Arrangements in the care of Bright Funeral Home. Obituary to follow.

  "You trusted me to love you in life. Now you can trust me to honor you in death. I will not let you down. I will not let you go." Lori Pursley Charalidis passed away Friday, April 12, 2024, after courageously battling cancer.  She was born July 14, 1967, in Huntington Park, California to Evelyn Burroughs (Bro Bro) and Darwin Pursely. After high school, she attended Cerritos College in California, and then went on to work as a headhunter before she became a stay at...

Patricia Ann (Stainback) Hart, 79, of Louisburg passed away on Thursday April 11, 2024 in Henderson. She was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the daughter of George “Preacher” Graham Stainback and Wilma Grey Dean Stainback. She was a farmer, primarily of tobacco, and a loving wife and mother.   A graveside memorial service will be held Friday April 19, 2024 at 2 o’clock at the Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery 1529 Flat Rock Church Rd, Louisburg, NC 27549. An...

Arrangements in the care of Bright Funeral Home. Obituary to follow..

Homer Raydon Aikin, 94, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Homer was a great man who lived by these words: Be kind one to another. He grew up in a coal mining town in Illinois and survived the great depression.  Homer joined the army at 17 and served more than 20 years which included the Korean war. Later, he was also a civil servant for another 20 years for the Department of Defense. He served as a Deacon in various churches during his lifetime and loved Jesus with all his...

Marcie Hampton Briley passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 surrounded by her family. Marcie is in the arms of Jesus after a long battle with multiple health issues.  She was born in Asheville, NC and attended Meredith College where she met Sid.  Sid and Marcie were married in 1958 before he deployed to Korea with the US Army.  While he was away, she completed her degree at Meredith and taught elementary school for a few years.  When Sid returned from...

  In Celebration and Loving Memory of Hannah Valeria (Val) Harp November 17, 1935 – April 7, 2024 Hannah Valeria “Val” Harp, age 88, passed away with family at her side April 7th, 2024 at Transitions LifeCare.   Born on November 17, 1935, in rural Durham County on a beautiful country farm to Hannah Valeria Little and Walter James Little, Sr.  Born the third child out of seven children in the “Little Family” she was lovingly named after her...

Darwin T. Jackson Jr., 83, of Wake Forest, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6-8 PM at Bright Funeral Home, 405 S. Main St. Wake Forest, NC 27587. He will be buried at Falls Community Cemetery.  A complete obituary with service information will be made available soon.  Bright Funeral Home is serving the Jackson family.    

It is with deep sorrow, and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Kristin Harr Cochran,32, on April 3, 2024. Kristin was born in Raleigh, NC on January 19, 1992.  Kristin graduated from Wakefield H.S. in Raleigh, graduated from North Carolina State University (NCSU) with a BS in Chemistry, and then received her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of South Carolina (USC). While finishing her doctoral work, she started working in the development group at...