OBITUARIES

Nov 15, 2021

Four Oaks, NC: Ms. Janie Marie Meadows, age 65, of US 301 South passed away on Monday, November 15, 2021 at her daughter’s residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 A.M.-Thursday, November 18, 2021 at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Rev. Richard Whitman will officiate. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery...

Nov 15, 2021

Mr. Walter Haywood Stancil, age 93, of 4178 Old School Road, passed away on November 15, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be held11:00AM-Friday, November 19, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Benson. Officiating will be Pastor Billy Olsen. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Benson.

Mr. Stancil was born on September 22, 1928...

Nov 12, 2021

Coats: Mr. John Ira Lee, age 66, of Brandon Lane passed away Friday, November 12, 2021 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be held 11:00AM, Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson, NC. Rev. Freddy Wayne Langston and Dr. Zane Lapinskies will officiate. Burial will follow...

Nov 11, 2021

Nov 11, 2021

Mrs. Glenda Collins Johnson, age 74, of 207 Zeb Lane, passed away at her residence on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Funeral Services will be held on 2:00PM-Thursday, November 18, 2021 at Benson Pentecostal Holiness Church in Benson. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Fields. Burial will follow in Falcon Cemetery in Falcon.

Mrs. Johnson was born on January 2, 1947...

Nov 10, 2021

Mrs. Lucrecia “Lou” Ann Bass Jernigan, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be 3:00PM-Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson, NC. Entombment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Benson, NC. Mr. Randy Byrd will officiate.

Mrs. Jernigan was born on January...

Nov 8, 2021

Coats, NC: Mrs. Judy Kay Bradley, age 59, of Silas Moore Road, passed away on Monday, November 8, 2021. Graveside Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM-Friday, November 12, 2021 at Coats City Cemetery in Coats, NC. Pastor Eddie White will officiate.

Mrs. Bradley was born on August 14, 1962. She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Coy Vaughn,...

Nov 8, 2021

Mrs. Judy Stephenson Hansley, age 81, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at her residence. Graveside Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM- Friday, November 12, 2021 at Four Oaks City Cemetery in Four Oaks, NC. Rev. Dennis Smith will officiate.

Mrs. Hansley was born on July 31, 1940 in Johnston County to the late Floyd and Alma Johnson...

Nov 8, 2021

Mr. Howard Donnie Barnes, age 64, passed away on Monday, November 8, 2021 at his residence. Funeral Services will be 11:00AM-Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson, NC. Rev. Tim Stevens will officiate. Burial will be held privately by the family.

Mr. Barnes was born on October 9, 1957 in Harnett County, NC to the...

Nov 8, 2021

Mrs. Joy Ann Adams, age 77, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be held Friday, November 12 at 2:00PM at the Rose and Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Four Oaks. Rev. Billy Nowell and Rev. Charles Dudley will officiate. Burial will follow at Faith Original Free...

Nov 7, 2021

Mrs. Myrna Loy Horton Barefoot, age 84, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be 11:00AM-Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Coats Community Church in Coats, NC. Rev. Chuck Jones and Rev. Tony Beasley will officiate. Burial will follow in Harnett Devotional Gardens, Dunn, NC.

Mrs. Barefoot was born on November...

Nov 6, 2021

Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Harvey Glenn Flowers, age 76 of Juniper Church Road passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh surrounded by his loving family and friends after a long battle with COVID-19.

Anyone who knew Glenn knew that he entered a room with a twinkle in his eye, a smile on his face, and...

Nov 6, 2021

Angier, NC: Mr. Donald Ray “Duck” Parker, age 63, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at UNC Johnston Health in Clayton, NC. Funeral Services will be 1:00PM-Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Greater Vision Fellowship Church, 135 Dry Creek Road, Lillington, NC 27546. Burial will follow in the Stone Family Cemetery, outside Coats, NC.

Mr. Parker was born on...

Nov 4, 2021

Mr. Roy Earl Guin, age 74, passed away at his residence on Thursday, November 4, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Graveside Funeral Services will be 11:00AM-Monday, November 8, 2021at Harnett Devotional Gardens, Dunn, NC. Rev. Jessie Brock will officiate.

Mr. Guin was born on April 30, 1947 in Johnston County, NC to the late Barney Henry and Ellen Guin. He...

Nov 4, 2021

Mr. David Stanley Runion, age 62, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Genesis Healthcare Center in Mount Olive, NC. A Memorial Service will be held 11:45AM-Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Bethel Original Free Will Baptist Church, outside Four Oaks, NC. Rev. Tod Creech will officiate.

Mr. Runion was born on October 4, 1959 in Wichita, Kansas to the...

Nov 3, 2021

Mrs. Wendy Marie Jones, age 52, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at her residence. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM, Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks, NC. Burial will follow in the Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield, NC. Rev. Timothy Cowan will officiate.

Mrs. Jones was born on November...

Nov 2, 2021

Benson, NC: Mr. Brandon Chad Coats, age 44, of Raleigh Road passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Graveside Memorial Services will be held 11:00AM Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Roselawn Cemetery Columbarium, Benson.

Brandon was born on November 26, 1976 in Wake County to Alice Faircloth Coats of Benson and the late,...

Oct 31, 2021

Mrs. Ann Keene Hargis, age 85, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC. Funeral Service will be 3:00PM, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks, NC. Burial will follow in the Keene Family Cemetery in Four Oaks, NC. Rev. Darren Brisco will officiate.

Mrs. Hargis was born...

Oct 31, 2021

US Army LTC (retired) Emil Joseph Stryker Jr., age 98, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 at his residence in Benson, NC, USA. Funeral Services will be held with full Military Funeral Honors with Military Escort in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC in the morning of December 30, 2021. LTC Stryker requested the Military Band play his favorite song...

Oct 31, 2021

Angier, NC: Mrs. Peggy Thornton Lassiter, age 88, of NC Hwy 50 North passed away on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Springbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services will be 11:00AM, Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Benson Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Cashwell will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Lassiter was born in Johnston County on...