Mary Jestine Jarman Koonce, 93, of New Bern was called to rest at her residence on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Funeral services 1:00 PM., Saturday, August 30, 2025, Pilgrim Chapel FWB Church. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.

She is survived by five daughters, Sandra Koonce Goodwin, New Bern, Cora Boyd, Chicago, IL, Karen Koonce Hamilton, New Bern, Lorraine Koonce, Fayetteville, NC, Cynthia Koonce Coon, High Point, NC; one sister, Nancy Brooks, Hillsborough; seventeen grandchildren; a host great- grandchildren and great-great-grand grandchildren.