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Ada Jean Gurkin, age 97, a resident of Pinetown died Thursday January 22, 2026, at Ridgewood Manor.

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    Ada Jean Gurkin, age 97, a resident of Pinetown died Thursday January 22, 2026, at Ridgewood Manor.

    Funeral services will be held on Wednesday January 28, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Shiloh Original Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Bobby Owens officiating. Burial will follow in the Gurkin Family Cemetery.

    The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at the church.

    Ada was born on November 12, 1928, in Beaufort County to the late William John Gurkin and Dicey Alice Woolard Gurkin. She was a 1947 graduate of Bath High School. Ada worked in farming and as clerk at Pinks Grocery in Pinetown. She loved sewing, gardening, and cooking desserts. Ada was a cheerful and happy person and just enjoyed life. She was a member of Shiloh OFWB Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and in the choir. She was preceded in death by her angel and caregiver Sandra Boyd.

    Survivors include her nephew, Jack Gurkin (Brenda) of Pinetown, great nephews, Russell Johnson of Virginia, Scott Gurkin of Garner and William Michael Gurkin.

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Gurkin family.
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