Dena Compton

Dena Rhue Compton, 64, of Newport, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at her home.

Dena was a 1975 graduate of West Carteret High School. She worked most of her life in the grocery business predominately at Food Lion. Her most prized possession was her children and her grandchildren.  She loved to cook, her fur baby “Odie”, drinking coffee, listening to the golden oldies, sitting on her front porch, and she loved her childhood home in Newport.

She is survived by her daughters, Bethanie Alexander and husband James of Newport, Suzanne Newman of Newport, and Brittany Kay Compton and fiancé Brian “My Hunny” Warmack of Swansboro; son, John Michael Compton and wife Erica of Newport; mother, Doris “Dottie” Rhue; sisters, Dianna Willis of Newport and Debra Bowen and husband Greg of Newport; brothers, Delbert Rhue and wife Sunny of Newport and David Rhue of Newport; grandchildren, Haidyn, Neaveh “Pookie” , Emaline, Cobi “BooBoo”, JJ “Sugar Boog”, and her beloved grand furbabies; and many extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Richard Compton, Jr.; and her father, Delbert Rhue.

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

Arrangements are by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory, Morehead City, NC.