Obituaries

John Thomas O'Neal Jr., 69, of Ocracoke, died March 22. He was born on January 28, 1955, in Sea Level, Carteret County, to the late...

Julia Ann Covington Hutcherson, 90, of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, went to heaven on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Julia was born in Crystal Hill,...

Annie Lou Gaskins, 89, of Ocracoke, died peacefully on Monday, Dec. 11. Born on March 13, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Thurston...

John Wallace Manning Jr, 78, died on Oct. 1, in the Currituck Health and Rehab Center in Barco, Dare County, where he had resided...

Former Ocracoke Island homeowner Brigitte Eisfeld Cromwell, 88, died Aug. 1.  She was born August 15, 1934, in Leipzig, Germany, and was preceded in death...

Annie Pemberton McNeill Garibay, 95, died July 28 on Ocracoke. Born in Fayetteville, N.C., in 1927, Annie was reared in Stroudsburg, Pa. After graduating high...

Ocracoke Islander Dr. Frederic Ballard Westervelt Jr., 91, died April 16.  He was the husband of Ernestine Meyer Henry Westervelt. Born June 11, 1931, at Walter...

Michael Erskine Ehringhaus Ph.D., 76, died on April 30, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Portland, Maine, after battling cancer since 2020. Born on May...

Michael D. Seibert, 64, of Ocracoke, died unexpectedly on April 8. He was the husband of Cindy Maruzo Seibert. Born Aug. 30, 1958, in Steuben, New...

Linda J. Malkowski Rippe Buck, 71, of Bayboro and Ocracoke, died March 31 at her home in Bayboro. She was the wife of Allen Ray...