Bobbie Karen Tedder Stephenson
November 17, 2014
WILLOW SPRING – Bobbie Karen Tedder Stephenson, 47, passed away peacefully on Monday, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of Bobby Tedder and the late Betty Bass Tedder. Karen was employed with Waste Industries for the past 22 years as the Systems Administrator. She was preceded in death by her mother...
John Harold Davis
November 14, 2014
John Harold Davis, 93, a retired engineer with the NC Dept. of Transportation, died Friday. A native of Wilson Co., he was the son of the late Harley and Mary Strickland Davis. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the 840th Engineer Aviation Battalion. John was a Sunday School teacher for the Men’s Bible Class...
Lina Jones Messer
November 13, 2014
Lina Jones Messer, age 88, died on November 13, 2014 at home with her family by her side, finding much deserved peace and healing after years of declining health. Through her unrelenting spirit and the love of her family and friends, she met challenges with grace, humor and a gentleness that inspired her family and friends. A native of...
Marie Johnson Lucas
November 12, 2014
Marie Johnson Lucas, 83, peacefully went home to be reunited with her loving husband, James A. Lucas, Sr. and her Lord and Savior on November 12, 2014. She was born in Chapel Hill, NC to the late Willie and Annie Belle Johnson. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Entombment will follow in...
Adam Paul Martin
November 12, 2014
Adam Paul Martin , 35, suddenly passed away on Wednesday. He was born in Wake County to Karen Kirk Adkins and Phillip Andrew Martin. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, November 16 at 4:00 pm at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home Chapel, Garner. Family will have a visitation from 2-4 pm prior to service time at the funeral home....
Betty Estelle Brooks
November 11, 2014
Betty Estelle Prince Brooks, 86, of Fuquay-Varina, passed away Tuesday morning at her home. Born May 19, 1928 in Raleigh, NC, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Estelle Crowder Prince. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Brooks and son, Billy Brooks. Betty is survived by her sons, Johnnie...
Joe L. Lipscomb
November 10, 2014
Joe Lee Lipscomb, 82, died Monday. Born in Wake County, he was the son of the late Tom and Eliza Lipscomb. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday at Carolina Pines Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Apex Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 10-11:00 am prior to the service. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve...
Margaret Bryan Humphries
November 10, 2014
Margaret Bryan Humphries, 87, died Monday. She was preceded in death by her son, James Lonnie Humphries and her grandson, Frank Christmas. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Friday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. Burial will follow at Raleigh Memorial Park. Survivors include her daughter, Julia Dupree and husband, Robert; granddaughters, Carol Ann Christmas and Susan Tilley and husband,...
Amanda Harrell Wheless
November 10, 2014
Amanda Harrell Wheless, 90, died Monday night, November 10, 2014. She was born on November 22, 1923, in Powellsville, NC. She is the daughter of Amanda Mizell Harrell and Demetrius Silas “Met” Harrell. She is survived by her beloved daughter, Nanda Wheless Irons, her two granddaughters, Amanda “Mandy” Irons Wilson, and husband Matt, of Raleigh; Erin Irons McNeill, and...
Helen Tucker Beckwith
November 10, 2014
Helen Tucker Beckwith, 88, a prolific writer and storyteller, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Born in Raleigh, she grew up in Louisburg, the daughter of William Blair Tucker and Helen Welch Tucker. Under the name of Helen Tucker, she wrote 18 novels and 27 short stories published in more than two dozen countries. She was graduated from Wake Forest...
Dorothy Dot Woodruff
November 9, 2014
Dorothy Dot Woodruff, 76, passed away Nov. 9, 2014. Dot was a very talented person. Dot drove a bus for Wake County Schools for several years. She worked as a teacher, was a very loving homemaker, a nursing assistant in a nursing home, a gymnastics instructor, a master light technician, and an interior decorator. She loved working in her...
Harold E. Rev. Aldridge
November 9, 2014
Garner- Rev. Harold E. Aldridge, 87, passed away at home Sunday. A native of Waycross, GA, he is the son of the late Rev. James E. Aldridge and Elizabeth Highsmith Aldridge.Rev. Aldridge was ordained as an Advent Christian minister in August of 1953. He has pastored churches in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida and served as President of...
Bridget Gwen Gaskins
November 5, 2014
Bridget Gwen Gaskins, 33, passed away peacefully November 5, 2014, at her familys home in Raleigh, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born December 19, 1980 in South Carolina, the daughter of and Kay Lynn Talbert Smith and Mark Wayne Gaskins. She attended Fuquay-Varina High School and Wake Tech studying IT applications. Bridget worked the last 8 years...
Dorothy Parrish Lambert
November 4, 2014
Dorothy Parrish Lambert, surrounded by her loving family, went home to be reunited with the love of her life, her husband and her Lord and Savior on November 4, 2014. She was born August 17, 1928, in Benson, North Carolina but grew up in Smithfield, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Genevieve Baucom Parrish and the...
Elaine M. Ross
November 3, 2014
After a one year battle with cancer, Elaine Marie Ross died on November 3, 2014 in Garner, NC at the age of 67. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph C. Ross; father, Earle Bubier; mother, Helvi Saari Bubier; and brother, Stanley Bubier.Elaine was born on December 9, 1946 in Boston, MA, and was raised in Watertown, MA. She...
Talmadge Thomas Hinnant
November 3, 2014
Talmadge Thomas Hinnant died Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Rosewood Health Center of the Cypress of Raleigh. A Christmas baby, she was born on December 25, 1927, at Duke Raleighs predecessor, The Mary Elizabeth Hospital. She was the only child of Ernest Foster Thomas and Ruth Ermine Webb Thomas. Called Talmadge as a child and then shortened to...
Patricia Pat Mcleod Self
October 28, 2014
Angier - Patricia Pat Mcleod Self, 66, passed away on Tuesday. Pat was daughter to the late Dwight A. McLeod and Vera Mcleod Blalock and step-daughter to the late Bruce Blalock.A Memorial Service will be held on Friday at 2:00 pm at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.Pat, affectionately known...
Nelson Clyde Bumpie Smith
October 26, 2014
Angier - Nelson Clyde Bumpie Smith, 69, died Sunday October 26, 2014 at his home in Angier, NC with his family by his side. He was born September 3, 1945 in Alabama to the late Archie and Otha Mae Smith. He was a US Army veteran and served in Vietnam during which he received many medals including the Bronze...
Ralph L. West
October 26, 2014
Raleigh- Ralph Leonidas West, 73, left us to be with the Lord on Sunday. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Magdalene West and grandson, Christopher Rogers. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Thursday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. Burial will follow at Raleigh Memorial Park. Survivors include his son, Ralph A. West; daughter, Teresa...
Herman Buck Moore
October 25, 2014
Garner - Herman Buck Moore, 82, died Saturday surrounded by his loving family. A native of Johnston County, he was the son of the late Hunter and Donnie Parker Moore. A loving husband and father, He was known for his humor and generosity. Buck retired after 35 years of service as a market manager at Big Star/ Colonial Stores.Funeral...
