Portrait of Jerry Stroud

Jerry Stroud

, North Carolina

Jerry Mike Stroud 69 passed away Thursday July 2 2026 at ECU Health Duplin. He is preceded in death by his parents Robert Otis Stroud and Ruth Chambers Stroud and two brothers Robert Owen Stroud and Billy Wayne Stroud. Jerry is survived by his daughter Iris Lynne Mills and husband Blake Andrew Mills of Trenton two grandchildren Paisley Blake Mills and Jackson Lee Mills. A graveside service will be held Friday July 3 2026 at 600 pm in the Stroud Family Cemetery Albertson North Carolina. Jerry Mike Stroud 69 passed away Thursday July 2 2026 at ECU Health Duplin. He is preceded in death by his parents Robert Otis Stroud and Ruth Chambers Stroud and two brothers Robert Owen Stroud and Billy Wayne Stroud.

Portrait of Betty Bowen

Betty Bowen

, North Carolina

Betty Jane Bowen 90 of Deep Run passed away unexpectedly at her home Tuesday June 30 2026 of natural causes. She is survived by her only granddaughter and caretaker Melissa Lee Hill and her husband Dewayne Michael Hill also of Deep Run. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Wallace Earl Bowen. Betty was born on October 28th 1935. She worked at Kinston Shirt Factory her whole life until it went out of business. Her daughter Pat and granddaughter Melissa and her husband Mike were the loves of her life. Everywhere you saw her granddaughter you saw Betty. She is also preceded in death by her three sisters Christine Stallings Nellie Mae Warren and Beatrice Daughtey all of Kinston NC.

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