ALEXANDER REDDITT TUTEN - OBITUARY

Alexander "Sandy" Redditt Tuten, 67, died Friday, November 28, 2003.

The funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Vanceboro. Burial will be in Boyd-Redditt Cemetery at Edward.

Mr. Tuten grew up in the Edward community of Beaufort County, moved with his family to the New Bern area and graduated from New Bern High
School and Wake Forest University.

He was a career employee of the State of North Carolina. He worked in the Department of Archives and History for several years. He worked for Department of Corrections for 35 years as an administrator and later as a teacher in the juvenile section. Following his retirement he served as Director of the New Bern Civic Theater.

He resided in Southern Pines from 1970 to 1994 where he was active in Christ Episcopal Church.

For the past eight years he made his home with his mother in the Ernul community and was an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and served
on the Vestry.

He is survived by his mother, Zelma Ernull of the home; daughter, Laurie Tuten and her partner, Loretta Dillon, of Goldsboro; son, Stephen Tuten of
Tucson, Arizona; and brother, David E. Tuten and wife, Kathy, of Charlotte.

The family will receive fiends at Wilkerson Funeral Home in Vanceboro, Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.