Obituaries

Gene Gilbert Bowen Jr.

Gene Gilbert Bowen Jr.

Dec 3, 2020

Gene Gilbert Bowen Jr., 62, of Morehead City, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Vidant Medical Hospital in Greenville, NC.

A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at Greenwood Cemetery, in Morehead City, officiated by Rev. Patrick Whaley. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable...

Gary "Root" Davis

Gary "Root" Davis

Dec 2, 2020

Gary “Root” Davis, 62, of Gloucester, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at Pruitt Health in Sea Level.

His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at Davis Free Will Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Jimmy Mercer. Interment will follow at the Willis Family Cemetery in Davis. Friends are welcome...

Ethel Mae Starbuck

Ethel Mae Starbuck

Dec 1, 2020

Ethel Starbuck, 83, of Havelock, passed away Tuesday, December 1­, 2020, at her home.

Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at Cherry Point United Methodist Church, officiated by Pastor Sarah Majors. Ethel will be laid to rest at Forest Oaks Memorial Gardens. Friends are welcome to attend the...

Kathleen "Cathy" Diane Duda

Kathleen "Cathy" Diane Duda

Nov 30, 2020

Kathleen “Cathy” Diane Duda, 63, of Morehead City, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at her home after contracting a rare infection to her skull base, with complications.

The family will have a private Mass of Christian Burial at St. Egbert Catholic Church, officiated by Rev. Thomas Davis. The family invites you to view the webcasting...

John Samuel Liskowacki

John Samuel Liskowacki

Nov 30, 2020

John Samuel Liskowacki, 91, of Arapahoe, NC, and formerly of Flemington, NJ and Bethlehem, PA, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House.

A private funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at Munden Funeral Home in Morehead City, officiated by Rev. Scott Berry. Friends are...

Sandra Golden Fulcher

Sandra Golden Fulcher

Nov 30, 2020

Sandra Golden Fulcher, 75, of Marshallberg, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at her home.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 4, 2020, at Victoria Cemetery in Marshallberg. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the...

Barry Singer

Barry Singer

Nov 29, 2020

Barry Singer, 78, of Havelock, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his home.

His funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Munden Funeral Home in Havelock, officiated by Rev. Jeff Knipple. Interment will be held at Forest Oaks Memorial Gardens. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable...

Walter Majewsky

Walter Majewsky

Nov 29, 2020

Walter Majewsky, 72, of Newport, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Carteret Health Care.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Life Point Church, officiated by Rev. Ray Conner. Friends are welcome to attend the service. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who...

Dr. Norman M. Kopman

Dr. Norman M. Kopman

Nov 29, 2020

Dr. Norman M. Kopman, 78, of Newport, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 29, 2020, as the sun was rising over the intra-coastal water way.

A memorial service for Dr. Kopman will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 10, 2021, officiated by Lay Leader Carla Byrnes. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For...

Elizabeth "Beth" Brown

Elizabeth "Beth" Brown

Nov 29, 2020

Elizabeth “Beth” Brown, 83, of Cape Carteret, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.

Her wish was to be cremated, and there will be a small service at a later date with family friends.

Beth was born in Kentucky but lived in North Carolina for the last 45...

Brittne Green

Brittne Green

Nov 26, 2020

Brittne Lee Green, 31, of Morehead City, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at her home.

Brittne was born on November 6, 1989, in Norfolk, Virginia, to the late Francina Green and Thomas Webb. Her sense of humor was contagious, she loved to laugh and always enjoyed telling jokes. Brittne appreciated being a stay at home mom...

James Ingram Ledbetter

James Ingram Ledbetter

Nov 26, 2020

James Ingram Ledbetter of Beaufort, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020 at the age of 94 years old.  After months of failing health, he died peacefully at the Crystal Coast Hospice House surrounded by his loving daughter and grand-daughter by his side.

A private service at Sharon Cemetery in Mt. Gilead, North Carolina will be...

Col. Richard Scibeck (USMC Retired)

Col. Richard Scibeck (USMC Retired)

Nov 26, 2020

Col. Richard Scibeck (USMC Retired), 83, of Morehead City, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House.

Richard was born on November 29, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts, to the late Benjamin and Margaret Scibeck. He graduated from Boston College where he obtained his bachelor’s degree as well as Troy State University in Alabama...

Deann Louise Kruse

Deann Louise Kruse

Nov 25, 2020

Deann Louise Kruse, 81, of Havelock, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at her home.

Deann was born in Merced, California, the daughter of Dean Ludwick Peterson and Mabel Louise Dynes, raised in Fresno, California on a farm.  She was always active with roller skating, music, dancing, and being around friends growing up.  She at one time...

Peter "Pete" Walrath

Peter "Pete" Walrath

Nov 24, 2020

Peter “Pete” Walrath, 46, of Newport, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at his home.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Glad Tidings Church, officiated by Pastor Tim Marriner. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the...

John "Johnny" Waters III

John "Johnny" Waters III

Nov 24, 2020

John “Johnny” Waters, 85, passed away November 24, 2020, at his home in Emerald Isle, NC.

A memorial service will be held by the family at a future date to be announced, at Emerald Isle Baptist Church with Pastor Freddy Braswell officiating.

Born in Norfolk, VA, on March 3, 1935, he grew up in Norfolk...

Willa "Dean" Smith

Willa "Dean" Smith

Nov 23, 2020

Willa "Dean" Smith, 82, of Havelock, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at her home.

Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021, at Munden Funeral Home in Morehead City, officiated by Pastor Ray Connor and Chaplain Gary McAbee. Interment will follow at Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville,...

Carol Millis

Carol Millis

Nov 23, 2020

Carol Millis, 70, of Newport, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at Carteret Health Care.

Her memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020, at All Saints Anglican Church, her home church, officiated by The Rev. David B. Linka.  (See link below for the Service Bulletin including the Order of Service.)...

Earl William "Bill" Richardson

Earl William "Bill" Richardson

Nov 22, 2020

Earl William “Bill” Richardson, 92, formerly of Rutland, VT and Shelby, NC, passed away at his residence in Newport, NC on November 22, 2020.

His memorial service, with military honors, will be held at 11 am., on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at St. Peter’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Swansboro, NC, Rev. Michelle Bullock officiating.

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Alexander Wyman Smith

Alexander Wyman Smith

Nov 21, 2020

Alexander Wyman Smith, 18, of Cedar Island, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at UNC Chapel Hill.

His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at Cedar Island United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Nelson Koonce and Rev. Kevin Stott. Interment will follow at Cedar Island Community Cemetery. Friends are...