March 6, 2025, 88, Calypso —

Mrs. Nellie Jo Outlaw Guy, resident of the Calypso area, passed away Thursday evening, March 6, 2025, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, at which she had been living for the last nine years.  She was 88 years of age.

Mrs. Guy had been employed in the bookkeeping department at Southern Bank and Trust Company in Mount Olive.  She was a member of Calypso Baptist Church, was known for her cooking abilities and excellence in homemaking skills.  She enjoyed flowers, growing and utilizing a vegetable garden, and she enjoyed the companionship of all animals, especially dogs and cats.

Funeral services will be Sunday, March 9, at 3:00 p.m. at the Calypso Baptist Church.  Officiating will be the Rev. Paul Langston and Dr. Gregory Day.  Burial will follow in the Calypso Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the church fellowship hall during the hour before the service.  Flowers are welcome, or memorial gifts may be made to Calypso Baptist Church, c/o Roger Davis, PO Box 56, Calypso, NC 28325.

Mrs. Guy is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne Guy Britt and J. Ralph Britt, Jr. of Mount Olive; a daughter-in-law, Abby Shealy Guy of Fuquay-Varina, widow of deceased son, Donnie Guy; a brother and sister-in-law, Emmett and Linda Outlaw of Mount Olive; grandchildren, Matthew Guy and wife, Brianne, of Dayton, Ohio, Emily Guy Parker and husband, Matthew, of Hampstead, James R. Britt III and wife, Kasey, of Mount Olive, and Luke Donnell Britt and fiance, Claudia Riddle, both of Calypso; five great-grandchildren, Pierce, Damian, and Fisher Guy, and Nolan and Ian Parker; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donnell Wilbur Guy; her son, Donnell W. “Donnie” Guy, Jr.; her parents, Leon A. and Beulah Mae Whitman Outlaw; a sister, Evelyn O. Sutton; a brother, William Earl Outlaw; and an infant sibling.

Special thanks are given to Mrs. Guy’s caregivers, Donna Kennedy and Tracy Winders, and to Gentiva Hospice, especially nurse Nikki Wolfe, for exemplary care, concern, and service.

 A Tyndall Service