Obituaries

May 20, 2021

Mrs. Myra Ettrice Bunce Strickland, 91, went home to be with the Lord onThursday, May 20, 2021, in her home, surrounded by family and friends. She was born on May 24, 1929, in Cumberland County, daughter of Molcie and Walter Bunce. Her homeplace was in the Bethany Community. She had seven sisters and seven brothers. She graduated from South...

May 18, 2021

Autryville

Mr. Harold Wayne Johnson, 57 of Autryville passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at his home.

A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Friday, May 21 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro. Burial will follow in the Johnson Cemetery in Autryville. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM - 2:50...

May 17, 2021

Fayetteville

Mrs. Linda Smith Blackman, 67 passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Butler Funeral Home Chapel in Stedman, officiating will be Rev. John Blackman, Jr.  The family will receive friends following the service.

She is preceded in death...

May 17, 2021

Ellen Catherine Godwin Warren, age 93, of Eastover, NC, went to her heavenly home on Monday, May 17, 2021, due to complications from cancer. Catherine was born September 19th, 1927 to Lucille and Sandy Godwin and grew up in Eastover, NC. She was a resident of Eastover for over seventy years.

Funeral service will be held at...

May 16, 2021

Mr. Billie Lynn Poole, Sr., 84, of Salemburg, North Carolina passed away May 16, 2021.

Born on May 20, 1936, at the end of the Great Depression, Mr. Poole was raised to respect the

opportunity to work, in fact, to cherish it. Mr. Poole grew up in Sampson County picking cotton and

cropping...

May 16, 2021

Roseboro

Mrs. Karen Ann Vlasko Hair, 70 of Roseboro passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at the Duke Raleigh Hospital.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM  Thursday, May 20 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro.  Burial will follow in the Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Hair was a...

May 12, 2021

Stedman

Dennis Ray Morris, 61 was embraced by the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, May 16, 2021 at Stedman Baptist Church, officiating will be Dr. Phil Spears.  Burial will follow at Fisher Cemetery in Stedman.

The family will...

May 11, 2021

Fayetteville

Glenn Wenfred Maxwell, Sr., 75 passed away on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at Highsmith Rainey Specialty Hospital.

A graveside service with military honors will be held at 3:00 PM Friday, May 14, 2021 at Lafayette Memorial Park, officiating will be Pastor Michael Coram.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 PM to...

May 9, 2021

Stedman

Helen (Horne) Freeman, 75 passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center surrounded by her family.

A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, officiating will be Rev. G. C. Hughes.  Burial will follow at George Horne...

May 8, 2021

Autryville

Mr. Chester Ray Jackson, 72 passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.

A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, May 12 at Piney Green Baptist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Donald Keith Carter.

Mr. Jackson was a native of Harnett County,...

May 7, 2021

Stedman

Mr. Donald Wayne Autry, 67 passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, May 11 at Fisher Cemetery in Stedman with the Reverend Allen Mayo.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on Monday,...

May 5, 2021

Stedman

Mr. Levie Evander Johnson, 91 went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.

Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 9, 2021 at Butler Funeral Home Chapel in Stedman, officiating will be Rev. Terry Cummings and Rev. Ronnie Johnson.  Burial will...

May 2, 2021

Dunn

Mr. Richard Maxwell Page, 78 passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Duke Raleigh Hospital.

A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro with the Reverend Roy Johnson officiating. The burial will follow at Fount Autry Cemetery. The family will receive...

Apr 28, 2021

Fayetteville

Margaret Elizabeth Culbreth Horne, 81, died on April 28, 2021 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, May 3, 2021 at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, officiating will be Tommy Kinlaw.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2:00...

Apr 27, 2021

Godwin

Mrs. Betty Sue Tyler Wrench, 75 passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Betsy Johnson Hospital.

A funeral service will held at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 30, 2021 at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro with the Reverend Paul Honeycutt and Reverend Andy Wood officiating. The burial will at Wrench- Jackson Cemetery. The...

Apr 26, 2021

Fayetteville

Mrs. Bertha Mary (Vinson) Horne, 93 passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at Carolina Rehab Center of Cumberland.

Funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Evergreen Baptist Church, officiating will be Rev. Stan Carter and Rev. Charles Davis.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

...

Apr 26, 2021

ERWIN

Miss Sharon Elizabeth "Country Girl" Autry, 57 of Erwin, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at her home.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at the Oasis Bethany Church of God of Prophecy with the Reverend Jeff Burkhardt and Sidney Autry. The family will receive friends...

Apr 26, 2021

CLINTON Mrs. Willa Dean Sessoms, 87 of Clinton and formerly of Roseboro, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at The Magnolia of Clinton. A graveside service will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, 3645 Dunn Road, Roseboro, with Reverend Jim Brinkley officiating. She was born January 30, 1934 in Sampson...

Apr 25, 2021

Stedman

Ms. Christina Faye Ray Canady, 54 passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Butler Funeral Home in Stedman, officiating will be Rev. Stan Carter.  The family will receive friends from 12:00 – 12:50 PM...

Apr 25, 2021

Mr. Charles Atlas Jordan, 85 of Fayetteville passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at his home.  He was loved by his family and will be missed by all.

There will be no services held.

Mr. Jordan was a native of Nash County, the son of the late Atlas Bruce and Hazel Long Jordan.  He...