John Wilton Rogers
January 13, 2015
John Wilton Rogers, 84, died Tuesday. A native of Columbus County, he was the son of the late Frank and Ruth Barnes Rogers and served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He worked for the City of Raleigh for 34 years and retired as manager of the City Water Billing Department. He was a longtime member of...
Ersie A. Matthews
January 13, 2015
Ersie Anderson Matthews, 90, died Tuesday. Born in Harnett County, he was the son of the late Bright and Lillie Hall Matthews. He was the founder of Matthew’s Sanitation Company. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday at Catawba Springs Christian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Josie Guins Matthews;...
Linda J. Robbins
January 13, 2015
WILLOW SPRING- Linda Johnson Robbins, 74, long-time resident of Willow Spring, NC died Tuesday, January 13. She was a devoted, loving mother and friend to many. Linda Robbins is best known to many from her work at Tarheel Nursery in Angier. Services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home in Angier. The burial will follow...
Jeffery Wilson Stewart
January 12, 2015
Jeffery W. Stewart, 55 died Jan. 12, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. Jeffery was a locksmith by trade. He also loved fishing with his wife. There will be a Memorial Service at 2:00 PM Sunday Jan. 18, 2015 at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. The family will receive friends after the service. Survivors include his wife of 17 years,...
Thomas Everette Parker
January 12, 2015
Raleigh – After months of declining health,”Everette Parker, 87, died Monday morning. Everette was born in Smithfield, NC. He was the son of the late Zula Mae Austin Parker and Percy Eli Parker. He was a good man and loved by many. He retired from the News and Observer in 1991 after 40 years. He took a few years...
Lucy Winston Goode
January 10, 2015
Raleigh – Lucy Winston Goode, 90, of Raleigh, NC passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015. Lucy was born on March 22, 1924 in Franklin County, NC to the late Johnnie Gray Winston and Mary Scarborough Winston. She graduated from East Carolina University and taught school for 2 years in Murphy, NC before marrying Dr. Lemuel Goode and moving to...
Annie Ruth Jones
January 8, 2015
BENSON – Annie Ruth Jones, 90, formerly of Garner, died Thursday. A native of Johnston Co., she was the daughter of the late Raymond Lester and Lillie Mae Davis Hood and retired with the Department of Motor Vehicles. She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur L. Jones, Sr. Funeral service will be held at 1:30 PM on Sunday at...
William Charles Marlatt Dr. Vmd
January 8, 2015
William C. Marlatt, 80, passed away January 8, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Marlatt was a veterinarian in Garner for 46 years. He received his undergraduate degree from Penn State U. and his VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvannia in 1959. He also served his country in the U.S. Army. There will be a memorial service...
Sean Roberts Hurley
January 8, 2015
On Thursday January 8th, Sean Roberts Hurley lost his courageous battle with cancer. Sean is survived by his wife Karren and children Erin, Megan, and Caleb. He is also survived by his mother Susanna, brothers Rusty and Ben. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Sean’s honor: Checks to be made payable to Erin...
Dorothy “Dot” Brown
January 8, 2015
GARNER - Dorothy (Dot) Brown passed away January 8th 2015 after a brief battle with cancer and sudden stroke. Born in Uniontown, PA she met her husband of 55 years while in Florida and never looked back. She is survived by her husband Solomon (Buster) Brown. Also survived by her son Michael (Mickey) Brown, her daughter Annette Brown and...
James Michael (“Mike”) Rigsbee
January 8, 2015
Raleigh - James Michael Rigsbee, born on December 6, 1947 in Durham, North Carolina, passed away on January 8, 2015 in his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was the son of the late J.D. Rigsbee and the late Nancy Rigsbee. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Donna Wilson Rigsbee; daughter, Christina Atwood and her...
Diane Marie Carroll
January 7, 2015
Diane Marie Carroll, 64 passed away Jan. 7, 2015. Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM Monday Jan. 12, 2015 at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. She is survived by her husband, Edward Carroll; daughter, Cynthia Holbrook; son, Scott Carroll and wife Lisa; sisters, Linda Yancey and husband Raymond, Rosie Lacky; brothers, Jimmy Johnson and wife Tammy and Johnny Johnson;...
Betty C. Perry
January 7, 2015
GARNER - Betty Rose Corbett Perry, 86, died on January 7, 2015, following a long illness. A longtime resident of Garner, she died at her daughter’s home in Johnston County. Betty was born December 2, 1928 in Auburn, North Carolina to Catherine Keziah Corbett and Belzoni Ainsworth Corbett. She was the middle child with five brothers: Richard Corbett, B.A....
Ernest Jerome Felder I
January 7, 2015
Raleigh - Ernest Jerome Felder I, also known as “Truck,” passed away on January 7, 2015, at age 59, from a sudden massive stroke with his family by his side at Wake Medical Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ernest was born in Buffalo, New York on April 25, 1955 to the late, Rev. Willie Felder, Sr. and Sue Esther...
Elyse L. Fenerty
January 7, 2015
Elyse Larue Fenerty has won her 9-year battle with brain cancer. Through it all she was an inspiration and blessing. When she first became sick she wrote on her blog the following: “My faith is still strong, mostly because of all the prayers being prayed by friends, family, people I don’t know but hear my story. I know it...
Marie Wortham Woodcock
January 7, 2015
Raleigh - Marie Wortham Woodcock of Raleigh, NC passed away peacefully on January 7, 2015 at Transitions Life Care. She was 95 years old. Marie was born in Henderson, NC in 1919. She was one of 12 siblings born to George and Essie Wortham. She met her future husband, Ralph Woodcock, in Henderson at Woolard’s Drug Store where he...
Sarah C. Weis
January 5, 2015
ANGIER- Sarah Collins Weis, 91, passed away Monday night surrounded by her loving family. A native of Harnett County she was the daughter of the late Dallas and Zorah Kelly Collins. She taught school in Harnett and Wake County schools for 30 plus years. She was best known by her students for her reading and storytelling. She was a...
Jerry K. Strother
January 5, 2015
Garner-Jerry K. Strother, 63, passed away Monday. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Lewis Henry and Mattie Maude Strother. The family will receive friends Saturday from 5:00 -7:00 pm at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, 1200 Benson Road, Garner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Bland Strother;...
Kelly “Kb” Mcleod
January 5, 2015
ANGIER – Kelly B. McLeod, 90, passed away Monday. A native of Harnett County he was the son of the late Walter Millard and Beulah Mills McLeod. Funeral Service will be held Friday at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Burial to follow at Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Angier. In addition to his parents he was...
Susan Adair Werness
January 5, 2015
Raleigh – Susan Adair Werness, 63, died Monday. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Ronald and Bessie Adair Smeaton. Susan earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from The University of Michigan and her B.A. from Carleton College. She worked for many years as a bioengineer for the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, as well...
