Marilyn R. Noble, 71, of Kinston, North Carolina, was shot and killed on June 12, 2016 during an attempted robbery at a business on 2358 Hwy. 11/55 in Kinston. She had worked for 20 years as a secretary at Brock Motor Company and is survived by daughters Ina Marie McCall and Kristen Deaver Black, son Russell Mack McCall, and several grandchildren.

Two men, Robert Lavar Lewis, 32, of Kinston, and Edward Percy Garrett, 36, of Greenville, were identified by investigators in the case and charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Arrests took place on July 1 and July 2, 2016, and both were held in the W.E. Billy Smith Detention Center without bond as the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office continued the investigation.

The case involved multiple agencies, including the Kinston Police Department, Greenville Police Department and the NCSBI Fugitive and Missing Persons Task Force. If anyone has information about Marilyn, the robbery, or the events at 2358 Hwy. 11/55 that day, please come forward.