Jerry Rogers Kennedy

Jerry Rogers Kennedy
June 10, 1943
October 11, 2024

Funeral Service
Sunday, October 13, 2024
6:00 PM followed by Visitation
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville 

Graveside Service
Monday, October 14, 2024
11:00 AM with Masonic Rites
Kennedy & Cole Cemetery
Across from 3642 E. NC 24, Beulaville

Beulaville, NC 

Jerry Rogers Kennedy, age 81, died Friday, October 11, 2024 at home.  Jerry is preceded in death by has wife, Mary Eleanor Weston Kennedy, brothers, Lynwood Ralph Kennedy and Norwood Kennedy. 

Mr. Kennedy is survived by two daughters, Melisa K. Browning and husband James of Richlands, and Jeri Denise K. Humphries and husband Wayne of Beulaville; son, Jonathan R. Kennedy of Potters Hill; sister, Polly Jarman of Richlands; brother, Larry Kennedy of Jacksonville; five grandchildren, James Alex Browning, III and wife Christina, Megan E. Ray and husband Austin, Tyler C. Humphries, Trevan J. Humphries, Trista S. Humphries; and two great grandchildren, Rush A. Browning and Charlotte M. Ray. 

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, NC, 600 College Street, Oxford, NC  27565.

Tanya C. Mercer

Tanya Casteen Mercer
March 13, 1965
October 3, 2024

Funeral Service
Sunday, October 6, 2024
5:00 PM followed by visitation
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville

Graveside Service
Monday, October 7, 2024
11:00 AM
East Duplin Memorial Gardens, Beulaville

Pink Hill, NC

Tanya Casteen Mercer, age 59, died Thursday, October 3, 2024 at home. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Jennifer C. Mercer and her parents, Daniel Casteen and Carolyn Rogers Sanderson.

Tanya is survived by her husband, Gary Daniel Mercer of Pink Hill; daughter, Isabella Carol Mercer of Pink Hill; sisters, Renee Casteen of Kenansville, Trena Casteen Bryan and husband Bill of Jacksonville; and brother, Royce Kinan Casteen and wife Susan of Beulaville.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sandy Plain OFWB Church, 949 NC 241, Pink Hill, NC 28572.

Janice Smith Lanier

Janice Smith Lanier
July 24, 1935
September 28, 2024

Funeral Service
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
6:00 PM followed by visitation
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville

Graveside Service
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
10:00 AM
East Duplin Memorial Gardens, Beulaville

Beulaville, NC

Janice Smith Lanier, age 89, died Saturday, September 28, 2024 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Rayburn Lanier and brother Ray Carroll Smith. Mrs. Lanier is survived by her daughter, Mary Anna Lee of Beulaville; son, Ed Lanier of Beulaville; three grandchildren, Corey Lee, Hannah Lee, Nate Lee; and two great grandchildren Cammie Lee and Casen Newburn.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Beulaville Baptist Church, P. O. Box 394 Beulaville, NC 28518

Doreen G. Russell

Doreen G. Russell
November 6, 1958
September 26, 2024

Visitation in Celebration of Her Life
Sunday, September 29, 2024
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville

Beulaville, NC

Doreen G. Russell, age 65, died peacefully Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Lower Cape Fear
Life Care in Wilmington, NC, surrounded by her loved ones.

Doreen was born on November 6, 1958, in Poughkeepsie, NY to Shirley Russell and Dennis Russell, Sr. Doreen graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1976. She worked for IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY for fifteen years. She then worked as manager in several gas stations with Mid-Hudson Valley Oil Company in Dutchess County, NY for sixteen years. Doreen loved anything to do with technology, all types of music, and watching “Days of Our Lives”.

Doreen is preceded in death by her mother, Shirley Russell, father, Dennis Russell, Sr., sister, Donna Russell, and daughter, Bonnie Bennett. She is survived by her spouse, Guy Lund; her children, Robert Bennett, Jr., Katherine Eccleston, Kristal Lund, Dayna Bennett; brothers, Dennis Russell Jr., Lester Russell, David Russell and Jesse Russell; sister Dolores Russell; grandchildren, Jamie Johnson, Byron Johnson, Callista Nichols Calamari, Aeris Adams, Caleb Adams, Hannah Adams, Dylan Bennett, Damien Bennett, Gabe Eccleston, Sophia Eccleston, Oliver Eccleston, Samuel Tyler North, Braden Lund, Liliana Lund; great-grandchildren, Byron Johnson III, Natalia Carr, Ethan Bilodeau.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, 1414 Physician Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

Gloria D. Raynor

Gloria D. Raynor
April 6, 1946
September 11, 2024

Funeral Service
Sunday, September 15, 2024
2:00 PM
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville
with visitation from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Interment
East Duplin Memorial Gardens, Beulaville

Beulaville, NC

Gloria D. Raynor, age 78, died Wednesday, September 11, 2024 in ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC. 

Mrs. Raynor is survived by her daughter, Shari Sprouse and husband Mark of Beulaville; son, Derek Raynor of Goldsboro; sisters, Flora Gwynn of Richlands, Marjorie Sherline Walden of Warsaw, Roberta Coogan of Jacksonville; three grandchildren, Stephen Sprouse, Daniel Sprouse, Morgan Raynor; and four great grandchildren, Riley Sprouse, Oliver Sprouse, Arlo Sprouse, Harlan Sprouse.