Obituaries

Reprinted courtesy of OBX Today December 28, 2020 By Sam Walker Marc Basnight, the dean of politics in Dare County and North Carolina for decades,...

Linda Ann Witchell, a resident of Washington, Beaufort County, for more than 30 years, died unexpectedly on Aug. 30. Born Nov. 23, 1957, in Stuttgart,...

Helen Brittina (Tink) Helpenstill, 86, died peacefully on Aug. 18 at her home in Eagle, Alaska, with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. She...

By Connie Leinbach A beloved off-island artist, Douglas W. Hoover, 52, of Archdale, Guilford County, died Aug. 14 of natural causes in the Hospice Home...

Louelle Spencer Midgett, 86, of Rodanthe died July 8 in the Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Born Nov. 22, 1933, on Ocracoke, she was a daughter...

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...

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,...

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....

Warren Richard Ritchie, 72, of Ocracoke, died on Feb. 24, at his home. He was the husband of Carol Davenport Ritchie. Born Dec. 28, 1947, in...

Barbara Jean Pierro Jemison, 73, of Ocracoke died at home on March 15 surrounded by loving family and friends, as well as her beloved...