Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Berrie Lynn Black Williams
Feb 9, 2018
Berrie Lynn Black Williams, 71, of Horniblow Point, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018, in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro.
Mrs. Williams was born in Miami, FL on July 11, 1946, and was the daughter of the late William Hill Black, Sr. and Helen Ruth Chudik Black. A graduate of the University of Florida, she had been...
Leah Mason Jonson
Feb 9, 2018
Leah Mason Jonson, 78, of 109 Yeopim Circle, Hertford, NC, died Friday, February 9, 2018 in her home.
Born March 25, 1939 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dudley Mayo and Marjorie Cook Mason. A graduate of Manheim Township High School, she attended Pennsylvania State University, and then pursued a career in medical administration in which...
Col. Stephen Edward O'Neill
Feb 8, 2018
Col. Stephen Edward O’Neill, US Army, Ret., 79, of 106 Blair Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Col. O’Neill was born in Enderlin, North Dakota, on July 16, 1938, and was the son of the late Thomas Lloyd and Bernice Tostenson O’Neill. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served in...
Norma Jean Godwin Jenkins
Feb 8, 2018
Norma Jean Godwin Jenkins, 84, of Ashburn, VA, returned to her Heavenly Father on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Her passing was unexpected.
Jean was born in Perquimans County, NC and was the daughter of the late Archie and Bessie Cartwright Godwin, formerly of Winfall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Archie...
Vickey Baggett Rountree
Feb 7, 2018
Vickey Jeanette Baggett Rountree, 58, of 1602 Sheridan Drive, Baytown, TX, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, in her home.
Mrs. Rountree was born in Chesapeake, VA on January 17, 1960. A homemaker and mother, before to moving to Texas, and on return trips home, she attended Gatesville Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by her father, George...
George Francis Farrell, Jr.
Feb 7, 2018
George Francis Farrell, Jr., 89, of Edenton House, 323 Medical Arts Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.
Mr. Farrell was born in Hartford, CT, on January 6, 1929, and was the son of the late George Francis, Sr. and Gladys Cole Farrell. A retired engineer and mathematician with the General Electric Corporation, he had been a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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