Mr. Constantine Eureka Dwyer

Goldsboro - The Management and Staff of Serenity Memorial Funeral Home announce the earthly transition of Mr. Constantine E. Dwyer, 78, who transitioned at the Wayne UNC Health Care Center on Friday, December 24, 2021. Constantine Dwyer was born on July 20th 1943 to the Late Basil N. Dwyer and Sylvia Smith of Coley mountain Manchester Jamaica, West Indies. He transitioned from Labor to his final rest on December 24th 2021. Constantine grew up as a very hard working person. He attended Coley Mountain Primary School. After leaving school he became a skilled mason through motivated learning using a British correspondence course and later worked at Alcan Aluminum as an operator. His thirst for knowledge grew into the person that we once knew. He migrated to the United States in 1983, his quest for a better education, better opportunity, and better chance of life for his children. Constantine gained acquired the skill from the Smith family property in Coley Mountain, that helped him build a LLC Construction business in his later years, where he also utilized those same skills to renovated himself, an old home he bought to the accolade, praise and delight of his neighbors. Constantine was raised by his paternal grandparents, John and Florence Dwyer in a large loving home, after his parents migrated to England around 1959 with his three cousins: Dulce, Prime- Rose, and Jirey. As the boy in the home, Constantine worked very hard helping his grandfather in the fields to feed his family, Gathering crops for the family to sell in the market. When Constantine finally decided to leave his grandparent's, to his independence at the age of 18, he then, soon after, started a family of his own and was determined on being their best provider. He lost his first child, Eric, at a tender age of 9 months, then he was blessed with four daughters. Constantine picked up many skills including plumbing, electrical, masonry, cable lining, a school bus driver and eventually landed at Federal Express where he utilized his truck driving skills for ten strong years. Dreaming bigger, he decided to retire, shifted gears and decided to open his own business. Carpentry was his true love. Training for housing insulation, real estate, and importing and exporting, Constantine always had the entrepreneurial mindset. His journey from Connecticut, to Pennsylvania, to finally North Carolina where he found peace. His love for growing his own food didn't just feed himself but also his neighbors. The warm Carolina air reminded him of home. Those small, almost minimal things are what kept him content. Constantine was a jovial man. We will miss his wisdom, laughter and most of all his antidotes to life. Constantine leaves behind, two siblings, a brother Roy, and sister Patricia. Aunt Janet and Eugenie. Cousins Anthony; Dulcie, Pauline, Lucille, Neville, and Barry. Four daughters, (1) Judith Thomas, (2) Sandi Henry, (3) Dione Dwyer and 4 Kelly-Ann Dwyer) , one adopted family best friend and daughter Esmie, (Natalie Trotman) , seven grandchildren, five adopted grandchildren. Services of Love & Compassionate Care have been entrusted to Serenity Memorial Funeral Home & Cremations, LLC.

Mr. Constantine Eureka Dwyer

July 20, 1943 - December 24, 2021