Obituaries

Longtime music man on Ocracoke Willis Gupton, 67, of Louisburg died April 16. He was married to Dana Collette Gupton. Born Oct. 24, 1956, he was...

Ronald Thomas O'Neal, Jr., 72, of Ocracoke, passed away peacefully on July 23, 2024. He was the husband of Kathleen Brophy O’Neal. Born on September 21,...

A memorial service for Soren Arn-Oelschlegel, 41, who was killed Oct. 8 by a fatal gunshot wound, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday,...

An undated photo of Kathy O'Neal. Doris Katherine Hoggard O’Neal, 66, of Ocracoke, died on June 15. She was the wife of David Farrow O’Neal Jr. Born,...

John Ivey Wells, 76, of Ocracoke died at home May 24 after a long fight with cancer.

Captain Reid William Robinson, 67, of Ocracoke, died at his home Saturday, Oct. 9. Born Sept. 16, 1954, in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a son...

Ocracoke native Ellen Marie (Fulcher) Cloud, 76, of Morehead City, died Saturday, Dec. 3, in Carteret Health Care. A celebration of life will be held...

Editor's note: This story corrected Mr. Fletcher's place of death, which was in Greenville and not at his home on Ocracoke. Ocracoke Islander John S....

The Ocracoke community and many others mourn the death Friday night of John Golden, 79, of Wilmington. He was married to Mary Ellen Golden. Born March...

James Roger Topping, the Hyde County Commissioner representing Swan Quarter, died June 29. He was the husband of Goldie Rickard Topping. Details as to filling his...