Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
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...
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