Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Thomas Wesley Vann
Apr 9, 2025
Thomas Wesley Vann, 78, of NC Hwy 137, Eure, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 after a brief illness. A native of Gates County, he was the son of the late Howard A. and Della L. Vann and a graduate of Gates County High School, Class of 1964. Thomas was a poultry farmer all of...
Robert L. "Bobby" Hollowell
Apr 8, 2025
Robert Louis “Bobby” Hollowell, Jr., 76, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City, after a recent decline in health.
Mr. Hollowell was born in Pasquotank County on April 12, 1948, and was the son of the late Robert Louis, Sr. and Polly Cely Hollowell. In addition to his parents, he...
Ronald Beale Inge
Apr 7, 2025
Ronald Beale Inge, 65, of South Mills, NC passed away peacefully on Monday, April 7, 2025, at Duke University Medical Center with his loving wife, Lori by his side.
Ronald was born in Elizabeth City but was raised in South Mills, NC. Ronald was the husband of Lori Brown Inge and the son of the late Ernest Beale Inge and Jean...
Fenton Towe Eure, Jr.
Apr 7, 2025
Fenton Towe Eure, Jr., 81, of Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC passed away on Monday, April 7, 2025 at ECU Health Chowan Hospital in Edenton, NC.
Mr. Eure was born on August 15, 1943 in Perquimans County to Fenton Towe Eure, Sr. and Lillie Belle Trueblood Eure. He graduated from Perquimans County High School in 1961. He married Margie Corprew...
John Lee "Jack" Smith, Jr.
Apr 6, 2025
John Lee "Jack" Smith, Jr., 84, of 164 Reynoldson Road, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2025, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Smith was born in Suffolk, VA on August 2, 1940, and was the son of the late John Lee, Sr. and Genevieve Brown Smith. A graduate of Gatesville High School Class...
Mercer Leroy Saunders
Apr 2, 2025
Mercer Leroy Saunders, 83, of 109 Hertford Beach Road, Hertford, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Saunders was born in Pasquotank County on November 11, 1941, and was the son of the late Melvin Leroy and Eliza Cooper Saunders Beacham. In addition to his parents,...
Robert McKay Stilley, Jr.
Apr 1, 2025
Robert McKay Stilley, Jr. 76, of 118 Trail Blazer Arch, Hertford, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in his home. Mr. Stilley was born in Trenton, NC on December 9, 1948, and was the son of the late Robert M. Stilley, Sr. and Emma Lee Cox Stilley. He was a retired foreman with Asplundh. Surviving are his girlfriend, Crystal...
Donna Jean "NaNa" Cleveland
Apr 1, 2025
Donna Jean “”NaNa” Cleveland, 67, of Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.
A native of Portsmouth, Va, Donna was born on May 7, 1957. She was the wife of 38 years to Harry William Cleveland, Jr. and the daughter of Charles Andrew Runyon and Ida Mae Vandyke...
Alonza Hubert "Al" Ambrose, Jr.
Mar 31, 2025
Alonza Hubert “Al” Ambrose, Jr., 69, of 1378 NC Highway 32 N., passed away Monday, March 31, 2025, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Ambrose was born in Suffolk, VA on April 3, 1955, and was the son of the late Alonza Hubert, Sr. and Emma Ward Ambrose. A graduate of Gates County High School,...
Lucious Calvin "Cal" Butt
Mar 29, 2025
Lucious Calvin "Cal" Butt, died March 29, 2025, at Charter Senior Living of Annapolis, MD. He was 92. Cal was born November 18, 1932 at home in Perquimans County, Hertford, North Carolina to the late Lucious "Luke" Elexander Butt and Edith Hobbs Butt.
He attended New Hope Elementary School and Perquimans County High School. He graduated from East Carolina College with...
Nicola Harrell "Nicki" Felton
Mar 29, 2025
Nicola JoAlice Harrell “Nicki” Felton, 70, of 176 Perkins Road, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Felton was born in Frankfurt, Germany on December 9, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Eugene Joseph and Vera Leah Toleman Harrell. In addition to her parents, she was...
Charles Thomas Busby
Mar 28, 2025
Charles Thomas Busby, 71, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2025, surrounded by family. Charles was born on May 6, 1953 in Salisbury, NC to the late Max Busby and Margaret Jarvis Busby. Charles was a compassionate and loving husband, father, grandpa and brother. Besides his wife, Carole Joy Bass of 41 years, Charles is survived by: two daughters,...
Jim Parrish
Mar 25, 2025
Jimmie Moore “Jim” Parrish, III
March 10, 1977 - March 25, 2025
Edenton, NC---
The world lost a bright light far too soon with the passing of Jimmie “Jim” Moore Parrish III, on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, at the age of 48. A devoted father, husband, brother, son, uncle, and friend, he left an indelible mark on the hearts of all who...
William Douglas McPherson, Jr.
Mar 24, 2025
William Douglas McPherson, Jr., 81, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. McPherson was born in Camden County on November 23, 1943, and was the son of the late William Douglas “Bill” Sr., and Ruth Evelyn Kight McPherson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Connie Hollowell Slades
Mar 24, 2025
Connie Priscilla Hollowell Slades, 72, 1324 Greenhall Road, died March 24, 2025, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Slades was born in Chowan County on December 2, 1952, and was the daughter of the late George Adam and Hazel Boyce Hollowell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Anthony Shawn Ervin;...
LCDR Dean A. Engelhardt, USN, Ret.
Mar 22, 2025
LCDR Dean Allan Engelhardt, U.S. Navy, Retired, 70, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, March 22, 2025, in his home after a brief battle with sarcoma cancer.
Born in Waukon, IA on April 8, 1954, Dean was the son of the late Vernis Verdean Engelhardt and Irene Mangels Engelhardt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister,...
Michelle Scheuer Brown
Mar 22, 2025
Michelle Scheuer Brown (Shelly), 65, passed away unexpectedly at her home on March 22, 2025. Michelle was born and raised in Richmond, Michigan but has spent the last 30+ years in northeast North Carolina. She resided in Winton, NC for the last 9 years where she enjoyed small town living with a very special neighbor, Ms. Cynthia.
Michelle dedicated...
Sandra Russ Ellenor
Mar 21, 2025
Sandra Ann Russ Ellenor, 80 of 888 Hwy 37 North, Gates, NC. passed away Friday, March 21, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Ellenor was born in Portsmouth, VA on June 15, 1944, and was the daughter of the late William Hayes Russ, Sr. and Bessie Ellen Lassiter Russ.
Mrs. Ellenor attended College of the...
Margie Wiggins Robertson
Mar 21, 2025
Margie Ward Wiggins Robertson, 97, formerly of Corapeake, NC, died peacefully Friday morning, March 21, 2025, at Lake Prince Woods, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Robertson was born in Hobbsville, NC on October 9, 1927, and was one of eight children born to the late John Nurney and Hattie Ward Wiggins.
A homemaker, she was the beloved wife of Thomas Robertson for 55 years...
Lucille B. Phelps
Mar 19, 2025
Claudia Lucille Breedlove Phelps, 92, of Old US 17 North, died Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Phelps was born in Morganton, NC on July 12, 1932, and was the daughter of the late John Herbert and Bessie Lois Snipes Breedlove. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death in...
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