John “Boy Blue” Ore, a resident of 407 E. Third St., Apartment 103, Washington, died July 21, 2012, at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern. A funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Temple of Jesus Christ United Church, 906 W. Eighth St., Washington. Visitation will be today from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Leon Randolph Funeral Home and other times at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Ore-Booth, 133 Avon Ave., Washington. Arrangements are by Leon Randolph Funeral Home, 208 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Washington.