The family will have his service at a later date.
He is survived by his daughters, Shadette Brittingham and Crystal Bradham of Delaware, Kimberly Tripp, Virginia and Ava Berry, Durham, NC; brother, Ernest Tripp, New Bern; sisters, Shirley Tripp, New Bern, Karen Easter,, Oceanside, CA, Linda Godette and Judy Hodges of New Bern and Sonja Gray, Knightdale, NC; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren.