Rev. William Wesley Britt, Sr.

Rev. William Wesley Britt, Sr., born April 8, 1940, age 85 formerly of Lumberton, NC passed away Sunday, August 17, 2025.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 4, 2025, at East Lumberton Church of God, Lumberton, NC. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until service time. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Daleville Senior Center, 18 Old Newton Road, Daleville, AL 36322.

Wesley was a graduate of Littlefield High School in 1960 where he was a great catcher on the baseball team and played on the basketball team. In High School is where he met his “Homecoming Queen Sweetheart” Barbara Dowless, and they were married 64 years.

Wesley was a carpenter’s son with humble beginnings born into a large family with 7 siblings. Early in his life in the 1960’s he worked in a few occupations including security guard, police officer, Frito Lay, and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company for several years in Lumberton, NC where the first Mt. Dews were produced and he delivered.

Wesley and his wife started attending the Lumberton Church of God where he gave his life to the Lord and was called to preach in the early 1970s. He Pastored many small churches all over the state of North Carolina while also working to support his family. He worked with Liberty Life insurance company 20 years during his pastoral days and was top salesman 15 years straight. He retired from Pastoring in 2004, and moved to Holden Beach, NC but continued to preach and sing at various churches.

In 2016, he and his wife moved to Enterprise, AL to be closer to his daughter and family. During his stay in Alabama, he became a member of Stonebridge Church of God, Ozark, AL where he helped fill in when the Pastor needed, and he also helped several other churches in the area. He later moved to Clayhatchee, AL and he and his wife became members of the Daleville Church of God.

Wesley loved to sing and had a beautiful tenor voice. As a young man he sang with a southern gospel group out of Raeford, NC “The Choraleers” and later in life made two gospel CDs of his own.

Wesley never met a stranger and struck up a conversation with people everywhere he went. He loved to play golf in his pastime and was a member of the Silver Wings Golf Course where he met and became friends with several people. He also spent time at Daleville Senior Center with his wife where he would also sing, and he visited and sang at Enterprise Health and Rehab.

Wesley spent his last days after being diagnosed with brain cancer with his family expressing his love for his family and friends. He was a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, and Friend and will be greatly missed by all. Many of his last days were spent visiting with family and friends and worshipping his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He continued to praise and share the good news of Jesus Christ until his death.

He was preceded in death by his parents Dewey and Pauline Britt, infant sister, and brother George Edward Britt.

Survivors include his faithful wife of 64 years, Barbara Britt; two children, William Wesley Britt, Jr. (Dayle), Christi Herring (Pete); seven grandchildren, Coltan Bastion (Bayleigh); Cailynn Wolfgang; John Colby Britt; Amanda Lucas (Chad); Patrick Herring (Emily); Hunter Herring (Kassidy); Hayden Herring; five great-grandchildren; brother, John Britt; four sisters, Vernon McCormick (J.D.); Lela Grier (Ollie); Sue Britt (Danny); Sandra Gaffney-Lekarczyk (Dave); many beloved nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express thanks to Gentiva Hospice of Enterprise, and all of those who visited him and provided meals and support to the family during his last days.