Death Notices and Obituaries January – April 2022

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Death notices are provided as a free community service. To place an obituary, the cost is $25 for a 500-word obituary and photo and $50 for up to 1000 words. This can be paid online or by mailing a check. For questions or to place an obituary, send us an email.

APRIL

Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory

  • Laila Mary Markowski, 84, of Havelock passed away April 30
  • Gary Neal Johnston, 76, of New Bern passed away April 30
  • Doris Woodard, 81, of New Bern passed away April 29
  • Melba Jean Davis Hargett, 84, of New Bern passed away April 27
  • Ke’Andre Jermahd Mewborn, 23, of New Bern passed April 26
  • Charles John Dannemann, 82, of New Bern passed away April 25
  • Ellsworth Bailey Gosnell, Jr., 98, of New Bern passed away April 23
  • Cecil Stanley Hojnowski, 78, of New Bern passed away April 23
  • Shelley Repplier Weaver Gaumond, 78, of New Bern passed away April 23
  • Martha Gaskins Jones, 101, of New Bern passed away April 24
  • Rachel Marie Daughety, 48, of New Bern, passed away April 22
  • Jennifer Louise Douthit, 47, of New Bern passed away April 21
  • Stephen Andrew Hawkins, 28, of Cove City passed away April 16
  • Shyanna Jayne White, 22, of New Bern passed away April 14
  • JoAnn Hickman, 81, of New Bern passed away April 14
  • Edna Earl Wiggins Hardee, 82, of New Bern passed away April 14
  • Arnold C. Harrell (Arnie), 87, passed away April 14
  • Ethel “Ann” Laughinghouse Gillikin, 79, of New Bern passed away April 12
  • Robert George Soderberg, 80, of New Bern passed away on April 9
  • John Clarence Cochran, Jr., 83, of Cove City passed away April 8
  • Lena Elizabeth Harris, 78, of New Bern passed away April 8
  • Scott Richard Sirkin, 69, of New Bern passed away April 8
  • Brian Keith Fellows, Jr., 36, of New Bern passed away April 7
  • Lahsay Gyi, 68, passed away April 5
  • Rayford Ray Locklear, 81, of Bridgeton passed away April 5
  • Joyce McGregor, 73, of New Bern passed away April 5
  • Deane W. Garris, age 87, of New Bern passed away April 3
  • Frances Elizabeth Duffy Vickery, 84, of New Bern passed away April 1

Oscar’s Mortuary

  • Donald “Donnie” L. Spruell, 66, passed away April 28
  • Shirley Jane Allen, 69, passed away April 28
  • Claudia Hall Spencer, 64, of New Bern passed away April 26
  • Maxine Fair Bryant, 81, of New Bern passed away April 25
  • Johnnie Jacob Brimmer, 76, of Havelock passed away April 21
  • Jesse Frazier Jr., 76, of Havelock passed away April 21
  • Antonia Deandre Whitehead Nelson, 28, of New Bern passed away April 13
  • Carol Virginia Benn Boutillier, 82, of New Bern passed away April 11
  • Nicole Gabrielle Fisher, 48, of New Bern passed away April 9
  • Larry Edward Key, 68, of New Bern passed away April 7
  • Daniel Jonathan White, 38, of New Bern passed away April 7
  • Vivian Wrencher Godette, 74, of New Bern passed away April 7
  • Gilbert Andrew Obrady, 67, of Havelock passed away April 6
  • William Lee Brimmer, Jr., 53, of New Bern passed away April 5
  • Emma Jane Murrell Davis, 80, of Havelock passed away April 5

MARCH

Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory

  • Ronald Victor Moorse, 93, of New Bern passed away March 31
  • Margot A. Smith, 85, of New Bern passed away March 31
  • Andrian Yvonne Hearne, 45, of New Bern passed away March 29
  • Michael “Mike” Darrell Peebles, 61, of New Bern passed away March 29
  • Paul H. Ottey, 78, of New Bern passed away March 27
  • Robert Edward Reid, Jr., 63, of New Bern passed away March 27
  • Phrai I Reh, 45, of New Bern passed away March 26
  • Catherine Diamond Wyman 84, of New Bern passed away March 26
  • Henry R. Parker Jr., 84, of New Bern passed away March 24
  • Linda Arlene Melvin, 84, of Cove City passed away March 24
  • Mary “Sister” Gibson, 91, of New Bern passed away March 23
  • Kenneth Robert VonOesen Sr., 81, of New Bern passed away March 22
  • Harold Cleo Jones, 88, of New Bern passed away March 21
  • Catherine “Cathy” Ann Fitch, 66, of New Bern passed away March 19
  • Barbara Faye Evans, 68, of New Bern passed away March 19
  • E.B. Austin, 83, of Trent Woods passed away March 19
  • Ta Na Htoo Saw, 60, of New Bern passed away March 18
  • Anthony Thomas Garner, 28, of New Bern passed away March 18
  • Judy Carol Rucker, 76, of New Bern passed away March 16
  • Joseph Martin Scharle II, 79, of New Bern passed away March 16
  • Mary Catherine Weiss Pridgen, 57, of New Bern passed away March 14
  • Charles Ernest Skinner, 83, of New Bern passed away March 12
  • Michael “Mike” Ray Bryant, 52, of New Bern passed away March 11
  • Royal Felix Hendrix III, 80, of New Bern passed away March 11
  • Soe Nmn Nge, 67, of New Bern passed away March 6
  • Thomas Joseph Cherney, 81, of New Bern passed away March 6
  • Christopher Keith Carmichael, 48, of New Bern passed away March 5
  • Bertha May McKeel, 91, of New Bern passed away March 2
  • Ronald James Meisenzahl, 84, of Havelock passed away March 2
  • Curtis “C.E.” Lupton, Jr, 83, passed away March 4
  • Leona Carnellia Kepp, 102, of New Bern passed away March 3
  • Lillian Maria Applegate, 84, of New Bern passed away March 3
  • Vinal “Vinny” Joseph Michaud, 81, of New Bern passed away March 2
  • Margaret C. Foote, 82, of New Bern, passed away March 1
  • Frank A. Koi Jr. 82, of New Bern passed away March 1
  • William “Pop” Thomas Morgan, 83, of New Bern passed away March 1

Oscar’s Mortuary

  • Aaron Gooding, Jr., 63, of Havelock passed away March 30
  • Reverend Ella Sykes Alston, 90, of New Bern passed away March 31
  • Edgar “Rudy” Pelham, 71, of New Bern passed away March 30
  • Matthew Lawrence Jones Jr., 70, of Havelock passed away March 30
  • Earl Kevin Conway, 51, of New Bern passed away March 19
  • Glenn Jeffro “Jay” Downs, 60, of New Bern passed away March 18
  • Vivian S. Jackson Henderson, 52, passed away March 17
  • Lucy Wetherington Blandford, 76, of Vanceboro passed away March 14
  • Lee Miles Bryant, 87, of New Bern passed away March 13
  • Jesse Louis Gilbert, 76, of New Bern passed away March 12
  • Sharon Denise Barnes Brown, 64, of New Bern-Perry Town Community passed away March 12
  • Mildred Ann Jackson Greenwell, 71, of Havelock passed away March 10
  • Beaulah George Harkley, 85, passed away March 10
  • Ernest Lee Cox, 69, passed away March 9
  • Hilda Grace Brantley Hoffer, 67, passed away March 2
  • Susanna Wesley Speed, 86, of Cove City passed away March 2
  • Everett Edward Fuller, 95, of New Bern passed away March 1

Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home

  • Vanessa Ruth Arnold, 57, of New Bern passed away March 13

FEBRUARY

Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory

  • Tony Lewis Ferguson, 59, of New Bern passed away on February 28
  • Ernest William Parent, Sr., 78, of New Bern passed away February 27
  • James “Jim” Earl Brown,83, of New Bern passed away February 27
  • John Robert Thomas Karam, 54, of New Bern passed away February 26
  • Tammy Lee Artiglere, 45, of New Bern passed away February 24
  • Pamela Birmingham, 69, of New Bern passed away February 24
  • Lee Henson Waters, 84, of Vanceboro passed away February 22
  • Stephen Thomas Foley, 74, of New Bern passed away February 20
  • Suzanne Howard, 65, of New Ber passed away February 20
  • Marcia “Marcy” Ruth Kaptain, 94, of New Bern passed away February 19
  • William Charles “Chuck” Hagerty, Jr., 47, of Havelock passed away February 18
  • Dorothy “Dot” Mallard, 91, of New Bern passed away February 18
  • Stacy Lee Baxter, 53, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Billy Shelton Hicks, 78, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Gary Francis Michaud, 65, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Michael Roy Smith, 76, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Sherry Lynn Garris, 53, of Vanceboro passed away February 16
  • Barbara Ann Woodard Lawhorn, 73, of New Bern passed away February 15
  • John D. Marker Sr., 89, of Vanceboro passed away February 15
  • Edward Lamar Sledge, 92, of New Bern passed away February 15
  • Mary Willie Haskins Gooding, 95, of Havelock passed away February 13
  • Anne Marie Champey, 75, of New Bern passed away February 12
  • Eva Mae Clark, 83, of New Bern passed away February 12
  • Frank Joseph Minutello, 77, of New Bern passed away February 12
  • William “Bill” Otis Oblander, 94, of Cove City passed away February 12
  • Lisa Michelle Riggs, 60, of New Bern passed away February 12
  • Dr. Patricia H. Williams, 86, of New Bern passed away February 12
  • Nancy S. Hollows, 74, of New Bern passed away February 11
  • Maybelle Burns, 97, of New Bern passed away February 10
  • Herbert Wesley Corbin, 68, of New Bern passed away February 10
  • Edward Clark Raper, 86, of New Bern passed away February 9
  • Mary H. Spooner, 78, of New Bern passed away February 8
  • Lawrence “Larry” Ferraris, 82, of New Bern passed away February 6
  • Dennis Ramsey, 51, of New Bern passed away February 5
  • Agnes Toler, 78, of New Bern passed away February 5
  • Vera M. Baumgardner, 93, of New Bern passed away February 4
  • John Considine Davidson, 77, of New Bern passed away February 4
  • Jayne G. Aird, 86, of Riverbend passed away February 3
  • Reuben Earl Hart, 73, of New Bern passed away February 3
  • Linda Sue Mallard, 84, of New Bern passed away February 3
  • Clem “Frankie” Franklin Wetherington, 87, of Cove City passed away February 3
  • Martha “Marty” Doucette, 87, passed away on February 2
  • Joyce Marie McGrath, 91, of New Bern passed away February 2
  • Michael Aaron Stair, 50, of New Bern passed away February 2
  • Roy Adams 53, of Trent Woods passed away February 1
  • Gerald Patrick Hobbins, 89, of New Bern passed away February 1
  • Metta Rohloff Quabeck, 91, of New Bern passed away February 1

Oscar’s Mortuary

  • Jennifer Louise Jones Adams, 67, of New Bern passed away February 28
  • Melvin Carl Driver, 96, of New Bern passed awat February 23
  • Rasheeda Shaniel Williams, 40, of New Bern passed away February 22
  • Brendolyn Jean Midgett Manning Singleton, 68, of New Bern passed away February 20
  • Philip George Minton, 88, of New Bern passed away February 19
  • David Napoleon Beasley Sr., 85, of New Bern passed away February 19
  • Bernard Harold Little, 70, of New Bern passed away February 18
  • Vernice Lee Williams Hickmon, 72, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Henry Bryan, 94, of New Bern passed away February 17
  • Beryl Renita Jernigan Hughes, 63, of Havelock passed away February 15
  • Terra Nicole Midgett Jones, 49, of New Bern passed away February 13
  • Alexis Tenille Ward, 38, of Havelock passed away February 13
  • John Henry Moore, 77, of Vanceboro passed away February 12
  • Benjamin Earl Armwood, 73, of Vanceboro passed away February 12
  • Victor Vega, 78, of Vanceboro passed away February 11
  • Jessie “Blue Boy” Davis Hickman, 82, of Havelock passed away February 11
  • Jacqueline Denise Mason Horne, 51, of New Bern passed away February 7
  • Molichia Ann Hardy, 70, of New Bern passed away February 7
  • Lewis Willie Jones, 78, of New Bern passed away February 6
  • Reverend James Heath, 69, of New Bern passed away February 5
  • Kerensa Ann O’Neal, 53, of Havelock passed away February 3

Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home

  • Nancy Judith Gilbert, 81, of James City Community, New Bern, passed away February 19
  • Charles “Buddy” Matthew Hill, 77, of New Bern passed away February 1

JANUARY

Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory

  • David Christopher Ballance 73, of Trent Woods passed away January 31
  • Jasper “Jay” Dewey Dudley, Jr., 65, of New Bern passed away January 31
  • Jerry Allen Noell, Sr., 67, of New Bern passed away January 31
  • Michael Anthony Burd, 61, of New Bern passed away January 30
  • John R. Humes, Sr., 100, passed away January 30
  • Patti Jo McCloskey, 75, of New Bern passed away January 30
  • Brent William Oldham, 62, of New Bern passed away January 30
  • Edithrose Chase Grady Dixon, 79, of Trent Woods passed away January 29
  • Jack Edward Parker Jr., 61, of New Bern passed away January 29
  • Kerri Ann Witthaus, 46, of New Bern passed away January 29
  • Albert Woolston, 81, of New Bern passed away January 29
  • Leila Frances (Bell) Dudley, 92, of New Bern passed away January 28
  • Hector Mario Zubia, 62, passed away January 28
  • Benjamin Thomas Odham, Jr., 76, of New Bern passed away January 2
  • Margaret Fields Hackney, 97, of New Bern passed away January 26
  • Ralph Knox Bishop, 66, of New Bern passed away January 25
  • Dollie T. Dawson, 76, of New Bern passed away January 24
  • Leon Allen Toler, 81, of New Bern passed away January 24
  • Janice Carol Messer 70, of New Bern passed away January 23
  • Michael “Mike” Timothy Smith, 79, of New Bern passed away January 23
  • Jerry Walker, 66, of New Bern passed away January 23
  • James Channing “Chan” Wilson Sr., 83, of Trent Woods passed away January 23
  • Priscilla Veronica Adame, 37, of New Bern passed away January 22
  • Ronnie V. Garren, 82, of New Bern passed away January 22
  • Capt. E. A. Sharp (USN Ret.), 90, of New Bern passed away January 22
  • Marie Collette (Iannacone) Doran, 91, of New Bern passed away January 21
  • Robert Wain Jokela, 71, of New Bern passed away January 21
  • Lawrence George “Larry” Yusko, 79, of New Bern passed away January 21
  • Allen Vann Smith, 77, of New Bern passed away January 20
  • Analee Robinson (Houser) Court, 91, of New Bern passed away January 19
  • Jean Waters Hawkins, 82, of Trent Woods passed away January 19
  • Charles Graham “Chuck” Overly, 86, of Trent Woods passed away January 19
  • Elizabeth Sumner Potter 39, of Cove City passed away January 19
  • Nelson K. Thayer, 91, of New Bern passed away January 18
  • Daffodil Cayton Ipock, 80, of New Bern passed away January 17
  • Tommy Mantle Thompson, 85, of New Bern passed away January 17
  • Colonel Steven Clark Harman, Jr., USA (Ret), 80, of New Bern passed away January 16
  • Charlotte Eileen Morris, 87, of New Bern passed away January 16
  • Master Sargeant Donald Lee Rutter, 81, of New Bern passed away January 15
  • Barbara Compton Adair, 83, of New Bern passed away January 14
  • Paula Dunn Hodge, 72, of New Bern passed away January 14
  • Ruby “Ann” Collins, 76, passed away January 12
  • Wallace Earl “Skip” Barnett, 72, of New Bern passed away January 11
  • Della W. Higgins, 88, of New Bern passed away January 11
  • William Francis Cosgrove, 92, of New Bern passed away January 10
  • Nora Elizabeth Taylor, 92, of New Bern passed away January 10
  • Ruth “Gigi” Aylor, 78, of New Bern passed away January 9
  • Gerry Schulz 77, of New Bern passed away January 8
  • Eloise Collins, 79, of New Bern passed away January 9
  • Linda Grey Bennett, 88, of New Bern passed away January 6
  • Celestial Mae (Rowell) Scott, 89, of New Bern passed away January 6
  • Frank Joseph Biondo, Jr., 87, of New Bern passed away January 5
  • Ruth Ann Beltzhoover Craft, 72, of New Bern passed away January 5
  • James “Jim” McGrath Phillips, 85, passed away January 5
  • Vickie Haithcock Cumbo, 59, of New Bern passed away January 4
  • Raymond Valentine Stark, 91, of New Bern passed away January 4
  • Jane Armstrong, 91, of Trent Woods passed away January 2
  • Richard Ettore Bonicelli, 53, of Trent Woods passed away January 2
  • David Glenn Evans, 64, of New Bern passed away January 2
  • Richard George Ewing, 71, of New Bern passed away January 1
  • Helen J Wiggins, 85, of New Bern passed away January 1,

Oscar’s Mortuary

  • Nikki Teamele Blango Wagner, 48 of Havelock passed away January 31
  • Hazel Marie Carmon Fields, 83, of New Bern passed away January 28
  • Sharel Renee Jones Brimage, 72, of New Bern passed away January 26
  • Alice “Gal Baby” Suggs Webb, 86, of New Bern passed away January 26
  • Althea Tillery Becton, 85, of Havelock passed away January 26
  • Thomas Henry Ligon Sr., 72, of New Bern passed away January 24
  • Amber Jones, 30, of New Bern passed away January 22
  • Oliver Hitchcock, 79, of New Bern passed away January 21
  • Isaac Cleo Koonce, 70, of New Bern passed away January 21
  • Stephen George Slade, 70, of New Bern passed away January 20
  • Elizabeth May Rhode Martin (Betty), 91, of New Bern passed away January 19
  • Demetria Bryant Howard, 46, of New Bern passed away January 18
  • Ernestine Henderson Thomas, 76, of New Bern passed away January 18
  • Cora Godette Stewart, 74, of Havelock passed away January 17
  • Orlando Katorie McRavin Sr., 44, of New Bern passed away January 14
  • Alberta Newton Fenner Andrews, 73, of New Bern passed away January 10
  • Sarah Virginia Puryear Parker Busby, 94, of New Bern passed away January 6
  • Lanford Earl Jenkins, 68, of Vanceboro passed away January 6
  • Stephina Yvette Henderson, 56, of New Bern passed away January 1
  • George Leslie Lescene Decordova Francis, 79, of Havelock passed away January 1
  • Margaret Dallmier Townsend, 65, of New Bern passed away January 1

Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home

  • Aleta Attmore, 76, of New Bern passed away January 13