Obituaries

Jul 5, 2015

LEXINGTON, NC

Mrs. Edna Hood Simmons, 92 of Oriole Drive, Lexington, and formerly of the Parkersburg Community, Garland, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 at her home.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, 210 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, with Rev. Frankie Matthews officiating....

Jul 4, 2015

Roseboro

Ms. Myrtle Juanita Melvin of Roseboro, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Myrtle was born in Cumberland County March 16, 1945 to the late Robert Brantley Melvin, Sr. and Margie King Melvin.

Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Melvin...

Jul 2, 2015

Eastover

Mr. Donnie R. Johnson, 78 of 1025 Jimree Avenue, Eastover, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at his home.

The funeral will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Beaver Dam Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Shook officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mr. Johnson was born...

Jul 2, 2015

AUTRYVILLE

Mr. Johnny Carson Faircloth, Sr., 69 of 1046 Pumpkintown Road, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro.

The funeral service will be held 3:00 pm Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Mount Carmel Church of God of Prophecy, Autryville, with Bishop Warren H. Barfield, Sr. officiating. Interment will follow at...

Jun 30, 2015

AUTRYVILLE Mrs. Janie Estelle Autry Sova, 76 of 1110 Mt. Carmel Church Road, Autryville passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, July 3 at Mt. Carmel Church of God of Prophecy with Bishop Warren Barfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Wiley...

Jun 27, 2015

ROSEBORO

Mr. Glenn Dell Tanner, Sr., 56 of 62 Pine Log Lane, Roseboro, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015 at The Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation in Wallace.

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home, Roseboro, with Evangelist Deborah Carlisle officiating.

Mr. Tanner...

Jun 27, 2015

WADE

Mr. Lewis Donald Whaley, Sr., 70 of 4209 Wade-Stedman Road, Wade, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.

The funeral will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman with the Rev. Joe Hickson officiating. Burial will follow at Cross Creek Cemetery, Fayetteville....

Jun 25, 2015

ROSEBORO Mr. David Neil Cain, Sr., 88 of 566 Dunn Road, Roseboro passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Sampson Regional Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 27 at Roseboro United Methodist Church with Rev. Bobby Herring officiating. Burial will follow in the Roseboro Cemetery with military and Masonic rites....

Jun 19, 2015

EASTOVER

Mr. Felix Howard "Pete" Stallings, 84, of Eastover passed away Friday June 19, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Pete was a retired Service Foreman for Carolina Telephone Co. where he worked for over forty years. He was an active member of REACT. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church where he was...

Jun 19, 2015

STEDMAN

Mrs. Helen Marie Lott, 68 of 6304 Azelia Drive, Stedman, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

A memorial service will be held at 5:00 P.M. Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro.

Mrs. Lott was born on February 16, 1947 in Camden, New...

Jun 18, 2015

ROSEBORO

Mrs. Barbara Ann Runion Strawderman, 49 of 11667 Boykin Bridge Road, Roseboro, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her home.

The funeral will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro with Rev. James Earl Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Roseboro cemetery.

Mrs....

Jun 18, 2015

AUTRYVILLE

Donnie Hartswell Vinson, known affectionately as D H, was born November 4, 1932 to Ingram and Ethel Smith Vinson. D H grew up with his brother, Jake (Bud) and sisters, Nina, Valeria, Elizabeth and Carol Ann, on the family farm located in the Southeastern part of Cumberland County in the Beaver Dam Community. He attended Stedman...

Jun 18, 2015

ROSEBORO Charles Cousins, 90, of Roseboro, NC, passed away peacefully at his home on June 18, after declining health in the past year. He was born on April 17, 1925, and grew up in Johnston County, NC, one of 10 children of Helen Bunch Cousins and William Cousins, tenant farmers. Charles worked on the farm until he joined the...

Jun 14, 2015

ROSEBORO

Ms. Barbara Edge Ashby, 58 of 279 Effie Peterson Lane, Roseboro, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015 at her home.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home, Roseboro, with Rev. Bryan Strickland officiating.

Ms. Ashby was born on March 18, 1957 in...

Jun 14, 2015

AUTRYVILLE

Mrs. Margaret Lorraine Collier Holland, 87 of 1617 Libbie Road, Autryville, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Autumn Wind Assisted Living in Roseboro.

A graveside service will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Halls United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Carrie Parrish officiating.

Mrs. Holland was born...

Jun 13, 2015

WADE

Mr. Weldon Horrise House, 79 of 5109 Eason Road, Wade, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

The funeral service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Rev. Sherrill Pope officiating. Burial will follow at the Hall Cemetery, South River...

Jun 10, 2015

GARNER

Mrs. Elizabeth B. "Polly" Maxwell, 89 of 601 Lakeside Drive, Garner, and formerly of Stedman, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Lawndale Manor Assisted Living in Garner.

The funeral will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, June 12, 2015 at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, Stedman, with Rev. James Koo officiating. A private burial...

Jun 9, 2015

ELIZABETHTOWN

Ms. Carol Ann Boatman, 45 of Elizabethtown, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at her home. She was born in Washington, PA. She had previously worked with Levi Strauss as a store supervisor.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 12 at Butler Funeral Home in Stedman with Rev. David...

Jun 9, 2015

AUTRYVILLE

Mr. Marion Kurshaw Hayes, 88 of 221 Williams Street, Autryville, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Tower Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home in Stedman. Burial will follow at the Autryville Cemetery with military honors.

Jun 8, 2015

Stedman

Uriel Andrew McCormick, 5 months, of Stedman, passed away Monday, June 8, 2015.

A memorial service will be held at 5:00 PM Friday, June 12, 2015 at Butler Funeral Home Chapel, officiating will be Rev. Steven Burnham.

He is survived by his parents, Christopher and Gabrielle McCormick; brothers, Raphael Angel McCormick his...