Mary Smith

May 27, 2016

Mary Christine Gibson Smith, 85, of Bladenboro passed away Friday, May 27, 2016. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Alma Gibson; husband, Leo Smith; son, Willis Smith; sister, Mattie Jane Feltwell; brothers, W.L., Jack, and Buddy Gibson; two grandchildren, Evelyn and Christel. Survivors include: son, Ricky Smith and wife Vickie of Bladenboro; two daughters, Patricia...

Wanda Baysdon

May 26, 2016

Wanda Faye Baysdon, 64, of Clarkton passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016. She is survived by one son Tracy Atkins of Clarkton and two brothers: Frankie Guill and wife Patricia of Dublin and W.G. "Pete" Guill of Lake Waccamaw. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11 am at the Liberty Worship Center in...

Billy Creech

May 22, 2016

Billy R. Creech, 78 of Clarkton passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016. He was born on September 6, 1937 to the late Willie and Addie Eason Creech. He is preceded in death by his wife, Faye Creech; his parents, and a sister, Betty Martin.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Bladen-Gaskins...

Gregory Hurst

May 21, 2016

Gregory Lynn Hurst, 38, of Kinston formerly of Bladenboro passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Curtis and Judy Pait, paternal grandparents, William and Letha Hurst and mother, Catherine Pait Hurst. Survivors include his father, Jimmy Hurst of Kinston, one daughter Alexis Paiton Hurst of Bladenboro, one brother Wayne Hurst and...

John Barszcz

May 21, 2016

John Joseph Barszcz, 38, of Bladenboro passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016. He is survived by his father Donald Hill and wife Dee of Bladenboro, mother Janet Parsons of Keystone Heights, FL, his wife Wendy Barszcz of the home, daughter Katie Ezzell of Bladenboro, step-daughter Riley Starnes of Lumberton, one brother Dwayne Hill of Jacksonville, FL and two sisters:...

Rachel Hester

May 18, 2016

Rachel Strickland Hester, 82, of Bladenboro passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016. She is preceded in death by her husband Graham Thomas Hester, three sons: Charles Hester, Herschel Hester, and Joey Hester and three grandchildren: Rickey Davis, Charlene Campbell, and Dewayne Hester. Survivors include one daughter, Brenda Gail Strickland and husband Sammy, son Dennis Hester and wife Melody, seven...

Verna Bowman

May 13, 2016

Verna White Bowman, 85, of Elizabethtown passed away Friday, May 13, 2016. She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Ethel White, husband of 56 years D.G. Bowman, sisters: Jean White, Christine Page, and Beulah Kinlaw and two brothers: Henry and JC White. Survivors include two daughters Cynthia Earle and husband Steven of Asheville and Beth Bowman...

Dewey Butler

May 10, 2016

Dewey Hubert Butler, 78, of White Oak passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016. He is preceded in death by his parents: Hubert and Christine Butler and two sons, Jerry W. Butler and Michael D. Butler. Survivors include one daughter, Christine Friend of White Oak; two sisters: Magaline Mussante of Washington, DC; and Sally Prevatte of Maryland; four grandchildren and...

Kendall Hester

May 10, 2016

Kendall Khari Hester, 21, of Bladenboro passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016. He is survived by his mother Teresa Hurtt of Fayetteville,one son, Jayce Hester (mother, Jalisa Spencer); grandparents: Dewey and Ethel Hester of the home, one sister, Kyra Hurtt of Virginia; Uncle Maurice Hester and children: Montel Hester, Monika Hester, Maurice Hester II, Maurissa Hester, Alyssa Hester and...

Bobby English

May 9, 2016

Bobby Lathan English, 79, of Bladenboro, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016. He is preceded in death by his parents Edward and Katie English. Survivors include: wife, Helma English of the home; two daughters, Belynda English Evans and husband Greg of Raleigh, Elaine English Innes and husband Tom of Raleigh; two brothers, Julian English of Bladenboro, David English of...