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D.T. Hurdle

D.T. Hurdle

Dec 18, 2017

   Daniel Thomas "D.T." Hurdle, 95, of Craney Island Road, Belvidere, NC, died Monday, December 18, 2017 in his home.

 

   Mr. Hurdle was born in Perquimans County on September 20, 1922, and was the son of the late Jerome West and Flora Ward Hurdle. A retired logger, he was a Navy veteran having served in World War II. In addition...

Carrie Odell Mitchell

Carrie Odell Mitchell

Dec 17, 2017

   Carrie Odell Modlin Mitchell, 94, of 207 North Main Street, Colerain, NC, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 in her home.

   Mrs. Mitchell was born in Northampton County on July 25, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Lula Caroline Hughson Modlin. A homemaker, she was an active member of Colerain Baptist Church, its W.M.U., and...

Nellie Vann Byrum

Nellie Vann Byrum

Dec 16, 2017

   Nellie Mae Vann Byrum, 78, of Suffolk, VA, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk.

 

   Mrs. Byrum was born in Suffolk on August 3, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Walter, Sr. and Grace Ollie Bundy Vann. Retired from Lipton Tea following 38 years of employment, she was a member of Middle Swamp Baptist...

Barbara Spencer Rinehart

Barbara Spencer Rinehart

Dec 15, 2017

   Barbara Jean Spencer Rinehart, 80, of 912 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017, in Edenton Primetime.

 

   Mrs. Rinehart was born in Chowan County on March 16, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Worth Eugene and Esther Mae Hollowell Spencer. Retired from the Radiology Department of Chowan Hospital after 22 years of...

Helen Marie Privott

Helen Marie Privott

Dec 13, 2017

   Helen Marie Matthews Privott, 72, of 1887 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Ms. Privott was born in South Carolina on April 7, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Willard and Ethel Morris Matthews. A retired bookkeeper from Chowan River Health and Rehabilitation, she was a member...

Margie Dail Jordan

Margie Dail Jordan

Dec 12, 2017

   Margie Dail Jordan, 73, of 703 W. Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.

 

   Mrs. Jordan was born in Perquimans County on May 14, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Layden and Blanche Monds Dail. A homemaker, she attended the Brenda Simpson Adult Sunday School Class at...

Richard Heath Stevenson

Richard Heath Stevenson

Dec 11, 2017

   Richard Heath Stevenson, 80, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017.

   Mr. Stevenson was born in Newark, NJ on September 18, 1937, and was the son of the late Robert T. and Dorothy Martin Stevenson.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Ann Stevenson, and by a brother, Herbert Stevenson.

   A loyal...

Stanley Earl Johnson

Stanley Earl Johnson

Dec 10, 2017

   Stanley Earl Johnson, 60, of East Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 10, 2017 in his home.

   Mr. Johnson was born in Norfolk, VA on December 28, 1956, and was the son of the late Joshua Johnson and Joyce Raye Brooks Vandgrift. He was a carpenter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister,...

Joseph Benjamin Fuller

Joseph Benjamin Fuller

Dec 9, 2017

   Joseph Benjamin “Ben” Fuller, 49, of 279 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017, in his home where he was being cared for by his daughter and his mother.

 

   Ben was born in Norfolk, VA on April 15, 1968.  A Lieutenant with the Portsmouth Fire Rescue & Emergency Services, Engine 11, B Shift, he had...

Brenda Perry Toppin

Brenda Perry Toppin

Dec 9, 2017

   Brenda Jeanette Perry Toppin, 72, of Wingfield Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at the home of her sister where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Toppin was born in Chowan County on November 27, 1945, and was the daughter of Cornelia Hare Perry of Tyner, and the late Claude R. Perry. A retired secretary,...

Terry Hunnicutt

Terry Hunnicutt

Dec 7, 2017

   Terrell O'Neal "Terry" Hunnicutt, 69, of 203 Bembury Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017, in Sentara CarePlex, Hampton, VA, where he was surrounded by his family.

 

   Mr. Hunnicutt was born in Monroe County, GA on November 11, 1948, and was the son of the late Thomas O'Neal and Martha Evelyn Taylor Hunnicutt. A retired technician...

Marina Spruill Crummey

Marina Spruill Crummey

Dec 7, 2017

   Marina Spruill Crummey, 82, of 803 Bond Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017, in her home.      Mrs. Crummey was born in Washington County on July 2, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Robert Samuel and Mable Hufton Spruill. A retired supervisor with the North Carolina Department of Child Support, she had worked earlier with...

Johnnie Rheuben Phthisic

Johnnie Rheuben Phthisic

Dec 6, 2017

   Johnnie Rheuben Phthisic, 76, of 1756 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in his home.

   Mr. Phthisic was born in Perquimans County on March 3, 1941, and was the son of the late Wilbur and Dorothy Cartwright Phthisic. He was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Lester Keaton Baines

Lester Keaton Baines

Dec 3, 2017

   Lester Keaton Baines, 92, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 3, 2017 in his home surrounded by his family.

      Lester was born in Pasquotank County on July 7, 1925, and was the son of the late Arthur Paul and Jessie Lester Keaton Baines of Symonds Creek. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Ronald Wayne McPherson

Ronald Wayne McPherson

Dec 2, 2017

   Ronald Wayne McPherson, 51, of 1706-J West Queen Street, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017, in his home.

   Mr. McPherson was born in Norfolk, VA on August 2, 1966, and was the son of the late Aubrey Earl, Sr. and Clara Lina Mae Overton McPherson.  He had worked in landscaping.

   Surviving are a sister, Margaret Smith of Portsmouth, VA;...

Dorothy Sutcliffe Robinson

Dorothy Sutcliffe Robinson

Dec 2, 2017

   Dorothy Beatrice Sutcliffe "Narnie" Robinson, 90, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Robinson was born in Trenton, NJ on March 16, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Lystre Lawrence, Sr. and Beatrice Fenton Sutcliffe.  A homemaker, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and...

John W. Shultis

John W. Shultis

Dec 2, 2017

   John William Shultis, 70, of Corapeake, NC, died Saturday, December 2, 2017.

 

   Mr. Shultis was born January 19, 1947, and was the son of the late Arnold and Rose Shultis. The former owner of Micro Steel Rule Die Company, he served as chairman for 10 years of Paterson Parking Authority, was active for many years in the City of...

Lois Hurdle Nixon

Lois Hurdle Nixon

Dec 1, 2017

   Lois Ann Hurdle Nixon, 77, of 119 Parrish Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.      Mrs. Nixon was born in Perquimans County on July 1, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Harold Henderson and Celesta Godwin Hurdle. A graduate of the Louise Obici School of...

Marie Smith Lewis

Marie Smith Lewis

Dec 1, 2017

   Marie Smith Lewis, 88, of 141 Tunis Road, Winton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Mrs. Lewis was born in Hertford County on November 30, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Lonnie Gaston and Sallie Bazemore Smith. A former instructor at the Wards Corner Beauty Academy, she later worked as...

Thomas Mack Sawyer, Sr.

Thomas Mack Sawyer, Sr.

Nov 30, 2017

   Thomas Mack Sawyer, Sr., 89, of 688 Body Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, November 30, 2017 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

 

   Mr. Sawyer was born in Norfolk, VA on March 29, 1928, and was the son of the late Mack Bell Sawyer, Jr. and Lina Harrington Brickhouse. The retired owner and operator of Sawyer's Painting and Decorating,...

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