Roland Albert Dodson, Iii
August 14, 2022
Beloved husband and father, Roland Albert Dodson III (affectionately known as “Bert”), passed peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday August 14 th aged 54. A lifelong resident of Garner, Bert graduated from Garner High School in 1985, then attended Appalachian State University on a pole vaulting scholarship where he earned his degree in Industrial Engineering. Bert founded and managed...
Milton Durant Williams
August 12, 2022
ANGIER – Milton Durant Williams born December 16, 1930 to the late Earl D. Williams and Minnie Grace Stephenson Williams. Veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the United States Airforce for four years, returning home to Angier he married his sweetheart Mary Morgan Williams. Milton was a skilled carpenter building many homes in the Angier, Cary, and Raleigh...
Barry R. Gregory
August 10, 2022
ANGIER – Barry Reid Gregory, 68, passed away Wednesday at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Born in Wake County, he was the son of the late Lemuel Carr Gregory and Ruth Summerlin Gregory. Barry graduated from North Carolina State University in 1976. He worked as a safety risk officer for USF&G and Bitco. Barry was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting,...
Anne Strickland
August 10, 2022
Anne lay down on her earthly bed to nap and woke up in God’s arms on Wednesday, August 10th. We are blessed she did not suffer or linger but ran joyously into the arms of Jesus. Born in Richmond County, NC to a farming family, she was the fifteenth of sixteen children of Thomas and Lola Staton. In addition...
Randall Gilmore Johnson
August 10, 2022
GARNER – Randall Gilmore Johnson, 82, passed away Wednesday. A native of Nash County, he was the son of the late Gilmore and Mary Chappell Johnson. Randall was the recipient of the Moorhead Scholarship and attended UNC Chapel Hill before life called him away to the Army. After his proud service to our country, he returned and earned his...
Elizabeth Cottengim
August 9, 2022
Elizabeth R. Cottengim passed away peacefully in Garner NC on August 9, at the age of 99. She was born in Berea, Kentucky on April 20, 1923, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Rice. She grew up in Winchester, Kentucky and raised her family there. She moved to Garner, NC in 1985, where she enjoyed being close to family,...
Floyd E. Bailey
August 9, 2022
RALEIGH – Floyd E. Bailey, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Wake County on July 31, 1930, the son of the late Betty E. Bailey. Floyd honorably served his country in the U.S. Coast Guard, and spent much of his service stationed at the Academy in New...
Terry Milton Moss
August 9, 2022
RALEIGH – Terry M. Moss, 70, passed away on Tuesday. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 10:45 AM prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Clayton. In addition to his parents, Ralph...
David Kevin Lawrence
August 7, 2022
ROCKY MOUNT - David Kevin Lawrence, age 75, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the VA Medical Center in Durham. He was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on June 24, 1947, the son of the late Freeman and Florence Crocker Lawrence. After graduating from high school, Dave honorably served his country during the Vietnam War in the U.S. Air...
Roger L. "Jerry" Mclean
August 7, 2022
RALEIGH – Roger L. “Jerry” McLean passed away August 7, 2022, at age 79. Jerry, as he was known, was born in Raleigh on May 18, 1943, in Mary Elizabeth hospital to Elizabeth Murray McLean and Bernice L. McLean. He grew up in Fuquay Springs as it was called at that time. He married Brenda Williams who he called...
Jayne Gosnell Helm
August 7, 2022
RALEIGH – Jayne Gosnell Helm, 80, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. She was born in Newark, NJ on February 3, 1942, the daughter of the late Jay Steele Gosnell and Gladys Lumley Gosnell. Jayne grew up in Livingston, NJ, and is described in her yearbook as “tall, neat and sweet--just the girl you want to meet”. Jayne earned...
Warner Baxter Powell
August 7, 2022
Warner Baxter Powell, 89 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 7, 2022. A native of Nash County, he was the son of the late William Sydney Powell and Ora Carter Powell. A funeral service will be held Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 11:00 am at Aversboro Road Baptist Church in Garner. There will be a...
Wesley Oliver Barber
August 6, 2022
PINE LEVEL - Wesley Oliver Barber, 86, passed away unexpectedly, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. A native of Johnston County, Wesley was born May 31, 1936, to the late Hallie and Sudi Barber. He retired from Coca-Cola after 29 years, and then pursued another career with William Peace University, as a Security Guard, with a retirement after 20 years....
James Roderick Hiseler
August 6, 2022
James R. Hiseler, 79, went home to be with the Lord August 6, 2022. Beloved husband of 42 years, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. In the hymn, Blessed Assurance, Fanny Crosby wrote: "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine; Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His spirit, washed in His blood....
Margaret Allen Durfey Timberlake
August 5, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, VA - Margaret Allen Durfey Timberlake, 102 years old, of Alexandria, VA, and formerly of Raleigh, NC, died peacefully on August 5, 2022, at The Fairfax at Belvoir Woods in Ft. Belvoir, VA. She was born in Raleigh, NC, on December 7, 1919, to Cary Kennedy Durfey and Margaret Allen Durfey—the third of five daughters. Margaret (Bet) was...
Philip Carl Cosentino
August 5, 2022
KNIGHTDALE – Philip Carl Cosentino, 43, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Philip is survived by his wife, Beth (Fraher) Cosentino; children, Patrick (age 4) and Dorothy (age 2) Cosentino; mother, Lucyann Lester; father, Carl Patrick Cosentino and wife, Deborah Ann Cosentino; sister, Theresa Felde and husband, Steven; brothers-by-marriage,...
Virginia "Diane" Church
August 4, 2022
SPRING LAKE – Virginia “Diane” Bowling Church, 68, passed away at her home on Thursday, August 4th. Born in Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Coy Thomas Bowling and Violet Nordan Bowling. A memorial service will be held on Sunday August 14th at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Diane is survived...
Lisa Gay Midyett Kuhn
August 3, 2022
Lisa Gay Midyett Kuhn, 56, passed away unexpectedly, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. A native of Okaloosa County, FL, Lisa was born May 27, 1966, to Wenonah Watts Midyett and the late Charles Lane Midyett. Lisa was born on Eglin Air Force Base, before her father was transferred to upstate New York, where she considered Endicott, New York her...
Brenda Finch Mangum
August 3, 2022
WILLOW SPRING – Brenda Finch Mangum, 73, passed away at her home Wednesday morning. Born in Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Glen Finch and Doris Parrish Finch. Brenda is survived by her husband of 33 years, William “Earl” Mangum; her beloved chihuahua, Sissy; daughter, Carmen Creech (Jason) of Pine Level; sons, Tony Mangum (Jennifer)...
Samuel Furiness, Jr.
August 3, 2022
CARY - Samuel Furiness Jr. of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the age of 89. Sam was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather who always put his family first. He will be dearly missed. Sam was born on June 9, 1933, to Mary (Mihalak) and Samuel Furiness. He grew up in Hillside,...
