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Deborah Evans Denton

1956 - 2026

BORN

1956

DIED

2026

FUNERAL HOME

Joyner's Funeral Home

4100 Raleigh Rd Parkway

Wilson, North Carolina

Deborah Denton Obituary

Deborah Evans Denton, 69, of Middlesex passed away Saturday, January 17, 2026. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 22, 2026, in the Denton Family Cemetery, 4707 Denton Road, Middlesex. Rev. Gerald Parker will officiate.

The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, January 21, 2026, from 5 - 7 p.m. at Joyner's Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.

Deborah was employed with the Wilson Times. She served her Lord faithfully at Middlesex Pentecostal Church as a member, the organist, a friend and considered them all as her family. Deborah was loved by all and will be dearly missed and thought of often with wonderful memories.

Deborah is survived by her husband, Gregory Denton and her daughter, Amber Holt of Charlotte.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Evelyn Evans.

Flowers are welcome or consider memorials in Deborah's memory to Middlesex Pentecostal Holiness Church, 11425 Rockside Road, Middlesex, North Carolina 27557.

Condolences directed to Joyner's Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Enterprise from Jan. 20 to Jan. 21, 2026.

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Jan

21

Visitation

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Joyner’s Funeral Home

4100 Raleigh Road Parkway W, Wilson, NC 27896

Jan

22

Graveside service

11:00 a.m.

Denton Family Cemetery

4707 Denton Road, Middlesex, NC 27557

Funeral services provided by:

Joyner's Funeral Home

4100 Raleigh Rd Parkway, Wilson, NC 27896

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