Obituaries

Updated, March 5, 2020 Zoe Ramirez-Ramirez, 4, of Ocracoke, died unexpectedly Saturday, Feb. 29.  Gail Covington, a Hyde County medical examiner, said that per the North...

Sara “Sally” Martin, 89, of Jones Mills, Pennsylvania, died Jan. 7 in Germantown, Maryland. She was the mother of Ocracoke Islander Kitty Martin Mitchell and...

  Ocracoke Islander Otis Wayne Hurd, 70, died Dec. 18 in Cary. He was the husband of Theresa (Bosse) Hurd of Ocracoke. A celebration of his life...

Marty Brown Howarth, 61, died Dec. 21 after a vigorous fight with breast cancer and its complications. A former resident of Ocracoke, Marty had...

By Philip Howard My brother, Lawton (Bud) Howard Jr., a recent resident of Ocracoke who had moved to Virginia after Hurricane Dorian, died unexpectedly Thursday...

Island native Walter Potter Garrish, 90, of Dover, New Hampshire, died July 6 during a visit to Ocracoke.  Born Feb. 1, 1929, in Beaufort, Beaufort...

Eugene Mathew Jackson, 68, of Greenville died June 8 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, surrounded by his family. Born on August 13, 1950, in Morehead...

Kevin S. Cutler, 56, of Chocowinity and formerly of Ocracoke, died Sunday (June 9) at Duke University Hospital in Durham. A celebration of life will...

Joyce Salem O’Neal, 63, of Beaufort and formerly of Ocracoke Island, died on Saturday (March 9) in Carolina East Medical Center of New Bern. Born...

Former islander Robert (Bob) Emmett Sebrell, 68, of Powells Point, NC died Jan. 4 in Windsor Senior Living, Richmond, Virginia. He was the husband of...