George Thomas Reiter

George Thomas Reiter, 77, of Jacksonville, North Carolina passed away on August 24, 2025, at Hospice House in Greenville, NC. He was surrounded by his beloved family. Funeral services will be held September 4, 2025, at 5:00pm at Jones Funeral Home, Jacksonville. The family will receive family and friends prior to the service from 4:00 to 5:00pm. There will be a Purple Heart Ceremony at 4:30pm. Following the service, George will be cremated, and a military honors ceremony will take place at Jones Funeral Home as well, at a later to be determined date.

George was born on July 2, 1948, in East Orange, New Jersey to the late George Thornton Reiter and Cecelia Genevieve Reiter. Shortly after, the family moved to the quiet and very rural Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania where he grew up hunting, shing, farming, and tinkering with anything mechanical. He graduated from Forest City Regional High School in 1966. Immediately after graduation, he answered the call to serve his country and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He proudly served in Vietnam, where he was wounded in action and became a three-time recipient of the Purple Heart.

After retiring as a Master Sergeant from his military service, George carried on his love for mechanics and the outdoors. He continued to hunt and sh, even becoming a Commercial Fisherman for many years. He also continued to serve his community as a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #642, The American Legion Post 265 (you may remember him at the ticket booth for the Onslow County Fair for many years), and the Corpsmen Memorial Foundation. In his free time, you could always nd him at Hospital Point with his shing buddies trying to catch that BIG ONE.

George is survived by his wife of 56 years, Alice; his daughter Christine (Fidel Ramirez) Reiter Ramirez, grandson Thomas, granddaughter, Shaye, and bonus grandsons Alec and Dylan; his daughter Leslee (James Tascione) Reiter, granddaughter Lauren, and bonus grandsons Vincent and Gavin; his sister Dianne (Frank) Emick, niece Juliann, and nephew Scott. We cannot forget his beloved pug, Scarlett. Along with many granddogs, grandkittehs, cousins, and dear friends.

In lieu of owers, the family asks that donations be made in George's memory to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America at myasthenia.org/donatenow or at (800) 541-5454.