Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Eugene James Corona
Sep 22, 2017
Eugene James Corona, 84, of Hertford, NC, died Friday, September 22, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Corona was born in Bradley, OH on November 7, 1932, and was the son of the late Anthony Corona and Pearl Carter Corona Knight. Retired from the US Navy, he was a veteran of the Korean War, and was especially proud of his...
Eddie Wayne Nixon
Sep 21, 2017
Eddie Wayne Nixon, 73, of Bumpus Cove Road, Erwin, TN, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County, NC, on December 25, 1944, and was the son of the late John Lafayette Nixon, Sr. and Frances Yates Nixon. One of 13 children, he loved his family dearly. An Army veteran of the Vietnam...
Shirley East Taylor
Sep 20, 2017
Shirley Mae East Taylor, 84, of 433 Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Perquimans County on August 7, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Minerva Little East. A homemaker, she had been employed with Don Juan Mfg. Corp., and later for...
Lois Violet Winslow-Lowe
Sep 18, 2017
Lois Violet Winslow-Lowe, 79, of Matoaka Court, Willaimsburg, VA passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 in Consulate Health Care of Williamsburg.
Mrs. Winslow-Lowe was born in Perquimans County on January 1, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Louis Irving and Azalea Ruth Chappell Winslow. Having worked as both a teacher in public schools, and as a graphic...
John William Leggett, Jr.
Sep 18, 2017
John William Leggett, Jr., 78, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Leggett was born in Martin County on June 7, 1939, and was the son of the late John William Leggett, Sr. and Mattie Virginia Wynn Leggett Fulford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jerry...
Lucille Darden Blanchard
Sep 18, 2017
Lucille Darden Blanchard, 76, of 147 Sandy Ridge Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Blanchard was born in Isle of Wight County, VA, on April 5, 1941, was the daughter of Elmer and Martha Gardner Darden, and raised in a large family of...
L.E. "Josh" Tripp
Sep 16, 2017
Linwood Earl “Josh” Tripp, 84, of Aulander, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2017, in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Tripp was born in Bertie County on September 19, 1932, and was the son of the late James Lawrence Tripp, Sr. and Elizabeth Pollard Tripp. A lifelong farmer and an avid fisherman, he was known and loved...
Alice Hassell Parks
Sep 16, 2017
Alice Mae Hassell Parks, 91, of 227 Hawthorne Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Parks was born in Chowan County on December 14, 1925, and was the daughter of the late William Benjamin and Alice Victoria Jones Hassell. Employed with the George C. Moore Company for 20 years, she had...
Carolyn Mitchell Parker
Sep 14, 2017
Carolyn Mitchell Parker, 72, of 1316 Hwy 137, Eure, NC, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Parker was born in Hertford County on April 26, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Horace P. and Harriett Eure Mitchell. Retired after 22 years with the Gates County...
Kathleen Taylor Sawyer
Sep 13, 2017
Kathleen Margaret Taylor Sawyer, 67, of 606 Chowan Trail, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 13, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Sawyer was born in Danbury, CT, and was the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Arnold Taylor. A homemaker, she was a member of Bandon Chapel, the L.O.V.E. Group, and had worked as a volunteer with the...
Peter Edwin Columbus
Sep 12, 2017
Peter Edwin Columbus, 80, of Trestles Court, Camden, NC, and formerly of Hertford, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017 in Sentara Nursing Center, Barco.
Mr. Columbus was born in Freeport, NY on February 14, 1937, and was the son of the late Thomas John and Marguerite Van Der Zee Columbus. Retired as a program analyst from Eaton Corporation, he...
Helen Chappell Sumner
Sep 11, 2017
Helen Chappell Sumner, 100, of Albemarle Village Apartments, Hertford, NC, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017, in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mrs. Sumner was born in Pasquotank County on March 3, 1917, and was the daughter of the late William A. and Ella Lamb Chappell. Retired from Don Juan Mfg. Corp., she was the wife of the late...
Alexander Michael Parsain
Sep 10, 2017
Alexander Michael “Alex” Parsain, 16, of 474 Paige Riddick Road, Gates, NC, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2017 in Gates County as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident.
Born in Suffolk, VA on November 21, 2000, he was the son of Frederick Michael and Angie Williams Parsain of Gates. A junior at Ahoskie Christian School, he...
Blanche Jessup Chappell Matter
Sep 9, 2017
Blanche Jessup Chappell Matter, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, September 9, 2017 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton, NC. She was 96.
Mrs. Matter was born in Belvidere, NC, and was the daughter of the late Johnny and Maude Jessup Chappell. A retired teacher from Virginia Public Schools, she was a member of Whiteville Grove Baptist Church, and...
Jo Sharion Mitchell Winn
Sep 8, 2017
Jo Sharion Mitchell Winn, 68, of 335H Millennium Road, Aulander, NC, passed away Friday, September 8, 2017, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Winn was born in Bertie County on February 9, 1949, and was the daughter of the late Percy Lee and Margaret Williford Mitchell. A retired Paraoptometric Technician with various eye care specialists in Northern Virginia, she had...
Julian Harrell
Sep 8, 2017
Robert Julian Harrell, 84, of 662 Whitehat Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Harrell was born in Perquimans County on April 12, 1933, and was the son of the late Robert Lee and Nellie Sawyer Harrell. Retired as an Inventory Management Specialist from the US Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center in...
Kathleen Koch Ludwigson
Sep 7, 2017
Kathleen Carr Koch Ludwigson, of Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017 in Edenton.
Born on October 6, 1942 in Newark, NJ, Kathleen was the daughter of the late Otto Charles and Gertrude Brennan Koch and grew up in Montclair, NJ. She graduated from the College of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, NJ in 1964 and married...
Benny Dale Morgan
Sep 5, 2017
Benny Dale “Ben” Morgan, 77, of 104 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton Lake and Harbor, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in Edenton House, his residence for three and half years. Mr. Morgan bravely struggled for years with Lewy Body Dementia, with Parkinsonism, and other debilitating afflictions.
Ben was born to Darius Edward and Anna Dorothy Morgan...
Michael Henry West
Sep 4, 2017
Michael Henry "Mickey" West, 73, of Country Club Drive, Hertford, NC died Monday, September 4, 2017 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. With great determination he fought to overcome a series of recent medical issues. His courage and strength are a legacy to all that loved him.
Born January 14, 1944, Mike was from St. Anthony Village, MN and...
J.D. Copeland
Sep 4, 2017
John Dewitt “J.D.” Copeland, 87, of 509 Folly Road, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017, in his home.
Mr. Copeland was born in Gates County on September 3, 1930, and was the son of the late F. Carlton and Gladys Henry Copeland. A lifelong farmer, he was a faithful member of Eureka Baptist Church, where he...
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