. Born without breath, but not without love, Ethan was a blessing to all who...

CARY -Ronald Joseph Howe, 78, passed away after a long illness at his home on Thursday, January 19th. He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., to Lucille Celentino and Joseph Howe. Ronald was Brother Ronald Alexis Howe as an Irish Christian Brother for 25 years and then marriedValerie Marie Wisner. They lovingly spent 25 years together. Ronald became a...

WILLOW SPRING - Betty Langdon Ashworth, 73, passed away on Wednesday. A native of Johnston County, she was the daughter of the late Alton and Lunette Stephenson Langdon.Funeral services will be held Saturday 2:00 PM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel with burial to follow at White Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Surviving: her husband, Wallace Papa Ashworth; daughter, Annette Sellew and...

WILLOW SPRING - Elgia Hayes Fish, 90, passed away Saturday.Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 am at Angier Baptist Church.Burial will follow at Angier Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.She is survived by her sons, Kenneth Fish and wife, Gail of Willow Spring, Larry Fish and wife, Gailya of Willow Spring, J.D. Fish Jr. and wife, Kay of Raleigh,...

Lillington- Kenneth Earl Dupree, 72, passed away on Sunday. Mr. Dupree was a native of Harnett county, and the son of the late David and Ethel Partin Dupree.Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday at Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church in Angier. Burial will follow at Sandy Grove Cemetery.He is survived by his wife, Gail Shearin Dupree;...

Clinton Hamilton Smoke, III died Monday at his home in Raleigh. He is survived by his wife Debby, two lovely daughters, Samantha and Rachel; his sister, Kimberly Smoke Freidman of Roswell, GA.; his brother, Christopher Smoke of Jacksonville, FL.; and his parents, Jean Hill Smoke of Washington, NC and Clinton H. Smoke, Jr., of Asheville, NC. He is also...

WILLOW SPRING- Cozyleen Chisenhall Carroll, 84, passed away on Sunday. A native of Johnston County she was the daughter of the late Buck Lee and Lessie Pollard Chisenhall.Funeral Services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church with burial to follow at Willow Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.Surviving are her daughter, Cathy Carroll Parrish and...

Carol Annette Ball Hiscoe of Raleigh died Wednesday, October 26, after a short illness. This world will now have to make its way sadly along without one of its most loving teachers, fiercely loving parents, imaginative feminists, noble protectors of lost cats, and dearest friends. We all suffer inconsolably from the loss of her. Motivated by what she experienced...

Carley Isom McLeod, 85, passed away on Sunday. He is the son of the late Isom Rosser McLeod and Minnie Messer McLeod.Surviving are his wife of sixty-five years, Agnes Olive McLeod, daughters, Sandra OConnell and husband, Mac of Myrtle Beach, Debra McLeod and husband, Thomas Adkins of Angier, sons, Dwite McLeod of Lillington, Ricky McLeod and wife, Laurie Burch...

Jimmy Pope, 77, passed away on Saturday at Rex Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Sampson County to the late William Taft and Willodene Taylor Pope. He was the parts manager at Thompson Cadillac for 31 years and served in the North Carolina National Guard. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 1 PM,...

WILLOW SPRING - Lola Madge Fann, 92, died Thursday. A native of SampsonCounty, she was the daughter of the late Atlas and Anna Porter Naylor. Funeral Services will be 1:00 pm Saturday at MidwayBaptistChurch. Burial will follow at MontlawnMemorial Park. Survivors include her daughters, Ann Hinton and husband, Douglas and Phyllis Dupree, all of Willow Spring and special daughter,...

Angier - Nicholas Clayton Beacham, 23, passed away on Wednesday. He is survived by his mother, Sandra Fox; father, Mark Beacham and fiancé, Angelea Faye Peterson; grandmother, Cathy Johnson and husband, Bubba Johnson; grandfather Edward Beacham and wife, Martha Beacham; sisters, Brittaney Faye Peterson, Lyndsay Fox; brothers, Ricky Omeno-Cook, Hewson Fox; numerous aunts uncles, and cousins.Funeral services will be...

Raleigh - Pearl Fowler Avery, 88, a long time secretary for the N.C. Department of Mental Health, passed away Monday. Surviving are her sons, Roy B. Avery, Jr. (Paula) of Elon College and David Avery (Eileen) of Spotsylvania, VA; grandchildren, Chris Avery (Jessica) of Manassas Park, VA and Erin Avery of the home; great-grandchildren, Makenzie and Callie Avery; brother,...

BENSON- Nelson Keith Jones, Sr., 68, died Wednesday. Born in Johnston County, he is the son of Annie Ruth Hood Jones and the late Arthur Louis Jones, Sr. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday in the chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from...

RALEIGH- Jimmie E. Wall, 75, of Whitaker Glen Retirement Center, died Tuesday. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Doris Goodwin and Lattie L. Wall. Jimmie was a 1955 graduate of Needham Broughton High School and a 1959 graduate of East Carolina University, member of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity and selected to Whos Who...