Obituaries

Dec 9, 2015

Mr. William “WT” Davis 88 of 1561 Davis Rd. Garland, NC died Wednesday, December 09, 2015 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 1:00P.M. Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Friendship Baptist Church, by the Reverend Gary McMillian and Reverend Odell Peterson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mr. Davis is survived by...

Dec 4, 2015

Susie Smith Evans 78 of 2027 George Long Rd. Harrells, died Friday, December 04, 2015 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center in Elizabethtown, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 06, 2015 at Riverside Baptist Church 5043 NC Hwy. 210 East, Harrells, NC by the Reverend Tim Evans and Reverend Scott Conner. Burial will follow...

Nov 25, 2015

Mrs. Pansy Norris Autry 65 of 14615 US Hwy. 701 North, Garland, died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at her residence.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Beards Chapel Baptist Church by the Reverend Barry Helms and Reverend Gene Smith. Burial will follow in the Smith Cemetery.

Mrs. Autry...

Nov 25, 2015

Mrs. Iris Barnhill Cain of 1865 Helltown Rd. Garland, died Wednesday November 25, 2015 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC.

Mrs. Cain was preceded in death by her husband, Empie Cain and two sisters, Myrtle Byod, Virginia Barnhill

Funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M. Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Carter Funeral Home...

Nov 23, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth 'Betty" Moore McPhail 87 of 6511 Tomahawk Hwy. Harrells, NC, died Monday, November 23, 2015 at her residence.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 27, 2015 at Centenary United Methodist Church 401 Tomahawk Hwy., Harrells, by the Reverend Erin Smith. Burial will follow in the Garland Cemetery.

Mrs. McPhail...

Nov 23, 2015

Mr. Joseph Henry Douglas Jr., 87 of 26 Womack Way, formerly of Fayetteville, NC died Monday, November 23, 2015 at Bladen Co. Hospital in Elizabethtown, NC.

Mr. Douglas was preceded in death by his wife, Juanita Perkins Douglas, one brother and four sisters.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 25, 2015...

Nov 22, 2015

Mr.. Henson Perrymoore Barnes of Raleigh, formerly of Goldsboro and White Lake, died on November 22, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was born November 18, 1934 to Lalon L. Barnes, Sr. and Mable Cumbee Barnes of Bladen County, NC. Barnes is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Juris Doctor...

Nov 20, 2015

Mrs. Carol Smith Laymance 78 of 100 Paradise Circle, formerly of Garland died Friday, November 20, 2015 at Novant Health Hospital in Haymarket, Va.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at the Smith Cemetery 871 Mote Rd., Harrells, NC.

Mrs. Lamance is survived by two daughters, Bernice Hartless...

Nov 10, 2015

Robert Lee Rich, Sr. of Garland, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at home with his family members at his bedside. He was born December 18, 1925 in Sampson County to the late Lewis Henry Rich and Sarah Elizabeth Merritt Rich and was preceded in death by his three brothers and five sisters. Graduating from Garland High School in...

Nov 8, 2015

Reverend Ray Wilkins 60 of 4189 NC Hwy. 210 East, died Sunday, November 08, 2015 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Cypress Creek Baptist Church, by the Reverend Richard Smith, Reverend Scott Connor, and Reverend Mack Roberts. Burial will follow in Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lumberton.

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Oct 25, 2015

Mr. Garfield Cromartie 99 of 340 Brooklyn Ave., died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at his residence.

Mr. Cromartie was born July 22, 1916 in Sampson Co., the son of the late Callie DeVane Cromartie and Paul Cromartie. Mr. Garfield was a farmer and worked for over 40 years with Clear Run Farms in Harrells and was known...

Oct 23, 2015

Mrs. Eula Shaw Ferrell 92 of 3474 Harrells Hwy., died Friday, October 23, 2015 at Southwood Nursing Center in Clinton, NC.

Funeral service will be held at noon, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Murphy Chapel AME Zion Church, 171 C. Beatty Rd. Harrells. Burial will follow in the Garland Community Cemetery.

The public will be...

Oct 21, 2015

Mr. Justin "Bud" Wright, 28, of 1100 Fallen Log Court, Raleigh, NC, formerly of Ivanhoe, NC, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Snow Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 51 McKoy Loop Rd., Ivanhoe, NC. Burial will follow...

Oct 21, 2015

Mr. Bennie Townsend 81 of 89 Townsend Rd. Garland, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Carter Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Owens cemetery.

Mr. Townsend is survived by his wife, Geneva Townsend, one daughter Retha Graham of Garland,...

Oct 16, 2015

Mr. William Craven Long 79 of 712 West 2nd St., died Friday, October 16, 2015 at Mary Gran Nursing Center in Clinton, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M. Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Garland Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Garland Cemetery.

Mr. Long is survived by his...

Oct 8, 2015

Mr. Donnie Harold Long 79 of 208 Mercer Rd. Elizabethtown, NC died Thursday, October 08, 2015 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center in Elizabethtown, NC.

Mr. Long was born May 20, 1936 in Bladen Co., the son of the late Ira Edward Long and Florence Smith Long. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Homer Long, Wilbert Long,...

Oct 6, 2015

Mr. Grant Powell 93 of 412 McPherson St. Roseboro, died Tuesday, October 06, 2015 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC.

Mr. Powell was born September 10, 1922 in Bladen Co., the son of the late Jason Powell and Lizzie Mae Robinson Powell. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ola Pink Powell, three brothers,...

Sep 25, 2015

Mr. Woody Elwood Tew 54, of 131 Byrd Yancey Bass Rd. Clinton, NC died Friday, September 25, 2015 at his residence.

Mr. Tew was born in Sampson Co, North Carolina the son of the late Elwood Matthews Sr., and Norma June Horrell. Mr. Tew was a salesman with Rutherford Equipment, Inc.

Funeral service will be...

Sep 21, 2015

Deborah "Debbie" Jean Sutton, 55, of Four Oaks, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.

A memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 26, at Stedman Church of God of Prophecy located at 5371 NC Hwy 210 South in Stedman NC.

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Sep 21, 2015

Mr.. Joseph Allen Murphy 66 of 59 Parkway Ave., Garland, NC died Monday, September 21, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at Carter Funeral Home. Burial in the Owens Cemetery.

Mr.. Murphy is survived by his wife, Willie Mae Murphy, four daughters,...