Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Maxine Burkhead Cherrix
Apr 18, 2019
Maxine Burkhead Cherrix, 91, of 106 Wingfield Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Cherrix was born in Davidson County on March 19, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Junius Jones and Velna Clyde Smith Burkhead. The retired owner and operator of Maxine's Day Care, she was a member of the former...
Tommy Watson
Apr 16, 2019
Floyd Thomas “Tommy” Watson, Sr., 85, of Washington, NC, and a former resident of the Eure community of Gates County, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Tommy was born in Beaufort County on February 27, 1934, and was the son of the late Samuel Irving and Margaret Gaskins Watson. He had formerly owned...
Mary Lou Jennings Jones
Apr 14, 2019
Mary Lou Jennings Jones, 80, of Greenville, NC, and a former longtime resident of Edenton, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 14, 2019, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in the Jamesville community of Martin County, she was the daughter of the late James M., Sr. and Clara Mae Price Jennings. Mary Lou loved her family,...
Gary Spruill
Apr 14, 2019
Samuel Gary Spruill, 77, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Spruill was born in Washington County on September 6, 1941, and was the son of the late Samuel Dewey and Malinda Furlough Spruill. A retired Tug Boat Captain, he was raised in the fellowship of Creswell Baptist Church,...
Mildred Clements Wise
Apr 13, 2019
Mildred Charlotte Clements "Millie" Wise, 74, of 980 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 13th, 2019, in her home where she was surrounded by family.
Mildred was born in Montgomery County, Maryland on April 14, 1944, and was the daughter of the late John Edwin and Eleanor Elizabeth (Ahrendts) Clements. In addition to her parents, she...
Ray Allen Randolph
Apr 13, 2019
Ray Allen Randolph, 82, of 135 Fat Man Lane, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 13, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Randolph was born in Norfolk, VA on October 6, 1936, and was the son of the late Paul Adam and Mary Ruth Basnight Randolph. Retired from the Coast Guard after 25 years of service, he had also previously served for...
Bill Sawyer
Apr 12, 2019
William Everett “Bill” Sawyer, 62, of 372 Sugar Run Road, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019, in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Mr. Sawyer was born in Pasquotank County on July 18, 1956, and was the son of the late Mitchell DePuew Sawyer and Mary Jennings Sawyer Smithson. A retired supervisor with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Bill attended...
Estelle Riddick-Queen
Apr 12, 2019
Estelle Faye Riddick-Queen, 74, of 1401 Secota Village, Columbia, NC, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Riddick-Queen was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on June 19, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Bennie Lee Riddick, Jr. and Estelle King Brinkley. A homemaker, she was a member of Soundside Missionary Baptist Church.
Surviving are her...
Bryant Glenn Powell
Apr 10, 2019
Bryant Glenn Powell, 56, of 227 Yeopim Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Powell was born in Portsmouth, VA on October 1, 1962, and was the son of the late William Thomas Powell, Sr. and Shirley Jean Legg Powell. Before declining health, he had worked in construction as a roofer.
Surviving are...
Linus Edmond Williams
Apr 10, 2019
Linus Edmond Williams, the son of Jeremy Lee and Jessie Prevatte Williams of Eure, NC, was stillborn on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
Surviving along with his parents are his nine siblings, Savanna, Cristina, Lydia, Ephraim, Cheyenne, Abigail, Luke, Nehemiah, and Haddon; his maternal grandparents, Jeri Minick and Douglas and Donna Prevatte; paternal grandparents, Wade Williams and Alice Harrell; and an...
Robert Louis Paris, III
Apr 9, 2019
Robert Louis "Rob" Paris, III, 39, of Hollowell Circle, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
Born in Louisville, KY, on May 19, 1979, he was the son of Robert Louis Paris, Jr. of Belvidere and Carol Lee Lane of Hertford. He was employed with Aegean Pools in Chesapeake, VA.
In addition to his parents, surviving are his wife of...
Norwood Henry Gregory
Apr 5, 2019
Norwood Henry Gregory, 89, of Shiloh, NC, died Friday, April 5, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Gregory was born on December 27, 1929 to Malvin and Emma Jordan Gregory, but due to the early deaths of his father and mother was raised by Clifton and Martha Stevens. A life-long resident of Camden County, as a young man he met his...
Robert Donald Williams
Apr 4, 2019
Robert Donald "Bob" Williams, 72, of Point Harbor, NC, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA.
Bob was born the fifth son of Esther Marcy Crocker Williams and Henry William Williams on September 26, 1946 in Greenport, Long Island, NY. He married Susan Vossler on November 26, 1976. Surviving along with his wife are...
Alfred Washington "Sonny" Wright, Jr.
Apr 4, 2019
Alfred Washington “Sonny” Wright, Jr., 82, of 132 Sound Shore Drive, Currituck, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Wright was born in Chowan County on March 21, 1937, and was the son of the late Alfred W. “Wash” Wright, Sr. and Ruth Twiddy Wright. A retired manager with AT & T, he was a...
C.T. Dixon, Jr.
Apr 4, 2019
Charles Thomas “C.T.” Dixon, Jr., 85, of 2016 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Dixon was born in Holland, Virginia on March 3, 1934, and was the son of the late Charles “Charlie” Thomas, Sr. and Lillie Hare Dixon. The retired owner of the former C.T. Dixon Logging Corp., he...
Kathryn Dixon Hoyle Schmitt
Apr 2, 2019
Kathryn Dixon Hoyle "Kathy" Schmitt, 77, of Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
Born on June 30, 1941 in Burlington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lewis Hoyle, II and Mildred Moss Hoyle. She attended the University of North Carolina where she graduated with a degree in economics and worked as press officer for the Bureau...
Alton Joseph "Red" Lane
Apr 1, 2019
Alton Joseph “Red” Lane, 84, of 1911 Ocean Highway, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019, in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mr. Lane was born in Chowan County on December 14, 1934, and was the son of the late Luther James and Leora Goodwin Lane. Retired from Hercules Fence Company, for the last several years he had worked...
William Henry "Bill" Carter
Apr 1, 2019
William Henry “Bill” Carter, 76, of 429 Rooks Road, Gates, NC, died Monday, April 1, 2019.
Mr. Carter was born in Norfolk, VA on November 14, 1942, and was the son of the late Richard Cohan, Sr. and Gracie Virginia Flora “Moochie” Carter. A retired owner and operator of a commercial flooring company, he was an avid outdoorsman and loved...
Rachel Mackey Lewis Sawyer
Mar 31, 2019
Rachel Mackey Lewis Sawyer, 88, of Lake Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Sawyer was born September 26, 1930, and grew up in Gates County, the daughter of the late Hance and Ruth Baldwin Mackey Hofler. A retired teacher’s assistant in the Perquimans County School System, she was a...
Staci Megan Godwin
Mar 31, 2019
Staci Megan Godwin, 26, of 125 E. Modlin Road, Ahoskie, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Ahoskie.
Staci was born in Hertford County on July 1, 1992, and was the daughter of Sherry Harrison of Wanchese and Geno Thomas Godwin, Jr. of Kitty Hawk. She had worked as a cashier at various Outer Banks businesses, including Food...
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