Carolyn Mobley Hines

Carolyn Mobley Hines
May 15, 1947
September 16, 2025

Visitation
Friday, September 19, 2025
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
at Carol’s house
1165 Jackson Store Rd., Beulaville

Graveside Service
Saturday, September 20, 2025
10:00 AM
Cole Mobley Cemetery
Across from 208 Willie Hatcher Rd., Chinquapin

Beulaville, NC

Carolyn Mobley Hines, age 78, died on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at home. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Eleanor Pierce.

She is survived by her husband, Earl Hines; children, Jonathan Pierce and wife Denita, Christy Lanier and husband Joseph, Rhonda Hines, Alvis Earl Hines; grandchildren, Anita Lanier and husband Gerren, Curtis Lanier and wife Sarah, Samantha Benson and husband Eric, Colt Pierce and wife Olivia, Ethan Lanier and wife Casey, Body Williams, Luke Lanier; great grandchildren, Kendall Lanier, Jackson Lanier, Gavin Lanier, Carlie Benson, Madilynn Johnson, Payton Johnson, Hudson Pierce, and Junie Lanier; nieces Tammy Robbins and husband David, Brandi Wash and husband Hank, and Kayla Lanier and husband Joshua.

The family invites you to join them in honoring Carol’s wishes by gathering at her home for a informal visitation and celebration of life on Friday, September 19, 2005 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM over a meal and music.

Ervin Ray Thompson

Ervin Ray Thompson
February 10, 1950
August 19, 2025

Graveside Service
Saturday, August 23, 2025
2:00 PM
East Duplin Memorial Gardens, Beulaville

Wilson, NC

Ervin Ray Thompson of Wilson, age 75, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at Wilson Medical Center.  Ervin was raised in Beulaville, NC.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Guy Albert and Naomi Hatchell Thompson, and brother Russell Thompson. 

Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 55 years Shirley M. Thompson; sisters, Reba T. Farrior and Geraldine T. Basden; many nephews and nieces; and one special niece, Pam F. Boos, for her support during a difficult time.

During this journey the family made wonderful friends that prayed for them and with them.  They would like to thank Wilson Radiation Oncology and Regional Medical Oncology for their exceptional care.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM at East Duplin Memorial Gardens in Beulaville and will be officiated by Roland Penny.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be made to New River Church, 333 Wagon Ford Road, Beulaville, NC 28518.

Heather Ann Cole

Heather Ann Cole
July 30, 1980
August 12, 2025

Services will be private

Potters Hill, NC

Heather Ann Cole, age 45, died Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at home. She is preceded in death by her father Jeffrey Wayne Cole. Mrs. Cole is survived by her fiancé, Travis James Ledbetter of Potters Hill, daughter, Kylee Hollis of Potters Hill, and three sons, Gavin Burrell of Potters Hill, Kameron Hollis of Sacramento, CA, and Aiden Burrell of Sacramento, CA.

Vivian Linda Whaley

Vivian Linda Whaley
February 16, 1942
August 16, 2025

Funeral Service
Thursday, August 21, 2025
4:00 PM
First Christian Church
124 Trott Rd., Richlands
With visitation from 2 to 4 before the service

Interment
Sand Hill Cemetery, Potters Hill

Richlands, NC

Vivian Linda Whaley, age 83, died on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at home. She is preceded in death by her husband Maxful Buster Whaley, sister Elizabeth Ann Stevens, and brother Albert Gene Lee.

Mrs. Whaley is survived by her three sons, Kevin Maxful Whaley of Richlands, Joseph Russell Whaley and wife Janice of Richlands, Tracey Lynn Whaley of Richlands; two grandchildren, Casey Whaley, Blake Surcey and wife Kim; and three great grandchildren, Aiden Gillispie, Jaxon Surcy, and Pipper Surcey.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Serenity Funeral Home, PO Box 780, Beulaville, NC 28518 (Click Here to send a donation online through Serenity Funeral Home) or to Tracey Whaley, 503 Greenwood Rd., Richlands, NC 28574.

Albert John Ferry, Jr.

Albert John Ferry, Jr.
January 7, 1936
August 14, 2025

Services will be private.

Pink Hill, NC

Albert John Ferry, Jr., age 89, died Thursday, August 14, 2025 in ECU Health Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Louise Jones Velk of Pink Hill; three sons, William “Bill” Robert Ferry of Pink Hill, James Lee Ferry of New Bern, Katsuhiro Miyara of CA; fifteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild.