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Eugene Boyce

Eugene Boyce

Sep 2, 2017

  Eugene Boyce, 85, of 128 Nixon Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.  

   Mr. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on July 14, 1932, and was the son of the late William Wood “Bill” and Elizabeth Lane Boyce. Mr. Boyce retired from Westinghouse/TCOM in 1995, and prior to that employment, in...

Laura Skinner Evans

Laura Skinner Evans

Sep 1, 2017

   Laura Skinner Evans, 85, of Tyner, NC, passed away on Friday, September 1, 2017.

 

   Mrs. Evans was born in Chowan County on December 28, 1931, and was the daughter of the late William Cleveland Skinner, Sr. and Lucille Umphlett Skinner. Formerly employed with the Law Office of Max Busby in Edenton, she had worked with the Albemarle Commission Jobs...

Gladys Hamilton Harris

Gladys Hamilton Harris

Aug 31, 2017

   Gladys Marie Hamilton Harris, 88, formerly of Bryans Road, MD, and more recently of 47 Home Port Lane, Gates, NC, died Thursday, August 31, 2017 in her home.

 

   Mrs. Harris was born in Pickens, WV on August 7, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Kermit Quentin and Edna Mae Williams Hamilton. A homemaker, she was a member...

Kenneth Gene Peters, Sr.

Kenneth Gene Peters, Sr.

Aug 29, 2017

   Kenneth Gene Peters, Sr., 80, of 112 Huron Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.

 

   Mr. Peters was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois on August 26, 1937, and was the son of the late Arthur F., Sr. and Ethel Buchmeier Peters. A retired Quality Control Supervisor...

Bernard "Bunk" Poe Burroughs

Bernard "Bunk" Poe Burroughs

Aug 29, 2017

   Bernard Poe “Bunk” Burroughs, 89, of Elmcroft of Northridge Senior Living Community in Raleigh, NC, and a former resident of Edenton, peacefully departed this life on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, with his daughter, Janet by his side, and entered into the presence of the Lord Jesus.

 

   Bunk was born in Williamston, NC on May 19, 1928, and was the...

Gerald Thomas Lassiter, Sr.

Gerald Thomas Lassiter, Sr.

Aug 28, 2017

   Gerald Thomas Lassiter, Sr., 82, of 1503 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mr. Lassiter was born in Chowan County on December 21, 1934, and was the son of the late William Jackson and Dora Smith Lassiter. For 26 years he worked with the Edenton Cotton Mill, and after...

Ikey Davis

Ikey Davis

Aug 23, 2017

   William Ike “Ikey” Davis, 70, of 504 N. Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Mr. Davis was born in Pasquotank County on February 19, 1947, and was the son of the late William Kader and Sadie Mae Mizzelle Leary Davis. A graduate of John A. Holmes High School, he was active...

Doris Jean Riddick

Doris Jean Riddick

Aug 22, 2017

   Doris Jean Johnston Riddick, 75, of 144 Bosley Road, Sunbury, NC passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

   Mrs. Riddick was born in Gates County on November 7, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Walter Glenn and Minnie Virginia Bunch Johnston.  A homemaker, she had also worked as a bus driver in...

Stacey Lynn Copeland Priest

Stacey Lynn Copeland Priest

Aug 21, 2017

   Stacey Lynn Copeland Priest, 41, of 126-C Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

 

   Stacey was born in Chowan County on April 6, 1976, and was the daughter of Durwood and Rhonda Ammann Copeland of Tyner. Formerly employed with Albemarle Electric Membership Corp., the...

Marie Wright Griffin

Marie Wright Griffin

Aug 21, 2017

   Marie Wright Griffin, 89, of 2420-B Virginia Road, Edenton, NC passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mrs. Griffin was born in Chowan County on July 29, 1928, and was the daughter of the late William James Wright and Mattie Holland Wright Cayton. Retired from Edenton Cotton Mill after more than 40 years of employment,...

Johnnie L. Gregory

Johnnie L. Gregory

Aug 19, 2017

   Johnnie Lee Gregory, 70, of the 203 Two Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 19, 2017, is his home where he was surrounded by his family.

   Mr. Gregory was born to the late Paul M. Gregory and Ruth L. Gregory on September 11, 1946, in Edenton, North Carolina. Affectionately known to his friends and classmates...

Linda Geraldine Everitt

Linda Geraldine Everitt

Aug 17, 2017

   Linda Geraldine Everitt, 73, of King Street, Halifax, NC, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017, in Accordius Health Center, Gatesville, NC.

 

   Ms. Everitt was born in Pensacola, FL on October 3, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Blanks Atwell Everitt and Mildred Elizabeth Hare Everitt. She resided in the Life, Inc. group home in Halifax, NC, where...

Thomas Alexander Dail

Thomas Alexander Dail

Aug 17, 2017

   Thomas Alexander Dail, 91, of 271 Riverwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2017 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation Center, Hertford.

 

   Mr. Dail was born in Perquimans County on April 8, 1926, and was the son of the late John Bartlett and Dora Griffin Dail. Retired from the Equipment Department of the North Carolina Department...

James Ernest Turner

James Ernest Turner

Aug 14, 2017

     James Ernest Turner, 53, of Cape Coral, FL, passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 in UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC.     Born in Newport News, VA on December 7, 1963, he was the son of the late James Edward “Jimmy” and Jean Tappan Turner. Before moving to Cape Coral, he was a resident of the Gates community. A loving husband, father,...

Earl Samuel Molton, Jr.

Earl Samuel Molton, Jr.

Aug 12, 2017

   Earl Samuel Molton, Jr., 62, of 170 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, August 12, 2017 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

 

   Mr. Molton was born in Norfolk, VA on March 27, 1955, and was the son of the late Earl Molton, Sr. and Helen Molton. A maintenance technician, he was employed with Dominion Energy at Southampton Power Station...

Millie Bunn

Millie Bunn

Aug 10, 2017

   Mildred Marie Zickefoose “Millie” Bunn, 55, of 318 Munsee Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017, in UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill.

 

   Millie was born on December 17, 1961, and was the daughter of Lorraine Catherine Zickefoose of Alcoa, TN, and the late Arlo B. Zickefoose, Sr. A faithful member of St. Anne Catholic Church, she was...

Thomas Walter LaCombe

Thomas Walter LaCombe

Aug 8, 2017

   Thomas Walter LaCombe, 60, of Olivet Circle, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017.

 

   Mr. LaCombe was born in Marquette, MI on March 28, 1957, and was the son of Thomas Richard LaCombe of Elizabeth City and the late Darlene McNally LaCombe. Employed as a heavy equipment mechanic, he was a veteran of the US Navy. In addition...

Kay Boyce

Kay Boyce

Aug 8, 2017

      Kay Winslow Boyce, 74, of 314 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.       Mrs. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on October 19, 1942, and was the daughter of the late James Alvah and Edna Elizabeth Winslow.  A retired nurse from Perquimans County Schools, she was a member of Up River...

J. Arba Carver, Jr.

J. Arba Carver, Jr.

Aug 8, 2017

   James Arba Carver, Jr., 82, of 415 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.

 

   Mr. Carver was born in Perquimans County on December 1, 1934, and was the son of the late James Arba Carver, Sr. and Sallie Riddick Carver. The former owner of Empire...

Frank Cassell, Jr.

Frank Cassell, Jr.

Aug 7, 2017

   Frank Cassell, Jr., 87, formerly of Oakridge Drive, Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 7, 2017 in Gates House, Gatesville.

   Mr. Cassell was born in Paterson, NJ on June 14, 1930, and was the son of the late Frank, Sr. and Elizabeth Francis Cassell.  Retired from the US Postal Service, he was a member of the Church of the Redeemer in...

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