Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
John Calvin Skinner, Sr.
Feb 22, 2017
John Calvin Skinner, Sr., 90, of 251 Hickory Fork Road, Edenton, NC, left his body to seek comfort in the Lord’s arms on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
Mr. Skinner was born in Chowan County on February 14, 1927, and was the son of the late Johnny Lafayette Skinner and Mary Elizabeth Moore Skinner. Born on such a special day...
Alva Hundley Armstrong
Feb 22, 2017
Alva Hundley Armstrong, 93, of 711 Surfside Drive, Edenton, NC died Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford.
Mrs. Armstrong was born in Portsmouth, VA on June 11, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Ollie George, Sr. and Mary Coreana Foster Hundley. Retired from Merchants & Farmers Bank, she was a member of Albemarle...
Jerry Duane Coleson
Feb 21, 2017
Jerry Duane Coleson, 62, of 429 Haughton Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Mr. Coleson was born in Tyrrell County on July 31, 1954, and was the son of the late Jesse Fate and Hazel Bell Phelps Coleson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister,...
Fay Joyner White
Feb 21, 2017
Fay Joyner White, 75, of 342 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. White was born in Nash County on February 13, 1942, and was the daughter of the late William Oscar, Sr. and Ruby Lee Wilson Joyner. The retired owner and operator of White’s Country Store in the Cape...
Bobby Gene Grant
Feb 20, 2017
Bobby Gene Grant, 73, of 1400 NC 137, Eure, NC, died Monday, February 20, 2017 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Grant was born in Northampton County on July 14, 1943, and was the son of the late Lawrence S. and Brownie Martin Grant. Retiring in 2009 from the Dye Department of Union Camp Corp., now International Paper, in...
Aaron Bradley Eure
Feb 19, 2017
Aaron Bradley Eure, 31, of 648 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Hertford County as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident.
Aaron was born in Suffolk, VA on November 29, 1985. A supervisor with Perdue Corp., he had served in the United States Marine Corps and saw duty in both...
Wanda Kight Lantz
Feb 15, 2017
Wanda Kight Lantz, 70, of 191 S. Indiantown Road, Shawboro, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in Sentara Nursing Center, Barco.
Mrs. Lantz was born in Currituck County on February 25, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Henry Forbes and Irene Adelaide Gregory Kight. A homemaker, she attended Providence Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband of...
Doris Ann Waff Bunch
Feb 15, 2017
Doris Ann Waff Bunch, 91, of Mark Drive, Edenton, NC and formerly of the Rocky Hock community, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in Edenton Primetime.
Mrs. Bunch was born on October 18, 1925, in Chowan County, and was the daughter of the late John Edward and Hettie Layton Waff. A retired bookkeeper with both Albemarle Tire Company and...
Carol Ann Wood Miller
Feb 14, 2017
Carol Ann Wood Miller, 74, of 213 Cherokee Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Miller was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, on February 17, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris Wood.
Surviving are her husband, Leo S. Miller; two sons, Kenneth Cook of Edenton, and...
Christopher Charles Rule
Feb 14, 2017
Christopher Charles “Chris” Rule, 78, of 402 Main Street, Gatesville, NC died Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Mr. Rule was born in Union County, NJ on April 20, 1938, and was the son of the late Charles Christopher and Helen Bennett Rule. A retired Vice-President and General Manager from Easco Aluminum Corporation in Winton, he was an active member of Upper...
Deborah White Copeland
Feb 13, 2017
Deborah White Copeland, 94, of 1607 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017, in her home.
Mrs. Copeland was born in the Belvidere community of Perquimans County on September 24, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Hugh and Lillie Mae Raiford White. A homemaker, she was a faithful member of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist...
Mildred Wheeler Morgan
Feb 10, 2017
Mildred Wheeler Morgan, 82, of 619 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, died Friday, February 10, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Morgan was born in Northampton County on December 27, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Lewis Elliott and Emily Vick Barnes Wheeler. A graduate of Chowan College and Wake Forest University, she was a retired school teacher having taught...
Larry A. Bailey
Feb 10, 2017
Larry A. Bailey, of Gates, NC, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Bailey was born in Pittsfield, NH on December 1, 1949, and was the son of late Ervin and Colleen Ashland Bailey. The proud owner of Dozer Specialist, he was a member of the Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 98.
Surviving are his wife;...
Kitty Johnson Sawyer
Feb 9, 2017
Kitty Sue Johnson Sawyer, 82, of 706 S. Church Street, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, February 9, 2017 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Sawyer was born in Halifax County on February 8, 1935, and was the daughter of the late William Clifton and Lottie Verla Jones Johnson. An active member of Hertford Baptist Church where she had retired...
Mary Berry Carney
Feb 6, 2017
Mary Geraldine Berry "Geri" Carney, 83, of 464 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, February 6, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Carney was born in Virginia Beach, VA on March 22, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Bertron Webster, Sr. and Mary Izzetta Ranhorn Berry. Retired as the co-owner and operator of Angler's Cove...
Katie Lee Peal
Feb 5, 2017
Katie Lee Peal, 49, of 408 High Street, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 in her home.
Miss Peal was born in Patuxent, MD on October 15, 1967, and was the daughter of the late Oscar Turner, Jr. and Doris Jo Hodges Peal. A homemaker, she was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. In addition to her...
Dorothy Eason Yates
Feb 5, 2017
Dorothy Marie Eason Yates, 84, of 112 Barker Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Yates was born in Brooklyn, NY, on May 4, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Nichols T. and Edna Fletcher Eason. A long-time member of Macedonia Baptist Church, she taught the...
Donnie Russell
Feb 5, 2017
Donald Wayne "Donnie" Russell, 41, of 365 Chinquapin Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 in Duke University Hospital, Durham.
Donnie was born in Pasquotank County on July 7, 1975, and was the son of Donnie and Cheryl Yoder Russell of Elizabeth City. A Senior Facility Technician with D.R.S Technologies in Elizabeth City, he also owned and operated...
Betsy Chesson
Feb 4, 2017
Elizabeth Goodwin “Betsy” Chesson, 89, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Chesson was born in Chowan County on December 17, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Miles Earl and Elizabeth James Holmes Goodwin. A graduate of Edenton High School, she attended Southern...
Joe Jerry Ward
Feb 3, 2017
Joe Jerry Ward, 78, of 201 Luke Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, February 3, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Ward was born in Jackson County, NC on April 29, 1938, and was the son of the late Narvin Washington Ward and Lula Ashe Ward. A retired saw mill worker, he was a member of Wilmont Baptist Church in...
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