Jacqueline (Jackie) Batrum Knowles Oglesby died Nov. 12,
2020, at the age of 86.
A private memorial will be held in advance of her burial at Westview Cemetery in Kinston, N.C.
Born Oct. 13, 1934, in Lake Charles, La., Jackie was a true Louisiana Lady. Jackie moved to Kinston, N.C., in
1957 after marrying her lifelong love, Harold Franklin Oglesby, a North Carolina native.
Jackie was a true one of a kind, with many god given talents. She was an artist, extraordinary cook, a hole in one golfer and perfect scoring bowler.
Jackie and Frank owned and operated, New Bern Loan and Jewelers in downtown New Bern from 1976 until 1993.
Jackie was preceded in death by her parents, Helen Marie Knowles Batrum and Ralph Loren Batrum; grandparents, Artie Harrington
Knowles and Jesse Monroe Knowles Sr., who raised her; and her loving brother, Sen. Jesse Monroe Knowles Jr.
She is survived by her three girls, Sandra Oglesby Cannon, Katherine Knowles Oglesby and Winifred Oglesby Johnson, their husbands
and four grandsons.