All Obituaries

Maria DeJesus Raya, 44, of Elm City, NC passed away Sunday, January 29, 2023, at Wythe Co. Community Hospital in Wytheville, VA.   Ms. Raya was born on June 6, 1978 in George Town, TX a daughter to Manuel Raya Sr. and Consuelo Salazar. Maria was a loving mother who put her children and family first. She loved listing to 80s music and spending time with family and friends. She enjoyed visiting the beach feeling the ocean breeze on her face and the sand beneath her feet. Maria was a...

Mr. Milliard Lang Harrell, 86, passed away on January 29, 2023 surrounded by his family. Survived by his sons, Jason Harrell (Deborah) of Winston-Salem and Mark Harrell (Wendy) of Pinetops; grandchildren, Lauren (Josh) of Orlando, Sarah of Greenville, Deanna (John) of Bethel; great-grandchildren, Sawyer, Brody, Charlotte, Finn, and Caroline; and brother Stephen “Boots” (wife Delphia) of Cape Carteret; and many special nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Chief Carlo Guglielmo Talarico, 62, of Stantonsburg, NC passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023, in Black Creek, NC. He was born on September 9, 1960, in Pottstown, PA, a son of the late Luigi and Delfina Talarico. Mr. Talarico was a man of many accomplishments and a proud American. He served in law enforcement for over twenty-five years and served in Afghanistan doing private contacts throughout his career. Carlo was employed with the Wayne Co. Sheriff Dept. where he worked on the SWAT...

  Louann Carla Simoncini, age 79 of Georgetown SC. Passed away unexpectedly on Friday December 16, 2022. Louann was born on January 14, 1943, in New Haven CT. Louann was predeceased by her parents Louise Lafo and Andrew Lindh her sister Shirley, her brothers Andrew and Herbert, her loving husband Vincent and their beautiful Daughter Theresa. Louann is survived by her daughters Louise, Susan and her husband Eric, Carla Jean and her three beautiful grandchildren whom she adored Andrew,...

James Eugene Barnett, 70, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Wilson Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wilson, NC. He was born on December 8, 1952, in Corpus Christy, TX a son of the late Howard Barnett and Mildred Miller. Mr. Barnett never met a stranger and made friends anywhere he went. He worked as an auto body repair man for over Twenty years at his company Barnett’s Paint & Body Shop in Florida where his work reflected how much he loved what he did. He was...

Shelby Taylor Childers, 65, passed away on November 14, 2022, at Wilson Medical Center, Wilson NC. She was born on July 24, 1957, in Wilson, NC a daughter of the late Ernest Wayne Taylor and Josephine Lucas.  Mrs. Childers was a lifelong resident of Wilson, NC. She never met a stranger and was known as a hard worker. She was married to the love of her life Wayne Childers for over Twenty-Three years. Shelby loved helping people just as much as she loved cooking and spending time with...

Myrtle Ann Nicholson Bowen, 87, of Elm City, NC passed away at her home on November 10, 2022, in the presence of her family. Ann was born in Williamston, NC on January 29, 1935, to the late Charlie Ann Coltrain Nicholson and Thurman Otis Nicholson. She enjoyed singing and playing piano at churches, and she had an eclectic career in teaching, health care, radio, and the furniture industry. She topped off her education with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Shaw University in...

Mr. Frank Walter Cherry, Jr., 79, Transitioned to his heavenly home on Monday, October 31, 2022, at the home of his nephew Vincent A Lucas in Wilson, NC. He answered the Lord’s beckoning call to enter from labor to reward. He was born to the late Frank Walter Cherry, Sr. and Carolyn Cherry Jenkins March 15, 1943, in Tarboro, NC. He attended Edgecombe County public schools and graduated in 1961. Frank later joined the United States Army where he served with the 6th BN 2nd BDE at Fort...

Carl Wilson Batten, Jr., 73, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2022, at Wilson Assisted Living in Wilson, NC. Mr. Batten was born October 13, 1949, in Wilson, NC son of the late Carl Wilson Batten, Sr. and Helen Barnes Batten. Carl was a retired service technician for a commercial laundry company. He enjoyed basketball, baseball and football, just about any sport that you could think of, but he was a diehard UNC Tarheel Fan. Carl was devoted to his church, First Baptist Church in Rocky...

Mr. Robert Louis Russell, 80, of Wilson, NC passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, NC. Mr. Russell was born May 29, 1942, in Charleston, County, SC a son of the late Murray Anderson Russell and Edith Polston Fairfax. Robert was a U.S. Air Force veteran. A devout Christian, Mr. Russell loved Christian music and was a prayer warrior in his church Covenant Love Church in Fayetteville, NC, where he was a member for over 15 years and was also a volunteer for...