Ms. Britney Nicole McClendon, the daughter of Albert and Pamela McClendon of New Bern NC, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born at the MCAS Cherry Point, NC Naval Hospital on March 20th 1988. She attended Jessie Gurganus Elementary, Tucker Creek Middle and Havelock High School from which she graduated in 2006. Britney initially attended Meredith College in Raleigh before transferring to North Carolina State University School of Biology, where she attended until she graduated in the spring of 2010.
After graduation Britney was fortunate enough to get a two year internship at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda MD. After her time as an Intern ended, Britney came back home to North Carolina to pursue her dreams in Micro-Biology research. From 2012 until 2020, Britney resided primarily in Raleigh where she was also employed a several Research companies in the Triangle area. During that time, 2012-2020, Britney was constantly learning and doing everything related to her chosen profession. This eventually led to her dream job as a Scientist for Johnson and Johnson in Warsaw, IN. Unfortunately, just as she was about to really make a difference she passed away.
She is survived by her parents, Pamela and Albert, Paternal Grandmother, Othellia McClendon, five Aunts, Marilyn Lingard (Charles), Joyce McCue, Audrey Jenkins, Othellia D. Hicks (Ronnell), Shana McClendon, and two Uncles, James McCue and Willie McClendon numerous Cousins and a host of close Friends. Britney had one sibling that preceded her in death, Tia Tamera McClendon, by whom she will be laid to rest next to.
Funeral Services will be conducted by Cotten Funeral Home in New Bern. Forest Oaks Memorial Gardens, in Havelock will be her final resting place. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a monetary donation to Craven Community College, in the name of Tia Tamera McClendon Endowment. The family has a plan to start one in Britney’s name.
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ACKNOWLEGMENT FROM THE FAMILY
We, the family of Britney Nicole McClendon, would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation and sincere gratitude for all of your expressions of kindness and comfort during this period bereavement. For those of you that knew her, we hope you remember her smile, laugh, spirit of love and her beauty. For those of you that did not get a chance to meet her, but you know Pam or Al then you have met her. She was truly a mixture of both of her parents and she will be sadly missed by us all.
