All Obituaries

Clifton Everette "Cliff" Nance Jr, 76, of Newport, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 at his home.  Arrangements are pending and will be announced later. Condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at www.noebrooks.net Arrangements by Noe-Brooks Funeral Home, Morehead City, NC.

Francis E. Precht, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 in Morehead City. Condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at www.noebrooks.net Arrangements by Noe-Brooks Funeral Home, Morehead City, NC.

Lelia Tootle, 87, of Newport, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at Crystal Bluffs of Morehead City. She was a member of God’s City of Refuge in Newport. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at God’s City of Refuge with Elder Samuel Gibson officiating.  Burial will follow at the Church Cemetery.  A visitation will be held from 11:00 to 12:00 at the Church. She is survived by her two daughters, Beverly Anderson of...

Lois Jean OKeefe, 80, of Pine Knoll Shores, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. A mass of Christian burial and inurnment will be will held at St. Egbert Catholic Church and will be private with Father Ryszard Kolodziej officiating. The family will host a reception for friends at 11:00 am, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in the Bogue Banks Room at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, 2717 Ft. Macon Rd, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512.  Lois...

Tyra Paige Skrabacz, 20, of Havelock, ended this Earthly journey after a short yet beautiful life on Monday, September 20, 2021. A funeral will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday. September 24, 2021 at Noe-Brooks Funeral Home in Morehead City. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 pm at the funeral home. She will be laid to rest in Amariah Garner Memorial Cemetery following the service. Tyra was born March 27, 2001 to Greg and Brandy Skrabacz in Morehead City, NC. She will be...

Christina Marie Giebeler (nee Biro), 55, born on April 12, 1966 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, passed at home on Monday, September 20, 2021, surrounded by her family. Beloved Wife, Daughter, and Mother to seven amazing kids. Christina is survived by her husband, Oliver; her parents, Mark and Sherrie Biro; her brother, Rob Biro (Anita); her children, Matthew Welsh (April), Benjamin Welsh (Alyssa), Reece Mercer, Erin, and Nathan Mercer, Nate Giebeler (Wendy), and Melissa Giebeler....

William "Willie" L. Miranda, 82, of Mill Creek, passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021. A funeral will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Reece's Chapel Baptist Church in Mill Creek. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 9:00 to 10:00 am. at the church. He will be laid to rest at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Newport following the service.  Willie was born March 25,1939 to Gulielmo and Marie Miranda in Brooklyn, NY. This...

Julia Foreman Bragg, 89, of Havelock, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Noe-Brooks Funeral Home in Morehead City. The family will receive friends following the service. The family has requested that everyone attending wear a mask. Julia was born on August 4, 1932, to the late Mack and Kitty Hyman Foreman of Craven County. Julia was a graduate of Elizabeth City State Teacher’s...

Dr. Ronald Verdell Harms, 91, of Morehead City, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. A private graveside service will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at Greenwood Cemetery in Morehead City. Ron was born on May 6, 1930 to Thomas and Alice Saupe Harms in Archer, Iowa. He gained a lifelong love for natural history and the outdoors growing up hunting and fishing on the Harms Family Farm. In high school he excelled at baseball and basketball, and was guard on the Archer...

Robert Murray, Jr., 82, of Knightdale, North Carolina, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 13, 2021. Robert was born to the late Alestine and Robert Murray, Sr. on May 16, 1939. He received his high school education from Queen Street High School in Beaufort, North Carolina. At an early age, Robert became a member of Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church in North River, where he received Christ as his personal Savior. He also became a Sunday School teacher at Mount Tabor....