Patsy Ruth Everhart

Patsy Lee Everhart, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday October 17, 2026. 

Patsy was born on September 25, 1946, to Robert E. Lee and Betty Daughtry Lee in Dunn, NC.  She grew up on the family’s tobacco farm in Westbrook Township, Sampson County, with her older sister Carolyn, and three older brothers Bobby, Dickson and Charles.  She was the youngest of five and always felt the loving support of her very close family.  From a young age, she was instilled with a strong work ethic and determination due to the being the youngest in a hard-working farm family.  She graduated from Hobbton High School in 1964 where she was selected as a school Marshal due to her outstanding personality and academic standing.  She also served as a member of the Beta Club, French Club, Hobbtonian newspaper staff and Vanguard yearbook staff. 

The year after her graduation from Hobbton High School, she married her first husband, Bruce Holt Jackson Jr., and lived in Nuremberg, Germany and later, Illesheim, Germany where Bruce served in the United States Army.  A few years later, they moved back to North Carolina and settled in Wilmington, NC as Bruce had joined the North Carolina Highway Patrol and was stationed in Wilmington.  They had a son in 1969 and named him Michael Holt Jackson.  

Patsy began her professional career working for the NC State Port Authority in 1972. Over her 30-year career, she served in various administrative roles, including a period in the Foreign Trade Zone and later she served as Executive Assistant to the Director of the State Port Authority.  After retiring from the NC State Port Authority in 2002, Patsy began working with Edward Jones Investments as a Branch Office Administrator.  She once again retired in 2014 to spend time with her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and close friends. She was a member of Masonboro Baptist Church in Wilmington, NC. 

Patsy was preceded in death by her brothers Charles Lee, Bobby Lee and Dickson Lee, Sister Carolyn Steedly nephews Brandon Hughes and James Lee.   She is survived by her son, Michael Holt Jackson, Daughter-in-Law, Royanna Pleasants Jackson, Grandchildren, Benjamin Holt Jackson and Sarah Jackson Linderman and their spouses respectively Mathilde Jackson and Elliott Linderman. She is also survived by her brother-in-Law Robert Steedly, nieces and nephews, Terry Hall, Larry Steedly, Barry Steedly, Jeff Lee and Bob Lee.   

In her honor, please consider donating to one of the following organizations:
Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care
The Alzheimer’s Association
The American Heart Association

Dunn Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Patsy Lee Everhart.