Daphine "Feen" Rhiner
Aug 20, 2022
Garner- Daphine “Feen” Rhiner, 85, passed away on Saturday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Born in Harnett County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Felder Rhiner and Gladys Pearl Altman Rhiner. She retired from the Employment Security Commission of 30 years. She loved music, art and working in her yard. Her life was devoted to being...
Joanne Melinda Holland Grimes
Aug 19, 2022
ANGIER – Joanne Melinda Holland Grimes, 83 years old, passed away on Friday, August 19th after a brief illness. She was born in Johnston County on November 8,1938 to Aline Malinda Love Holland and Ira Maytlon Holland. A 1957 graduate of Angier High School and Hank Hanna’s School of Cosmetology, she owned and operated a beauty shop in Angier...
Samuel Babatunde Ibikunle
Aug 17, 2022
Westborough, MA – Samuel Babatunde Ibikunle, 72, passed away unexpectedly on August 17, 2022. A native of Ijaye Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Samuel was born December 22, 1949, to the late Eldger & Mopelola Olufunmilayo Ibikunle. Samuel worked very hard throughout his life, graduated from Northeastern University, and obtained his master's degree from Cambridge College in Massachusetts. He worked...
Sandra Whiddon Slaughter
Aug 16, 2022
Apex- Sandra W. Slaughter, 77, passed away on August 16, 2022. A native of Mississippi, Sandra was born April 10, 1945, to the late James and Cebie Whiddon. Sandra worked for many years as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She loved her family more than anything and had great love for her friends. A Celebration of her life will be...
Roland Albert Dodson, Iii
Aug 14, 2022
Beloved husband and father, Roland Albert Dodson III (affectionately known as “Bert”), passed peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday August 14 th aged 54. A lifelong resident of Garner, Bert graduated from Garner High School in 1985, then attended Appalachian State University on a pole vaulting scholarship where he earned his degree in Industrial Engineering. Bert founded and managed...
Mary T. Mills Rowland
Aug 14, 2022
LILLINGTON – Mary T. Mills Rowland, 99, passed away on Sunday at Universal Healthcare in Lillington. Born in Harnett County, she was the daughter of the late Archibald Taylor and Lillie Lee Taylor. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 18th at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Burial will follow the service...
Milton Durant Williams
Aug 12, 2022
ANGIER – Milton Durant Williams born December 16, 1930 to the late Earl D. Williams and Minnie Grace Stephenson Williams. Veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the United States Airforce for four years, returning home to Angier he married his sweetheart Mary Morgan Williams. Milton was a skilled carpenter building many homes in the Angier, Cary, and Raleigh...
Randall Gilmore Johnson
Aug 10, 2022
GARNER – Randall Gilmore Johnson, 82, passed away Wednesday. A native of Nash County, he was the son of the late Gilmore and Mary Chappell Johnson. Randall was the recipient of the Moorhead Scholarship and attended UNC Chapel Hill before life called him away to the Army. After his proud service to our country, he returned and earned his...
Anne Strickland
Aug 10, 2022
Anne lay down on her earthly bed to nap and woke up in God’s arms on Wednesday, August 10th. We are blessed she did not suffer or linger but ran joyously into the arms of Jesus. Born in Richmond County, NC to a farming family, she was the fifteenth of sixteen children of Thomas and Lola Staton. In addition...
Barry R. Gregory
Aug 10, 2022
ANGIER – Barry Reid Gregory, 68, passed away Wednesday at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Born in Wake County, he was the son of the late Lemuel Carr Gregory and Ruth Summerlin Gregory. Barry graduated from North Carolina State University in 1976. He worked as a safety risk officer for USF&G and Bitco. Barry was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting,...
Terry Milton Moss
Aug 9, 2022
RALEIGH – Terry M. Moss, 70, passed away on Tuesday. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 10:45 AM prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Clayton. In addition to his parents, Ralph...
Elizabeth Cottengim
Aug 9, 2022
Elizabeth R. Cottengim passed away peacefully in Garner NC on August 9, at the age of 99. She was born in Berea, Kentucky on April 20, 1923, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Rice. She grew up in Winchester, Kentucky and raised her family there. She moved to Garner, NC in 1985, where she enjoyed being close to family,...
Floyd E. Bailey
Aug 9, 2022
RALEIGH – Floyd E. Bailey, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Wake County on July 31, 1930, the son of the late Betty E. Bailey. Floyd honorably served his country in the U.S. Coast Guard, and spent much of his service stationed at the Academy in New...
Warner Baxter Powell
Aug 7, 2022
Warner Baxter Powell, 89 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 7, 2022. A native of Nash County, he was the son of the late William Sydney Powell and Ora Carter Powell. A funeral service will be held Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 11:00 am at Aversboro Road Baptist Church in Garner. There will be a...
Jayne Gosnell Helm
Aug 7, 2022
RALEIGH – Jayne Gosnell Helm, 80, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. She was born in Newark, NJ on February 3, 1942, the daughter of the late Jay Steele Gosnell and Gladys Lumley Gosnell. Jayne grew up in Livingston, NJ, and is described in her yearbook as “tall, neat and sweet--just the girl you want to meet”. Jayne earned...
Roger L. "Jerry" Mclean
Aug 7, 2022
RALEIGH – Roger L. “Jerry” McLean passed away August 7, 2022, at age 79. Jerry, as he was known, was born in Raleigh on May 18, 1943, in Mary Elizabeth hospital to Elizabeth Murray McLean and Bernice L. McLean. He grew up in Fuquay Springs as it was called at that time. He married Brenda Williams who he called...
David Kevin Lawrence
Aug 7, 2022
ROCKY MOUNT - David Kevin Lawrence, age 75, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the VA Medical Center in Durham. He was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on June 24, 1947, the son of the late Freeman and Florence Crocker Lawrence. After graduating from high school, Dave honorably served his country during the Vietnam War in the U.S. Air...
James Roderick Hiseler
Aug 6, 2022
James R. Hiseler, 79, went home to be with the Lord August 6, 2022. Beloved husband of 42 years, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. In the hymn, Blessed Assurance, Fanny Crosby wrote: "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine; Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His spirit, washed in His blood....
Wesley Oliver Barber
Aug 6, 2022
PINE LEVEL - Wesley Oliver Barber, 86, passed away unexpectedly, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. A native of Johnston County, Wesley was born May 31, 1936, to the late Hallie and Sudi Barber. He retired from Coca-Cola after 29 years, and then pursued another career with William Peace University, as a Security Guard, with a retirement after 20 years....
Philip Carl Cosentino
Aug 5, 2022
KNIGHTDALE – Philip Carl Cosentino, 43, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Philip is survived by his wife, Beth (Fraher) Cosentino; children, Patrick (age 4) and Dorothy (age 2) Cosentino; mother, Lucyann Lester; father, Carl Patrick Cosentino and wife, Deborah Ann Cosentino; sister, Theresa Felde and husband, Steven; brothers-by-marriage,...
