All Obituaries

Jacksonville- Nikeita Gouveia 39 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Onslow Memorial Hospital located in Jacksonville, N.C. Celebration of Life Services are pending and entrusted to Akridge Family Funeral Care.

Jacksonville - Michael "Cheese" Langley, 65 of Greensboro and formerly of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Westley Long Hospital located in Greensboro. Celebration of Life services will be held 12pm, Saturday April 20, 2024 at Evening View Missionary Baptist Church (MASK ARE REQUIRED).  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He leaves to mourn and remember his wife Celestine Feeman Langley of...

Jacksonville - Delecia Gray, 50 of Jacksonville, entered into eternal rest on Monday, April 8, 2024 at Onslow Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life services will be held 3pm Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Jenkins Chapel Missionary Baptist.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  She is survived by her husband Sharieff Gray of Jacksonville; mother, Vanessa Hughes of Hubert; sons, Casey and Robert Hughes; brothers, Lawrence and Reginald Hughes, all of...

Maysville - Ellen Meadows, 100, of Maysville, entered eternal rest on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at her residence. Celebration of Life services will be held 12pm, Monday April 1, 2024 at Christian Chapel Christian Church (MASK ARE REQUIRED).  Burial will follow immediately after the service at the Meadows Family Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  She leaves to mourn and remember her children Mary (Lester), Faye, James Roy (Marlene), Janice (James),...

Jacksonville - Daniel Lee Ramsey, 96, of Jacksonville, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at his residence. Celebration of Life Services are private at the request of the family.  Daniel accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age and attended the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith. He served as the Local Supervisor of the Maysville Church and Clerical Leader of the Maysville location for over 70 years.  Daniel was united in matrimony to...

Jacksonville - Swahego Hitirie (Tory) Pointe, 48, of Jacksonville, entered eternal rest on Monday, January 15, 2024 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Celebration of Life services will be held 1pm Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Akridge Family Funeral Care Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  He is survived by his wife, Marlene Pointe of Jacksonville; father, Howard Simmons of Jacksonville; adopted father Eric Miles of Norfolk,...

Jacksonville - Dorothy Mardale Gainey, 72, of Jacksonville, entered eternal rest on Monday, January 8, 2024 at Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A public viewing will be held 2pm Friday, January 19, 2024 at Akridge Family Funeral Care Chapel of Jacksonville. She is survived by her daughter Nedra Gainey of Jacksonville; son, Larry Copeland of Jacksonville; brothers, Perry (Shalanda) Gainey of Maple Hill, Glinnis (Constance) Gainey of Jacksonville; sister, Wanda Jean...

Bronx, New York - Matthew Austin, 29 of Bronx, New York, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.   Celebration of Life service will be held 1pm Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at Green Chapel Missionary Baptist Church located in Havelock.  Burial will follow immediately after the service.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. He is survived by his father, Napoleon Alston of Bronx, New York; sisters, Beverly Eubanks of Brooklyn, New...

Jacksonville - Rakim "Rock" DeVan' Felice Hardison, 35, of Jacksonville, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at his residence.  A Celebration of Life service will be held 1pm, Saturday December 16, 2023, at the Trent River Oakey Grove Headquarters Association Building.  Burial will follow immediately after the service the Everett Family Cemetery.  A visitation will be 5pm to 7pm, Friday December 15, 2023, at Akridge Family Funeral Care...

Carolyn Marie “West” Wainwright 57, of Jacksonville, NC passed away peacefully at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC.  Carolyn was born on December 24, 1965, in Northampton County NC. She was preceded in death by her parents James and Dora Mae West. Carolyn is survived by her very significant other Kevin Johnson, Four sons, Richard Wainwright (Shawna), Cameron Wainwright, Antwyan Taylor (Laquita), Terell Taylor, Two Daughters, Sierra Smith, Charity Mitchell (David), Her...