Richard Edgar Kirby Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Goldsboro Richard “Dickie” Edgar Kirby, Jr., 65, 1903 Salem Church Road, died Sunday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center with his family by his side. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 7:00 PM at Antioch Free Will Baptist Church, 1407 Antioch Road, Pikeville. The Rev(s). Greg Stancil and Sherman Dilley will officiate. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall following the service. Interment will be Wednesday at 11:00 AM at W. E. Musgrave Cemetery, 1719 Antioch Road, Pikeville. Surviving is his children: Scarlet Kirby Medlin and husband Chad and Richie Kirby both of Goldsboro. Brother: Heywood Dwight Kirby of Goldsboro. Sisters: Peggy Kirby Holland of Goldsboro and Norma Stames and husband Nick of Springfield VA. Grandchildren: Chandler and Cam both of Goldsboro. Along with special lifetime friend, Juanita Wade of Goldsboro. Mr. Kirby was a native of the Antioch Community and was the son of the late Hilda Virginia Rackley and Richard Edgar Kirby Sr. He was preceded in death by his sister, Edith Kirby Lancaster and brother Tommy Hart Kirby. Mr. Kirby was a real estate broker and had served in the National Guard Reserve and was a member of the Goldsboro Elks Lodge No. 139 B.P.O.E. He was an avid quail hunter and enjoyed field trials. He was a graduate of the 1962 class of Charles B. Aycock High School and also Crumpler Business School. Flowers are welcome or memorials can be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Ct. Goldsboro, NC 27534 or to the Wayne County Cancer Society, PO Box 11215, Goldsboro NC 27532 At other times, the family will be at the residence of Mr.& Mrs. Chad Medlin, 111 Highwoods Dr., Goldsboro NC

Richard Edgar Kirby Jr.

December 9, 1943 - October 4, 2009