Obituaries

Michael Eugene Murray

Michael Eugene Murray

Oct 8, 2013

Mike died today, Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at age 64. I won't lie to you and tell you I fought a courageous battle with cancer. I am not really sure anyone does. You start out strong with some good news, then you get some not so good news, then you get the bad news. Dying is not easy when you...

Joyce Jones Merrifield

Joyce Jones Merrifield

Oct 6, 2013

Joyce Jones Merrifield was born in Hillis, Arkansas on November 1, 1927 and went to rest with the Lord on Sunday, October 6, 2013. A service honoring her life will be at Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 10 o’clock at Munden Funeral Home in Morehead City, North Carolina.  Pastor R. Torres from the New Bern Seventh Day Adventist Church will...

Mary Elizabeth  (Salter)  Smith

Mary Elizabeth (Salter) Smith

Oct 6, 2013

Mary Elizabeth Smith, 92, of Atlantic, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Carteret General Hospital surrounded by her loving family. A Funeral Service will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday at Atlantic United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Steven Willis and Rev. George Gouge. Interment will follow at Atlantic Community Cemetery. Mrs. Mary attended Atlantic United Methodist  Church. She is survived...

Donald "DC" Cuttino Howard

Donald "DC" Cuttino Howard

Oct 3, 2013

Donald "Howard" Howard, 74, of Salter Path, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Sunday at Salter Path United Methodist Church with Rev. David Bratton and Rev. Clyde Cheezum officiating. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park. He served his country for four years in the US...

Julian Francis Willis

Julian Francis Willis

Oct 2, 2013

Julian Francis Willis, 79, of Jacksonville, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Manley B. Rose, Jr. officiating. Julian was a 1952 graduate of Atlantic High School. He was a 1961 graduate of East Carolina...

George Anthony Gauler

George Anthony Gauler

Oct 2, 2013

George Anthony Gauler, 78 of Newport, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Croatan Ridge Nursing Facility. A memorial mass will be held 10:00 Saturday at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Greg Spencer officiating.

Esther Doris (Willis)  Moore

Esther Doris (Willis) Moore

Sep 30, 2013

Esther Doris Willis Moore, 85, of Harkers Island, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held 11:00 am Thursday at Harkers Island Pentecostal Holiness Church officiated by Rev. Louis Bass and Anthony Nelson, Interment will follow at Vergie Mae Cemetery. Mrs. Moore was born and raised on Harkers Island and...

Betty Hill Rose

Betty Hill Rose

Sep 29, 2013

Betty Hill Rose, 76, of Morehead City, died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Carteret General Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday at Munden Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Manley B. Rose, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Victoria Cemetery in Marshallberg. She is survived by five daughters, Patricia Ellis of Raleigh, Tina Priddy, Jenny Zimmerman, Victoria Calvin,...

Albert "Al" Noble McElmon, Sr.

Albert "Al" Noble McElmon, Sr.

Sep 29, 2013

Albert "Al" Noble McElmon, Sr., 84, of Morehead City, died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Carteret General Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday at First Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Mance Cason and Rev. Jerry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park. Al played the sousaphone in the first Marine Corp Band at Cherry...

Joseph  Simon

Joseph Simon

Sep 29, 2013

Joseph Stephen Simon, Sr., 92, of Newport, North Carolina, passed away on September 29, 2013 at Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Center after a long illness. He was born October 2, 1920, in Rome, New York, the son of Stanley and Theodora Simon. He was the seventh of eight children, and worked on the family farm during the depression...

William "Bill" Donald Abell

William "Bill" Donald Abell

Sep 28, 2013

Mr. William Donald “Bill” Abell, 62, of Morehead City, died Saturday, September 28, 2013. Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in the chapel of Munden Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Ben Horton and Rev. James Chadwick.  Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park Cemetery. Bill grew up in Carteret County and graduated from West Carteret High School...

Cecil "Tommy" Thomas Boyette

Cecil "Tommy" Thomas Boyette

Sep 28, 2013

Cecil Thomas "Tommy" Boyette, 69, of Jacksonville and formerly of Wilson, NC, went to be with the Lord Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Arc Assisted Living. A family service will be held at a later date. Cecil left this earth to join his parents and our almighty Father in heaven. Cecil had a childhood of abundant happiness, spent his adulthood...

John "Buster" Alec Willis

John "Buster" Alec Willis

Sep 28, 2013

John "Buster" Alec Willis, 73, of Broad Creek, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. A graveside service will be held 11:00 am Monday at Broad Creek Cemetery with Rev. Wesley Holmes, Vann Salter, and Richard Hocutt (friend of the family) officiating. Buster served his country with eight years in the Coast Guard, including a...

Irene (Avery)  Melkonian

Irene (Avery) Melkonian

Sep 27, 2013

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Laura Jane Warren

Laura Jane Warren

Sep 27, 2013

Laura Jane Warren, 78, of Emerald Isle, N.C. passed away with loved ones by her side on Friday, September 27, 2013 after a long illness. A service to celebrate Jane’s life will be held on October 1st at 2:00 at Emerald Isle Baptist Church with Reverend Freddie Braswell officiating. Through the years she beat the odds time and time...

Charles  "Doug" Douglas Boyd

Charles "Doug" Douglas Boyd

Sep 24, 2013

Charles "Doug" Douglas Boyd, 71, of Newport, went to be with his Lord,  Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at home with family. A funeral service will be held 2:00 Thursday at Parkview Baptist Church with Rev. David Mills officiating. Interment will be 10:00 am Saturday at Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens at 2150 Mount View Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104. Doug was a...

Philip Nimon Willis, Jr.

Philip Nimon Willis, Jr.

Sep 23, 2013

Philip Nimon Willis, Jr., 41, of Beaufort, passed away, Monday, September 23, 2013 at Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport. His graveside service will be held at 11:00 am Friday at Victoria Cemetery in Marshallberg with Rev. Jack Mumford officiating with military honors. Mr. Willis was born in Sea Level and was a graduate of East Carteret High School. He...

Virginia Gilda (Salter)  Davis

Virginia Gilda (Salter) Davis

Sep 22, 2013

Virginia Gilda Salter Davis. Sept. 27, 1926 - Sept. 22, 2013. Ginny was born and raised in Sea Level, NC. She moved to Washington, D.C., at 20 years old after finishing secretarial school at Campbell College. She met and married Joseph Dees Davis there, and traveled the world with Joe, taking time off to raise her children in between working...

Dean Alan Agee

Dean Alan Agee

Sep 21, 2013

Dean Alan Agee, 51, of Havelock, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Munden Funeral Home Chapel in Morehead City with Rev. Wesley Holmes officiating. Burial will be private. Dean was born June 24, 1962 in Norfolk, VA. He was...

Clarence "Patrick" Piner

Clarence "Patrick" Piner

Sep 21, 2013

Clarence "Patrick" Piner, 54, of Otway, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Carteret General Hospital. A Funeral Service will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday at Otway Christian Church with Rev. Jack Mumford officiating. Interment will follow at Piner-Gillikin Cemetery. He is survived by his sister, Valerie Yeomans of Otway; three aunts, Minnie Pollock of Otway, Faye Lawrence of Beaufort and...

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