on Monday, June 1, 2020.
George was born on August 3,1943 in Richlands, North Carolina. He was born in
the home he was raised in by his parents, Carl Haywood Newbold and Mary Alice
Lee Newbold, and his beloved “Mammy”Annie Laura King Newbold and his
uncle Charles “Buddy” Newbold. He was raised up farming with his family and
graduated from Richlands High School in 1962 and went on to serve in the Army
Reserve.
In 1966 he married his sweetheart, Helen Shivar of Wallace, North Carolina. They
made their home in Richlands and raised four children just a mile from his family
homestead. George was very involved in civic affairs, serving with the Jaycees on
both a local and state level. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved
spending time at the camp at Bear Creek. He was a go-getter, had enough ambition
for ten people, and was generous to a fault. He was a friend to everyone.
Never afraid of hard work, George worked numerous jobs over his many years of
raising children. He started out as a butcher with A&P Grocery, moved on to be an
insurance investigator then an insurance adjuster and had many side jobs, mostly
selling wood, along the way. His dream of owning his own business came about in
1978 when he began selling homemade sausage and country hams from a small
business, Newbold’s Sausage Company, located beside his home. He became quite
popular for his sausage and began selling his Italian version to many of the local
Italian restaurants in Jacksonville as well as continuing to sell country sausage to
regular customers. This business led him to eventually open what everyone came
to know him for… Newbold’s Carolina BBQ & Seafood and his famous pig
pickins. He, along with his wife and children, and many valuable employees,
especially Rose Lassley, ran this business and catered to the public for many years,
while simultaneously running the Meals on Wheels program for the elderly for
several counties. He also had a restaurant in Jacksonville for a few years during
this time. This wonderful business, his life’s work, brought him so much joy over
the years and allowed him to be very present in the lives of his children, all of who
worked for him. It was in every aspect a family business.
George was a farm boy at heart and his love of growing things remained strong in
him until the very end. He was known for planting an overabundance of everything
to share with everyone. His farm was not complete without several gardens, barns,
and horses and cows to roam the pastures. He loved a party of any kind and was
always willing to put out a spread and invite the masses, beach music playing in
the background. His other great love was doting on his children and grandchildren.
He was quick to run over and help them plant a garden, buy plants for them, or
order cases of food to stock the freezers. Raising pigs and butchering them in the
winter and smoking hams was in his blood. Canning vegetables in the summer
with his girls and his sister Liz was one of his most anticipated events of the year
and one of the last sweet things he did for us. He left us with an acre of planted
sweet corn and lots of tomatoes to can this summer. Making sure his grandkids got
involved in all of this was so important to him. They could do no wrong and he had
a special relationship with each one of them. They absolutely adored him and are
blessed with a lifetime of wonderful memories, mostly funny, because of him.
George is survived by his wife Helen, daughters Amy Mills and her husband David
Mills of Jacksonville, Shannon Wright and her husband Chris Wright of New Bern,
Susan Farrow of Cary, and his beloved son Will of the home. He leaves behind
many wonderful grandchildren. Sean Kendrick Farrow and fiancée Erin Mckee,
Matthew Mills, Emma Mills, Benjamin Mills, Misty Mills, Leila Farrow, Aniah
Nolan, Karis Nolan, Caroline Wright, and Christian Wright. He was preceded in
death by his parents Carl Haywood Newbold and Mary Alice Newbold and his
brother Carl Haywood Newbold Jr. “Bud”. He is survived by siblings Alton
Newbold (LuAnn) of Jacksonville, James Newbold (Kristine) of Richlands, and
Alice “Liz” Buehler (Conrad) of Norfolk, VA and many nieces and nephews.
There will be a floating visitation on Thursday, June 4th, at 10:30AM at Johnson
Funeral Home, 2685 Henderson Drive Jacksonville. His funeral and burial will
follow at 11:30 AM and due to state restrictions will be by invitation only. Anyone
wishing to make a donation can donate to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, 1414
Physicians Drive, Wilmington, N.C. 28401. We appreciate the outpouring of love
and support we have received from so many of you.
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