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Joe Tucker Fornes Sr.

1933 - 2023

Joe Tucker Fornes Sr. obituary, 1933-2023, Greenville, NC

BORN

1933

DIED

2023

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Wilkerson Funeral Home and Crematory - Greenville

2100 East Fifth Street

Greenville, North Carolina

Joe Fornes Obituary

Joe Tucker Fornes, Sr. GREENVILLE - Joe Tucker Fornes, Sr., 90, passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 2, 2023, surrounded by family. A Celebration of Life service will be held Friday, December 8, 2023, at 11:00 AM in the mausoleum at Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina. Pastors Rusty Dixon and James Gurkins, officiating. A native of Pitt County, Joe was a graduate of Chicod School and served in the United States Navy for a short time. Joe retired from DuPont in 1992 after 40 years of service and then did consulting work for Chemtex Corporation overseas for five years. A loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, friend, and neighbor, Joe loved others deeply, gave of his time and resources generously, and valued family. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Loyd and Lillian Fornes, wife Betty Dixon Fornes, brothers Loyd Jr. and Bobby Fornes. He is survived by his son, Joe Fornes, Jr. and wife, Lynne, of Greenville, NC, and daughter, Monica Allen and husband, Jeff, of Pensacola, FL. Grandchildren: Brad Fornes and wife Cheryl, Matthew Fornes and wife Holly, Brooke Park and husband Richard, Natalie Allen, Sidney Pidgeon and husband Zach, Harrison Overby, and great grandchildren Owen and Callen Park. Brothers, Jimmy Fornes and wife, June, Raymond Fornes, sister, Susan Garverick, and sisters-in-law, Sue Fornes and Mary Frances Leggett. Memorial contributions may be made to: Black Jack Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, 2581 Black Jack-Grimesland Road, Greenville, NC 27858. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home & Crematory. Online condolences at www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com.

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Published by The Daily Reflector from Dec. 4 to Dec. 11, 2023.

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Nola bonner overton

December 5, 2023

Joe was such a wonderful person as well as his family many times. He was so good to his mother. He will missed by many and lived life to the fullest doing all his little house up keep well in his later years.with deepest sympathy Nola Bonner overton former client two.

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