Obituaries

Therese “Butsie” Brown, who lived on Ocracoke from 1977 to 1999, died July 16 in Whitehall, Pa., where she lived with her daughter Betsy...

A Celebration of Life service for Lee Dale Winstead, 13, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Monday, Aug. 15)  in the Ocracoke School Gym.  Born...

  Louise Paul Midgett, 71, of Ocracoke, died on Sunday, June 19, in Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake, Va. Born in Grantsboro, NC, July 19, 1944, she...

Virginia Howard Austin, 87, of Ocracoke, died Wednesday, May 18, in her home. Born on Ocracoke Feb. 26, 1929, Virginia was the daughter of...

John “Johnny” Willis Burrus, 59, died May 9 in his home in Hookerton, Green County. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday...

Tammy Marker Finch of Raleigh, died on Friday, March 4. Born Dec. 26, 1958, in Lodi, Ohio, she was a daughter of Larry and Phyllis...

Elizabeth Parsons, 81, of Ocracoke,  died on Saturday, Jan. 30. Elizabeth was a daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Williams.  Elizabeth was a self-taught folk artist...

Lorena Ballance O’Neal, 91, died on Saturday, Jan. 23, in her Ocracoke home. A native of Ocracoke, she was a daughter of the late Elisha Ballance and...

Albert Lavon Anderson “Big Andy," 96, passed away peacefully at his home on Ocracoke Island, NC on Sept.r 19, 2015. He was born on...

By Connie Leinbach Islander  Gisela Agnes Zastrow, 76, died Saturday, Aug. 1, in the Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head.  Born in Ruhland, Germany, in 1939,...