OBITUARIES

Jul 19, 2011

Benson:  Mrs. Pearl Gibbs Creech, age 93, of Benson died Tuesday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Thursday at Benson Baptist Church.  Rev. Michael Edwards will officiate.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.             Mrs. Creech was born December 31, 1917 in Johnston County to the late Willie A. and Annie McLamb Gibbs.  She was...

Jul 18, 2011

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Carolyn Beasley Smith, age 62, of 140 Russell Hogan Lane died Monday at E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center in Lillington. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Thursday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be Pastors Kenneth Loch and Dennis Pollock. Burial will follow in Banner Chapel Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born June...

Jul 18, 2011

St. Petersburg, FL:  Mrs. Jean McLamb Frick, age 84, formerly of Benson, died Monday, July 18, 2011 at her home.  A private funeral service was held Monday, July 25, 2011 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson.  Rev. Wade McLamb, Jr., her nephew, officiated.  Burial was in Banner Chapel Church Cemetery. Mrs. Frick was born February 19, 1927...

Jul 16, 2011

Angier, NC: Mr. R. Z. McGee, age 87, 1210 Greenleaf Rd died Saturday morning at his residence. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Monday at Friendship Baptist Church in Angier. Officiating will be Rev. Doug Anders, Brother Griffin, Rev. Billy Cashwell, and Rev. Randy Beasley. Burial will follow in church cemetery. Mr. McGee was born August 26, 1923 in Johnston...

Jul 15, 2011

Diane Sorrell Hardison, 65, of 3101 Duraleigh Road, Raleigh, NC formally of Benson, NC, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC.  A memorial celebration will be held Tuesday, July 19 at 3 PM in Benson United Methodist Church. Reverends Dan Earnhardt and Ron Patton will officiate. Diane was born on September 18,...

Jul 14, 2011

Angier, NC: Mr. Howard Edward Moore age 78 of Angier formally of Coats died Thursday at Wake Med in Raleigh.  Graveside Service will be Saturday 11:00AM at Roselawn Cemetery in Benson. Officiating will be the Rev. Randy Beasley.  Mr. Moore was born May 12, 1933 in Johnston County to the late Riley Earl & Lola Hall Moore.  He was a...

Jul 14, 2011

Benson, NC:  Mr. James Stephen “Crisco” Johnson age 55 of 78 Highland Trace Lane died Thursday morning at his residence. Graveside services will be 1:00PM Saturday at Roselawn Cemetery in Benson. Officiating will be Rev. Jesse Brock. Mr. Johnson was born August 30, 1955 in Wake County to Virginia S. Rich and the late Cecil Johnson. He worked for the...

Jul 7, 2011

Benson, NC: Mr. Johnny B. Young age 81 of Benson died Thursday at Hospice of Wake County. A Graveside Service will be 11:00AM Saturday at the Young Family Cemetery, Benson. Officiating will be Revs. Hubert Morgan and Randy Beasley. Mr. Young was born December 4, 1929 in Johnston County to the late George and Annie Barefoot Young. He was also...

Jul 4, 2011

Benson, NC:  Mr. Kenneth Miles West age 71 of 1208 Guy Ave., Dunn, formerly of Benson, died Monday at his residence. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Thursday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be Rev. James David Tart. Entombment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery with military honors. Mr. West was born March 31, 1940...

Feb 28, 1938

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Four Oaks, NC:  Mrs. Thelma Blanche West Pope, age 88 gained her angel wings on Saturday at UNC Johnston Health in Smithfield.  Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks.  Mr. Jimmie Massengill and Mr. Derry Allen will officiate.  Burial will follow in Barbour’s Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery.Mrs. Pope was born...

Surf City, NC:  Alissa Renee Adams, age 23, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2020.  A Graveside Service will be held 12:00PM-Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Roselawn Cemetery in Benson.               Alissa was born on April 15, 1997 in Johnston County to Melissa Renee Tew Goldston and the late Charles Steven Adams.  Alissa was a waitress working in several...

Mr. Atlas Wayne Allen, age 40, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020.  A Memorial Service will be 11:00AM-Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson, NC.  Rev. Randy Beasley will officiate.              Wayne was born on June 22, 1980 to the late Jimmy Allen and Pansy Blackmon.  In addition to his parents he was preceded...

Erwin, NC: Mr. Harvey Conway Sessoms, age 87, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn.  Graveside Service will be 3:00PM-Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Erwin Memorial Park in Erwin, NC.  Rev. Jim Wallace will officiate.              Mr. Sessoms was born in Harnett County to the late Jarvis and Flossie Sears Sessoms.  He was preceded...

Mr. Dennis Carroll Medlin, age 48, of Dunn, NC (formerly of Benson, NC) passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.  Graveside Memorial Service will be held 2:00PM, Monday, November 9, 2020 at Stones Creek Advent Christian Church Cemetery outside Benson. Dennis was preceded in death by his fathers Dennis Carroll Barfield, Sr. and Lanny Craig Medlin, his mother, Linda Wood...

SMITHFIELD:  Ms. Mary Lively Barbour, age 74, died Monday, December 16, 2019 at UNC Johnston Health in Smithfield, NC. Memorial Service will be 11:30 AM, Saturday,  December 21, 2019  at Crumplers Crossroads Church of God Prophecy.  Officiating will be Rev. Craig Langdon.                  Ms. Barbour  was born on November 1, 1945 in Etowah County, Alabama to the late John...

Laurel Springs, NC:  Mr. Gardner Alfred Barbour, age 84, died Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Genesis Rehabilitation Center.  Funeral services will be 2:00PM Monday, January 22, 2018, at Barbourtown Church of God in Benson.  Officiating will be Rev. Doug Combs.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.Mr. Barbour was born in Johnston County on April 3, 1933 to the late...

Four Oaks, NC:  Mr. Waylon Lewis Benson, age 86 a resident of Barbour Court Nursing Home died Wednesday.  Graveside Services will be Friday at 11:00 AM at Piney Grove PFWB Church Cemetery, Four Oaks. Officiating will be Rev. Sherwood Lassiter. Mr. Benson was born November 23, 1927 in Johnston County to the late Willis Paul and Cora Jane Wilkins Benson. He was...

Newton Grove, NC: Mr. Jimmie Roscoe Parker, age 84, of Eldridge Road, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at UNC Johnston Health in Smithfield. The Parker Family will be holding a private service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Benson with military honors.              Mr....

Benson, NC:    Mrs. Clara Hudson Hayes, age 80, of 1119 W. Pope St. died Wednesday at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, NC.  Funeral Services will be 3:00PM Sunday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.  Officiating will be Rev. Mike Bassett.   Burial will follow in Banner Chapel Church Cemetery in Benson.Mrs. Hayes was born November 15, 1937 in Harnett...