Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
James Edward Barnes, Jr.
Apr 27, 2018
James Edward "Jr." Barnes, Jr., of 375 Short Cut Road, Barco, NC, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 in his home.
Mr. Barnes was born in South Mills on May 3, 1936, and was the son of the late James Edward, Sr. and Elizabeth Sawyer Barnes. Raised in South Mills until his mid-teens, he then moved to Currituck County where...
William Ray Casey
Apr 26, 2018
William Ray Casey, 72, of US Highway 17 South, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018 in his home.
Mr. Casey was born in Craven County on November 9, 1945, and was the son of the late Elijah and Elizabeth Dixon Casey. An aircraft mechanic, he had retired from the US Coast Guard Base in Elizabeth City....
William Lee Owens
Apr 25, 2018
William Lee Owens, 85, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Owens was born in Chowan County on March 31, 1933, and was one of nine children born to the late Minnie Clyde Owens, Sr. and Martha Virginia Whiteman Owens. Retired from the Edenton Cotton Mill after more than 30...
Barbara Layton Wiseman
Apr 21, 2018
Barbara Ann Layton Wiseman, 85, of 1243 Cofield Point Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Wiseman was born in Chowan County on May 4, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Jeppie W. and Katie Belch Layton. Retired as an Audio Visual Clerk from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, she had...
Glennie Myers Miller
Apr 21, 2018
Glennie Myers Miller, 77, of 195 Winfall Blvd., Hertford, NC passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born in Lenoir County on March 13, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Johnnie F. and Louie Dail Myers. A retired nurse, she had worked at Albemarle Hospital, later with Dr. T.P....
Millard Roy Davis
Apr 20, 2018
Millard Roy Davis, 79, of Deep Creek Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Davis was born in Westmoreland County, PA on September 22, 1938, and was the son of the late Roy and Sarah Gregg Davis. Retired as a Chief Petty Officer from the US Navy after 22 years of...
Dorothy Upton Powell
Apr 20, 2018
Dorothy Upton Powell, 85, of South Mills, NC, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018.
Mrs. Powell was born in South Mills on October 5, 1932, and was the daughter of the late George Calvin and Sudie Sanderlin Upton. Employed for many years as a seamstress with Supak and Seventeen South Garment Company, she was a lifelong and faithful member of...
Earl Copeland
Apr 19, 2018
Lewis Earl Copeland, 60, of 132 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Copeland was born in Chowan County on May 4, 1957, and was the son of the late William Walter and Sally Marie Harrell Copeland. Retired from the Maintenance Department of Chowan Hospital, he was a member...
Malvern Francis Mordica
Apr 18, 2018
Malvern Francis Mordica, 95, formerly of Corapeake, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in Gates House, Gatesville.
Mr. Mordica was born in Norfolk, VA on September 11, 1922, and was the son of the late Lloyd Taylor and Anna Wilt Mordica. A retired electrician, he was employed with the I.B.E.W. Local Union 80. A veteran, he had served in...
Wayne Askew
Apr 13, 2018
Elliott Wayne Askew, 71, of 150 Hill Lane Road, Eure, NC, passed away on April 13, 2018, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Askew was a lifelong resident of Gates County, born on March 28, 1947, and was the son of the late Thomas Elliott and Bertha Howell Askew. A farmer, in earlier years he worked with the former...
Deborah Griffin Perry
Apr 12, 2018
Deborah Griffin “Debbie” Perry, 56, of 902 Stratford Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018, in her home where she was surrounded by her family. Born in Chowan County on July 15, 1961, she was the daughter of Ray and Jackie Courtney Griffin of Edenton. A nurse for almost 40 years, she began her career as a candy...
Elmer Lee Overton, Sr.
Apr 12, 2018
Elmer Lee Overton, Sr., 81, of 119 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018, in his home.
Mr. Overton was born in Perquimans County on February 21, 1937, and was the son of the late Harry, Sr. and Betty Skinner Overton. A retired shipping foreman with Weyerhaeuser Corp. after 32 years of employment, he...
Doris Beversdorf Reinheimer
Apr 11, 2018
Doris Beversdorf Wrolstad Reinheimer, 86, of 110 Green Court East, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in her home.
Mrs. Reinheimer was born in Shawano County, WI on May 29, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Grover Beversdorf and Eleanor Kaempf Beversdorf. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church and its...
Gilbert Frank Moore
Apr 11, 2018
Gilbert Frank Moore, 74, of 84 Hill Lane Road, Eure, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
Mr. Moore was born on October 3, 1943, and was the son of the late Frank and Irene Bright Moore. Retired from Estes Express after 37 years of employment, he still worked daily attending to his cows, and operating his own...
Willie White Barnes
Apr 10, 2018
Willie White Kitts Barnes, 88, of Lembla Street, Norfolk, VA, a native of Gates County, NC, and a dedicated, retired nurse left her earthly home on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. A 1950 graduate of the Norfolk General Hospital School of Nursing, she remained at the hospital as the only night duty nurse in the Emergency Room. After being head nurse...
Kenneth Edwin Spruill
Apr 10, 2018
Kenneth Edwin Spruill, 58, of Roper, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in his home.
Born in Tyrrell County on September 10, 1959, he was the son of the late Elbert Duard and Beedie Ambrose Spruill. A retired farmer, he was a member of Scuppernong Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Juanita Griggs Winslow Daniels
Apr 9, 2018
Juanita Griggs Winslow Daniels, 87, of Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville, NC, passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018.
Mrs. Daniels was born in Suffolk, VA on March 6, 1931, and was the last surviving of eight children born to the late Dudley James Griggs, Sr. and Hattie Powell Griggs. Retired from First Citizens Bank in Sunbury, she was...
Cecil Gordon Alston
Apr 9, 2018
Cecil Gordon Alston, 71, of Ahoskie, NC, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018 in his home.
Mr. Alston was born in Hertford County on February 19, 1947, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland “G.C.” and Millie Hughes Alston. A retired tobacco farmer, more recently he had been employed with Pierce Leaf Company. He was a member of...
Curtis Matthias Byrum, II
Apr 8, 2018
Curtis Matthias Byrum, II, 46, of 166 Lester Lane Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018, in his home.
Curtis was a lifelong resident of Chowan County, born on March 20, 1972, and was the son of Curtis M. and Rose Lane Byrum of Tyner. A grower for Perdue and a farmer, he had received the...
Mary Forehand Partin
Apr 7, 2018
Mary Forehand Partin, 87, passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Mary was an innovative educator who used her boundless energy in compassionate educational outreach.
Mary valued education and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University, Master of Arts from Duke University and completed many postgraduate courses at East Carolina University. Among her academic and other...
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