Obituaries in Mount Olive, NC

Joseph Lynn Hill, known by most as Joe, passed away Monday, January 5, 2026, at Wayne UNC Healthcare.Joe had been a long time resident of the Spring Bank area of Goldsboro, prior to relocating to Helping Hands Assisted Living Center about 18 months ago.Joe was a member of the 1981 graduating class o...

James Earl Whitley, Sr., 87, passed away quietly at his home on Saturday morning, with his family by his side. Better known as “Earl’, he is survived by his wife of 65 years; Doris Myers Whitley; their daughter, Lisa W. Whitfield and husband Jeff, of Mount Olive; and their son, James Earl Whitley, J...

Roy Lee Taylor, native of the Summerlin's Crossroads area of Duplin County, and a long-time resident of Calypso, passed away early Friday morning, January 9, 2026, while receiving care at Wayne UNC Healthcare.  He was 86.Roy Lee was a retired volunteer with Oak Wolfe Fire Department, and he was...

Carolyn Ann Witherington, 72, passed away Friday, January 23, at Rex UNC Hospital in Raleigh.Carolyn was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a kind soul who found her greatest joy in taking care of her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil Ray Williams, Sr. and Margaret Mae Jones ...

Emery Mills Walker, 60, life long resident of the Mount Olive area, left his disease-strickened body to receive an immortal body to forever live with the Lord.  He was at his home, surrounded by his loved ones, when he left earth for heaven.Emery had been employed at Southern Wayne Country Club...

Oliver Hudson Faulk, Sr., 87, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at the home of his daughter, Lynn, with whom he had been living for several years.  It was on the family farm not far from Beautancus, near Mount Olive,  that he breathed his first breath, lived his whole life, and breathe...

Joan Carol Price Lassiter, 69, Mount Olive resident, passed away Tuesday morning, January 20, 2026, while receiving care at Genesis of Mount Olive.Joanie, as she was often called, was a native of the Bethel Church area near Mount Olive.  She had spent her life's work caring for others, as an in...

Henry Aldrich "Buster" Precythe passed away late Monday afternoon, January 5, 2026, while being cared for at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro.  Buster, 92, had spent his entire life in Faison with the exception of two years during which he served in the United States Army.  A true ...

Danny Kay Best, Sr. passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 28, 2025, surrounded by family and loved ones, while being cared for at  New Hanover Regional Medical Center.A native of Warsaw, NC, and a graduate of James Kenan High School, Danny was a resident of Faison for over 40 years. He wa...

Mrs. JoAnn Baldwin Adams, at the age of 80, passed away Saturday, 27 Dec. 2025, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla.She was a resident of Yulee, Fla., and was the daughter of the late James Kenneth Baldwin and Juanita Frady Baldwin Tillman. She was the widow of Hayward Lee Adams, a nativ...

It was one minute past midnight on the morning of Tuesday, December 23, 2025, that Mr. Paul Cameron Dean, Jr., passed away.  Death came while he was in Faison, N.C.Mr. Dean was a resident of Pittsboro, NC.  He was retired from Monsanto Chemical Company at the Research Triangle Park where h...

Connie Kornegay Summerlin, 64, died Monday, December 22 at ECU Health in Kenansville. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Summerlin of the home; a daughter, Jessica Hoskin and her husband Jesse of Mount Olive; a step-daughter, April Barnes and her husband Darius of Durham, NC; and a sister, Wendy ...