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Oscar's
Mortuary, Inc. was founded January 16, 1960 by Oscar
Roosevelt Dove and wife, Grace Becton Dove. They founded
and operated the business to provide quality service in
the field of funeral service to the families served. In
the early 60's Oscar's involvement in the Civil Rights
movement resulted in the Mortuary being targeted by the Klu Klux Klan; crosses were burned and the building was
bombed. |
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His death in 1975 and Grace's death in 2010 will not
stop their work for it lives on in their children and
grandchildren who have followed in their footsteps. The
staff has been active in Civil Rights, Voting Drives,
Mental Health Association, Senior Citizens Programs,
Craven County Hospice, Craven County Planning and Zoning
Board, Craven County Outreach Organization, YMCA Board,
Chamber of Commerce, Cancer Fundraising Drives, MS Bike
Tour and Planning Committee, Habitat for Humanity Board,
Meals on Wheels, RCS Board, and hold memberships in the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Neuse-Pamlico Sound Women's
Coalition, Inc., the Funeral Directors and Morticians
Association of North Carolina, Inc. and North Carolina
Funeral Directors Association, NAACP, Knights of
Columbus, Jazz Preservation Society of New Bern, George
B. Willis Masonic Lodge, and Zeno Temple Elks Lodge. |
