Mr. Eli Holmes Sr. age 74 of Maple Hill, NC, surrounded by loved ones, peacefully entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 4, 2022. A celebration of life service will be 1 pm Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Greater St. Paul Holy Church on Webbtown road in Maple Hill with a viewing from 12:00 pm until 12:50 pm at the church on Saturday, November 12, before the 1:00 pm service.  Interment will follow in the Maple Hill Community Cemetery.  

Mrs. Fannie Lee Scober was born on June 30, 1933 to the late William Hayes Burton and the late Hattie Jane Farrior Burton in Duplin County, North Carolina. She peacefully answered the Master’s call on Saturday, October 29, 2022. She was educated in the Duplin County Public Schools System. Fannie was married to the late James Lee Scober and this union was blessed for many years. Fannie was a faithful, dedicated member of Union Baptist Church located in the Deep Bottom Community....

On Saturday October 15, 2022, AJ Potts Jr. age 69 of Teachey, answered the Master's call. "Bimbo" as he was affectionately called, was a lover of life. If you ever attended one of his cookouts, you felt the love. His love of life and laughter will be missed by all. 

Anastazja Kishae Hall was born on October 24, 2018, in Orange County at UNC Chapel Hill to Delonica Hall. Heaven's gate opened up to her on October 12, 2022, at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC. Two days after she was born, her cousin, Sherita Highsmith, picked her up from the hospital and raised her as her own. She lived in her great grandmother's house with her cousin Essence, her second Mom Sherita, and her mother Delonica "Lala". Everyone called her "Ana...

Jermaine Noel Lee, age 20 of Maple Hill was born on February 21, 2002, in Fulton County, Georgia. He was called to rest on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. He was reared in a loving home with Andre J. Lee, Sr. and Mary L. Lee, along with his siblings. Jermaine was a member of Lee’s chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where he sung on the choir, ushered and worked in the kitchen. Jermaine was educated in the Onslow County Public School System. He attended Dixon Middle School and Dixon High...

Mr. Virgil Newkirk, Jr. was born on April 23, 1955, to the late Virgil Newkirk, Sr. and the late Beatrice Powers Newkirk in Duplin County. He peacefully answered the Master’s call on Monday, September 5, 2022. He was educated in the Duplin County Public Schools System. After growing up and leaving home, Virgil performed many jobs but the one that he really loved was driving trucks. He enjoyed fishing and spending time getting together with his family. “Scutt” as he was...

Fannie Mae Graham Dortch was born on February 23, 1930, to the late Mary Graham Kenan and the late Benny Dixon. She peacefully answered the Master’s call on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. She was educated in the Duplin County Public Schools System. She was a faithful, dedicated member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church until her health begin to decline. Fannie also served as Mother of the church and loved her church family. Fannie loved baking cakes and cooking for others. She loved...

On Monday, August 15, 2022, God called his daughter Rosie Mae Crews Johnson home. She was born on April 26, 1939, to the late John D. Crews and the late Aretha B. Crews. Rosie was educated at Pender County Training School located in Rocky Point, North Carolina. Later, she moved to Brooklyn, New York where she married and started a family with her teenage heart throb, Joseph Thomas Johnson, Sr. “Baby Ray” Then, Rosie and her family moved to Philadelphia after her brother died...