All Obituaries

Maria Harris Brown, 45, of Davis, passed away early Friday morning, July 12­, 2019, at her home, surrounded by family, after courageously battling cancer. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, July 15, 2019, at the First Baptist Church in Davis and the memorial service will be at 5 p.m., officiated by Rev. Daniel Melton. Maria was a member of First Baptist Church in Davis. She is survived by her father, Pat Harris and wife Belinda of Newport; sister,...

Daisy Aleane Guthrie McGowan, 91, of Broad Creek, passed away Wednesday, July 10­, 2019, at the Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 12, 2019, at Broad Creek Community Cemetery with Rev. Tim Marriner officiating. Daisy was born deaf and attended the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton, North Carolina. It was there that she met the love of her life, the late Mitchell McGowan, their faithful love and...

Rebekah “Ms. Becky” Carl, 69, of Havelock, passed away Wednesday, July 10­, 2019, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House surrounded by her family. The family will honor her life with a service at a later date. She is survived by her daughters, Ruth Anne Scruggs and husband Brady of Newport and Elizabeth Faye Bennett and husband, Staff Sergeant Michael Bennett of Fayetteville; sons, Aaron William Wright of home and Earl Russell Wright of St. Mary’s, OH; sisters, Mary Ann...

Barbara “Bobbie Jean” Simpson, 75, of Beaufort, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019, at her home. Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Taylor W. Mills. Bobbie Jean was a faithful member of Ann St. United Methodist Church where she never missed a Sunday morning worship service. She enjoyed being a member of the Miriam Rebecca Lodge # 141, the State Employees Association and the Carteret County Historic...

Raymond Earl Jones, Jr., 56, of Newport, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019, at Vidant Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 12, 2019, at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Dr. Robert Langley.   He retired from civil service at Cherry Point. He is survived by his daughter, Melissa Young and husband Kevin of Jacksonville; step-son, Josh South and wife Brooke of Newport; mother, Jo-Ann Pierce and husband Roger of Newport; brothers, Perry Jones of...

Joseph "Joe Milt" Milton Styron, of Davis, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Munden Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Rusty Willis. Interment will follow at the Murphy Family Cemetery, Davis, NC with Rev. Jimmy Mercer officiating. Joe Milt was a member of Smyrna Pentecostal Holiness Church and was also a member of the Tuesday Men’s Fellowship Group in Davis, where he...

Esther Gillikin Lawrence Knudsen, 91, of Bettie, passed away Friday, July 5­, 2019, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Her funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at the Welcome Home Free Will Baptist Church in Bettie, officiated by Evangelist Ray Gaskins. Interment will follow at the Gillikin Family Cemetery on Firetower Road in Otway. Esther was born on June 2, 1928, at the family home on Firetower Road in Otway. She loved to garden, but more than...

Jerry Lee Faircloth Sr., 74, of Atlantic, passed away Thursday, July 4­, 2019, at Pruitt Health Trent in New Bern. Services will be private. Online condolences may be made at www.mundenfuneralhome.net Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, N.C.   

Dorothy Parrish Hill, 92, of Newport, passed away Wednesday, July 3­, 2019, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Holly Springs Original Free Will Baptist Church in Newport, officiated by Pastor Mitchell Parker and Pastor Jerry Linebarger. Interment will follow at Ameriah Garner Cemetery in Newport. Dot, as she was known to all, was born and raised in Nashville, NC and moved to Newport where she and her husband,...

Captain Robert “Bobby” Ballou, 84, of Morehead City, passed away Tuesday, July 2­, 2019, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House. His memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at First Baptist Church of Morehead City. Bobby graduated from the Morehead City High School in 1953 and married the love of his life in 1955. He spent almost his whole life on the water and was known by many as the “captain”. He combined his love for his wife and his...