All Obituaries

Jacksonville - Jerry Lee Ambrose, 67 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Onslow Memorial Hospital.  Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm, Monday, September 25, 2023, at Akridge Family Funeral Care Chapel. Burial will follow immediately after the service. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.He leaves to cherish his memories his sons Jerry Lee Ambrose, Jr., Quincey Lavante Ambrose, both of Jacksonville,...

Jacksonville - Bruce Ward Sutton, 64 of Hubert, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at Onslow Memorial Hospital.  Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm, Saturday, September 23, 2023, at St. Paul A.M.E. Church.  Burial will follow immediately after the service. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He leaves to cherish his memories brothers Rendell of Jacksonville, George (Paulette) of Richlands, Darrell (Gloria) of...

Jacksonville - Martha M. Oates, 85 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 8, 2023, at Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Celebration of Life Service will be held 2pm, Saturday, September 16, 2023, at The Greater Shekinah Glory Full Gospel Church. Burial will follow immediately after the service at the Wooten Family Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. She leaves to cherish her memories her sons, Bennie and...

Jacksonville - Albert Ray Simmons, 76 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 8, 2023, at Onslow Memorial Hospital.Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm, Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Evening View Missionary Baptist Church. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be held at 10am, Monday, September 18, 2023, at the Coastal Carolina State Veteran's Cemetery. He leaves to cherish his memories his son Sheldon...

Jacksonville - James L. Yeates, 62 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, September 3, 2023, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Wilmington. A Memorial Service will be held 3pm, September 10, 2023, at Akridge Family Funeral Care Chapel of Jacksonville. He was preceded in death by Michael and Wanda Yeates.  He leaves to cherish his memories his father James L. Yeates; mother, Joyce Yeates, both of Jacksonville; brother, Christopher Yeates of Atlanta, Georgia;...

Jacksonville - Amanda Burton, 57 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center located in Goldsboro.  Celebration of Life Service will be held 11am, September 9, 2023, at Christian Chapel Christian Church.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  She leaves to cherish her memories her sons, Sergio (Jillian) Burton and Johnnie Chapman, both of Jacksonville; brother, Thomas (Geraldine) Burton of...

Jacksonville - Robin Burge. Sr, 67 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center located in Goldsboro.  Celebration of Life Service will be held 1pm, September 9, 2023, at the Trent River Oakey Grove Headquarters Associating building.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Ellen Burge, sister Penny Parker.  He leaves to cherish his...

Jacksonville - Carrie Lee Dickens, 79 of Jacksonville entered into eternal rest on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm, Monday September 4, 2023, at Myrtle Grove Christian Church.  Burial will follow immediately after the service at the White Oak Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  She was proceeded in death by her late husband, Elijah Dickens.   She is...

Richlands - Jackie Boone, 68 of Richlands entered into eternal rest on Sunday, August 20, 2023, at East Carolina Medical Center. Celebration of Life Service will be held 4pm, Saturday August 26, 2023, at St. Mary Holy Church in Comfort, NC.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He is survived by his wife Wanda Boone of Richlands; son, Melvin Cobb, Jr. of Arkansas; daughters, Alexis Boone of Luverne, Alabama, Octazia (Timothy) Short of Ayden, Melanie...

Midway Park - Jimmy Lee Sterling, 59 of Jacksonville entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at Onslow Memorial Hospital.  Celebration of Life Service will be held 1pm, Friday August 25, 2023 at Jesus First Assembly of Faith and Love.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He is survived by his brother, James Russell Sterling, Jr. of Wilson; sisters Mable Gordon and Fannie Washington of Jacksonville, Mary Simmons of Dover, Delaware, Brenda...