Jerry Dean Gore, 59, of Lake Waccamaw, went to be with his heavenly Father on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare “Angel House” in Whiteville.

Funeral services with Fireman honors will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Worthington Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Chadbourn Memorial Cemetery; Dr. Dave Heller will officiate the services.

Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday evening at Worthington Funeral Home. 

He was the son of the late JW “Jake” Gore and Linda Gaye Garvary Gore. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Pamela Gaye Taylor.

Jerry began his career at the Whiteville Fire Department in 1985 and later at the Brunswick Fire Department in 1986, retiring as the Chief in 2009 due to health complications. Jerry was also employed at Whiteville Plywood for many years. 

Jerry is survived by a daughter, Cynthia Hope Hilburn (Leroy) of Hallsboro, a son, Jerry D. Gore, Jr. (Brittany) of Elizabethtown; two brothers, Douglas Wayne Jackson (Carolyn) of Whiteville and Jeffery Wade Gore (Linda) of Cerro Gordo; grandchildren, Courtney Hilburn, Joanna Welch, Alanna Alsept, Jana Gore, and Nathan Hilburn.