Pikeville - Vearl Harper Gurley, 83, a resident of Countryside Assisted
Living, died Sunday.

A native of Johnston County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Harper and Serrada Ennis Harper and was the widow of James Clinton Johnson.  She was a member of Oak Heights Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Horace Johnson officiating.  Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. in Roselawn Cemetery in Benson.

She is survived by daughters, Janice Honneycutt and husband, Kermit of
Benson and Charlotte McFatter Perry and husband, Wayne of Goldsboro; sons, Clinton Ray Johnson and wife, Shelby of Hamlet, NC and Douglas L. Johnson of Wilmington; sister, Pearl Surls of Erwin; 10 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends tonight at Seymour Funeral Home from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. and other times at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Perry, 111 Tarkin Drive, Goldsboro.