Obituaries

Birth Date: 12/16/1963 Deceased Date: 01/09/2025 Princeton – Terry Wayne Peedin, age 61, passed away early Thursday, January 9, 2025 at UNC Rex Hospital. Born…

David Thompson Laurance, 83, of Princeton, passed away Wednesday January 1, 2025.  Mr. Laurance was born July 3, 1941 in Douglas County, Oregon to the…

Ralph Michael Fankell, 65, of Kenly, passed away Monday at his home. He was born in Wilson County, January 10, 1959, to the late Ralph…

Birth Date: 05/23/1941 Deceased Date: 01/05/2025 Carol Elaine Johnson, 83, of Barnard, VT, passed away on January 5, 2025. She was born on May 23,…

Birth Date: 04/28/1951 Deceased Date: 01/07/2025 Judy Dianne Strickland Holland, 73, passed away on January 7, 2025, at her home surrounded by family. Family and…

Birth Date: 01/24/1943 Deceased Date: 01/04/2025 Cathy Marie Holland, 81, of Wilson went home to meet her Lord and Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 4,…

Birth Date: 09/17/1949 Deceased Date: 01/07/2025 Larry Kenneth Hutchins, a reverent pastor, beloved husband, father, grandfather and selfless giver, passed into the arms of his…

Birth Date: 03/20/1957 Deceased Date: 01/03/2025 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Johnny “Mark” Barefoot, beloved father, grandfather, and friend,…

Birth Date: 09/15/1934 Deceased Date: 01/02/2025 Carlton Brooks Barefoot, 90, passed away on January 2, 2025, with his children, Jimmy and Karen, by his side. …

Edward “Slim” Alton Puryear, 87, of Princeton, passed away Sunday January 5, 2025 at the SECU Hospice House. Mr. Puryear was born December 1, 1937…

Henry Carson “HC” Ford, Jr. was born in Wilson, NC on September 19, 1950, and passed away on January 6, 2025 in Fayetteville, NC. He…

Birth Date: 04/11/1947 Deceased Date: 01/07/2025 Daniel “Danny” Terry Johnson, age 77, of Gum Swamp Road, a beloved member of the Four Oaks community, passed…