Clinton,   Carol Ann Bowers, 84, of 2205 Boykin Bridge Rd., passed away Monday, June 1, 2020 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro. A funeral will be held at 2 PM, Thursday, June 4th, at Grace United Methodist Church, with Rev. Tony Calhoun officiating.  Interment will be in the Clinton City Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the home. Carol, born in Kinston in 1935, was the daughter of the late David Vincent Broadway and Annie Lee Rhodes...

Roseboro,   Carl Glen Matthews, 79, of 364 Naylor School Road, passed away Thursday, May 28th at Cape Fear Valley Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, at Harnett Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Roseboro with Pastor Tom Wagner officiating. Carl, born in 1940 in Sampson County, was the son of the late Obdiah “O. B” Matthews and Ida Naylor Matthews.  He was an electrician with the meat packing industry and a member of Baptist Chapel...

Clinton, Mary Moore McLemore, 91, 409 Lafayette Street, died Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Southwood Nursing Center. A graveside service will be held at 2 PM, Thursday, May 28th at Clinton City Cemetery with Rev. Tony Calhoun officiating. Mary, born in 1928 in Sampson County, was the daughter of the late Mary Thomas Marshburn and James Moore Marshburn.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Warren McLemore, an infant son, and brother, David Wick...

Clinton, Eartle Lee McNeill, Sr., 87, of 50 Julius Lane, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at his home.   A funeral will be held at 4 PM, Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Holly Grove Holiness Church with Rev. Dr. Randy Simmons and Pastor Bill Chaney, officiating.  The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.   Eartle, born in 1932 in Robeson County, was the son of the late Herman McNeill and Alice...

Clinton, Catherine Dodson Floyd, 81, of 180 Southwood Drive, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Southwood Nursing Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, May 16, 2020 at Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Hampton Faircloth officiating.  Catherine, born in 1938 in Sampson County, was the daughter of the late William Edward Dodson and Edna Potter Dodson. She was a retired seamstress and a member of Harmony Baptist Church.  In addition to her parents, she...

Faison, Mattie Glen Brewer, 85, of 1803 Panhandle Road, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Sampson Regional Medical Center. A private funeral will be held at 3 PM, Saturday, May 16th at Piney Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Beasley officiating.  Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mattie, born in 1934 in Sampson County, was the daughter of the late Lloyd Lafayette Brewer and Cannibelle Thornton Brewer.  She was a homemaker and a member of Piney Grove Baptist...

Newton Grove, Mrs. Clara Jackson Britt, 88, passed away May 12, 2020 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.  She was preceded in death by her late husband, Lofton “Dock” Britt, parents, Roy Jackson and Irene Jackson and siblings, Jimmy Jackson and Myrtle Giddens. A graveside service will be held at Bradshaw Cemetery in Newton Grove on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 11 AM, with Pastor Jim Skinner officiating. Left to cherish her memory are; loving children, Samuel Lofton Britt, Charles...

Clinton, NC Mrs. Christine Bradshaw Herring, 81, of Clinton, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 13th, at Colonial Heights Free Will Baptist Church with the Reverend Gene Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home. Christine, a native of Sampson Co. was the daughter of the late Eddie Bradshaw and Carrie Lynn Hobbs...

Clinton, Glenda McPhail Shipp Riddle, 68, of 408 Parker Drive, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at her home. A private graveside service will be held at 2 PM, Friday, May 8, 2020 at Clinton City Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Wilkins officiating.  Glenda, born in 1951 in Sampson County, was the daughter of the late Haynes Lennon Shipp and Janie McPhail Newman Shipp.  She graduated from the Xray Program at Duke University.  She was a member of  Graves Memorial...

Turkey, NC Ms. Mary Kathleen Jones, 68, of 401 Thompson Ave., passed away Tuesday, May 05, 2020 at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville. A private graveside service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, May 8th in the Turkey Baptist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Robert Beasley officiating. Kathleen born in Sampson Co., was the daughter of the late Earl Coleman Jones and Mary Lou Moody Jones McGee. She was also preceded in death by her step-father Alton McGee. Kathleen attended Piney...