Four Oaks – J. Cruz Carranza, age 54, died Friday, April 22, 2016 in SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Born May 3, 1961 in Santa Clara, Durango, Mexico he was a son of Saturnina Vitela of Santa Clara, Durango, Mexico and the late Silvestre Carranza.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016in St. Ann's Catholic Church in Clayton. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Parrish Funeral Home.

Surviving are his wife, Silvia Carranza of the home; children, Elizabeth Carranza, J. Cruz Carranza, Cervando Carranza, Marina Carranza, and Isac Carranza, all of Four Oaks; siblings, Gerardo Carranza, Monica Esquivel, Micaela Avalos, Santiago Carranza, Patricia Aguilar, Yolanda Carranza, and Cecilia Vitela; and grandchildren, Milton Vaquera, Byron Carranza, Christopher Carranza, Kelvin Carranza, Koral Vazquez, Jessica Carranza, Matthew Carranza, Liylah Muñiz, Jaylee Muñiz