Obituaries

Mr. Oliver "Ol" Lewis Croom Jr

Mr. Oliver "Ol" Lewis Croom Jr

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. O.L. Croom Jr., 72, of Garland died Tuesday, August 27, 2013. O.L. was a Captain in the US Army and served in Vietnam as a commander of a Special Forces unit. He was awarded 2 Purple Hearts and 4 Bronze stars with V for valor. After retiring from the Army he worked with Hillman Godwin Realty. As a Shriner,...

Mrs. Carolyn Owens Boykin

Mrs. Carolyn Owens Boykin

Aug 26, 2013

Mrs. Carolyn Owens Boykin 62 of 89 Davis Rd. Garland, died Monday, August 26, 2013 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 30, 2013 at Carter Funeral Home by Deacon Leander Owens. Burial will follow in the Owens Cemetery in Garland. Mrs. Boykin is survived by six sisters, Janice Highsmith, Patricia...

Mrs. Tracy Robinson Fennell

Mrs. Tracy Robinson Fennell

Aug 24, 2013

Mrs. Tracy Robinson Fennell of 2195 Harrells Hwy. Garland, died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Carter Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion AME Zion church cemetery, in Delway, NC. Mr. Fennell is survived by her husband,...

Miss. Geraldine Johnson

Miss. Geraldine Johnson

Aug 22, 2013

Miss. Geraldine Johnson 83 of 3660 Lamb Rd. Garland, NC died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Wake Med in Raleigh, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Garland Baptist Church, by the Reverend Jack Melvin. Burial will follow in the Bordeaux-Johnson Cemetery in Garland. Mrs. Johnson is survived by one sister, Sallie G....

Miss Jenna Michelle Johnson

Miss Jenna Michelle Johnson

Aug 19, 2013

Miss. Jenna Michelle Johnson 2 of 1976 Davis Rd. Garland, died Monday, August 19, 2013 at UNC Hospital, in Chapel Hill, NC. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, August 22, 2013 Friendship Baptist Church by the Reverend Gary McMillian. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Miss Johnson is survived by her parents, Jonathan & Amber Scott...

Mr. Douglas Edward Lewis

Mr. Douglas Edward Lewis

Aug 15, 2013

Douglas Edward Lewis 52 of 11710 US Hwy. 701 North Garland, NC died in his home August 15th surrounded by family and friends after a brave battle with Leukemia. Doug was predeceased by his father Norwood Neal Lewis of Garland, NC. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Carter Funeral Home. Doug is survived...

Mrs. Emma Faye Phillips Bordeaux

Mrs. Emma Faye Phillips Bordeaux

Aug 12, 2013

Mrs. Emma Faye Phillips Bordeaux 66 of 95 M Bears Dr. Elizabethtown, NC died Monday, August 12, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Bordeaux was born October 19, 1946 in Wayne Co., NC to the late George Phillips and Lanie Bass Phillips. She was preceded in death by one brother, David Wayne Phillips, and two sisters, Ida Mae Barbour, and Georgella...

Miss. Catherine Bryan Sloan

Miss. Catherine Bryan Sloan

Aug 9, 2013

Catherine Bryan Sloan of Burlington, native of Sampson County, died on August 9, 2013, at Twin Lakes Center in Burlington, NC where she had resided since 2004. She was born on September 8, 1925, to David Dickson Sloan and Beulah Cobb Sloan. Following her father's death in 1928, she came to live with her grandparents, William and Carrie Moore Sloan,...

Mr. Jessie "Peter Rabbit" Frank Blackmon Jr

Mr. Jessie "Peter Rabbit" Frank Blackmon Jr

Aug 8, 2013

Mr. Jessie “Peter Rabbit” Frank Blackmon Jr. 78 of 170 Willie Brown Rd. Roseboro, NC died Thursday, August 08, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Charles E. Perry Learning Center in Roseboro. Burial will follow in the Roseboro-Snowhill Cemetery. Mr. Blackmon is survived by...

Mr. Hugh Rich

Mr. Hugh Rich

Aug 8, 2013

Mr. Hugh Wallace Rich 73 of 323 Rich Rd., died Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, NC. Mr. Rich was the son of the late Otis and Janie Wallace Rich. He was preceded in death by a brother Edwin Rich. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Garland Baptist Church...

Master Isaiah Dallice Bio

Master Isaiah Dallice Bio

Jul 31, 2013

Master Isaiah Dallice Bio, infant son of Ivan and Tomeka Underwood Bio of 5318 Holland Park Ave. Fayetteville, NC died Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 08, 2013 at New Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church, 6967 Amarillo Dr., Fayetteville, NC, by Pastor Chalmers L....

Mr. Willie F. Williams "Pete"

Mr. Willie F. Williams "Pete"

Jul 24, 2013

"With a heavy heart, Patricia Williams sadly announces the death of her husband Willie F. Williams, "Pete" died Wednesday, July 24th, after an eight month battle with cancer; he was 65 years old. As a reverend and social worker he remained committed to his faith and loyal to his community - - a true servant. Immediately, Pete is survived by...

Mrs. Martha Huckeriede Smith

Mrs. Martha Huckeriede Smith

Jul 22, 2013

Mrs. Martha Huckeriede Smith 60, of 3105 Green Sea Rd. Garland, NC, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 26, 2013 at Cypress Creek Baptist Church in Garland, by the Reverend Richard Smith, Reverend Bobby Trott, and Pastor Roy Hilburn. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Smith...

Mrs. Vivian Cain Carter

Mrs. Vivian Cain Carter

Jul 17, 2013

Mrs. Vivian Cain Carter, 71 formely of Garland, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Southeastern Region Medical Center. Funeral service will be held Saturday, July 20, at 11:00 A.M. at Cypress Creek Baptist Church, 1289 Old Fayetteville Road, Garland, with the Rev. Richard Smith and Rev. Odell Peterson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Carter is survived by...

Mrs. Evelyn Fryar Jones

Mrs. Evelyn Fryar Jones

Jul 10, 2013

Mrs. Evelyn Fryar Jones 93, of 1210 Old Mintz Hwy., died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at Mary Gran Nursing Center in Clinton, NC. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by two husbands, Julius Erastus "Rat” Fryar and Bruce Jones, and a son, Donald Fryar. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Garland Pentecostal Free...

Mrs. Louise Smith Horrell

Mrs. Louise Smith Horrell

Jul 1, 2013

Mrs. Louise Smith Horrell, 81 of Garland, died Monday, July 01, 2013 at Leland House in Leland, NC. Mrs. Horrell was born in Bladen Co, the daughter of the late Simon David Smith Sr., and Nellie Jean Faircloth. She was preceded in death by her husband Billy Horrell. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 05, 2013...

Pastor Katherine Rogers Smith

Pastor Katherine Rogers Smith

Jun 23, 2013

Pastor Katherine Rogers Smith 84 of 409 Lenon St. Roseboro,NC died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Charles E. Perry Learning Center. Burial will follow in the Roseboro-Snowhill Cemetery. Pastor Smith is survived by five daughters, Joan Rich, Audrey Smith, Constance...

Mr. Glenn Chervis Cashwell

Mr. Glenn Chervis Cashwell

Jun 22, 2013

Mr. Glenn Chervis Cashwell 67 of 11030 Old Mintz Hwy., died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Funeral service was held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Garland Baptist Church by Reverend Jim Woodruff. Burial will follow in the Cashwell Cemetery. Mr. Cashwell is survived by his wife, Gloria Cashwell, two daughters, Rhonda Bordeaux...

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Johnson Herring

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Johnson Herring

Jun 4, 2013

Mary Magdalene Herring was second of five children born to George A. and Sadie L. Johnson on January 22,1930 in Delway, North Carolina. Mary affectionately known to relatives and close friends as Mag or Magdalene was educated in Sampson County, North Carolina Public Schools. She migrated to the North East area to seek a better life. In earlier years she...

Ms. Marie Evette Herring

Ms. Marie Evette Herring

Jun 3, 2013

Ms. Marie Evette Herring 47 of 2735 West Magnolia-Lisbon Rd. Rose Hill, NC died Monday, June 03, 2012 at Carolina East Hospice Care Center in Kenansville, NC. Funeral service will be held at noon Saturday, June 08, 2013 at Hayes Chapel Baptist Church, by the Reverend Alfred Holston. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Herring is survived by...