Obituaries

Jan 12, 2015

Mr. Clarkston Wardell Thomas 93 of 508 Spaulding St. Fayetteville, NC died Monday, January 12, 2015 at his residence.

Mr. Thomas was Army veteran. He was preceeded in death by his wife Kathleen Treadwell Thomas.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 17, 2015 at St. Stephens AME Zion Church, Garland, NC....

Jan 11, 2015

Mrs. Erma Smith Dowless 81 of 1253 NC Hwy. 210 East Harrells, NC died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the Brian Center in Wallace, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Beards Chapel Baptist Church, by the Reverend Barry Helms Burial will follow in the Smith Cemetery.

Mrs....

Jan 4, 2015

Mr. James C. “Shotgun" Smith Sr., 76 of Garland, died Sunday, January 04, 2015 at First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst, NC.

Mr. Smith was born April 03, 1938 in Sampson Co., the son of the late James Monroe Smith and Fannie Robinson Smith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Blackburn, a brother Donald...

Jan 4, 2015

Mrs. Emma Pearl Barnes Moore 83 of 365 Floyd Lane, died Sunday, January 04, 2014 at Mary Gran Nursing Center in Clinton, NC.

Mrs. Moore was born April 18, 1931 to the late William McKinley Barnes and Lela Pearl Barnes. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Connie Moore and a brother Paul Barnes.

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Dec 30, 2014

Mrs. Ira Owens Webb 87 of 381 Lakewood School Rd. Salemburg, NC, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC

Mrs. Webb was preceded in death by her husband Willie Webb.

. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, January 04, 2015 at Carter Funeral Home by the...

Dec 19, 2014

Ms. Nellie Ann Noble 120 Odham Ave., died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC.

Ms. Noble was the daughter of the late William Harry Strickland and Rita Carey Strickland. She was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Strickland.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, December...

Dec 19, 2014

Mrs. Gail Robinson Jenkins 67 of 711 Wildcat Rd, died Friday, December 19, 2014 at her residence.

Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Keathern Baptist Church, by the Reverend Elwood McPhail. Burial will follow in the Robinson Family Cemetery in Harrells, NC.

Mrs. Jenkins is survived by her...

Dec 18, 2014

Mr. Thomas Owens Jr, 69 of 1144 John Owen Rd., died Thursday, December 18, 2014 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 21.2014 at Richardson Chapel Holy Bible Church of God in White Oak, NC, by Pastor Mable Yarboro. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mr. Owens is...

Dec 11, 2014

Mr. Charles Elbert “CJ” SasserJr. 32 of 615 Motor Rd. Winston-Salem, formerly of Elizabethtown, NC died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, in Winston-Salem, NC.

Mr. Sasser was preceded in death by his father Charles Elbert Sasser, Sr., Grandmothers, Mary Lou Sasser,and Janice Gibson.

Funeral service will be held at11:00 AM Monday,...

Nov 30, 2014

Mrs. Debbie Sue Evans, 52 of 554 Walter K Evans Rd., Harrells NC died, Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Bladen Co. Hospital in Elizabethtown, NC.

Mrs. Evans was born September 02, 1962 in Sampson Co,., the daughter of the late Donnie Lee Mote.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M. Tuesday, December 02, 2014 at...

Nov 28, 2014

Mrs. Lolita Bordeaux Long 93 of 3976 NC Hwy 210 East Harrells, NC died Friday,November 28, 2014 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center in Elizabethtown, NC.

Mrs. Long was born June 02, 1921 in Bladen Co., the daughter of the late Gaddie Bordeaux and Beulah Blackburn Bordeaux. She was preceded in death by her husband, Abel Long, a daughter...

Nov 20, 2014

Mrs. Carrie Mae Murphy 100 of 538 Old Cotton Gin Rd. Roseboro, NC, formerly of the Garland Community, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at home in the Midway Community.

She was born May 5, 1914 in Lower Sampson County to the late Bertha Council Bratton.She was raised by her grandparents, the late Zeb and Martha Cromartie Council....

Nov 18, 2014

Mr. Willie James Smith 80 of 15919 NC Hwy. 701 North, Garland, died Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville, NC.

Mr. Smith was born April 09, 1934 in Allegheny Co., in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of the late Marcella Smith and Sarah Henry Smith. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his first...

Nov 7, 2014

Mr. Lendo Melvin 70 of 1471 Johnsontown Rd., died Friday, November 07, 2014 at his residence. .

He was born on December 9, 1943, to the late Vann Leon and Mary Alice Melvin of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. At an early age he was saved and baptized at Mt.Sinia Baptist Church, in Bladen County....

Nov 6, 2014

Cassell DeVane was born February 29, 1940 in Ivanhoe, NC to the late Willie Council DeVane and Mary Florence Corbett DeVane.

He married Bessie Gennell Hayes. They decided to make Roseboro, NC their home in January 2009.

A graveside service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 12,2014 at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery,...

Nov 3, 2014

Mary Catherine (Kitty) Allen Barnes of Raleigh, formerly of Goldsboro and White Lake, died on Monday, November 03, 2014 in Raleigh, NorthCarolina.She was born July 12, 1938 to Roy B. Allen and wife Catherine C. Allen of Lenox, Ga. Kitty is a graduate of Shorter College in Rome, Ga and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nov 2, 2014

Mrs. Juanita Moore Blake 75 of 52 North Hines Acres Rocky Point, NC, died Sunday, November 02, 2014 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center, in Wilmington, NC.

A Graveside Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday,November 04, 2014 at Cypress Creek Baptist Church Cemetery 1321 Old Fayetteville Rd.,Garland, NC., by the Reverend Randall Smith.

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Oct 28, 2014

Mrs. Virginia Edge Smith 63 of 2363 NC Hwy. 210 West, Garland, NC, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at Bladen Co. Hospital in Elizabethtown, NC.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday,October 31, 2014 at Friendship Baptist Church in Garland, by Reverend Jonathan Mills, Reverend Gary McMillan.Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

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Oct 26, 2014

Thomas Mark Evans, 75, of 201 Spring Lake Loop, widower of Ann Flynn Evans, died October 26, 2014 at McCall Hospice House.

A native of Garland, N.C., son of the late Thomas Beatty and Pearl Johnson Evans, he was the owner/operator of T and T Machine Shop and a member of Burnsview Baptist Church. Surviving are one...

Oct 24, 2014

Mrs. Glenda Faye Kaufmann 48 of 2214 Sivertson Rd. Autryville, NC died Friday, October 24, 2014 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville.

Memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday,November 01, 2014 at the Herring Family Cemetery,at the corner of Hollow Bridge Rd and Mink Rd., Autryville, NC.

Mrs. Kaufmann is survived...