‘Epic singer’, ‘salsa dancer’, and ‘bingo-holic,’ are all terms of endearment in their sincerest forms for Evelyn Nazario de Jacobs, Cobb Tharp, aka ‘Mamacita’ to her namesake, her daughter Evelyn Jacobs, [ironically married a Jacobs of Swansboro] of Jacksonville, North Carolina. “She loved volleyball, any outdoor activities, served as our Boy Scouts den mother, our […]
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“It all actually kind of came together,” begins Ashley Ferguson of Jacksonville, North Carolina. “My family has a weekly tradition of going to the farmer’s market and the local Walk to End Alzheimer’s happened to have a booth promoting the 2021 Walk.” Ashley made a donation and in return received an Walk t-shirt as well […]
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“After being together for 33 years, that was the first time I had ever seen my husband cry,” recalls Jeanette Martinez of Jacksonville, NC. William ‘Willie’ Martinez, 55, had just been diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2009. While this news understandably shook the Martinez family to its core, Jeanette knew she needed to be […]
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