All Obituaries

Mack Ray Edmondson, 68, of Williston, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Carteret Health Care. Mack was born on January 20, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to the late Oscar and Jessi Ruth Edmondson. He married Maria and they were blessed with 35 loving years together. Mack owned his own irrigation company which he greatly enjoyed. He was a talented man who enjoyed fixing anything that needed repaired. In his free time, he could be found fishing on our beautiful Crystal Coast. He...

Kathleen E. Brown, 71, of Morehead City, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Carteret Health Care. Arrangements are incomplete. Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Morehead City, N.C.

Ernest E. "Gene" Russell Jr., 90, of Morehead City, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete. Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Morehead City, N.C.

Elwood Louis Salter Sr., 95, of Havelock, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at his home. Buddy’s life will be remembered and celebrated at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Havelock, where he was a member. He will be laid to his final Earthly resting place at the Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the service...

Frances “Fran” Corley, 78, of Newport, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Faith Evangelical Bible Church, officiated by Rev. Norman Waligora. Interment will follow at Amariah Garner Cemetery in Newport. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the service through her...

Bertha Leona Springle Haas, 94, of Morehead City, passed away on April 7, 2021 at Carteret Health Care. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 16, 2021, at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the service through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who are ill or...

Ralph Waide Brittingham Sr., 77, of Cedar Island, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Longleaf Neuro-Medical Center in Wilson. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Cedar Island United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Nelson Koonce. Interment, with military honors and masonic rites, will follow at Cedar Island Community Cemetery. Friends are welcome to attend the service. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those...

Billy “Mac” Eutsler, 83, of Havelock, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021, at Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. A graveside service, with military honors, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Gethsemane Memorial Park, officiated by Rev. James Rusty Willis.  Friends are welcome to attend the funeral service. However, in order to provide social distancing, we ask friends to remain in their cars, the service will be broadcast through a...

Catherine “Cathy” Lewis Walters, 72, of Cedar Point, North Carolina, passed away on April 5, 2021, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport, after a yearlong illness. Memorial services date is yet to be announced. Catherine was the daughter of Frederick Lewis and Clarice Purvis Lewis and was born in Dallas, Texas. She spent her childhood growing up in Grosse Ponte Woods near Detroit, Michigan where both sides of her family have deep roots. Many summer days were spent at...

Wilma Fern Smith, 83, of Newport, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at Carteret Health Care. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Wilma was a homemaker, an avid card player, enjoyed reading and watching mystery shows. She was a member of Church of Christ and the Red Hats Society. She is survived by her daughter, Virginia Faye Blanton and husband Randall Wayne Blanton of Newport; son, Daniel Smith  and wife Kelly Rodgers Smith of Jacksonville; sister, Alice Faye...