Bernard Tilson Dale, Sr.

Bernard Tilson Dale, Sr., 71, of 405 Pasquenoke Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Dale was born in Chowan County on June 20, 1944, and was the son of the late William Ralph and Frances Copeland Dale. Retired from Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock after 25 year of employment, he owned and operated Employee Hauling and also Dale's Bus Service. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Janice Melinda Dale. Surviving are his wife of nearly 52 years, Florence Nell Hollowell Dale; a daughter, Dawn Dale Antonicelli and husband David of Mechanicsburg, PA; two sons, B. Tilson Dale, Jr. and wife Rosa and W. Keith Dale, both of Virginia Beach, VA; a sister, Donna Beach of Chesapeake, VA; a brother, C. Durwood Dale of Hampton, VA; three grandchildren, Stephanie Dale Hupman and husband Brian, Cameron T. Dale and wife Ashley, and DeAnna Antonicelli; and three great-grandchildren, Kayden and Tenley Hupman, and Payton Dale. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton. Burial will follow in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Friends may join the family Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home and all other times at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to any chapter of the American Heart Association (www.heart.org). Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.