Sfc George Bennett Poole, Ret.
Mar 2, 2017
61, a resident of 1405 Warden Street in Elizabeth City, died Thursday, March 2 at his home. He was the son of the late Brodie Poole and Sallie Warren Poole. He was a retired SFC with the United States Army where he received many, many medals and awards for honorable service to his country. He is survived by a daughter,...
Frederick Marshall Cooper
Mar 1, 2017
68, a resident of 416 Kingsbury St., died Wednesday, Mar. 1 at Bryan's Center in Durham. He was the son of Ruth Holman Cooper and the late Marshall F. Cooper. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he served as a Trustee. He was a member of Blooming Star Masonic Lodge #53 where he served for over thirty...
Beatrice Thornton Smith
Feb 20, 2017
96, a resident of 108 Leak Street, died Monday, Feb. 20 at Brantwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of the late James "Jimmy" Thornton and Lydia Morris Thornton. She is survived by three sons, Oscar C. Smith of Goldsboro, Michael A. Smith-Muhammad and Larry Donnell Smith both of Oxford; six daughters, Lila S. Reavis of Henderson, Marie...
Rosa Jones Cooper
Feb 15, 2017
73, a resident of 218 Westbury Dr., died Wednesday, Feb. 15 at her home. She was the daughter of the late John Jones and Rosa Allen Jones. She is survived by her husband, James Edward Cooper; eight sisters, Gladys Hunt and Hazel Denis White both of Oxford. Carolyn Bullock, Viola Thornton, Mary Thomas, Earlene Harris, Margaret Jones and Christine Jones...
Christopher Dick Bullock
Feb 1, 2017
56, a resident of 9201 US Highway 15, Bullock, NC, died Wednesday, February 1 at his home. He is survived by a son, Sterling Hester of Lumberton, NC; his mother, Mable Rich of Newark, NJ; a brother, Donald E. Rich, Jr. of Newark, NJ; one grandchild; and a devoted aunt and caretaker, Amanda Bullock of the home. Funeral services will...
Robert "Bob" James
Jan 23, 2017
77, a resident of 2633 Corpus Wilkerson Rd., died Monday, Jan. 23 at Rex Hospital. He was the son of the late Harry James and Ida Thomas James. He is survived by a wife, Carol Gilmore James; two daughters, Serena James Williams of Detroit, MI and Tasha James Gibson of Houston, TX; one son, Derek James of Culpepper, VA; twenty-seven...
Doris M. Monroe
Jan 20, 2017
70, a resident of 202 Autumn Park, died Friday, January 20 at UNCÂ Hospitals in Chapel hill. She was the daughter of the late John Henry Reid and Helen Small Reid of New York, NY. She was a retired employee of Murdoch Rehabilitation Center in Burner. She is survived by a son, Myron A. Monroe of Oxford; her mother, Helen...
Omie Perry Wortham
Jan 8, 2017
100, a resident of Brantwood Nursing and Convalescent Center, died Sunday, January 8 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Herman Perry and Jeanette Peace Perry. She is survived by six nieces, Mamie Perry and Mary Pettiford both of Oxford, Lucille Hawley of Kittrell, Renee Robinson of Richmond, VA, Margaret Terry and Mary Perry Frieson both of...
Willie Bea Hargrove
Jan 6, 2017
82, a longtime resident of Arlington, VA, died Friday, January 6 at Brookdale-Lakeridge Senior Assisted Living Center. She was the loving and devoted Wife of the late Junious "Buck" Hargrove and the daughter of the late Herman Allen and Magnolia Paschall Allen. Those left to cherish her memory include: two daughters, Patricia McCoy of Philadelphia, PA and Carolyn Cook of...
Benita Greene Thornton
Jan 2, 2017
82, a resident of 38 Squirrel Hollow in Henderson, Died Monday, Jan. 2 at her home.She was the daughter of the late Enoch Greene and Florence Nash Greene. She is survived by her husband John Thornton; a son Brent Thornton of Raleigh; three sisters, Eldora Brinkley of Richmond, VA, Geraldine George of Henderson and DeDe Greene of New York, NY;...
Annie Ruby Dixon
Dec 25, 2016
Anne Dixon, 90, a resident of Toney Rest Home, died Sunday, Dec. 25. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Amanda Carter of Durham County. Her only survivors are nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, Dec. 30 at 10:00 A.M. at Wright Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Simeons Episcopal cemetery. A viewing is...
Thomas Earl Hargrove
Dec 24, 2016
63, a resident of 161 Brunswick Lane in Henderson, died Saturday, Dec. 24 at Kindred Nursing and Convalescent Center. He was the son of the late Willie Hargrove and Nannie Harrison Hargrove. He is survived by two sons, Martez Hargrove of the home and Maurice Hargrove of Henderson; two sisters, Shirley H. Bullock of Middleburg and Lillie Mae Small of...
Willie "Jack" Wilson
Dec 23, 2016
89, a resident of 3207 Webb School Rd., died Friday, Dec. 23 at his home. He was the son of the late Otha Wilson and Nanny Blalock Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Fannie Spencer Wilson; two sons, Leroy Wilson, Sr. of Durham and Tyrone Wilson, Sr. of Oxford; a sister, Mary Wilson-Butler of Brooklyn, NY; a brother, Cornell...
Eugene Washington "Buck" Lyon, Jr.
Dec 20, 2016
73, a native of Granville County, died Tuesday, Dec. 20 in Orange, NJ. He was the son of the late Eugene W. Lyon, Sr. and Annie Beatrice Hunt Lyon. He was the step-son of the late Vivian Lyon. He is survived by three sons, Antonio Smith of Nashville, TN, Darrell Lyon (Towanda) of Pennsylvania and Eugene R. Lyon (Jamiria) of...
Charles Edwin Holman
Dec 19, 2016
57, a resident of 207 Sycamore Street, died Monday, December 19. He was the son of Mary Lester Holman and the late Robert Glasgow Holman, Sr. He is survived by a son, Otis Downey of Atlanta, GA; his mother, Mary Lester Holman of the home; two sisters, Robin Holman-Saxton of Columbia, SC and Devetta Holman-Copeland of Durham, NC; a brother,...
James Toney Cotten
Dec 18, 2016
78, a resident of 4025 Pine Tree Hollow Rd., died Sunday, December 18 at his home. he was the son of the late George Cotten and Carrie Smith Cotten. He was a graduate of the former Mary Potter Academy and an avid hunter. He is survived by his wife, Carolun Bailey Cotten; eight children, Joanne Cotten, Ellis Cotten, Sonya Brown...
Ruby Foster Harris
Dec 15, 2016
85, a resident of 1024 Bane Ave., died Thursday, Dec. 15 at Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John Henry Foster and Lucy Thomas Foster. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Harris of the home and a sister, Betty Jean Alston of Henderson. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Dec. 19 at Wright Funeral Home Chapel...
Charles Wesley Harden
Dec 4, 2016
67, a resident of 600 East C St., Apt. N1, died Sunday, Dec. 4 from injuries received in a hit and run accident. He was the son of the late George Simuel Harden and Lucy Moore Harden. He is survived by two sons, Timothy Harden of Oxford and Randy Moody of Stem; three brothers, George McDonald Harden of Sicklerville, NJ,...
Theresa Smith Morton
Nov 22, 2016
73, a resident of 14813 New Light Road in Wake Forest, died Tuesday, November 22 at Rex Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh. She was the daughter of the late William and Lucy Smith. She was a former employee of the United States Postal System. She is survived by a son and daughter, William Hill and Patricia Hutson both of Chicago, IL;...
Inez Howard Allen
Nov 18, 2016
84, a resident of Pruitt Health Center in Durham, died Friday, Nov. 18 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Marshall Howard and Ellen Royster Howard of Granville County. She is survived by three daughters, Esther Louise Allen of Henderson, Shirley Allen Glenn and Doris Allen Carpenter both of Durham; one son, Ronnie Allen also of Durham;...
