Oscar R. Lambert

It was Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2025 that Mr. Oscar R. Lambert left his pain-strickened earthly body to receive life eternal with his Saviour. Death came while he was in the loving embrace of his family and in the comforting care of Kitty Askins Hospice Center.

Mr. Lambert, a long-time Mount Olive resident, was born in Calypso. He was the youngest of eleven children and was the last to survive. In his early years, he was a member of Mount Olive Rescue Squad and was the last surviving charter member at the time of his passing. Of this organization, he had served twice as captain and had served in various other capacities while in active membership, and he had been a member of the Mount Olive Jaycees.

He served faithfully in the North Carolina National Guard. His working career as an electrician began with employment with Clayton Summerlin Electric Company in Mount Olive. He would later join the faculty of James Sprunt Community College as an instructor in the electrical installation and maintenance program, retiring with 22 years of loyal service.

HIs particular interests were of hunting, fishing, and tending a vegetable garden at his home.

Lovingly called Papa by his family, Mr. Lambert is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Bonnie H. Lambert of Faison; a daughter and son-in-law, Donna L. and Dean Holmes of Mount Olive; another son-in-law, Anthony Butts of Mount Olive, husband of deceased daughter, Rose L. Butts; five beloved grandchildren, Jeremy Holmes of Goldsboro, Garrett Lambert and wife, Amanda, of Faison, Renee L. Medlin and husband, Jeremy, of Clinton, Jeanna B. Haley of Goldsboro, and Clay Butts of Bowdens; six much-loved great-grandchildren, Emma Lambert, Savannah Lambert, Cason Medlin, Tucker Medlin, Emilia Rose Haley, and Everett Haley; and many nieces and nephews.

He has now been received in heaven by his Saviour; his dear wife, Rosa Lee Goodson Lambert; his baby daughter, Rose Marie L. Butts; his parents, the Rev. Otis Lambert and Myrtie Wadsworth Lambert; brothers, Luther Lambert, the Rev. Ralph Lambert, Samuel Lambert, and Herbert Lambert; and sisters, Ruth L.Barwick, Hazel L. Powell, Ethel L. Davis, Fannie L. Fann, Christine L. Ridge, and Ella L. Watkins.

The life of this good, humble, and Godly man will be remembered on Friday, August 22, with funeral services at 2 p.m. at the Mount Olive First Pentecostal Holiness Church where he was faithful in worship. Officiating will be Pastor Jeff Dail. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive. The family will receive friends at the church from 12;30 p.m. until service time on Friday, and at the Lambert residence at other times. Flowers are welcome, or memorial gifts may be made to Mount Olive First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 130 Ed Edmundson Road, Mount Olive, NC 28365.