All Obituaries

Deacon George Walter Davis Sr, age 107, transitioned peacefully on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation Center in Goldsboro, NC. Please remember his family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2020 at The Greater North Carolina State Temple Headquarters, 1609 Wendell Boulevard, Wendell, NC, 27591. Interment will follow at Pineview...

Mr. Tommy Lee "Gunz" Tillery Jr., age 54, transitioned on July 28, 2020 at his residence. Please remember his family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Funeral Service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Abundant Life Ministries, 500 Peachtree Street, Rocky Mount, NC. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 7, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Matthews Family Mortuary. Services will be Live Stream on our Matthews Family...

Ms. NiKicia Michelle Randall, affectionately known as "Kicia", transitioned on July 5, 2020 at her residence. Please remember her family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Funeral Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Abundant Life Ministries, 500 Peachtree Street, Rocky Mount, NC. Reverend Milton Batts of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, NC will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow at Gardens of...

Mrs. Mary Magdaline Goodman Hall, age 43, transitioned on July 4, 2020. Please remember her family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Arrangements are pending. Final rites and professional arrangements are entrusted to Matthews Family Mortuary. Please remember to sign the guestbook.

Mr. Alan "Juice" Jefferies, age 61, transitioned on June 25, 2020 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro, NC. Please remember his family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Funeral Service will be 12Noon, Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Abundant Life Ministries, 500 Peachtree Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Pastor Keith Moore serves the Senior Pastor of Abundant Life Ministries. Elder James Russell Harris will provide words of comfort to the...

Mrs. Shaqua' Dominique Sharpe-Lewis, age 29, transitioned on June 23, 2020.  Please remember her family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Graveside Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at Gardens of Gethsemane, 13670 US 64 Highway West, Rocky Mount, NC. Bishop Shelton C. Daniel, Senior Pastor of Greater Joy Church will provide words of comfort to the family. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 29, 2020 from 5:00 p.m....

Master Ny'Zhiere Javon Marshburn, age 2, transitioned on June 20, 2020 at UNC Nash Health Care.  Please remember his parents, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Graveside Service will be held 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 3, 2020 at Batts Cemetery with Reverend Franklin Cotton, officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Matthews Family Mortuary. Final rites and professional arrangements are...

Mrs. Phyllis Denise James, age 61, transitioned on June 13, 2020 at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Please remember her family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2020 at Abundant Life Ministries, 500 Peachtree Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Elder Oscar Gore of Greater Joy Church will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Friday,...

Mr. Fernando Garza, age 22, of  Mount Olive, NC, departed this life on June 13, 2020. Please remember his family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Arrangements are pending. Final rites and professional arrangements are entrusted to Matthews Family Mortuary. Please remember to sign the guestbook.

Ms. LaQuanda Denise Western, affectionately known as "Quanda", age 29, transitioned peacefully at home surrounded by her family on June 12, 2020. Please remember her family, friends and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers at this time. Graveside Service to celebrate Quanda's life will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Gardens of Gethsemane, 13670 US 64 Hwy Alt West, Rocky Mount, NC. Minister Kymari Garrett will provide words of comfort. Visitation will be...