Mattie Merritt Ginn Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mattie Merritt Ginn, formerly of Birch Drive went to be with her Lord Wednesday, at Wayne Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. Funeral Service will be held Friday at 7:00 PM at Fort Run Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, 6756 Hwy 13 South, Snow Hill (Shine Cross Roads). The Rev. Larry Turlington will officiate. Interment will be at 11:00 AM Saturday at Lemuel Hill Cemetery, 4648 Hwy 13 South, Snow Hill. The Rev. Ralph Ginn will officiate. Ms. Ginn will lay in repose in the church sanctuary Friday (March 6, 2009) from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The family will receive friends following the funeral. Surviving are her sons, Kenneth Earl Ginn of Kinston and William Stanley Ginn (Lisa) of Goldsboro. Grandchildren, Keith Ginn of Ohio, Alan Ginn (Tina) of LaGrange, Joel Ginn of New York, NY, Christopher Ginn and Ellen Ginn of Goldsboro. Great-Grandchildren, Rochelle Ginn, David Ginn, Brian Ginn, Kayla Ginn and Justin Ginn. A sister, Maggie M. Newsome of Goldsboro and a number of special nieces and nephews. Ms. Ginn was a native of Wayne County and the wife of the late William S. Ginn and the daughter of the late Ella Blackwell Merritt and Alonzo Merritt. Proceeded in death by her siblings, Ella Blalock, Lena Rivenbark, Annabelle Boyette, Emma Gregory, Jessie Merritt, Christine Hamm, Johnny Merritt and Sam Merritt. She was an active member of Fort Run Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary until her illness. She was a paper carrier for the News-Argus for twenty-five years and then she worked in the circulation department for seventeen years. Flowers are welcome at the church, 6756 Hwy 13 South, Snow Hill, NC. Family and friends are welcome at the home of Stanley and Lisa Ginn, 400 Birch Drive, Goldsboro.

Mattie Merritt Ginn

August 8, 1919 - March 4, 2009