Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Sidney Hershell Wilkins
Mar 30, 2019
Sidney Hershell Wilkins, 56, of 317 Seaview Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019, in his home.
Sidney was born in Pasquotank County on October 11, 1962, and was the son of the late Shelbert F. and Edna Pauline Scott Wilkins. A Water Treatment Plant Operator with the Chowan County Water Department, he attended Faith Pentecostal Holiness...
Nellie Ayers Davis
Mar 29, 2019
Nellie Grace Ayers Davis, 89, of 510 Breezy Banks Road, Roper, NC, died Friday, March 29, 2019, in Eagle’s Pointe Assisted Living, Goldsboro.
Mrs. Davis was born in Washington County on May 22, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Leslie G. and Lela Clifton Ayers. A homemaker, she was a member of Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition...
Cmdr. Burton H. Jones USN
Mar 29, 2019
Commander Burton Hathaway Jones, USN (Ret.), age 90, of 105 West Gale Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, March 29, 2019, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. He was well loved and respected by his family and friends and will be sorely missed.
Born in Edenton on September 12, 1928, he was the son of the late John Meredith and Margaret...
Constance Beals Whitley
Mar 28, 2019
Constance Beals Whitley, 67, of 194 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Whitley was born in Pasquotank County on August 2, 1951, and was the daughter of the late Ervin R. and Kathryn Parker Beals. Employed for many years as a child nutritionist with Perquimans County schools, she had also formerly...
Fred Clinton Tayloe
Mar 27, 2019
Fred Clinton Tayloe, 86, of 930 Hexlena Road, Aulander, NC, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Tayloe was born in Bertie County on March 3, 1933, and was the son of the late Johnnie R. Tayloe and Evelyn Vaughan Tayloe Alexander. A farmer, he had owned and operated Fred C. Tayloe Bulldozing for over 40...
Floyd Wayne Midgett
Mar 26, 2019
Floyd Wayne Midgett, 73, of 100 ARPDC Street, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Midgett was born in Norfolk, VA on July 11, 1945, and was the son of the late Floyd Oswald and Mildred Margaret Beasley Midgett. A retired cab driver in Annapolis, MD following 26 years of employment, he later worked as a bridge...
Jo Ann Bembridge Davenport
Mar 21, 2019
Jo Ann Bembridge Davenport, 64, of 3550 Davenport Forks Road, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Davenport was born in Norfolk, VA on October 12, 1954, and was the daughter of the late John Edward, Sr. and Agnes Louise Smith Bembridge. A retired manager from Time Finance in Edenton after 34 years of employment,...
Anna Mae Perry Saunders
Mar 20, 2019
Anna Mae Perry Saunders, 90, formerly of Gates, NC, died Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Saunders was born in Perquimans County on December 31, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Lawrence Belmont and Seaneth Rogerson Perry. A retired supervisor from Don Juan Manufacturing, she was a member of Hobbsville Baptist Church. In addition...
Jean Butt Lane
Mar 20, 2019
Lois Jean Butt Lane, 81, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Edenton House.
Mrs. Lane was born in Perquimans County on May 7, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Nina Ownley Butt. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Sylvia Ann Layden Miller
Mar 18, 2019
Sylvia Ann Layden Miller, 83, died Monday, March 18, 2019 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Miller was born in the Belvidere community of Perquimans County on September 29, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Archie Elfred and Beatrice Evelyn Copeland Layden. A homemaker and mother, she also had provided child care in her home and...
Richard Lee Hawkins
Mar 17, 2019
Richard Lee “Boo Boo” Hawkins, 61, of 251 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
“Boo Boo” was born in Northampton County on May 24, 1957, and was the baby of 14 children born to the late Henry Leon and Mamie Elizabeth Ward Hawkins. The retired owner of Sunlight & Decorative...
Ronald Cola Dunlow
Mar 17, 2019
Ronald Cola Dunlow, 83, of Bedford Street, Chesapeake, VA, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Dunlow was born in Bertie County, NC, on September 17, 1935, and was the son of the late William Miles and Texanne Mizelle Dunlow. A retired machinist with Sheller-Globe in Norfolk, VA, he was a member of Riverside Baptist...
Robert Shirley Harrell
Mar 17, 2019
Robert Shirley “Bob” Harrell, 93, 1601 Virginia Road, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Gates House Assisted Living.
Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on April 16, 1925, and was the son of the late Rodney Tuttle Harrell, Sr. and Bessie Leary Harrell. A graduate of the University of Richmond and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he...
Ethan Charles Hankinson
Mar 17, 2019
Ethan Charles Hankinson, 15, of 32 Harrell Lane, Eure, NC, passed away, Sunday, March 17, 2019, in his home.
Born in Suffolk, VA on April 16, 2003, he was the son of Charles Edward “Chuck”, Jr. and Carol Anne Buck Hankinson of Eure. A gentle, kind, and obedient son, he loved everyone and was a friend to all who knew...
Isaac Epps, Jr.
Mar 16, 2019
Ralph Isaac Epps, Jr. (“Ikie”, “Ike”, “Isaac”), 68, of Durham, NC, died Saturday, March 16, 2019.
He was born on November 27, 1950, at Duke Hospital, the only son of Rev. Ralph and Mrs. Pat Epps, who predeceased him. He is survived by his son, David Epps of Atlanta, GA, his daughter, Elizabeth Epps of Cary, NC, his sisters, Barbara...
Pansy Alderman Elliott
Mar 15, 2019
Pansy Leigh Alderman Elliott, 91 and a half years old, of 112 West Gale Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Born on September 2, 1927, the daughter of the late Daniel Grey and Maude Stilley Alderman of Rose Hill, Duplin County, NC, she was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Frank Harvey Speight
Mar 9, 2019
Frank Harvey Speight, 89, of 459 NC 32 North, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Accordius Health & Rehabilitation, Gatesville.
Mr. Speight was born in Gates County on February 10, 1930, and was the son of the late Harvey Washington and Helen Lee Speight. A retired farmer, he had also worked for 23 years with Hofler...
Edward Joseph Sanderlin, Sr.
Mar 8, 2019
Edward Joseph "Buddy" Sanderlin, Sr., 79, of 128 East Camp Perry Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Sanderlin was born in Norfolk, VA on December 14, 1939, and was the son of the late William Asa Sanderlin and Dorothy Edwards Lefsted. The retired co-owner and operator of Buddy's Supermarket in Norfolk VA, he...
Clarence Edward Lupton, Jr.
Mar 7, 2019
Clarence Edward Lupton, Jr., 81, of 1100 Ivy Lane, Raleigh, NC, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Lupton was born in Pasquotank County on January 27, 1938, and was the son of the late Clarence Edward Lupton, Sr. and Julia Byrum Lupton. A graduate of UNC-CH with a...
Margaret Johnson Tolbert
Mar 2, 2019
Margaret Johnson Tolbert, 92, of 106 Powhatan Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation, Hertford.
Mrs. Tolbert was born in Bluefield, WV on June 29, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Claude H. and Cora Mae Thompson Johnson. A retired nurse’s assistant at Bluefield Regional Hospital, she was a...
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