Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
John Tynch
Mar 1, 2019
James M. “John” Tynch, 80, of Georgetown, SC, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019.
Mr. Tynch was born in Chowan County, NC on March 22, 1938, and was the son of the late James R. Tynch and the late Ada Brown Ingraham. A member of Calvary Free Will Baptist Church where he served as a trustee, he enjoyed spending time...
Donald Alan Murphy
Feb 28, 2019
Donald Alan Murphy, 68, of 610 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019.
Mr. Murphy was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 22, 1950, and was the son of the late Allen Richard and Helen Clark Murphy. A retired service advisor in the automotive service industry, he was a Catholic by faith, and was an avid pigeon...
Rosa Jethro Perrington
Feb 28, 2019
Rosa Jethro Perrington, 79, of 114 Perry Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Perrington was born on January 15, 1940 in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Roman and Addie Hudson Jethro. Retired from Zippo Corporation (butane lighters), in Bradford, PA, she was a member of Hertford Pentecostal Church.
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Billy White
Feb 27, 2019
William Albert “Billy” White, 88, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in Jackson County, NC.
Mr. White was born in Chowan County on February 6, 1931, and was the son of the late Willie and Lula Overton White. A retired agriculture equipment salesman for over 40 years, he was a member of Edenton Baptist Church, had retired as a...
Jeanette Temple Pridgen
Feb 26, 2019
Elizabeth Jeanette Temple Pridgen, 87, of Newland Township, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away quietly from this world on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, following a hard fought battle with an illness.
Born in Pasquotank County on January 17, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Elizabeth Whitehurst Temple. A Licensed Practical Nurse, she was employed with Albemarle...
Maureen Murphy Greene
Feb 26, 2019
Maureen Murphy "Mikie" Greene, 68, of 169 Oliver Street, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Greene was born in New York on October 20, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Donald Creeden and Joan Bentley Murphy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Dennis and Chris Murphy.
Surviving...
John Foster Cashin
Feb 26, 2019
John Foster Cashin, 83, of 202 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2019, in VCU Health Systems, Richmond, Virginia.
Mr. Cashin was born in Wappingers Falls, New York on November 12, 1935, and was the son of the late Gerald and Eleanor Bogardus Cashin. A retired warehouse manager with IBM, he was a member of the...
Joseph Edward Ortner
Feb 25, 2019
Joseph Edward Ortner, 72, of 159 Hickory Fork Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019, in Sentara Virginia Beach Hospice House.
Mr. Ortner was born in Lakewood, New Jersey on August 16, 1946, and was the son of the late Hans Joseph and Dorothy Dix Ortner. The retired owner of Hatteras Welding in Hatteras, NC where he...
Billy Price Presley, Sr.
Feb 25, 2019
The Reverend Billy Price Presley, Sr., 83, of 529 Rooks Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019, in his home.
Rev. Presley was born in Booneville, Mississippi, on January 18, 1936, and was the last surviving of eight children born to the late Dentie W. and Ruby Pardue Presley.
A graduate of Mississippi College, Southeastern Theological Seminary...
Wilbur Fate Legg
Feb 24, 2019
Wilbur Fate Legg, 72, of 1380 NC 137, Eure, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Legg was born in Gates County on September 18, 1946, and was the son of the late Edgar and Dorothy Eure Baines. Retired from International Paper in Franklin, he had...
Jessie Kelley Riddick
Feb 23, 2019
Jessie Kelley Riddick, 93, of 478 Sandy Cross Road, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Riddick was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Sonnie Burl and Lonford Blanchard Kelley. A homemaker, she was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
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