Obituaries

Cora Joyce Davis

Cora Joyce Davis

July 23, 2012

Cora Joyce Davis, 48, of Marshallberg, died Monday July 23, 2012 at Carteret General Hospital. The family will conduct a Memorial Service 2:00 pm Thursday at  Harkers Island United Methodist Church with Rev. Brad Williams officiating. She is survived by her mother, Linda Davis of Gloucester: a brother, William "Hub" Davis of Marshallberg: two sisters, Susie Davis of Gloucester, and...

Reta Gleen (Swinson)  Cannon

Reta Gleen (Swinson) Cannon

July 23, 2012

Reta Swinson Cannon, 88, of Newport, died Monday July 23, 2012 at Croatan Ridge Nursing Facility. A funeral will be held 11:00 am Thursday at Holly Springs Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Conner officiating. Interment to at Canady Family Cemetery. Ms. Reta was the oldest member of Holly Springs Free Will Baptist Church. She is survived by  two...

Dixie Lee (Huff)  Cordova

Dixie Lee (Huff) Cordova

July 22, 2012

Dixie Lee Cordova, 64 , of Havelock, died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at her home. Funeral Service will be held 11:00 am Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Havelock with Pastor Jim Daub officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Oaks Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Cordova was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Havelock. She is survived by her...

Nancy Rogers

Nancy Rogers

July 22, 2012

Nancy Lou Rogers, 79 , of Morehead City, died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Harborview Health Care Center. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 am Thursday at Munden Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Rogers owned Stars & Stripes Laundromat in Havelock. She is survived by her sister, Linda Hamilton and husband Thomas Lillard of Newport; niece, Cindy Blizzard-Sanborn and husband...

Estelle    (Brinkley)  Rhue

Estelle (Brinkley) Rhue

July 21, 2012

Mrs. Estelle Brinkley Rhue, 92, of Beaufort, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Carteret General Hospital. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 23, 2012 in the chapel of Munden Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Dr. Terry Johnson.  Interment will follow in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Survivors include her daughter, Rachel Rhue Gentry and husband, Kendall, of Roxboro; five grandchildren,...

Francis Kenneth Kerr

Francis Kenneth Kerr

July 19, 2012

FRANCIS KENNETH KERR passed away on July 19, 2012 in his home in Beaufort, NC, with family members by his side, following a brief illness. He was 98 years old. “Frank” and his wife Mary Louise Niss Kerr raised two daughters together: Jennifer Ellen Kerr of Oslo, Norway, and Kathleen Wallace Kerr Schurdevin of Beaufort, North Carolina. Other surviving family...

John  Franklin  Lilly

John Franklin Lilly

July 19, 2012

John Franklin Lilly, 91, of Newport, died Thursday July 19, 2012 at Carteret General Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Saturday at St. james United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Supplee officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. John was a member of St. James United Methodist Church, and a member of Newport Volunteer Fire Department...

Hazel (Franks)  Blake

Hazel (Franks) Blake

July 18, 2012

Hazel Franks Blake, 72, of Morehead City, died Wednesday July 18, 2012 at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service will be held 2:00 pm Sunday at Munden Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tom Supplee officiating. Hazel was a member of  Order of Eastern Star 181 in Virginia, St. James UMC in Newport, Evening Stars Garden Club of Newport, Eastern NC...

Theodore Miller

Theodore Miller

July 18, 2012

Theodore Milton Miller, 98, passed away peacefully July 18. Ted spent his youth in Baltimore and received a BS in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1935. In 1932, he joined a search for sunken treasure with the S.S. Merida Salvage Operation. He worked for Foster Snell in Brooklyn and Office of Price Administration in Washington, and served in the...

Donald  James Gilpin

Donald James Gilpin

July 18, 2012

Donald James Gilpin, 82, of Newport, died Wednesday July 18, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center. A funeral service will be held 11:00 am Saturday at Graham Memorial Church with Rev. David Wheeler, Rev. Paul Loftin, Rev. Bill Hooper, and Rev. James "Winkie" Chadwick officiating. Interment will follow at the Church cemetery. Donald was a retired assistant Chief of Mill Creek...

Julius Vernon Taylor

Julius Vernon Taylor

July 17, 2012

Julius Vernon Taylor, 88, of Sea Level, died Tuesday July 17, 2012 at Taylor Extended Care. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Thursday at Davis Free Will Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Murphy's Cemetery. Julius served in the US Navy, and was stationed on the Biloxi during WWII in the Pacific. He retired from NC DOT, and...

Evelyn  (Knox)  Adams

Evelyn (Knox) Adams

July 16, 2012

Evelyn Knox Adams, 76, of Windsor, died Monday July 16, 2012, at Vidant Bertie Hospital. A graveside service will be held 1:00 pm Wednesday at Gethsemane Memorial Park with Rev. Daniel Woods officiating. She is survived by a son Doyle Adams of Broad Creek: two sisters Jean K. Baker of Greenville, NC and Vera K. Murphy of Winterville, NC: three...

Walter J. Goodwin, Sr.

Walter J. Goodwin, Sr.

July 16, 2012

Walter James Goodwin, Sr., age 94, caught the sunrise express to glory around 5:45 am Monday morning, July 16. There will be a memorial service at the Cedar Island United Methodist Church, at 11:00 am Friday, July 20, 2012. Somewhere in time Mollie Willis and Walter Goodwin courted, fell in love, and married. They raised six children in the house...

Joseph Weissenberg

Joseph Weissenberg

July 14, 2012

Joseph Weissenberg, 86, of Newport, died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at his home. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 am Wednesday at St. Egbert Catholic Church with Rev. Thomas Davis Presiding. He is survived by two daughters, Helen DeFlorio and husband Mike and Tina Kuklinski and husband John; son, Joe Weissenberg all of Newport ; five grandchildren, Nicholas DeFlorio,...

Bettina (Mason)  Daniels

Bettina (Mason) Daniels

July 13, 2012

Bettina Mason Daniels, 77, of Atlantic, died Friday July 13, 2012 at Sailor's Snug Harbour in Sea Level. Mrs. Daniels was born in Beaufort in 1935, she grew up in Williston. She worked with the U.S. Postal Service and spent many years as an active member of the United Methodist Church in Atlantic. A funeral service will be held 2:00...

Otis Pittman

Otis Pittman

July 12, 2012

Otis Spencer Pittman, 83, of Salter Path died peacefully in his home on Thursday July 12, 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents Flora Belle Smith Pittman and James Pittman: his brothers Gary Pittman and Jack Pittman: his sisters Mildred (Tillie) P. Willis, and Helen P. Frost. He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years Carolyn...

Betty (Britt)  West

Betty (Britt) West

July 12, 2012

Betty Britt West, 78, of Morehead City, went home to be with her Lord Thursday July 12, 2012 at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Darrell Williams officiating. Betty moved to Morehead City in 2004 to live with her nephew, Jimmy Mercer and his wife Nita, and their...

Govind Bhulabhai Patel

Govind Bhulabhai Patel

July 12, 2012

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Selma Gray (Whitehurst)  Best

Selma Gray (Whitehurst) Best

July 12, 2012

Selma Gray Whitehurst Best, 76, of Morehead City, died Wednesday, July 12, 2012 at Harborview Health Care Center. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 pm Sunday at Munden Funeral Home with the Rev. Ted Erskin officiating. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park. Mrs. Selma was a Certified Nursing Assistant on the surgical floor at Carteret General Hospital for 25...

Sibyl Gray (Hunnings)  Lewis

Sibyl Gray (Hunnings) Lewis

July 11, 2012

Sibyl Gray H. Lewis, 88 years old, was born on December 22, 1923 to Walter and Hannah Hunnings. Sibyl was one of four children. She was married to her sweetheart Roy Lewis for 69 1/2 years until she passed away. She was a truly devoted wife,Christian, and home maker. She taught young adult Sunday School for 14 years, served as...