March 9, 2024, 86, Calypso — Benjamin “Ben” Franklin Parks passed away peacefully at his home on March 9, 2024, at age 86. He was a resident of Calypso, NC, and was best known as owner and operator of Bear Swamp Taxidermy in Faison, where he and his partner, Sam Taylor, loved serving the hunters…… read more »
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Benjamin “Ben” Franklin Parks
Helen Whitfield Britt
March 8, 2024, 93, Mount Olive — Mrs. Helen Whitfield Britt, at the age of 93, passed away Friday evening, March 8, 2024, at a daughter’s home. She had lived in the Garner’s Chapel community near Mount Olive. Mrs. Britt will be buried with her son and husband in the Albert Britt Family Cemetery following…… read more »
Todd Harold Barwick
March 6, 2024, 60, Mount Olive — Todd Harold Barwick, 60, a lifelong resident of the Mount Olive area, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 6, 2024, after a brief illness. Most of Todd’s life had been spent on the farm, as he assisted his father and other area farmers, in growing, harvesting, and the hauling…… read more »
Ronald Neil Swinson
February 27, 2024, 67, Mount Olive — Ronald Neil Swinson, known to most as Ronnie Swinson, life lifelong resident of the Mount Olive area, died Tuesday night, February 27, 2024, at Warsaw Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 67. Ronnie had been employed with Friendly Mart, Inc., Turner Auto Parts, and Chas. F. Cates and…… read more »
Tifny Mae Williams Brown
February 26, 2024, 82, Albertson — Tifny Mae Williams Brown, 82, of the Woodland Church area near Albertson, passed away early Monday morning, February 26, 2024, at her home. She had been a hardworking woman, often doing manly labor for area farm families as well as maintaining her own home and caring for the needs…… read more »
Billie Jo Brock Bizzell
February 21, 2024, 52, Beulaville — Billie Jo Brock Bizzell, 52, died at her home in the Beulaville community on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. She is survived by her daughter of the home; Kayleisa Cartwright, and her fiancee’, Lynn Smith; a son Rashad Brock of Goldsboro; her two sisters, Bonita Jones and husband Owen of…… read more »
Michael Lee Alphin
February 21, 2024, 59, Seven Springs — Michael Lee Alphin, 59, of the Seven Springs area, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday evening, February 21, 2024. Michael was an outdoorsman and had been employed in construction, building, and repairs, for most of his life. He leaves behind his wife, Marilyn Gentry Alphin; his mother, Faye Jones Alphin,…… read more »
Dr. Hervy B. Kornegay, Sr.
February 15, 2024, 90, Calypso — Dr. Hervy B. Kornegay, Sr. of Calypso passed away at home on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at the age of 90, surrounded by family. He was born on April 28, 1933, the only child of the late Hervy Battle and Edwina Sutton Kornegay of Calypso. He attended school in…… read more »
Edna Joyce Adams Rice
February 14, 2024, 92, Mount Olive — Edna Joyce Adams Rice, at the age of 92, passed away on Valentine’s Day in the early evening, while being cared for at Wayne UNC Hospital. Mrs. Rice was a native of the Seven Springs area, but for a time, she and her husband resided in Goldsboro before…… read more »
Loretta Mae Oliver Sturges
February 12, 2024, 65, Seven Springs — Loretta Mae Oliver Sturges, 65, quietly passed away Monday, February 12, 2024, at her home in the Seven Springs area. Born in Stigler, Oklahoma, she had lived in Arkansas and California before relocating to North Carolina. She had been a nursing assistant in a nursing home and had…… read more »
