Ernestine Willis, 51, a resident of 2592 Maules Point Road, Blounts Creek, died Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center. A funeral will be held at noon Friday, December 28, 2012, at the New Bern Eastern Missionary Baptist Association Headquarters Building, 855 N.C. Highway 306, Grantsboro. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 27, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the chapel and other times at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Serious Willis, 2596 Maules Point Road, Blounts Creek. Arrangements are by Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home, Washington.