OBITUARIES

Angier- Louise White McLaurin, 73, passed away in home Wednesday.Memorial Service will be held Sunday, August 14th at 2:30 pm in the Chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier.Louise was a native of High Point, NC and later moved to Fayetteville and then settled in Angier. She worked for the N. C. Child Support Enforcement Services for 27 years and...

Mark Andrew Wilson, Jr., 61, passed away Tuesday. A native of Newport News, VA he was the son of the late Mark and Carmelina Wilson. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, April 23rd at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, 300 E. McIver St., Angier. Burial will follow at Lakeside Memorial Gardens.After the graveside service, the...

Raleigh - Ruby Stallings McKenzie, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 7th, at the Hospice Home of Wake County. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at Ernest Myatt Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive and friends from...

Kim K. Evans, 55, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family, after an extended illness. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Monday, April 28th at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Angier. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. Survivors include; husband of 30 years, Lee Evans; daughters, Amanda and Kourtney Evans; sisters, Patricia Turner and husband Randy, Melody Cook...

RALEIGH - Aaron W. Ray, 84, died Thursday. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Sunday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. Burial will follow at MontlawnMemorial Park.Survivors include son, Tony Ray of Raleigh; daughter, Kimberly Ray Walker and grandson, Justin Walker both of Franklinton; sisters, Marion Libby Caudle of Garner, Lucy Jordan of Smithfield, Annie Hamilton of Garner and Pearl...

Garner - Algie Innman Stephens, 86, passed away Thursday. Born in Alamance County, he was the son of the late Passmore and Manie Culbertson Stephens. Mr. Stephens came to Raleigh in 1956 and opened Stephens Appliance Store on South Saunders Street. In 1967, he began developing real estate. Mr. Stephens, along with fellow developers, initiated construction of North Hills...

Anthony Sexton Odom (Opie), 72, of Raleigh, NC lost his fight with Covid-19 on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Born in Thomaston, GA on May 10, 1948, he lived the majority of his life in Griffin and graduated from Griffin High in 1967. He was a loving son of Emma Jean Foster (2006), a devoted Daddy and Granddaddy to daughter...

Angier - Melissa Adams Hendricksen, 34, passed away on Thursday. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Tuesday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11:00 am at Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the cemetery adjacent to the church. She is survived by her son, Eric Jay Hendricksen, Jr.; parents,...

GARNER - Michael Lynn Clarke, 65, died Thursday at his home. Born in Hamlet, NC, he was the son of the late Morton and Margaret Lawrence Clarke. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad with 34 years of service. Mike found Christ in February of this year. Praise God, he is now rejoicing with our Lord and Savior. Visitation will...

Garner - Michael Preston Crowder, 50, passed away from natural causes on Saturday at his home on Wakefield Lane in Garner. Mike was the fifth of six children born to Sarah Brice Crowder and the late Robert Lee Crowder, Jr. A 1982 graduate of Garner High School, he enlisted in the US Navy in 1984 and served as a...

WILLOW SPRING - Otis Junior Prince, 78, passed away on Tuesday. A Graveside Service will be held 2:00 PM Friday at Willow Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Surviving are his loving wife of fifty-seven years, Faye; sons, Steve Prince, Robert Prince and wife, Brett; grandchildren, David and Riley, four great-grandchildren, all of Willow Spring. Visitation will be Thursday night...

GARNER:  Linwood Earl Massey, 74, died Tuesday. A native of Lenoir Co., he was the son of the late Roland and Josephine Thigpen Massey.  He was also predeceased by a son, Leonard Ray Massey.  Owner of L.E. Massey Roofing, Mr. Massey was strong in his Christian faith. Memorial Services will be 10:00 am Friday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel. A...

ANGIER - Lucille Stephenson Scheller, 92, passed away on Thursday at Oak Hill Living Center in Angier. A native of Harnett County she is the daughter of the late Nimrod Vasper Stephenson and Vera Weeks Stephenson. The family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier, NC. Funeral Services will be conducted Monday...

ANGIER - Danny Parker Watkins, Sr. 82, passed away Wednesday at Wake - Med, Raleigh. A native of Harnett County he was the son of the late Ad and Vienna Marshburn Watkins. After retiring from the Fort Bragg Fire Department as Assistant Fire Chief, he farmed and developed real estate. Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM Saturday at Plainview...

Jean Carole Taylor Cochran, 78, passed away Saturday. She was the daughter of the late Elizabeth and Claude Taylor, Jr. Funeral Services will be 3:00 Tuesday at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, 3037 Adams Creek Rd., Havelock, NC. Survivors include her daughters; Beth Britton Levi and husband, Dwight of Wilkesboro, Anna Britton Wilkins of Fuquay Varina, Roberta Britton...

Willow Spring - Joan Morris passed away Sunday. She was injured in an auto accident four years ago on Jackson-King Road in Willow Spring, from which she never recovered. She has been confined to Nursing Homes for the past three years. She was currently in Silver Springs Health & Rehabilitation nursing facility in Wilmington, NC. She was born April...

Raleigh - As Heaths beloved New York Yankees battled for a wild card playoff, he continued his battle with cancer. Remembering Jim Valvanos famous words, Don’t give up, don’t ever give up, Heath fought hard each and every day after his diagnosis. On a beautiful fall afternoon, Heaths hands reached skyward as his guardian angel and mother, Sandra Willis...

ANGIER - Allie Merchison Collier, Sr., 84, a retired farmer, passed away Sunday. A life long resident of Harnett County he was the son of the late Lester Collier and Mary Emma Wood Collier. A pillar in his community, he was a deacon and Sunday School teacher for over 50 years at his beloved Kennebec Baptist Church. He held...

Fuquay-Varina - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept the faith. Heaven received an amazing angel on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Barbara was 75 and was born on June 22, 1936, in Harnett County, to the late Florence Dean and Joe Wilson. In addition to her parents she...

Major (Ret.) Ronald Ron Edward Youngquist, age 86, died Thursday, June 21st at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC after complications from stroke and pneumonia.Starting with his birth in Cicero, IL in 1926, Ron went on to lead a life that shaped a man many people will dearly miss.Losing his father at the age of 17, Ron helped raise his...