Willie Hester
May 8, 2014
Willie Harold "Honky Tonk" Hester, 70, of Bladenboro passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at New Hanover Regional Hospital. The family will receive friends from 2:00-2:45 pm on Monday, May 12, 2014 at Bladen Gaskins Funeral Home in Elizabethtown with a funeral service following at 3:00 pm. Burial will follow at Bladen Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends...
Wayne Kennedy
May 7, 2014
The Rev. Dr. Wayne Dewitt Kennedy was born in Edgemore, SC September 29, 1928 and died in Jacksonville, Florida on May 7, 2014. He was predeceased by his wife, Nan Frink Kennedy and will be buried beside her in Galeed Cemetery in Bladenboro, NC. He is survived by a Daughter, Karen Kennedy Heistand, her husband Robert and their two...
Bennie Britt
May 6, 2014
Bennie Claxton Britt, 81, of Dublin passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Scottish Pines Rehabilitation Center in Laurinburg, NC. He was born in Bladen County on March 19, 1933 to the late Roger and Eunice Benson Britt. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict. After returning home, he worked in farming and land surveying...
Roslyn Phillips
May 6, 2014
Roslyn Clark McCall Phillips, 63, of Lisbon passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Edna Wilson McCall, one brother Herman Wilson, and one special brother-in-law, Doyle Smith. Survivors include two daughters, Joy Dowless of the home and Michelle Knight and husband Chris of Swansea, SC; three sisters: Naamah...
Robert Williamson
Apr 30, 2014
Robert Vance Williamson, 62, of Bladenboro passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014. He was preceded in death by his mother Ida Allen Williamson. Mr. Williamson is survived by his wife Betty Williamson of the home and his father H. B. Williamson of Dublin. Graveside services will be held Friday, May 2, 2014 at 4:00 pm at Hursey Cemetery in...
Kathleen Wilkins
Apr 28, 2014
Kathleen Dowless Wilkins, 71, of Bladenboro passed away Monday, April 28, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents Emery Williams and Mazie Dial, two daughters, Wendy Wilkins and Cindy Strickland, one brother Jimmy Berrett and two grandchildren Lisa Strickland and Kristy Yarborough. Survivors include her husband Kenneth Wilkins of the home, son Kennie Wilkins and wife Jennifer...
Brian Ward
Apr 28, 2014
Brian Stuart Ward, 39, of Tar Heel passed away on Monday, April 28, 2014 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. Brian was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Stanley and Eva Lee Ward; maternal grandparents, John and Allie Mae Burney.
He is survived by his parents, Donald Ward and Jeanette Ward, one daughter, Summer...
Sylvia Callahan
Apr 25, 2014
Sylvia Marie Callahan, age 89, of Bladenboro, died Friday, April 25, 2014. She is survived by her sons, Joe Callahan and Bobby Callahan and wife Judy of Bladenboro; a daughter, Ann Long of Bladenboro; and one sister, Mary Katherine Williams of Florida; four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 28, 2014 from...
Alton Lancaster
Apr 25, 2014
Alton Scott Lancaster Jr., 59, of Clarkton passed away Friday, April 25, 2014. He is survived by his wife Patricia H. Lancaster of the home, one son Jay Alexander Lancaster of the home, two daughters: Nadia Kathryn Lancaster of North Dakota and Leanne Alexandria Lancaster of the home, one sister Loretta Willoughby of Greenville, and three grandchildren: Brooklyn Lancaster-Bonner,...
Ruth Porter
Apr 25, 2014
Ruth Scruggs Porter, 93, of Elizabethtown, NC passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014. She spent her last few years in Hartsville, SC in long-term care due to declining health. Mrs. Porter is best known for her 40 years of teaching primarily the fourth grade in Bladen County Schools. Teaching was one of her greatest joys, and she touched...