Goldsboro – John Gerald Bloom, 59, of 207 Ryan Blvd., died Friday morning at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, he was the son of Geraldine M. Bloom of Huntsville, AL and the late John Clifton Bloom. He was a buyer with FlexTronics Enclosures in Smithfield and retired from IBM in 1992. Mr. Bloom was the vice president of the homeowners association in Colony Square. He had also served his country in the United States Navy.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery in Kinston.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Cathy Jean Jones; his children, Michael Carl Bloom and Steve Alan Bloom both of Goldsboro and Samuel Kerr Bloom of Emerald Isle; stepsons, Michael Brandon Murphy of Albertson and Stephen Clark Murphy of Goldsboro; sister, Sandy Kicker and husband, Tom of Warrior, AL; brothers, Ronald Bloom and David Bloom and wife, Lorri both of Huntsville, AL; nephews, Denny Kicker and Jacob Kicker both of Warrior, AL and Jordan Marshall of Tennessee.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 921, Goldsboro, NC 27533.

The family will receive friends Saturday at Seymour Funeral Home from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and other times at the residence.