Sharon Katherine Weeks Tolbert | Eastern NC Now

    Mrs. Sharon Katherine Weeks Tolbert, age 57, a resident of New Bern, NC died Sunday July 26, 2026, at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville.

    A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday July 30, 2026, at Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Washington, officiated by Father Eric Reyes. A burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. James Tolbert, Russell Weeks III, Jerry Helton, Jr., Jonas Helton, Ignacio "Nacho" Perez, and Tom Joyce will serve as pallbearers.

    The family will receive friends following the graveside portion of the service at Mother of Mercy Church Parish Hall.

    Sharon was born in St. Georges County, MD on November 8, 1968, daughter of the late WV Senator Russell Edgar Weeks, Jr. and Helen Catherine Peterson Weeks who survives. She was a 1987 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. She continued her education and received her registered nursing degree from Bluefield State University in 2008. With her degree, she worked as the charge nurse in the cardiac cath lab at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. On August 21, 2002, she married James Michael Tolbert who survives. Sharon was a simple, yet sophisticated, lady who loved gardening and horses, but her greatest love was for the care and raising of chickens. She was a member of Mother of Mercy Catholic Church.

    Surviving in the home is her husband James and her mother Helen. Also of New Bern is her brother: Russell Edgar Weeks III and his wife Kelly Jean Weeks. Her surviving nieces are Magdalene Weeks, Sara Weeks, Jenna Weeks, and Jamie Helton of Beckley, WV. A single nephew: Jonas Helton, also of Beckley, survives. Sherrie and James also loved three "fur babies:" Wilson, Timothy, and Lizbeth.

    In lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks for memorial contributions to be made to Craven-Pamlico County Animal Services Center, 1639 Old Airport Road, New Bern, NC 28562.

    Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory in Washington is honored to serve Sharon's family.