Obituary of Dewey Edward Cavenaugh ~ 1998

Source: Wilmington Morning Star Jun 4 1998

USN, (Ret.) 

Dewey Edward Cavenaugh of Wilmington, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 
1998, in Cypress Pointe Rehabilitation and Health Care Centre.
He was born on March 14, 1915, in Duplin County, NC, the son of the late 
Carmer and Susan Jane Walker Cavenaugh and was preceded in death by his 
wife of 55 years, Mrs. Helen Norris Cavenaugh.
Mr. Cavenaugh was a member of Devon Park United Methodist Church and the 
Methodist Men. He was a veteran of the US Navy, having served in World War 
II, was a survivor of Pearl Harbor, and served aboard the USS Cunningham. 
Following his retirement from the US Navy as Chief Gunner's Mate, he was 
employed by the State of Norht Carolina to oversee the refurbishing of 
the guns and the establishment of the Sound and Light Spectacular aboard
the USS N.C. Battleship Memorial. He retired in 1977 as the last member of 
the original crew of the Battleship Memorial, having served in this 
capacity for 16 years.
Surviving are his daughter, Jane C. Weeks; his son, Dewey Edward Cavenaugh 
Jr. and wife, Kimberly, all of Wilmington, NC; five grandchildren, Theodore
Morris Weeks, Michael Shannon Weeks, Brandon Sean Cavenaugh, Kayla Erin 
Cavenaugh and Joshua Ryan Cavenaugh, all of Wilmington, NC; one great-
granddaughter, Kathryn Brooke Weeks of Goldsboro, NC; two brothers, 
Clifton Cavenaugh and wife, Helen, of Castle Hayne, NC, and Frank 
Cavenaugh and wife, Gladys, of Wilmington, NC; one sister, Hazel 
Cavenaugh Jenkins and husband, Roy, of Castle Hayne, NC; numerous nieces 
and nephews; and his special church family at Devon Park United Methodist 
Church.
Graveside services, with full military honors, will be held at 11:00 a.m. 
Friday, June 5, 1998, in Oleander Memorial Gardens by Rev. Willie Frizzelle.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Andrews 
Mortuary, Market Street Chapel, and at other times will be at the residence
of Jane Weeks, 309 Breckenridge Drive, Wilmington.
Memorials may be made to Devon Park United Methodist Church, 3403 Winston 
Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28403 or to Friends of the Battleship, in memory of 
Dewey E. Cavenaugh, PO Box 480, Wilmington, NC 28402.
Andrews Mortuary, Market Street Chapel.





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