Viola Graham Grimsley, 81, of Tolarsville died Tuesday August 6, 2019. She was born in Robeson County, NC on September 29, 1937 to the late Jack Gilbert and Mamie Gray Graham. She was the third shift grill cook at Joe Don Danny’s for over 20 years. She loved cooking and watching TV, especially Family Feud and the Price is Right. She was known to spend time talking on the telephone. She worried about everyone and loved having company stop by her home…some never...

Carole Smith Bennett, 80, of St. Pauls died Friday August 2, 2019. She was born in Giles, Virginia on August 17, 1938 to the late Lacy and Martha Rogers Smith. She was born in the mountains but grew up in Newport News. She was an avid reader, lover of books and enjoyed watching the Hallmark Channel while smoking cigarettes. She really liked to travel, was a huge Elvis fan and never met a stranger, greeting everyone with open arms. Most of all she loved her family and spending time with them....

  Emma Rose Colantuono, died on Sunday July 28, 2019. She was, also, born on this same day to Chasity A. Faulkner and Kevin D. Colantuono.  An angel wrote in the book of life my baby’s date of birth, Then whispered as she closed the book, “Too beautiful for earth." Emma Rose is survived by her mother, Chasity A. Faulkner and father, Kevin D. Colantuono; sisters, Isabella A. and Ava Jo Colantuono; maternal grandmother and grandfather, Betty J. and Jeremy J....

      Kenneth Earl Mead, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, July 27, 2019, in St Pauls, NC, from complications associated with his medical conditions and pneumonia. He was born May 8, 1961 in Norfolk, VA. A former resident of Pensacola, FL and Florala, AL, Kenneth moved to St Pauls, NC in 2016 to be closer to family. Kenneth enjoyed fishing and hunting with his family when he was growing up. He was a volunteer fire fighter, an electrician, and a metalsmith. He was...

  Nannie Juanita Johnson, 97, of Stedman, formerly of St. Pauls died Tuesday July 23, 2019 with family at her side. She was born on January 30, 1922 in Bennettsville, SC to the late John C. and Daisey Mae Hutchens Huggins. She was married to the late Robert E. Johnson Sr. and life partner Joseph Baxley. She was a spinner at Cumberland Mills and a member of Community Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. She wanted all to know that her greatest accomplishments and rewards in life were...

Joyce Cox Gibson, 85 of Bladenboro and formally of Saint Pauls, passed away July 11,2019. Joyce was born in South Carolina on January 22, 1934 to the late Edward Cox and Thelma Huestess Cox. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Saint Pauls.  Most people who knew her either as Mama Joy or Grandma. She was a loving caring person who was the epitome of kindness and acceptance. She was the go to person for loving advise or just to talk about your problems. She retired from Cape Fear...

  Russell Wayne Orndorf, 68, of Fayetteville, formerly of Waynesville, Ohio, died Wednesday July 3, 2019. He was born in Montgomery County, OH on June 22, 1951 to Charles Russell and Dolores Head Orndorf. He was a man of many talents, interests and hobbies. He served honorably and proudly with the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to 1978 and participated in the evacuation of US soldiers and Vietnamese civilians during the closing days of the conflict in Southeast Asia. He was,...

Edna Lucille Lambert Stellwag, 88, of Fayetteville, formerly of St. Pauls, died Tuesday July 2, 2019. She was born November 9, 1930 in Robeson County to the late Joseph P. and Blanche Parker Lambert. She was a fabric inspector in the textile industry and a member of Great Marsh Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Joseph and Blanche Lambert, she was preceded in death by her brother, Joseph P. “Buck” Lambert, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Johnson McDuffie and...

Henry Godwin, 62, of St. Pauls, NC, formerly of Lumber Bridge, died Monday June 4, 2019. He was born in Robeson County December 25, 1956 to the late Garfield and Josephine Jacobs Godwin. He was a rural mail carrier serving with the United States Postal Service. He enjoyed cooking, especially bar-b-que and he was an avid reader, a book addict, who was, also, fond of comic books. He liked trips to the mountains, but most of all he loved his grandkids, his daughters and Wally the Yorkie....

Sandra “Sandy” Bentley Davis, 68, went to be with the Lord Tuesday June 11, 2019 at Duke Medical Hospital in Durham, NC with family by her side. Sandy was born September 1, 1950 In St. Pauls, NC. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. Preceded in death by her father Gary Bentley and her brothers Terry Maldonado and Thomas Bentley, she is survived by her mother Beatrice O. Bentley, her uncle Thomas Osborne, and husband of 30 years Timothy L. Davis. Her sons...