Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
J. Sidney Copeland
Jun 21, 2017
Joseph Sidney Copeland, 90, of 310 Holiday Island Road, Hertford, NC passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Copeland was born in Perquimans County on May 29, 1927, and was the son of the late Arthur Minnis, Sr. and Annie Boyce Copeland. Retired from Hollowell Oil Company after 32...
Jenny Beecher Cooke Jenkins
Jun 20, 2017
Jenny Beecher Cooke Jenkins of Nags Head, North Carolina and formerly of "The Cabin," in Aulander, North Carolina, died on June 20, 2017 at Sentara Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia after a brief illness. She was the wife of Joseph Henry Jenkins and they would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 24, 2017.
She was born in Aulander and...
Jane Evans Spivey
Jun 19, 2017
Jane Evans Spivey, 77, of 950 Hwy 158 East, Sunbury, NC, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017, in Lake Prince Woods, Suffolk, VA, where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Spivey was born in Chowan County on February 14, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Willie and Addie Marie Bright Evans. For more than 25 years,...
Sallie Skinner Tarkington
Jun 18, 2017
Sallie Nixon Skinner Tarkington, 74, of Old Neck Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Ridgewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Washington, NC, after battling cancer since 2003. Sallie was born in Perquimans County on July 1, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Frank B. and Maisie Nixon Skinner. A retired Licensed Practical Nurse from...
Krista Autumn Powers
Jun 16, 2017
Krista Autumn Powers, 36, of Moyock, NC, passed away peacefully Friday, June 16, 2017 in her home where she was surrounded by her family and friends.
Born in Pasquotank County on August 12, 1980, she was the daughter of Peggy Lee Zeiger Powers of Moyock and the late Ronnie Curtis Powers. In addition to her father, she was preceded...
Maude Barnes Eure
Jun 14, 2017
Maude Cordelia Barnes Eure, 90, of 920 Curtis Street, North, Ahoskie, NC, passed away on Wednesday June 14, 2017, in Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Eure was born in the Severn community of Northampton County on March 8, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Viola Morgan Barnes. A Registered Nurse, she practiced in Franklin,...
Jean Britton Perry
Jun 12, 2017
Agnes Jean Britton Perry, 88, of 213 West Eden Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Perry was born in Chowan County on November 2, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Cola William and Agnes Annie Toppin Britton. After graduating from Chowan High School in 1945, she worked...
Nancy O'Neal Massey
Jun 11, 2017
Nancy Jeanne O’Neal Massey, 70, of Harding Street, Raleigh, NC, passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mrs. Massey was born in Atlanta, GA on January 14, 1947, and was the daughter of Jeanne Smith O’Neal of Edenton, and the late W.D. O’Neal. Retired from the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, she was...
Sammy Byrum
Jun 10, 2017
Wallace Sanford “Sammy” Byrum, Sr., 82, of 236 Nixon Road, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in the Palliative Care Unit at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County on August 12, 1934, and was the son of the late William Vandy Byrum, Sr. and Ada White Byrum. In 1955,...
Rosemary Pryor Rosenburg
Jun 6, 2017
Rosemary Pryor Rosenburg, 87, of Kitty Hawk, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in her daughter’s home where she was surrounded by her family and loved ones.
Mrs. Rosenburg was born in Birmingham, AL on September 11, 1929, was the daughter of the late Kenneth Pryor and Ruth Peffer Pryor Hildebrand, and was raised by her grandmother, the...
Frank Waterfield
Jun 5, 2017
William Franklin “Frank” Waterfield, 82, of 201 Hall Street, Aulander, NC, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Waterfield was born in Norfolk, VA on March 7, 1935, and was the son of the late William Leven and Ruth Virginia Pope Waterfield. Retired from Hampton Roads Transit, he was an Army veteran having served in the...
Deborah Redmon Blackburn
Jun 5, 2017
Deborah Jean Redmon Blackburn, 58, of 89 Williams Lane, Gates, NC, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Blackburn was born in Norfolk, VA on June 11, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Glenn Carroll, Sr. and Belva Jean Murphy Redmon. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, she was a...
L.Z. Felton
Jun 3, 2017
Louis Zachariah “L.Z.” Felton, 89, of US 13 South, Eure, NC, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Felton was born on October 9, 1927, and was the son of the late Miles Nathaniel “Nat” Felton and Lillie Williams Felton. Retired from the NC Department of Agriculture, he was a meat and poultry inspector...
Joseph James Foy, Jr.
Jun 3, 2017
Joseph James “Joe” Foy, Jr., 83, of 72 Folly Road, Sunbury, NC, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Foy was born in Jones County on December 24, 1933, and was the son of the late Joseph James, Sr. and Eunice Eubank Foy. A retired truck driver, he had been employed with Eastern Fuels of Edenton....
Katherine Reed Langley
Jun 1, 2017
Katherine Hollowell Reed Langley, 94, formerly of Winfall, NC, and more recently of Culpepper Drive, Rocky Mount, passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017 in Rocky Mount Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Langley was born in Chowan County on December 30, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Charlie D. and Mary Florence Ward Hollowell. A homemaker, she grew up in...
Norma Jernigan Bulls
Jun 1, 2017
Norma Jernigan Bulls, 91, of Court Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Cross Creek Health & Rehabilitation, Swan Quarter.
Mrs. Bulls was born in Chowan County on January 12, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Bessie Odell Ellis Jernigan. Retired from Seabrook Blanching Corporation after 27 years of employment, she...
Peggy Burgess Bunn
May 31, 2017
Peggy Inez Burgess Bunn, 86, of 1731 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 in Sentara Hospice House, Virginia Beach, VA.
Mrs. Bunn was born in Wilson County on August 23, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Troy and Tincie Williams Burgess. A retired florist, she was a member of Burgess Baptist Church....
Josephine McNally Mahon
May 26, 2017
Josephine McNally “Josie” Mahon, 36, of Seaview Drive, Edenton, NC and formerly of the Tidewater area of Virginia, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017, at home where she was surrounded by her family.
Josie was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on July 7, 1980, had majored in Hospitality and Tourism Manangement in college, and had worked in that field for...
Judy Gilliland Conner
May 23, 2017
Judy Gilliland Conner, 64, of 1448 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Conner was born in Portsmouth, VA on August 18, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Francis Henry and Lurley Brown Gilliland. A homemaker, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. In addition to her parents,...
Fae Gray Rogers
May 22, 2017
Fae Gray Rogers, 71, of 126 Jackson Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Rogers was born in Chowan County on September 6, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Elmer Gray and Eula Williams Watson. She had retired as a machinist from the...
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