OBITUARIES

ANGIER - James Lloyd Holland, Jr., 66, passed away Tuesday night at SECU Hospice Home in Smithfield. A native of Johnston County he was the son of the late James Lloyd Holland, Sr., and Joyce Beasley Holland. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Plainview Presbyterian Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Surviving...

GARNER - Clara Jean Beasley Jones, 76, passed away Sunday after a long battle with Alzheimers disease. Born in Benson, NC, she was the daughter of the late Erastus Beasley and Lessie Ann Barefoot Beasley. She was also the wife of the late David Seymore Jones. Most of her life, Jean was a homemaker who loved nothing more than...

Clinton Hamilton Smoke, III died Monday at his home in Raleigh. He is survived by his wife Debby, two lovely daughters, Samantha and Rachel; his sister, Kimberly Smoke Freidman of Roswell, GA.; his brother, Christopher Smoke of Jacksonville, FL.; and his parents, Jean Hill Smoke of Washington, NC and Clinton H. Smoke, Jr., of Asheville, NC. He is also...

Raleigh - Sue Lassiter Horne, 94, passed away on Monday. A native of Wake County, she is the daughter of the late Charlie and Lougenia Whitley Lassiter. Funeral services will be 2:30 pm Friday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30-2:30 prior to the service. Burial will follow at Montlawn...

Raleigh - Robert Conley Bull Beverly, Jr., 77, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, June 5. He was founder and president of The House of Lights, a 50-year-old Raleigh lighting supply business. Mr. Beverly was a native of Hamlet, NC, and a graduate of Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh. He attended NCSU...

ANGIER - Ralph Ernest McLeod, 82, a retired owner of McLeods AC and Tune Up Shop, passed away Friday. A native of Harnett Co., he was the son of the late Dossie and Nola Messer McLeod. A member of the Angier Baptist Church, he was also a member of Angier Masonic Lodge # 686, a Scottish Rite Mason and...

Raleigh - Robert B. Walters, Jr., 88, passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 2 PM at Vandora Springs Free Will Baptist Church, Garner. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...

RALEIGH- Vernon Belvin Penny, 79, died Thursday. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Mallie Andrew and Ida Carroll Penny. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Hwy. 50 S., Garner. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mary Howard Penny; son, Vernon Penny,...

RALEIGH- In loving memory of Ida Kulick, loving wife to Ron, loving mother to Ronda Speier and her husband, Mark, loving grandmother to Jonathan Kulick Bass and Julia Andrina Bass and loving sister to Josephine King. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Garner -Amy Iona Sanderford Smith, passed away on Friday. A native of Wake County she was the daughter of the late Vance and Sarah Nine Sanderford. Funeral service will be Monday, 2:00 PM at Mt. Herman Christian Church, Garner. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Surviving are her sons, Roy Smith and wife, Tina of Garner, Donald Smith...

Joyce Baker Phipps, 93, of Raleigh died Thursday. She was born in Wake County to the late Arthur D. Baker and Dora Jones Baker. Joyce retired from Baker Roofing Company, a four generation family owned business after 63 years of employment. She graduated from Hugh Morson High School in 1935 and was a lifetime member of Caraleigh Baptist Church....

WILLOW SPRING - Betty Langdon Ashworth, 73, passed away on Wednesday. A native of Johnston County, she was the daughter of the late Alton and Lunette Stephenson Langdon.Funeral services will be held Saturday 2:00 PM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel with burial to follow at White Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Surviving: her husband, Wallace Papa Ashworth; daughter, Annette Sellew and...

RALEIGH-Sue Johnson Cross, 57, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday. A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of the late James Baxter Johnson Jr., and Frances Garner Johnson. She was a friend to all and cared deeply for her family and her Lord Jesus Christ. Her greatest joy was caring for her husband...

Angier - Janie Ogburn Rowland, 60, passed away Thursday. A native of Harnett County, she is the daughter of the late Robert and Geraldine Moore Ogburn. Janie was a retired Registered Nurse who spent her entire life helping others.Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:00 PM at Kennebec Baptist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery.Surviving are her...

Raleigh- Elwood Hosea Young, 86, passed away Monday. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Hosea M. and Flonnie Page Young. Mr. Young served his country during WWII as a member of the US Army. Funeral services will be 7:00 pm Thursday at Fellowship Baptist Church, Willow Spring, NC. The family will receive friends...

Elwood Lee Evans, 83, passed away peacefully on Friday. He was born in Princeton, NC to the late John Rayford Evans and Bertha Rowe Evans. Following the death of his birth mother, he was raised by his stepmother, Ruby Pierce Evans. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at First Baptist Church of Garner. Burial will follow at...

Wake Forest- Mary Lou Wilson, 77 of Wake Forest died Friday evening at her home. She was born in Harnett County to the late John H. Stephenson and Viola McGee Stephenson and was a retired switchboard operator. She is survived by her husband, Dwight K. Wilson, Sr.; son, Randy Spivey and wife, Mary; step-daughter, Vickie and Tony Gargis. She...

Melba Adams Stephenson, 88 passed away peacefully on Sunday at her home. She was the daughter of the late Sandy and Etta Young Adams and she was preceded in death by her husband, R.A. Stephenson in the year of 2002. Melba was a member of Angier Baptist Church. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, May 6th at 2:00...

BUIES CREEK - Max Gray Marshburn, 74, passed away on Saturday. He was a veteran of the U S Army and worked with the town of Angier for many years. Graveside service will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at the Kipling United Methodist Church Cemetery on Olive Branch Road, Kipling, NC. Surviving are his wife Mary Lee Marshburn,...

ANGIER-Nettie Sloan Gardner, 95, of 1377 James Norris Road, passed away on Monday at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital. A native of Harnett County she was the daughter of the late Garland Sloan and Blanche Lett Sloan. Funeral Service will be held Thursday, April 18, at 2:00 PM at Angier Fellowship Church with burial to follow at Lakeside Memorial Gardens....