Local Obituaries for Families in Morehead City, NC
Harvey J. "Jim" Warner
Dec 26, 2014
Obituary Harvey J. Jim Warner, 81, of Beaufort, NC, died Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. He was the founder, owner, and operator of Scuttlebutt on the Beaufort waterfront. He is survived by his wife, Doreen Warner; daughter, Laura Warner of Southampton, NY; son, Douglas Warner of Southampton,...
Delma Price
Dec 24, 2014
Obituary Delma Parker Price, 92, of Wilmington, formerly of Salter Path and Havelock, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Wilmington. Her funeral will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 28, at Brooks Funeral Home with the Rev. Powell Osteen officiating. The interment will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Ridge-View Memorial Gardens, Eden, NC,...
Betty Jaenike
Dec 21, 2014
Obituary Betty Jane BJ Jaenike passed away peacefully on December 21, 2014 at Crystal Bluffs Health Care Center, Morehead City, NC, after a long illness. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on August 27, 1924, the daughter of Stanley E. and Nora Forester Anderson. At the age of 11, she moved east with her family to Rochester, NY, where...
H. Richard Conover
Dec 19, 2014
Obituary H. Richard Conover, 96, of Emerald Isle, died Friday, December 19, 2014, at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 9, 2015 at the Emerald Isle Baptist Church, with the Rev. Freddie Braswell and Dr. Ed Gunter, co-officating. H. Richard Conover was born December 4, 1918, in Boonton, New Jersey, to...
Bettie Grayson
Dec 18, 2014
Obituary Bettie Lou Roo Grayson, 68, of Morehead City, went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, December 18, 2014. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 21, at All Saints Anglican Church, 292 McCabe Road, Newport, with the rector, the Rev. David Linka officiating, assisted by the Rt. Rev. Doc Loomis and the Rev....
Timothy Meeker
Dec 18, 2014
Obituary Timothy Eugene Meeker, 68 of Trent Woods, North Carolina formerly of West Portsmouth died Thursday December 18, 2014 at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport, North Carolina. He was born April 30, 1946 in Portsmouth to the late Norman Eugene and Dorothy Jean Martin Meeker. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, and a...
Marshall Ledford
Dec 18, 2014
Obituary Marshall Hobby Ledford, of Morehead City, died at Carteret General Hospital on Thursday, December 18, 2014, after a brief illness. She would have celebrated her 94th birthday on New Years Eve. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 22, at Open Door Baptist Church in Morehead City with the Rev. Jerry Linebarger officiating. The...
Gregory Tanner
Dec 14, 2014
Obituary Biography Gregory Bruce Tanner, 57, of Newport, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at Carteret General Hospital. No services will be held. He was born in Washington, DC on April 21, 1957 to Jessie Leon Tanner and Peggy Jo Perry Tanner. He is survived by his wife, Carey Tanner; mother, Peggy Tanner of Taneytown, MD; daughter, Sarah Tanner of...
Hugh Porter
Dec 11, 2014
Obituary Hugh Judson Porter, 86, of Morehead City, died Thursday, December 11, 2014, at PruittHealth, Sea Level. Services will be private. Mr. Porter was born April 10, 1928 in Bowling Green, OH to Melzer Ray Porter and Opal Pessell Porter. He spent his growing up years in Millersville, PA, and graduated for Millersville State Teachers College (now University). He...
Ray Lefler
Dec 8, 2014
Obituary Ray F. Lefler,, died December 8, 2014. A memorial service will be at Shepard of the Sea Lutheran Church, Atlantic Beach, on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:30 PM. Memorial Service 2:30 p.m. ,Friday, December 12, 2014 Shepard of the Sea Lutheran Church 201 E. Fort Macon Road Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 Services You can still show your...
David Cooper
Dec 8, 2014
Obituary David Lloyd Cooper, 48, of Newport, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 20, 2014, at All Saints Anglican Church with the Rev. David Linka officiating. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park and then a reception will be held at All Saints Anglican Church....
Doris Ryan
Dec 6, 2014
Obituary No Services Are Scheduled Services You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Doris Ryan
Ruth Barbour
Dec 4, 2014
Obituary Ruth Peeling Barbour, 90, died at her home in Morehead City Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Her funeral is 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 13, at Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran Church in Atlantic Beach with the pastor, the Rev. Scott Berry, officiating. A reception will be held afterward in the church fellowship hall. Ruth was born Oct. 24, 1924,...
Wilburn Mcclung
Dec 2, 2014
Obituary Wilburn Wayne McClung, 83, of Morehead City, died December 2, 2014, at his home. At his request, there will be no local services at this time. Mr. McCl;ung was born in Orient Hill, West Virginia, to Lake L. and Nellie Fleshman McClung. He served his country in the US Air Force for over 27 years, achieving the rank...
Melanie Pegram
Nov 30, 2014
Obituary Melanie Lee Pegram, 41, of Beaufort died Sunday, November 30, 2014, in Fayetteville, NC. A memorial service will be held at The BoatHouse, 2400 Lennoxville Road, Beaufort, NC on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. She was born in High Point, NC on June 22, 1973. Melanie was an accomplished business woman, an active and dedicated volunteer...
William 'Bill' Hubbard
Nov 22, 2014
Obituary William Bill Hubbard passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 85 on November 22, 2014. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at St. Egbert Catholic Church, with Rev. Thomas R. Davis,and Monsignor Francis Moeslein officiating. Bill was born on June 16, 1929 in Farnam,...
Alvah Sulloway, Jr
Nov 20, 2014
Obituary Alvah Woodbury (Woody) Sulloway, Jr., 73, of Morehead City, passed away at home on November 20, 2014. A memorial service will be held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Morehead City, on Monday, November 24, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. Dr. John B. Pollock, officiating. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. Known...
George Beswick
Nov 16, 2014
Obituary George William Pete Beswick, 73, of Morehead City, North Carolina, died November 16, after a sudden illness. He was born July 29, 1941 in Newport, Rhode Island, but lived in NC for 50 years and considered himself to be a southerner by choice and not by accident of birth. He attended Punahou Academy in Hawaii, and joined the...
Joseph Hollinshed
Nov 15, 2014
Obituary Joseph Hampton Hollinshed, 80, formerly of Fayetteville, died November 15, 2014, surrounded by his family and rescue dog, Hercules, at the home he restored in Beaufort. Born in Fayetteville to the late Mary Emma Rothwell and Vivian E. Hollinshed, Joe spent his entire life there until retiring to Beaufort. He spent 40 years in his family-owned Cape Fear...
Sara Ballew
Nov 13, 2014
Obituary Sara Tulloch Ballew, 82, of Morehead City, NC, died Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Crystal Coast Hospice House, Newport, NC. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 16, at First United Methodist Church, Morehead City, NC, with the pastor, the Rev. E. Powell Osteen, Jr., officiating and the associate pastor, the Rev. Joseph Franklin,...
