OBITUARIES

ANGIER - Alice C. Stephenson, 100, died Saturday at Oak Hill Assisted Living Center. A native of Johnston County, she was the daughter of the late David Edgar Coats and Fannie Elizabeth Kelly.Mrs. Stephenson was a charter member of White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Willow Springs.She was also the longest living member of Providence Presbyterian Church as well as...

Fuquay-Varina - Alice Cogdell Garner, 87, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day.A native of Sampson County, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie S. and Florence Bryan Cogdell.She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde H. Garner; her brothers, Harper, Walter, and Joe Teeny Cogdell, and her sister, Mildred Cogdell Weeks.Survivors include her sons, Sanford and wife,...

Durham - .She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. She is clothed in strength and dignity Proverbs 31: 17, 20, 25 Barbaras 3-year courageous and hard-fought battle with cancer ended Thursday evening August 7. God has taken her to...

Garner - Barry Hamilton Nation, aged 66, died Friday morning, May 2, in his home in Garner. Barry was born September 12, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky, the only child of Murray Hamilton Nation and Ann Bennett. He grew up in south Florida, where he met and eventually married Charmaine Albers. The newly married Nations left Florida in 1970 for...

Willow Spring - Sharon Umstead Jackson, 44, passed away on Monday. A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Alexander Wiley Umstead and Jacquelyn Thigpen Umstead Johnson. Sharon was a patient financial manager at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services will be Friday, 2:00pm at C-3 Church, Clayton. Burial will follow in the Jackson Family Cemetery...

HollySprings - Sylvia Watson, 71, passed away Monday at Duke Raleigh Hospital. A native of Cabarrus County, she was the daughter of the late James Keller Peck and Ruth Elizabeth Brantley Peck. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University in 1962. She was passionate about her children and her grandchildren and her career in education, which included serving...

Ethan Michael Heath was delivered to this world already an angel on Monday, April 7 at 4:36pm. His adoring parents, Shawn and Shannon Heath, greeted him with every ounce of love they had and showered him with snuggles while saying their emotional hello and goodbye. Born without breath, but not without love, Ethan was a blessing to all who...

GARNER- Leon Owen Bagwell, 88, Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother passed away Sunday, Veterans Day at his home. The last surviving child of Pearl and Dallie Bagwell, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Millie Bryan, sisters, Myrtle Poole and Margaret Phillips, brothers, Henry, Horace, Carl Lee, Coye, El, Lawrence and Emmett Bagwell. While serving in...

CARY - Mrs. Linda S. Robinson, 60, of Cary passed away unexpectedly last Sunday. She was born August 13, 1952 in Reno, Nevada, daughter of the late Robert Kenneth Sundt and Ruth Foster Smith. She was preceded in death by two brothers, John Randolph Sundt and Robert KennethSundt Jr. Linda was a loving wife, caring mother and grandmother who...

WILLOW SPRING - Lola Madge Fann, 92, died Thursday. A native of SampsonCounty, she was the daughter of the late Atlas and Anna Porter Naylor. Funeral Services will be 1:00 pm Saturday at MidwayBaptistChurch. Burial will follow at MontlawnMemorial Park. Survivors include her daughters, Ann Hinton and husband, Douglas and Phyllis Dupree, all of Willow Spring and special daughter,...

Raleigh -Kenneth Ashley Buffaloe, 41, died Thursday.Funeral Services will be 2:00 Monday at Ernest Myatt Presbyterian Church, Raleigh. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park.He is survived by his parents, Dwight and Brenda Marion Buffaloe of Raleigh; brothers, David Buffaloe and wife, Karen of Raleigh and Bryan Buffaloe and wife, Alissa of Creedmoor and paternal grand parents, Julian and...

Raleigh - Kimberly Denise Williams , 48, passed away Wednesday. Born in Wake County,she is the daughter of Bobby Howell Williams and Genevieve Lucas Williams. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday at Bryan Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. In addition to being survived by her parents, she is survived by three brothers,...

Karen Brewer Kelly, 56, died Monday at RexHospital. Born in GuilfordCounty, she is the daughter of Betty Null Brewer and the late Donald Deen Brewer.The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Thursday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. In addition to her mother, Karen is survived by sons, John Kelly, Michael Kelly, and sister, Jennie Worsley. In lieu of...

Garner- Mattie Ruffin Keys, 93, died Thursday at her home. Born in Edgecombe County, she was the daughter of the late Mack T. and Ella Thomas Ruffin of Tarboro. Mrs. Keys was a charter member of First Presbyterian Church of Garner. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Monday at First Presbyterian Church of Garner. The family will receive friends...

Raleigh - Metz Mack Langston, 70, passed away on Wednesday. A native of Wake County he was the son of the late James Joel and Idabell Manning Langston. Mack, an avid fisherman, worked for St. Marys College for twenty four years. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Surviving:...

Billy Bruce Ford, 78, went to meet his Lord on Saturday morning. He was born to the late Andrew Jackson and Ina Vay Bailey Ford.Billy served in the U.S. Navy and retired from Progress Energy with over 30 years of service.Funeral Services will be 10:00 am Tuesday at Aversboro Road Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park...

Carol Annette Ball Hiscoe of Raleigh died Wednesday, October 26, after a short illness. This world will now have to make its way sadly along without one of its most loving teachers, fiercely loving parents, imaginative feminists, noble protectors of lost cats, and dearest friends. We all suffer inconsolably from the loss of her. Motivated by what she experienced...

Charles Herbert Hagwood, 78, died Monday at his home. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Charles Rudolph Hagwood and Vivian Owens Hagwood. Mr. Hagwood was a conductor with Norfolk Southern Railroad prior to retirement. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Wednesday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. Graveside service will be private....

Angier - Christine G. Marks , 91 , of Angier died Thursday at Western Wake Hospital in Cary, NC following a brief illness. She was born of the late Robert Gallwas and Ludmilla Gallwas of Hindenburg, Germany. Christine was the Credit Manager for the The News and Observer in Raleigh, NC and retired after 35 years of dedicated service....

ANGIER - Christine Gardner, 80, of 641 Montague Road, passed away Thursday night at her home. A native of Lee County she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Florence Johnson Goodman. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday at Pleasant Union Christian Church, Lillington. Burial will follow at the Angier Cemetery. Surviving are her husband of...