Obituaries

Elmer Robert “Rob” Premo

Elmer Robert “Rob” Premo

December 18, 2025

Elmer Robert “Rob” Premo, 90, of Morehead City, NC, and Arlington, VA, passed away on December 18, 2025, in Morehead City.

Rob will be laid to rest privately at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in New Bern. A service celebrating Rob’s life will be held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in New Bern at a later date. Those details will be shared once...

Jack Duane Davis Sr.

Jack Duane Davis Sr.

December 18, 2025

Jack Duane Davis Sr., 63, of Harkers Island, North Carolina, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 18, 2025.

A funeral service to honor Jack’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, December 22nd at Harkers Island Pentecostal Holiness Church, officiated by Rev. Wesley Holmes and Brother Anthony Nelson. Interment will follow at Vergie Mae Cemetery. The family will...

Clara Ruth Bussell Brameyer

Clara Ruth Bussell Brameyer

December 18, 2025

Clara Ruth Bussell Brameyer, 80, of Newport, North Carolina, departed this life on Thursday, December 18, 2025.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2026.

Clara was born on March 9, 1945, in Brodhead Kentucky, to the late Oscar and Sarah Bussell. Local residents will remember...

Jane Frances Burke

Jane Frances Burke

December 18, 2025

Jane Frances Burke, 64, of Morehead City, NC passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025.

Jane was born in Elkins, WV, on April 5, 1961, and was the youngest child of the late Donald Michael Burke and Phyllis Lowery Burke. She was a high school graduate of Mt. de Chantal Visitation Academy in Wheeling WV. She attended West Virginia University and...

Guyon Daniel "Dannie" Lewis

Guyon Daniel "Dannie" Lewis

December 17, 2025

Guyon Daniel “Dannie” Lewis, 83, of Harkers Island, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at Pruitt Health–Crystal Coast.

A funeral service to honor Dannie’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 20th at Refuge Fellowship Church on Harkers Island, officiated by Rev. Manley B. Rose Jr. Interment will follow at Armecia Lewis Cemetery on Harkers Island....

Joseph Edward Sesco

Joseph Edward Sesco

December 16, 2025

Joseph Edward Sesco, 75, formerly of Carolina Pines, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at The Inn at Sharon Brooke Assisted Living in Newark, Ohio.

A funeral mass to honor Joseph’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 23rd at Munden Funeral Home in Havelock, NC. Interment will follow at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in New...

Gina Annette Tyler

Gina Annette Tyler

December 15, 2025

Gina Annette Tyler, 59, of Newport, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, December 15, 2025.

A celebration of Gina’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 18, 2025, at the First Apostolic Church in Morehead City.

Gina was born on March 8, 1966, in Newport, North Carolina, to the late Hubert and Phyliss Lewis. She loved...

Kay Copeland Hunter

Kay Copeland Hunter

December 14, 2025

Kay Copeland Hunter, 78, of Morehead City, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

A funeral service to honor Kay’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, December 19th at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Billy Knox. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Matthew Lynn Guthrie

Matthew Lynn Guthrie

December 12, 2025

Matthew “Lynn” Guthrie, 57, of Beaufort, North Carolina, passed away at his home on Friday, December 12, 2025.

A memorial service to honor Lynn’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, December 29 at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Paul Loftin. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Lynn was born on January 11, 1968, in...

David Edgar Smith

David Edgar Smith

December 11, 2025

David Edgar Smith, 84, of Havelock, North Carolina, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at Cherry Point Bay Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Cremations, Havelock, NC.

Rebecca Reardon Tyrrell

Rebecca Reardon Tyrrell

December 11, 2025

Rebecca Reardon Tyrrell, 75, of Beaufort, North Carolina, died peacefully at home December 11, 2025.

There will be a celebration of Becky’s life at a later date.

She was born March 18, 1950, the second child of Ken and Cynthia Reardon. Becky grew up in Durham and graduated from Duke University in 1972. In the waning hours of that same year, she...

Nancy Miller Wright

Nancy Miller Wright

December 11, 2025

On December 11, 2025, Nancy Miller Wright died at home following a 4 1/2-year battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was 78 years old.

Nancy was the daughter of Ruth and Henry Miller of Lexington, NC. She was married for 55 years to Dr. Gordon Wright, also of Lexington. Surviving are a brother, H. Thomas Miller and his wife Carolyn of...

Juliette Cas Roberts

Juliette Cas Roberts

December 10, 2025

Juliette Cas Roberts, 65, of Havelock, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at Carolina East Medical Center.

A funeral service to honor Juliette’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, December 18th at Munden Funeral Home in Havelock.  Entombment will follow at Forest Oaks Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Juliette...

Sue Long Gill

Sue Long Gill

December 10, 2025

Sue Long Gill, 93, died peacefully at home in Morehead City, NC surrounded by her family. 

Sue was born on September 25, 1932, in Wake County to Lloyd Edward Long and Lila Whitley Long. She grew up in Charlotte and Zebulon where she learned to be a Christian servant, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Sue and Ruric owned Gill Buick, Pontiac and GMC in Zebulon for 49...

Thomas J. Henley

Thomas J. Henley

December 9, 2025

Thomas J. Henley, 89, of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at Carteret Health Care, surrounded in the love of his family.

Tom was born on February 2, 1936, to the late William and Esther Henley. He grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia. After a year at Virginia Military Institute, he proudly served in the US...

Brenda Joyce "BJ" Davis

Brenda Joyce "BJ" Davis

December 9, 2025

Brenda Joyce "BJ" Davis, 79, of Newport, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at Carteret Health Care.

A memorial service to honor BJ’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Munden Funeral Home. For those unable to attend, the service can be viewed through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website.

BJ was...

Brenda Marie Strobel

Brenda Marie Strobel

December 7, 2025

Brenda Marie Strobel, 43, of Beaufort, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at her home.

Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025, at Munden Funeral Home in Havelock.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Cremations, Havelock, NC.

Elizabeth "Beth" Oday Baldree

Elizabeth "Beth" Oday Baldree

December 7, 2025

Elizabeth “Beth” O’Day Baldree, 74, of Morehead City, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Carteret Health Care.

A memorial service to honor Beth’s life will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, December 11th at Centenary United Methodist Church in New Bern, officiated by Rev. Vann Spivey and Rev. Linda Kelly. A reception will follow in the Church...

Walter Kenneth "Ken" Beasley

Walter Kenneth "Ken" Beasley

December 6, 2025

Walter Kenneth "Ken" Beasley, 86, of Cedar Point, NC, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2025, holding the hands of his “Kitten,” Mary Beasley.

A memorial service to honor Ken’s life will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, December 13th at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Mitchell Shearin.

Ken was born August 26, 1939, in Hoke County, NC, to the late Belton...

Chester “Freddie” Haywood Locklear

Chester “Freddie” Haywood Locklear

December 6, 2025

Chester “Freddie” Haywood Locklear, 82, of Newport, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Carteret Health Care.

A funeral service to honor Chester’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, December 13th at Munden Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Broad Creek Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends the evening prior from 6 p.m. until...