Obituaries

Edna Earle (Gillikin)  Hancock

Edna Earle (Gillikin) Hancock

Feb 22, 2016

Edna Gillikin Hancock, 102, of Otway, passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at Crystal Bluffs.

A funeral service will be held 11:00 am Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel in Morehead City with Rev. Bill Hooper officiating. Interment will follow at Carteret Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Edna was a member of Otway Christian...

Lois Gray (Smith)  Pringle

Lois Gray (Smith) Pringle

Feb 21, 2016

Mrs. Lois Smith Pringle, 94, passed away peacefully at home with family around her on Sunday evening, February 21, 2016.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 25th, 2016 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel in Morehead City, N.C. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service.

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Earl Kenneth Lawrence, Sr.

Earl Kenneth Lawrence, Sr.

Feb 21, 2016

Earl Kenneth Lawrence, Sr., 84, of Otway, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Carteret Health Care.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel in Morehead City with Pastor Robert Parnell, Jr. and Anthony Nelson officiating. Graveside services will be private.

Earl began his career...

Frances J. (Nappa)  Battista

Frances J. (Nappa) Battista

Feb 20, 2016

Frances J. Battista of Havelock, died peacefully on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Brookdale Sr. Living Community in Morehead City, NC.

Frances’s services will remain private due to her own requests.

She is survived by her daughter, Mary Hill and husband David of Ocean, NC; son, Thomas Battista of Morehead City, NC; grandchildren, Suzanne Bennett...

Frances Pittman

Frances Pittman

Feb 18, 2016

Frances Pittman, 70, of Pine knoll Shores passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family.

A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Wednesday,  February 24, 2016 at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church with Pastor Everett Thomas officiating.

She is survived by her husband, Graham Pittman of the...

Mary Gertrude (Driscoll)  Stahnke

Mary Gertrude (Driscoll) Stahnke

Feb 18, 2016

Mary was born and raised in Wisconsin.  She relocated to Eastern North Carolina with her family in 1970.  Mary retired from Civil Service in 1996 after almost 30 years.  Her professional responsibilities included data processing for NADEP aboard MCAS Cherry Point.

In her spare time, she would knit hats for cancer patients and volunteered with...

William Walker Gillikin

William Walker Gillikin

Feb 18, 2016

William Walker Gillikin, 79, of Harkers Island passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Carteret Health Care surrounded by his family.

A funeral service will be held 3:00 pm Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Harkers Island United Methodist Church with Pastor Brad Williams officiating. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church....

Carol Ann Lanham

Carol Ann Lanham

Feb 18, 2016

Carol Ann Lanham, age 73, died February 18th at Carolina East Medical Center

A celebration of her life officiated by Pastor Mark Woods, will be 11:00 Monday morning at Cherry Point United Methodist Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Lefebvre and her brother Tom Lefebvre....

William "Bill" Thomas Hindman III

William "Bill" Thomas Hindman III

Feb 17, 2016

William Bill Thomas Hindman III, 73, of Swansboro passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Carteret Health Care.

A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Munden Funeral Home, Morehead City with Rev. Jack Mumford officiating.

Bill was born and raised in Montclair, NJ and the Jersey Shore. He was...

James Lewis Stuart

James Lewis Stuart

Feb 17, 2016

James Lewis Stuart, age 71, USMC Ret. (MSgt.) died at the North Carolina Veteran’s Administration facility in Kinston on February 17th, 2016.

“Jim” was born February 18th, 1944 in Bloomington, Illinois to Merlin Stuart and Thelma Holst.

In 1962, after graduating high school, in Frankfort, Indiana, he joined the United States Marine Corps.  He married...

Thomas Russell

Thomas Russell

Feb 16, 2016

Thomas Russell, 95, of Morehead City passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Crystal Coast Hospice House.

A graveside service will be held 11:00 am Friday, February 19, 2016 at Bayview Cemetery with Military Honors and Masonic Rights with Pastor Powell Osteen officiating.

Thomas was born in Beaufort, to the late Nathaniel H....

Victoria Devoti Giovanniello

Victoria Devoti Giovanniello

Feb 15, 2016

Victoria Devoti Giovanniello, 93, of Morehead City, North Carolina passed away on Monday February 15th after a brief illness. She was with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband Michael Giovanniello and her siblings, Peter, Esther, Ida, Elaine and Gloria and her parents Rose and Richard Devoti.

She was born and raised in Bristol...

Peggy Thornburg

Peggy Thornburg

Feb 15, 2016

Peggy Laney Thornburg, 79, of Morehead City, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family.

Per the family request services will be private.

Peggy was an avid golfer, loved playing bridge, the beach, and shelling.

She is survived by her husband, Harold Franklin Thornburg of the home; daughter,...

Joshua Champion

Joshua Champion

Feb 14, 2016

Joshua Champion, 34, died February 14, 2015, at his home in Newport NC.

Josh was born March 6, 1981, in Warrensburg, Missouri to Julia Champion and Raymond Yancey.

He attended Absegami and Salem High School in New Jersey. Josh served in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Josh was a member of Carpenters Union...

Josephine Parks Webb

Josephine Parks Webb

Feb 13, 2016

Josephine Parks Webb, 87, of Morehead City, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 at her home surrounded by family.

She is survived by her husband, Clark Webb of the home; daughter, Judith A. Buffkin of Conyers, GA; step-son, Jerry Warner Britt of Raleigh, NC; step-daughters, Jean Webb Larson of Winston Salem, NC, and Joan Cope of Asheville,...

Susan Gaskill

Susan Gaskill

Feb 13, 2016

Susan “Susie” Renee Styron Gaskill, 46, of Cedar Island passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Carteret Health Care.

A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Monday, February 15, 2016 at Munden Funeral Home, Morehead City.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth “Nim” Gaskill of the home; one son, James Douglas Gaskill of...

Sue Mae Odom

Sue Mae Odom

Feb 13, 2016

Sue Mae Odom, 87, of New Bern, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Pruitt Health- Trent, surrounded by her family.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Bridgeton Pentecostal Holiness Church, 943 Half Moon Rd, New Bern, NC 28560, with Rev. Kenneth Dixon and Rev. John Jones officiating....

Shirley Martin

Shirley Martin

Feb 11, 2016

Shirley Jean Ellers Martin, age 79, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 in Fort Pierce, FL.

Ms. Martin moved to Fort Pierce, Florida in 2000 coming from Havelock, North Carolina.

She retired a civil service employee working aboard Cherry Point.   Shirley was a member of the Orange Baptist Church.  She was passionate about making care...

Cathy Kerr

Cathy Kerr

Feb 10, 2016

Cathy Kendrick Kerr, 61, of Newport, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Carteret Health Care.

The family will have a memorial service at a later date.

Cathy was a college graduate, fun loving, and fair going. She was a sweet person that loved her cats, the beach and writing poetry. She met her husband...