Jewell Hester Green

Jewell Hester Green, 89, of Morehead City, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020, at Carolina East Medical Center.

Her funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020, at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Andrew Green and Rev. William Snow. Interment will follow at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the service through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who are ill or at-risk (elderly, immune-compromised) are encouraged to stay home. Additionally, there will be a limit to the number of people in the building at one time, as well, those who attend will be asked to bring and wear a protective mask. Help us honor the family while practicing safe measures. Friends are also encouraged to leave words of comfort to the family through the website.  (See link below for the Service Bulletin including the Order of Service.)

Jewell was born on August 11, 1931, in Morehead City, to the late James and Katherine Hester. She loved the Lord and was a pillar of faith at her church, St. Stephens AME Zion Church in Morehead City. She retired from the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, where she worked faithfully for many years.

She is survived by her daughters, Maria Green Allen and husband Orlando of Fayetteville, GA, Constance Yelverton and husband Roger of Wake Forest, NC, Jewell Green Watkins of College Park, GA and Arlene Green Smith of Texas; son, Delmus L. Green and wife Olinda of New Bern, NC; brothers, Osborne Hester of Manteo, NC and Ulrich Hester of Florida; 31 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Delmus Green; son, Eric Martin Green; and brother, James Hester.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020, at Munden Funeral Home. The same safety guidelines will apply.

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

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory in Morehead City, NC.