Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Girlen Wall Pierce
Feb 6, 2018
Girlen Divata Wall Pierce, 89, of 188 Corner High Road, Eure, NC, went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, from her sister’s home in Eure where she was surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Hertford County on October 28, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Lee...
Rebecca Fortson Carson Whitley
Feb 4, 2018
Rebecca Fortson Carson "Becky" Whitley, 80, of 167 Clipper Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mrs. Whitley was born in Madison County, GA on January 16, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Paul Lee and Clara Beatenbough Fortson. A retired legal secretary, she was a member of Island Christian...
Anton Joseph Schiffer, Jr.
Feb 3, 2018
Anton Joseph Schiffer, Jr., 80, of 823 North Broad Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation.
Mr. Schiffer was born in Chicago, IL on December 9, 1937, and was the son of the late Anton Joseph Schiffer, Sr. and Virginia Jones Schiffer. Retired from property management, he was a veteran...
Pete Hunter
Feb 3, 2018
Wayland Gene "Pete" Hunter, 75, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, February 3, 2018 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Hunter was born in Perquimans County on June 7, 1942, and was the son of the late Abbott S. and Lillie Mae Harrell Hunter. A graduate of both Chowan College and East Carolina University, he retired from Perquimans County High...
Elsie Lawrence Tyler
Feb 3, 2018
Elsie Lawrence Tyler, 86, of 1052 NC 37 North, Gates, NC, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Tyler was born in Gates County on October 5, 1931, and was the daughter of the late William Henry and Mabel Watson Lawrence. A homemaker, in earlier years she had worked in the office...
Hilda Rae Harrell Goodwin
Feb 3, 2018
Hilda Rae Harrell Goodwin, 84, of 750 Chambers Ferry Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018, in Edenton Primetime.
Mrs. Goodwin was born in Chowan County on October 13, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Isaac Lester and Lonie Evans Harrell. A graduate of East Carolina Teacher’s College, now East Carolina University, with a...
Rebecca Turner Taylor Parker
Feb 2, 2018
Rebecca Turner Taylor “Becky” Parker, 67, of 126 Gates School Road, Gates, NC, died Friday, February 2, 2018 in her home.
Mrs. Parker was born in Suffolk, VA on July 31, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Orion Ralph Turner, Jr. and Sarah Frances Ray Turner Hampton. The owner and operator of Red Barn Farms Tack Shop,...
Durwood Bunch Toppin
Feb 1, 2018
Durwood Bunch “Bud” Toppin, 75, of 2454 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Toppin was born in Chowan County on February 16, 1942, and was the son of the late Nolan Bunch and Jennie Parker Toppin. After graduation from Chowan High School, he joined the United States Air...
Anna Belle Privott
Jan 31, 2018
Anna Belle Privott, 98, of 106 Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, in Edenton Primetime.
Miss Privott was born in Chowan County on August 30, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Daniel “Dan” Privott and Mary Jane “Mollie” Harrell Privott. Retired from the Rocky Mount Senior High School, she taught for...
William Earl Carter, Sr.
Jan 31, 2018
William Earl "Tiny" Carter, Sr., 75, of Goodwin Mill Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Carter was born in Martin County on October 12, 1942, and was the son of the late Robert William Carter and Nellie Carter Burgess. A retired Sergeant from the US Army having served in Vietnam, he...
Catherine Francetta Miller Godfrey
Jan 31, 2018
Catherine Francetta Miller Godfrey, 86, of 682 Body Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in her home.
Mrs. Godfrey was born in Perquimans County on September 15, 1931, and was the daughter of the late William Elliott and Margaret Lillie Walker Miller. Retired from the Utilities Department of the City of Elizabeth City after 30...
Rev. Gilbert Manly Crawford
Jan 27, 2018
Rev. Gilbert Manly Crawford, 85, formerly of Taylor Mill Road, Eure, NC, and more recently of Kernersville, NC, died Saturday, January 27, 2018 in Hospice House at High Point, where he was surrounded by his family
Rev. Crawford was born in Brunswick County on January 28, 1932, and was the son of the late Basil Manly and Grace Williams Crawford....
Melvin Hunter Chavis
Jan 26, 2018
Melvin Hunter Chavis, Sr., 72, of Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, January 26, 2018 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Chavis was born in Ahoskie on March 21, 1945, and was the son of the late Arthur Taylor and Cora Hunter Chavis. An Army veteran, he had been employed as a carpenter and painter through the years. In...
Richard Erick Green
Jan 25, 2018
Richard Erick Green, 50, of White Hat Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, January 25, 2018.
Mr. Green was born in Falls Church, VA on January 16, 1968, and was the son of Richard Aaron and Mary Nixon Green of Elizabeth City. Employed as a technician in telecommunications for many years, he grew up in the fellowship of Faith Baptist Church...
Louis Early Stephenson
Jan 25, 2018
Louis Early Stephenson, 81, of 1387 NC Hwy 343 South, Shiloh, NC, died Thursday, January 25, 2018 in his home.
Mr. Stephenson was born in Bertie County on August 19, 1936, and was the son of the late Rev. A.L.G. and Geraldine Early Stephenson. Retired as a Senior Chief from the US Coast Guard, he later worked as a recruiter...
Iona Williams Baker
Jan 24, 2018
Iona Mae Williams Baker, 103, of 1218 Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Baker was born in Perquimans County on February 25, 1914, and was the daughter of the late Herbert Lee and Mary Tuttle Williams. A homemaker, she was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church....
Joseph Scott Harrell, Sr.
Jan 23, 2018
Joseph Scott Harrell, 90, of Edenton, passed away January 23, 2018.
Scott was born on January 3, 1928 to the late Bessie Cecelia Leary and Rodney Tuttle Harrell. Raised on rich Rocky Hock dirt and his mom's locally famous southern cooking, Scott and his three siblings enjoyed an idyllic childhood - or so we believe from the indelible tales...
Kate Perry Cartwright
Jan 22, 2018
Kate Elizabeth Perry Cartwright, 95, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Cartwright was born in Chowan County on November 28, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Jesse and Millie Hogar Perry. A seamstress, she had taught sewing at College of The Albemarle,...
Edith Lane Mansfield
Jan 22, 2018
Edith Lane Mansfield, 85, of 2221 Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, died Monday, January 22, 2018 in The Outer Banks Hospital, Nags Head.
Mrs. Mansfield was born in Chowan County on August 31, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Jerry Vernon and Lona Allen Lane. A retired cafeteria manager with Perquimans County Schools, she was a member...
Ruby Harris Williams
Jan 19, 2018
Ruby Harris Williams, 86, loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully Friday morning, January 19, 2018 at her home where she was surrounded by her loving family.
Born on July 7, 1931 in the tiny Beaufort County community of Small, NC, she was the fourth child of the late Stacy Thomas and Bertha Price Harris. Known as a woman...
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