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Kenneth Allen Plummer
March 01, 1940 - December 02, 2014
Kenneth Allen Plummer, age 74, died Tuesday morning at Genesis Healthcare in Mt. Olive. Born in Cumberland, Maryland, he was the son of the late Dr. Kenneth M. Plummer and Mrs. Ann H. Plummer and grew up in Chicago, IL.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home with burial to follow Wayne Memorial Park. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the funeral service.
Plummer came to Goldsboro in 1957 during the reactivation of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base which had been closed at the end of World War II. He served in Air Force Fighter and Bomber Wings during his active duty tour. While attending college, he served in an active Air Force Reserve Squadron that was tasked with recovering and debriefing combat bomber crews in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict.
Because of his close ties in the Goldsboro community during his military service, Plummer returned to join the news department of WGBR-WEQR radio. He spent 37 years as a reporter and editor in radio, television news and newspapers and operated an aerial photography business. He retired in 1998 as Editor of the former Eastern Carolina Times-Inquirer. A lifelong musician, Plummer played saxophone with several jazz, rock & roll, and beach music bands in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
During his long journalistic career, Plummer covered the courts and law enforcement, city, county and state government, city and county schools and higher education. He was particularly active in covering and promoting local fire and rescue agencies, farming and agricultural enterprise, military and veteran affairs, and aerospace and general aviation.
At the height of the war in Vietnam, he worked closely with the late Mrs. Billie Hiteshew of Goldsboro and others in establishing the National League of Families’ POW-MIA movement.
While a reporter with the Goldsboro News-Argus, Plummer won First Place North Carolina Press Awards in 1969 and 1973 for his coverage of the war in Vietnam, with a five-part series on the six-year captivity of former prisoner of war, the late Col. James E. Hiteshew of Goldsboro. He won a National Press Award from the Aviation/Space Writers Association in 1977 for his feature article on the UFO Phenomenon.
While News Director at WFMC radio, Plummer won a First Place UPI Carolinas Broadcast Award for his extensive coverage of the historic tornado that struck southern Wayne County in the spring of 1984.
He was presented numerous awards and citations from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Secretary of Defense Award for outstanding service and promotion of world peace during Cold War years. He was also awarded an Air Force Exceptional Service award for outstanding support of the Air Force Recruiting Service and the promotion of peace through air power.
He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, promoting the Girl Scout program, and was presented more than 40 local, state and national awards and citations from those organizations and others, including the Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, Wayne County Schools, Wayne Community College, Wayne County Fireman’s Association, Goldsboro Rescue Squad, Wayne Memorial Hospital, and Wayne County Mental Health Association.
Plummer also extensively covered agriculture during his career, especially the once-thriving Goldsboro Tobacco Market and the growing swine and poultry markets. He published several national magazine stories and photo spreads of major changes in those farm industries which had roots in Wayne County. He personally covered the congressional signing of the historic tobacco Acreage-Poundage program in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Plummer was a longtime member of American Legion Post 11 in Goldsboro and was active in promoting the post and its baseball program. He produced an annual baseball magazine and served as Post Athletic Officer.
Plummer was a former member of the National Association of Broadcasters, N.C. Association of Broadcasters, Society of Professional Journalists, Aviation/Space Writers Association, Professional Photographers Association, Air Force Association, and N.C. Press Association.
Plummer was a lifelong motorcycle rider, avid promoter of the biker lifestyle and former member of the Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club of Wayne County.
He was a member of Saint Paul United Methodist Church of Goldsboro.
Survivors include three sons, David Allen Plummer of Hollywood, California, Kenneth Robert Plummer of Goldsboro, N.C.; U.S. Army LTC (Ret) Christopher Plummer and his wife, Lorianne of Rochester Hills, M.I, and four grandchildren, Leah, Nathan, and Kasson Christopher Plummer of Weston, M.O., and U.S. Army SGT Kenneth Douglas Plummer and his wife, Jessica of Goldsboro, N.C.; and a brother, David Jerome Plummer and wife Penny, of Wytheville, Va.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to 3HC, 2402 Wayne Memorial Dr., Goldsboro NC 27534.
Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Plummer family
Glenn Davis Denning
Dateline - Newton Grove County- Sampson
For - Mr. Glenn Davis Denning Age- 76
Address- Newton Grove
Date of Death - Sunday, July 16, 2006
funeral service – Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Time- 11:00 a.m.
Place of Service- Maple Grove United Methodist Church
Ministers- Rev. Walter Gaskins and Rev. Ricky Lee
Place of Burial- Maple Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Survivors:
Sisters ~ Mary Williford of Newton Grove
Nell Best-Stephenson of Raleigh
Brothers and Sisters-in-law ~ Ollin D. Denning of Goldsboro
J.D. and Minnie Denning of Lexington, NC
Charlie and Jean Denning of Newton Grove
Step-Grandchildren ~ 4
Preceded in Death by: Wife ~ Ruth M. Denning
Parents ~ George and Allie Sills Denning
Sister ~ Trudy Bass
Brothers ~ Irdell Denning, Felton Denning, Rudolph Denning and Howard Denning
Add. Info. ~ A special thanks to the staff at Rolling Ridge Retirement Center.
Memorials maybe made to Maple Grove United Methodist Church or Rolling Ridge Retirement Center.
The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday, July 18, one hour before the funeral service.
A service of West & Dunn Funeral Home, Newton Grove.
Annie B. Harris
Dateline – Newton Grove Johnston Co.
For: Mrs. Annie B. Harris Age: 93
Address: 660 Almon Road, Newton Grove
Died: Friday, August 11, 2006
funeral service: Sunday, August 13, 2006 Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place of service: Mill Creek Christian Church, Bentonville
Ministers: Rev. Jack Anglin
Place of Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Newton Grove
Survivors - Sons and Daughters-in-law – James A. and Alice Harris of Zebulon
Phil R., Sr. and Sue Harris of Newton Grove
Grandchildren ~
Allyson and husband Tony Creech
Amy and husband Nathan Newsome
Jamie and wife Autumn Harris
Phillip and wife Dawn Harris
Jesse Harris and Melissa Kearney
Great-Grandchildren ~
Brandon Creech
Caroline Creech
Seth Creech
Colin Creech
Mackenzie Newsome
Brock Newsome
Blair Newsome
Sawyer Harris
Justin Harris
Allie Harris
Cassie Harris
The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Saturday, August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and other times at the home of Mrs. Harris.
Arrangements by West & Dunn Funeral Home, Newton Grove.
Rupert Lee
Dateline Four Oaks
For: Rupert Lee Age: 84
Address: 2841 Lee’s Union Church Road, Four Oaks, N.C.
Died: July 23, 2006
Funeral: July 26, 2006 Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place of service: Graveside at Hills of Neuse Memory Gardens
Ministers: Rev. Roger Carlson
Place of burial: Hills of Neuse Memory Gardens
Survivors:
Sons: Phillip Andrew Lee - Newport News, Va.
Norman T. Lee – Benson
Daughters: Ann Lee Wood - Four Oaks
Judy Lee Walls – Durham
Nancy Renee Lee – Benson
Sister: Vadie Lee – Four Oaks
Grandchildren ~ 9 Great-Grandchildren ~ 5
Preceded in Death by wife – Gladys Frye Lee
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday July 25, 2006 from 7-9 p.m. and other times at the home of Vance & Ann Wood, 1197 Wood – Lee Rd., Four Oaks, NC
Arrangements by West & Dunn Funeral Home, Benson, NC
Berniece J. Hawthorne
Dateline Johnston County
For: Berniece J. Hawthorne Age: 89
Address: Benson, N.C.
Died: August 1, 2006
Memorial Service: Saturday, August 5 Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place of service: West and Dunn Funeral Home Chapel, Benson
Minister: Rev. Jerry Jackson
Place of burial for Jack and Bee: Shady Grove O.F.W. Baptist Church, Dunn
Survivors:
Daughters and Son-in-law: Dee and Jimmie Turbeville of Benson
Alice H. Jordan of Ormond Beach, Fla.
Grandchildren:
Jimmie and wife Vicky Turbeville
Daphne and husband Ronald Wallace
Gabriel H. Jordan
Lauren Turbeville
Great-Grandchildren: Katie Wallace, Meghan Wallace, Cameron Wallace and Kimberlyn Wallace
Preceded in death by: Husband ~ Jack M. Hawthorne
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday August 5, 2006 one hour before the memorial service.
Arrangements by West & Dunn Funeral Home, Benson, NC
