Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Margaret Sykes Lingle
Feb 2, 2017
Margaret Ellen Sykes Lingle, 94, of Fir Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Lingle was born in Whitestone, VA on May 26, 1922, and was the daughter of the late William Timothy and Lucy Maude Joyner Sykes. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church.
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Steven Lee Walker
Feb 2, 2017
Steven Lee Walker, 53, of Cedar Stretch Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Walker was born in Norfolk, VA on January 16, 1964. A retired ship fitter from Metro Machine Corporation of Norfolk, he was a member of Hertford Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Edward Walker, and...
Kenneth MacKenzie Park
Feb 1, 2017
Kenneth MacKenzie Park, 70, of 360 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton, NC, and formerly of South Salem, NY, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Park was born in New York, NY on June 18, 1946, and was the son of the late Alexander and Elizabeth Fusay Park. A retired officer with the Westchester County Dept....
Sherry Harpin Alden
Feb 1, 2017
Sherry Harpin Alden, 71, of 432 Cisco Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Alden was born in Beaufort County, NC on August 8, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Billie Estelle Harpin. Retired from the State Department where she worked in the logistics area for Ambassadors,...
Velma Waterman Cohen
Jan 29, 2017
Velma Mae Waterman Cohen, 76, of Spindrift Lane, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, January 29, 2017.
Mrs. Cohen was born in Norfolk, VA on December 19, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Ryland White Waterman and Anne Sessoms Elmore. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Abraham...
Donald Sasser Morris
Jan 27, 2017
Donald Sasser Morris, 87, of Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 27, 2017 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born and raised in Aulander, NC, he was the son of the late Tommie and Ola Taylor Morris. A 1951 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was the number one Tar Heel fan, and a faithful supporter through...
Billy Mitchell
Jan 27, 2017
William Pruden "Billy" Mitchell, 90, formerly of Gatesville, NC, and more recently of Brookdale Assisted Living of Elizabeth City, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017.
Mr. Mitchell was born in the Trotville community of Gates County on September 26, 1926, and was the son of the late John W.P. and Sarah Christiana Simpson Mitchell. Retired as the Gates...
Robert Wayne Harrell, Sr.
Jan 26, 2017
Robert Wayne Harrell, Sr., 69, of 225 Tynch Town Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on March 9, 1947, and was one of 15 children born to the late Elisha Cornelius and Dixie Belle Bunch Harrell. A former partner in Harrell Brothers Construction, he...
Gene Webb White
Jan 25, 2017
Gene Webb White, 90, of 97 Taylor Mill Road, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, from Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, VA.
Mr. White was born in the Roduco community of Gates County on December 10, 1926, and was the son of the late William Robert White and Sallie Mae Eure White. He graduated from...
Carolyn Rae Lane Baker
Jan 24, 2017
Carolyn Rae Lane Baker, 71, of 105 Wingfield Street, Hertford, NC passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Baker was born in Perquimans County on December 27, 1945, and was a daughter of the late Vernon Charlie and Katherine Elizabeth Nixon Lane. A homemaker, for over 20 years she...
Ella Gray Crummey Potts
Jan 24, 2017
Ella Gray Crummey Potts, 87, of 243 Hawthorne Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Potts was born in Chowan County on July 2, 1929, and was the daughter of the late William and Geraldine Sanford Crummey. She had retired as an inspector with Seabrook Blanching Corporation.
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William Leonard Rountree
Jan 23, 2017
William Leonard “Bill” Rountree, 68, formerly of Whaleyville, VA, left us on Monday, January 23, 2017 in Orlando, FL, from complications of AML (Leukemia). Bill was diagnosed in 2013 and had given a brave battle over the past four years. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother.
Born in Suffolk, VA on December 27, 1948, he was...
Wayland West Byrum
Jan 20, 2017
Wayland West Byrum, 77, of 104 Jackson Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Byrum was born on July 11, 1939, and was one of seven children born to the late William Vandie Byrum, Sr. and Ada White Byrum. The former co-owner of Hobbs Implement Company, he retired after more...
Gene English, Sr.
Jan 20, 2017
Eldridge Eugene "Gene" English, Sr., 81, of 481 Sandy Hook Road, Shawboro, NC, died Friday, January 20, 2017 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City.
Mr. English was born in Hyde County on December 30, 1935, and was the son of the late Eldridge Lundy and Zulean Pegram English. A retired carpet installer, he was a member of...
Derek Charles Wilson
Jan 20, 2017
Derek Charles Wilson, 25, of 929 North Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 20, 2017 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Derek was born in Hartford, CT on December 21, 1991, and was the son of Donna Celeste Angell of Edenton and David Clare Wilson of Torrington, CT. He was employed with Subway of Edenton.
In addition to...
Frances Swain Eason
Jan 17, 2017
Frances Ruth Swain Eason, 73, of 118 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Eason was born in Chowan County on April 16, 1943, and was the daughter of the late George Swain and Grace Davenport Hendrix. A retired inspector from George C. Moore Corp. after 36 years of employment,...
Felbert Gill Lamb
Jan 17, 2017
Felbert Gill Lamb, 80, longtime resident of Murfreesboro, NC, and more recently of Elizabeth City, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Lamb was born in Camden County on May 8, 1936, and was the son of the late Jacob Judson and Grace Lorraine Munden Lamb. A retired x-ray technician, he was a member...
Carolyn Matthews Lane
Jan 15, 2017
Carolyn Matthews Lane, 82, of 903 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Lane was born in Perquimans County on October 18, 1934, and was the daughter of the late John Moody, Sr. and Mattie Blanchard Matthews. A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church...
Legion Owens Britton
Jan 12, 2017
Legion Owens Britton, 81, of Edenton, NC died Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Britton was born in Chowan County on September 3, 1935, and was the daughter of the late William Charles and Edith Alexander Owens. A retired administrative assistant from the Chowan County ASCS office, she was the first woman in North Carolina to...
Donald Wayne Latham
Jan 9, 2017
Donald Wayne “Agitator” Latham, 69, of 3011 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, January 9, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Latham was born in Halifax County on August 6, 1947. He was a retired plant engineer from Edenton Cotton Mill, was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, and had served in the United States Marine...
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