OBITUARIES
Hector Martinez
Aug 15, 2018
Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Hector Cruz Martinez, age 51 of 120 Larkspur Court, Four Oaks passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Duke University in Durham. A Memorial Service will be 11:00AM, Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mr. Martinez was born on February 22, 1967 in Durango, Mexico to the late Magdaleno Cruz and Tomasa...
Carol Kuske
Aug 14, 2018
Coats, NC: Mrs. Carol Ann Langley Kuske, age 71, of Bill Avery Road died Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at her residence. Visitation will be Sunday, August 26, 2018, 2:00PM-7:00PM at Bocken Funeral Home, 7042 Kennedy Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46323. Graveside Service will be 12:00 noon Thursday, August 30, 2018 at The Sandhill State Veterans Cemetery in Ft. Bragg, NC. ...
Graylon Raynor
Aug 13, 2018
Benson: Mr. Graylon Raynor, age 92, of 200-B Allen's Crossroad Road died Monday August 13, 2018 at The Oaks at Mayview in Raleigh. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Thursday at Banner Chapel Advent Christian Church, Benson. Officiating will be Rev. Joe Brown. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Raynor was born November 30, 1925 in Johnston County...
Ethel Core
Aug 13, 2018
Benson: Mrs. Ethel Benson Core, age 93, died Monday, August 13, 2018, at Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Benson. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Thursday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel. Revs. Scott Johnson, Randy Beasley, and Paul Conley will officiate. Burial will follow in Benson Family Cemetery. Mrs. Core was born on August 27, 1924 in...
Juanita Matthews
Aug 11, 2018
Benson: Mrs. Juanita Mae Maness Matthews, age 96, died peacefully on Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Public Funeral services to celebrate Juanita's life will be 2:00PM Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at the Benson United Methodist Church. Rev. Al Hocutt will officiate. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. Juanita was born on March 9, 1922 in...
Gary Smith
Aug 11, 2018
Benson, NC: Mr. Gary Millard Smith, age 54, died Saturday, August 11, 2018 at his residence. Memorial services will be 11:00AM Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jason Hudson will officiate. Mr. Smith was born May 28, 1964 in Harnett County to the late Millard and Idell Stancil Smith. He was also preceded...
Oliver "Pete" Ennis
Aug 10, 2018
Benson, NC: Mr. Oliver J. "Pete" Ennis, age 69, of 416 Chic Ennis Road died Friday at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Memorial Services will be 11:00AM Monday, August 13, 2018 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Coats, NC. Officiating will be Rev. Jason Hammersley Mr. Ennis was born July 10, 1949 in Harnett County to the late Oliver...
Timothy Maynard
Aug 8, 2018
Mr. Timothy Dwayne Maynard, age 49, of Feed Mill Road died Wednesday, August 8, 2018 in Jacksonville, NC. Graveside Service will be held 11:00AM Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Angier, NC. Officiating will be Chaplain, Jeremy Maynard, his brother. Mr. Maynard was born November 21, 1968 in Wake County to Ernestine Barbour Maynard of Kenly, NC...
Evelyn Aranda
Aug 6, 2018
Mrs. Evelyn Aranda, 65, died Monday, August 6, 2018, at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield after a long struggle with cancer. A devoted wife and mother as well as a devout believer and follower of Christ, she was Methodist by faith. Mrs. Aranda was born Evelyn Benson Bonner on July 24, 1953, in Harnett...
Joyce Turner
Aug 2, 2018
Joyce Devine Parrish Turner, age 86, of Dunn, NC passed peacefully into her eternal heavenly home on August 2, 2018. Joyce was born on February 3, 1932 to Aldridge and Maxine Parrish of Coats, NC. She was the oldest of four daughters. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 46 years, Raymond D. Turner, her granddaughter, Katie...
Debra Burgess
Aug 2, 2018
Mims, Florida: Mrs. Debra Gail Vinson Burgess, age 49 of 6335 Dixie Way, Mims, Florida passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. A Celebration of Life Service will be 6:00 PM Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks. Rev. Todd Higginson and Rev. Jerry Shavers will officiate. Mrs....
Wilfred Bruce, Jr.
Jul 31, 2018
Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Wilfred "Butch" Bruce, Jr., age 70 of 1929 Hockaday Rd. died Tuesday at UNC Chapel Hill. The family will receive friends 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Thursday, August 2, 2018 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks and at the family home, 1929 Hockaday Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524. Mr. Bruce was born on...
Virginia Gregory McCabe
Jul 27, 2018
Benson, NC: Mrs. Virginia Gregory McCabe, age 88, of Elevation Road died Friday July 27, 2018 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Monday July 30, 2018 at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel, Benson. Officiating will be Rev. Bobby Caudle. Entombment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery, Benson. Mrs. McCabe was born...
Danny Matthews
Jul 26, 2018
Princeton, NC: Mr. Danny L. Matthews, age 60, of 154 Haven Lane died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Smithfield Manor in Smithfield. Funeral Service will be 6:00 PM Monday, July 30, 2018 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson, NC. Officiating will be Revs. Jack Booth, Jr., Ed Johnson and Don Dewberry. Graveside service will be 10:00 AM...
Mary "Pat" Bowser
Jul 23, 2018
Mary "Pat" Bowser, a former resident of Grove City, PA passed away on, July 23, 2018, following an extended illness. She was residing in Fuquay-Varina, NC at the time of her death. Mary was born in Grove City on April 5, 1928 to Isaac M. Steele and Berta M. (Sloan, Steele) Kauffman. Mary married Thomas C. Bowser on 16 Apr...
Judy Adams Lee
Jul 23, 2018
Mrs. Judy Adams Lee, age 71, of 444 Sandy Road died Monday, July 23, 2018, at her residence. Judy was born January 18, 1947 in Dunn to the late Delma Adams and Bevie Wood Adams. She was preceded in death by a baby brother who died during childbirth. She was a 1965 graduate of Meadow High School and worked for...
Faye "Grandma" Fish
Jul 22, 2018
Faye A. Fish, 75, surrounded by family and friends departed this earth on July 22, 2018, to be with her husband of 51 years; Joe preceded Faye’s death in 2010. Faye leaves behind her son, Joseph D. Fish and his spouse Abigail Snyder of Fayetteville, NC; daughter, LTC Tammy L. Fish and her spouse COL Deborah L. Whitmer from Great...
Arnette Johnson
Jul 21, 2018
Four Oaks, NC: Mrs. Arnette Turnage Johnson, age 80 of 103 E. Sanders Street, Four Oaks, died Saturday at UNC Johnston Health in Smithfield. Funeral Service will be 3:00 PM, Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Four Oaks. Rev. David Little will officiate. Burial will follow in Four Oaks City Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson...
Richard Hord, Sr.
Jul 20, 2018
Buies Creek, NC: Mr. Richard Wayne Hord, Sr., age 83, of 200 Mayberry Drive died Friday at his residence. Graveside Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Angier. Mr. Hord was born on November 25, 1934 in Kings Mountain, NC to the late James Wayne and Myrtle Williams Hord. He...
Richard Gerst
Jul 10, 2018
Richard D. Gerst, age 54, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, formerly of Caldwell, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at his home. He was born March 10, 1964, in Zanesville, Ohio, son of Dennis F. and Elaine Marie Urdak Gerst of Caldwell. He was a 1982 graduate of Caldwell High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball, and he...
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