[media-credit name="Bright Funeral Home" align="alignright" width="216"][/media-credit]Ada Wall Ward, 98, of Youngsville, died Thursday morning, April 26, 2012. She was born in Wake County, the daughter of the late Arrie Pulley Wall and Royal Pittman Wall. Mrs. Ward was retired from Central Carolina Bank (now Suntrust) after 52 years of service. A memorial service was held at 2 o’clock, [...]

[media-credit name="Bright Funeral Home" align="alignright" width="210"][/media-credit]Dr. Robert E. Whalen, age 81, of Wake Forest, died April 25, 2012 at his home in Wake Forest, surrounded by his family, after an extended illness. Dr. Whalen was born in White Plains, New York on July 8, 1930. He attended the College of the Holy Cross and Cornell Medical School. He moved [...]

Joe D. Ayres, 79, of Raleigh, passed away on April 19, 2012 at Rex Hospital. He was born on December 4, 1932, the son of the late Joe S. Ayres and Nora Mae Taylor in Waitman, Kentucky. Joe was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam while serving 20 years with the United States Air Force. He received the Bronze [...]

[media-credit name="Bright Funeral Home" align="alignright" width="238"][/media-credit]Blanche Dillard Edwards, 99, of Franklinton, died Friday April 27, 2012 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. She was born in Orange County, the daughter of the late Hattie O’Neal Dillard and Pelic Dillard. Mrs. Edwards was a member of Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church. Funeral services were at held 2 o’clock Monday afternoon April [...]

[media-credit name="Bright Funeral Home" align="alignright" width="216"][/media-credit]Elizabeth Barham Leonard, formerly of the Falls Community and Turnberry Apartments in Wake Forest, died peacefully at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and John Aldridge on Friday April 27, 2012. Elizabeth was born in Wake County on December 6, 1921 to Zelma and Cleveland Barham. In 1940 she married Ollie F. [...]

[media-credit name="Bright Funeral Home" align="alignright" width="223"][/media-credit]Carlton Roosevelt Ross, 79, of Wake Forest, passed away on Sunday evening, April 29, 2012 at Duke University Medical Center. He was born in Granville County, the son of the late William Kenneth Ross & Flonnie O’Neal Ross. Mr. Ross was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of Mary’s Chapel [...]

Mary Eva Paparone, 91, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Carolina House. She was born in Polk, Ohio, the daughter of the late John Kauffman and Helen Reed Kauffman. A gathering to honor her life will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2012 at Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Mrs. Paparone is survived [...]