Obituaries

Birth Date: 07/13/1954 Deceased Date: 08/17/2025 Princeton – Douglas Wren Massey, age 71, passed away Sunday August 17, 2025 at Barbour Court Nursing and Rehab.…

Birth Date: 10/25/1937 Deceased Date: 08/15/2025 Barbara Jean Jones Bushee, 87, passed away at Kitty Askins Hospice Center on Friday, August 15, 2025. She was…

Birth Date: 06/10/1949 Deceased Date: 08/17/2025 It is with love and sadness that we announce the passing of Andrew “Andy” Horace Joyner, who died on…

Birth Date: 05/25/1944 Deceased Date: 08/17/2025 Benson, NC: Mrs. Lynda Mae Gregory Weeks, age 81, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Transitions Hospice…

Birth Date: 10/20/1957Deceased Date: 08/14/2025 Viewing Thu, August 21, 2025 2:00 – 6:00 Sanders Funeral Home Chapel 806 E Market St, Smithfield, NC 27577 Visitation…

Birth Date: 09/23/1938 Deceased Date: 08/17/2025 Mr. Claude Byrd, Jr., “Junior”, age 86, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at the SECU Hospice House…

Birth Date: 01/06/1958 Deceased Date: 08/18/2025 Smithfield – Brenda Joy Edwards Valadez, age 67, passed away Monday August 18, 2025 at Meadow View assisted living…

Birth Date: 05/12/1972 Deceased Date: 08/16/2025 Wilson – William Chad Overby, age 53, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Wilson Medical Center.…

Birth Date: 02/28/1952 Deceased Date: 08/14/2025 Smithfield, NC: Mr. William Floyd Harper, Sr., age 73, of Black Creek Road passed away on Thursday, August 14,…

Birth Date: 12/24/1968 Deceased Date: 08/14/2025 Benson, NC: Mrs. Sherry Lynn Simpson, age 56, of Ryals Street passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at…

Birth Date: 11/14/1925 Deceased Date: 08/14/2025 Martha Batten Boswell Pittman, 99, passed away on August 14, 2025. She was born in Johnston County on November…

Birth Date: 08/13/1941 Deceased Date: 08/13/2025 Jerry Barefoot Johnson, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield.…