Mr. Hugh Martin Sterling Jr., age 71, a resident of 718 E. Main St., Washington, NC, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at the home of his daughter, located at 4807 Morton Road, New Bern, NC.

A graveside funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Oakdale Cemetery of Washington.

Arrangements by Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington.