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Ronald Earl Chappell
Dec 28, 2017
Ronald Earl Chappell, 76, of 3215 Meeting Place, Greenville, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Chappell was born in Perquimans County on October 30, 1941, and was the son of the late Howard and Bernice Winslow Chappell. A retired Chief Petty Officer, he served for 21...
Murray Edward Jethro
Dec 27, 2017
Murray Edward Jethro, 84, of 210 Soundward Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017, in his home.
Mr. Jethro was born in Chowan County on August 15, 1933, and was the son of the late Charlton B. and Edna Goodwin Jethro. He faithfully attended Island Christian Fellowship.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Mattie Lee Simpson Smithson
Dec 27, 2017
Mattie Lee Simpson Smithson journeyed to her eternal home on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
She was the wife of 65 years to Ulyss E. “Smitty” Smithson of the home. Born on March 1, 1932 to the late Leslie L. Simpson and Mattie Brothers Simpson, she was the baby sister to Ethel S. Robinson,...
Jerry Wayne Walker
Dec 27, 2017
Jerry Wayne Walker, 56, of 253 Burgess Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Walker was born in Virginia Beach, VA on November 24, 1961, and was the son of Johnnie and Leona Vellines Walker of Wilson. The owner and operator of Walker's Tree Service, he was a member of both the National Rifle...
Samuel Robert Clayton
Dec 26, 2017
Samuel Robert "Sam" Clayton, 46, of 311 Coree Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in his home.
Sam was born in Welch, WV on May 16, 1971, and was the son of the late Sammie Lewis Clayton and Shirley Ann Rector Boyd. He was a self-employed carpenter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Katherine Blythe Parker
Dec 26, 2017
Katherine Blythe Parker, 92, of Gates, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 26, 2017.
Mrs. Parker was born in Franklin, VA on July 29, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Hunter and Allie Griffin Blythe. A homemaker, she attended Reynoldson Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
James Madison Bond
Dec 25, 2017
James Madison Bond, 94, of 107 S. Moseley Street, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 25, 2017, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport, NC.
Mr. Bond was born in Chowan County on May 20, 1923, and was the son of the late Millard F. and Hettie Hudgins Bond. Retired from the United States Postal Service, he had served...
Sheila Ann Owens
Dec 25, 2017
Shelia Ann Owens, 70, of 3021 Rose Trailer Park Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017, in her home.
Mrs. Owens was born in Tyrrell County on August 31, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Delmar Clarence Owens, Sr. and Ola Gerlene Vanhorn Furlough. Before her health issues prevented her from working, she...
Dorothy Witt McGuire
Dec 20, 2017
Dorothy Ruth Witt McGuire, 78, of Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. McGuire was born in Salt Lake City, UT on May 15, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Dean Russell Witt and Ruth Wilkins Johnson. A homemaker, she was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Elissa Rochelle Smith Barreto Gay
Dec 18, 2017
Elissa Rochelle Smith Barreto Gay, 34, of 496 Paige Riddick Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 in her home.
Elissa was born in Norfolk, VA on May 19, 1983. She was preceded in death by a newborn son, Isaiah Gay.
Surviving are her husband, Casey Darren Gay; her mother, Charlotte Hollingsworth of Gates; her...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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,...
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...
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