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Dale Davis McDuffie
Dec 13, 2023
Dale Davis McDuffie, 78, of 611 Court Street, Gatesville, NC, died Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
Mrs. McDuffie was born in the village of Columbia in Tyrrell County on September 1, 1945 and was the daughter of the late H. Edward and Christeen Chaplin Davis. A graduate of East Carolina University, she had retired as a teacher after a career serving...
Michael Chinsolo
Dec 12, 2023
Michael “Mike” Chinsolo, 83, of Jackson Springs, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC, with his loving family by his side.
Mike was born on July 21, 1940, in Welch, West Virginia, to the late Lorina C. Dail. He retired from Chowan County Jail in Edenton, NC as Chief...
Virginia Rountree Smith
Dec 10, 2023
Virginia Rountree Smith, 94, of 980 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 10, 2023 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Smith was born in Gates County on June 26, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah Rountree. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Herbert Lee Williams, Jr.
Dec 10, 2023
Herbert Lee Williams, Jr., 102, died in joyful peace on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at his family homeplace, 231 Ridge Road, Belvidere, NC, where he was born and resided all of his life.
Mr. Williams was born on August 10, 1921, and was the son of the late Herbert Lee Williams, Sr. and the late Mary Etta Tuttle Williams. In...
Diane Ainsley Outlaw
Dec 9, 2023
Evelyn Diane Ainsley Outlaw, 78, of Aulander, NC, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 in Windsor House.
Mrs. Outlaw was born in Tyrrell County on July 11, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Howard, Sr. and Ima Jeanette Phelps Ainsley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Outlaw, a brother,...
Floyd Edward Benton
Dec 9, 2023
Floyd Edward Benton, 95, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, December 9, 2023 in Edenton Primetime Assisted Living.
Mr. Benton was born in Perquimans County on October 1, 1928, and was the son of the late George Edward and Mary Elizabeth Keaton Benton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy Ward Benton, and the...
Margie Ward Stallings
Dec 9, 2023
Margie Ward Stallings, 90, of Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of Belvidere, NC, died at home Saturday, December 9, 2023. Because of her faith, she is now in heaven with Jesus.
Mrs. Stallings was born in Gates County, NC on June 12, 1933; the daughter of the late Julian and Beulah Nixon Ward. In addition to her parents, she was...
Joan Cobb Boswell
Dec 9, 2023
Joan Cobb Boswell, 89, of Chowan Garden Apartments, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Born in Chowan County on February 9, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Clyde C. Cobb, Sr. and Dasie Lee Davis Cobb. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...
James Melvin Russell
Dec 9, 2023
James Melvin Russell, 63, of 124 Coffield Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, December 9, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Russell was born on August 27, 1960 in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Andrew and Barbara Smith Russell. Formerly employed as a groundsman with Norfolk Southern Railway, he was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist...
Rusty Stallings
Dec 9, 2023
Louis Richard “Rusty” Stallings, IV, entered eternal rest at his residence in Belvidere, NC on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
Rusty was born in Elizabeth City on November 16, 1997 to Louis Richard “Ricky” Stallings, III and Ann Denise Winslow Stallings. He resided in Belvidere for his entire life and leaves behind a large family and numerous friends to cherish his...
Mary Smith Watson
Dec 8, 2023
Mary Ellen Smith Watson, 79, of Memory Lane, Chocowinity, NC, and a former longtime resident of Edenton, died Friday, December 8, 2023 in her home. Mary was born in Chowan County on July 5, 1944 and was the daughter of the late Robert Wilson and Mary Lois Todd Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Mack Fletcher Brinkley
Dec 7, 2023
Mack Fletcher Brinkley, 90, of 4763 Carolina Road, Suffolk, VA, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital.
Mr. Brinkley was born in Nansemond County on November 17, 1933 and was the son of the late Elmer Carson Sr. and Eunice Virginia Horton Brinkley. Raised on the family farm with his sister, Betty Brinkley Parks, and brother, Elmer Carson...
William Love Carr
Dec 7, 2023
William Love “Bill” Carr, 71, of 575 Paige Riddick Road, Gates, NC, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Bill was born in Nansemond County, VA on April 18, 1952 and was the son of the late Charles Brosia Carr, Jr. and Dolly Belle Watson Carr and was raised in the fellowship of Main Street United...
Dara Gwen Harrell
Dec 7, 2023
Dara Gwen Harrell, 52, of 215 East Palmetto Street, Kill Devil Hills, NC, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in her home.
Dara was born in Hertford County on August 19, 1971. A graduate of Ridgecroft School in Ahoskie, she attended College of The Albemarle and Mitchell’s Academy in Greenville, obtaining her degree in Cosmetology. Later after working in private practice,...
Roger Copeland Spivey
Dec 3, 2023
Roger Copeland Spivey, 87, of 345 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, December 3, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Spivey was born in Chowan County on April 29, 1936 and was the son of the late Jacob Saunders Spivey and Oscar Copeland “Ossie” Spivey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death just 10 days...
Roy Victor Thompson, III
Dec 1, 2023
Roy Victor Thompson III, of 301 South King Street, Windsor, NC, died Friday, December 1, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his girls.
Roy was born in Bertie County on August 20, 1966 and was the son of Faye Johnson Thompson of Windsor and the late Roy Victor Thompson, Jr.
A graduate of Atlantic Christian College...
Jean Ann Shelby Charron
Nov 30, 2023
Jean Ann Shelby Charron, 61, of Edenton, NC passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Charron was born in Niles, Michigan on July 10, 1962 and was the daughter of the late Archie Clifton Shelby and Eulalia Wetmore Joo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth Shelby...
Joan Smith Collins
Nov 29, 2023
Joan Marie Smith Collins, 90, of 223 Nixon’s Beach Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Collins was born in Hampton, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Joseph J., Jr. and Marie Church Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Lois Faye Benton White
Nov 29, 2023
Lois Faye Benton White, 91, of 264 Ridge Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. White was born in Perquimans County on August 18, 1932 and was the daughter of the late John T. “Jack” and Mary Evelyn Lane Benton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Sonja Davis Bazemore
Nov 28, 2023
Sonja Davis Bazemore, 77, of 56 Little Island Road, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, November 28, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Bazemore was born in Northampton County on August 20, 1946 and was the daughter of the late Robert H. “Major” Davis and Johnnie Mae Stancil Davis. In addition to her parents, she...
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