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Roy Maurice Onley
Sep 26, 2017
Roy Maurice Onley, 80, of 750 Body Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Onley was born in Camden County on March 3, 1937, and was the son of the late Leroy and Jessie Smithson Onley. Retired from civil service following 33 years of employment, he was a member of the First...
Jimmie Lee Thompson
Sep 26, 2017
Jimmie Lee "Jim" Thompson, 81, of Mt. Hermon Church Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Thompson was born in Indiana on November 7, 1935, and was the son of the late Clarence and Edna Thompson. Employed in the banking industry for many years, he retired as a manager from Home Bazaar....
Jeanette Castelloe Farless
Sep 24, 2017
Jeanette Castelloe Farless, of Colerain, NC, 80, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Carillon of Knightdale Assisted Living.
Mrs. Farless was born in Bertie County on November 6, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Everett and Bertha Johnson Castelloe. She retired from the textiles industry after more than 35 years, and in addition helped run...
Ellsworth Henry Franklin, Jr.
Sep 24, 2017
Ellsworth Henry Franklin, Jr., 85, of 133 Ainsley Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Franklin was born in Fredericksburg, VA on August 17, 1932, and was the son of the late Ellsworth Henry, Sr. and Ruth Butler Franklin. A graduate of King George High School, he attended Randolph Macon College in Ashland,...
Durwood Evans
Sep 24, 2017
Forest Durwood Evans, 88, of 202 Turner Road, Eure, NC, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017, at his daughter Vicky’s home, in Sunbury, where he was surrounded by his family.
Born in Gates County on January 12, 1929, he was the son of the late Forest Densmore and Betty Victoria Harrell Evans. A retired supervisor with Union Camp Corp.,...
Mattie Godwin Raudebaugh
Sep 23, 2017
Mattie Ruth Godwin Raudebaugh, 82, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at her home in Roanoke, VA, where she was surrounded by her family.
Mattie Godwin was born and raised in Wade, NC, and married James David Raudebaugh on December 13, 1959. A military wife and mother, she spent 25 years in the public school system, teaching 3rd...
Lucy Carter Kors
Sep 23, 2017
Lucy Riddick Carter Kors, 70, of 502 Court Street, Gatesville, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2017, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mrs. Kors was born in Wake County, NC, on May 26, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Wince and Clarine Gatling Carter. Formerly employed with Eastern Virginia Medical School, she was a member of...
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...
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