Obituaries

Jun 21, 2017

Autryville

Ms. Clara Avanelle Shatterly, 84 passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Clement Baptist Church, officiating will be Dr. James Dees and Rev. Tim Ameen. Interment will follow at Minson Williams Cemetery.

She was...

Jun 21, 2017

ROSEBORO

Mrs. Verna Louise Barnes Gardner, 79 of the Beaver Dam Community, Roseboro, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Southwood Nursing and Retirement Center.

The funeral will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, June 25, at Roseboro First Baptist Church, 3720 S. Salemburg Highway, Roseboro, with Reverend Hampton Faircloth officiating. Interment will follow at...

Jun 19, 2017

WHITE OAK

Mr. Wingate Fuller Cain, Jr., 83 of White Oak, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.

The funeral service will be held at 3:00pm Thursday, June 22, at White Oak Baptist Church, 9724 NC Highway 53 W., White Oak, with Reverend Keith Dowd officiating. Interment with military honors...

Jun 18, 2017

Stedman

Mr. Herman Broadus Hubbard, 79 passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

A graveside service with military honors will be held at 12:00pm Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, officiating will be Rev. Tommy Honeycutt.

He is preceded in death by...

Jun 16, 2017

AUTRYVILLE

Mr. Edward Tate "Eddie" Royal, 71 of 7375 Autry Highway, passed away Friday, June 16, 2017 at his home.

The funeral will be held at 4:00 pm Sunday, June 18, at Autryville New Life Church of God, 206 E. North Street, Autryville, with Reverend Larry Autry, Reverend Tommy Honeycutt, and Reverend Bryan Strickland officiating....

Jun 16, 2017

Roseboro

Mr. Owen "Jerry" Fed Matthews, Jr., 88, passed away Friday, June 16, 2017 at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Mintz Baptist Church, officiating will be Dr. Robert Hunter. Interment with military honors will follow in the church cemetery.

He is preceded in death...

Jun 13, 2017

ROSEBORO

Mrs. Sylvia Jean Hall Faircloth, 78 of 1315 Hitching Post Road, Roseboro, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

The funeral will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, June 16, at Halls United Methodist Church, 4621 Minnie-Hall Road, Autryville, with Reverend Christi Christianson officiating. Interment will follow at the...

Jun 10, 2017

AUTRYVILLE

Mrs. Arlene Sessoms Hairr, 84 of Autryville, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Highland House of Fayetteville.

The funeral will be held at 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 14, at Butler Funeral Home, 401 W. Roseboro Street, Roseboro, with Reverend Billy Bass officiating. Interment will follow at Lonie Carter Cemetery, Autryville Road, Autryville.

Jun 5, 2017

Stedman

Mrs. Esther "Babydoll" Baker Matthews, 81 of 1994 Wade Stedman Road, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Center Baptist Church in Wade, officiating will be Pastor Joe Hickson. Interment will follow at Maxwell Cemetery in Autryville....

Jun 3, 2017

Stedman

Matthew Allen Stewart, 26 passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at his home.

He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Joel and Mary Strickland.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00pm Friday, June 9, 2017 at Butler Funeral Home, officiating will be Rev. Jerry Edge.

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May 31, 2017

Autryville

Mr. Lonnie Cleen Jones, Jr., 81 of 131 Bushway Lane, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home.

He was born August 8, 1935 in Harnett County to the late Lonnie Cleen Jones and Irene Maynard Jones.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Jones of the home; daughters, Zona Hall...

May 29, 2017

ROSEBORO

Mrs. Melissa Lynn Sessoms Lucas, 44 of 1675 Butler Island Road, Roseboro, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Thursday, June 1, at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro with Reverend Robert Lucas officiating. Interment will follow at Ed Autry...

May 28, 2017

MORGANTON, NC

Mrs. Geraldine McLamb Baird, 99 of Morganton and formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at John F. Keever Solace Center in Asheville.

A graveside service will be held at 1:00pm Saturday, June 3, at McLamb Family Cemetery, Harnett Church Road, Roseboro.

Born August 9, 1917 in Sampson County,...

May 22, 2017

Stedman

Mr. James Douglas Burgett, 60 passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at his home.

He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Stephen Love Burgett and Ella Florence Branch Burgett; and uncles, Albert Marshall Burgett, Willis Love Burgett and Joseph Ransom Burgett.

He was a truck driver for 36 years ,...

May 20, 2017

Fayetteville

Mr. Dan Pace, 80 passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017 at his home.

He was born in Dillon, SC to the late Jimmie Edward Pace and Isabell Brown Pace. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Frances Capps Pace and daughter, Sarah Marie Pace.

He was a United States...

May 15, 2017

STEDMAN

Mrs. Mary Claris Morris, 87 of 6726 Oak Grove Church Road, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017 at her home.

The funeral will be held at 3:00 pm Friday, May 19, at Oak Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church with Reverend David Taylor, and Reverend Elbert and Juanita Hollowell officiating. Burial will follow in...

May 14, 2017

ROSEBORO

Mrs. Ethelene F. Harris, 80 of 10857 Norris Road, Roseboro, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

A celebration of life will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday, May 17, at Butler Funeral Home Chapel in Roseboro.

She was born October 11, 1936 in Cumberland County and was...

May 11, 2017

Fayetteville

Mrs. Minnie Ellen James, 95 passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Cumberland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born April 11, 1922 in Haywood County to the late Herbert Clifton Arrowood and Sallie Jackson Arrowood. She is also preceded in death by her brothers, Walter Clifton Arrowood, James Weaver Arrowood, William Frank Arrowood,...

May 7, 2017

Fayetteville

Ret. First SGT Robert Franklin Singer, Jr., 62 passed away Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

He retired from the United States Army with 22 years of service, and was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne.

He is survived by his wife, Deronda Singer; children, Jason Singer &...

May 3, 2017

HOPE MILLS

Joseph Donald Williams, 31, a native of Roseboro, passed away Wednesday, May 3, at his home in Hope Mills. He is survived by his son, Brayden Chance Williams, age seven, and by his parents Brenda and Philip Williams of Roseboro; by his sister, Emily Hobbs and her three children Lela, Will and Darcy-Ava, all of...