Mr. Sullivan was born in Brunswick County on June 26, 1939 and was the son of the late William Taft Sullivan and Pearl Hewett Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan was a retired firefighter with the city of New Bern, NC and a U.S. Navy Veteran. He loved playing the guitar and enjoyed entertaining the customers at Hardee’s in Leland years ago.
He is survived by a son, James Sullivan and wife Ann Rose of Abu-Dhabi; his grandchildren, James Sullivan, Jr. of Melbourne, Florida, Kimberly Ramirez of Tampa Florida, Travis French of New Bern, NC, Kathryn Nethercutt of New Bern, NC and Annaren Sullivan of Abu-Dhabi; two sisters, Joyce Armstrong of Wilmington, NC and Brenda Sullivan of Winnabow, NC.
A service will take place at a later date to be announced.
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