Debra Gail Koonce

With heavy hearts, we, the Staff and Management of R. Swinson Funeral Services, along with the Gooding and Koonce Family, announce the transition of 63-year-old Mrs. Debra Gail Koonce of Dover, on Monday, October 27, 2025, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC.

Service will be held 11:00 am Saturday, November 1, 2025 from the Robert Swinson, Jr. Memorial Chapel, burial will follow in the Southview Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Friday, October 31, 2025, from the chapel from 4 to 6pm.

Mrs. Koonce is survived by a daughter, Shameka Hooker of New Bern, NC, one brother, Joseph Gooding, Jr. of Kinston, five sisters, Virgil Emanuel of Clayton, NC, Nanette Sutton, Katherline Jarman of La Grange, NC, Hattie Stewart and Gloria Skinner of Kinston, NC.