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E. Ray Halfhill, Jr.

E. Ray Halfhill, Jr.

May 5, 2017

   Emmett Ray Halfhill, Jr., 70, of 1014 B Deep Run Lane, Tyner, NC, died Friday, May 5, 2017 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Edenton.

 

   Mr. Halfhill was born in Beaufort County on December 13, 1946, and was the son of the late Emmett Ray, Sr. and Effie Viola Davis Halfhill. A retired truck driver from Jordan...

Lillian Farr Dahl

Lillian Farr Dahl

May 5, 2017

   Lillian Farr Dahl was born in Colonia, NJ in 1921, later lived in Boonsboro, MD, Virginia Beach VA, Greensboro and Washington, NC before finally settling in Edenton, NC. Daughter of the late William T. Farr and Margaret B. Farr, she married George M. Dahl in 1945 and enjoyed 66 years of marriage. During their 1945 Honeymoon in NYC they witnessed...

Eva Wrae Landing

Eva Wrae Landing

May 2, 2017

   Eva Wrae Winslow Landing, 90, of 729 Whedbee Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

 

   Mrs. Landing was born in Perquimans County on September 5, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Robert and Nora Layden Winslow. The retired bookkeeper of Landing Supply...

Linda Gibbs Burroughs

Linda Gibbs Burroughs

May 1, 2017

   Linda Gibbs Burroughs, 73, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017, in the Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice.

 

   Linda was born in Norfolk, VA on July 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late June Donovan and Ronnie Gibbs. A graduate of Norview High School in Norfolk, she began a career working in the...

Estelle Jones Buck

Estelle Jones Buck

Apr 30, 2017

   Estelle Jones Buck, 91, of Hazelton Road, Gates, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 30, 2017, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

 

   Mrs. Buck was born in Gates County on October 6, 1925, and was the daughter of Button and Mary Caroline Jones. A homemaker and farmer’s wife who worked tobacco with her husband, she was a...

Jimmy Wayne Wilder, Sr.

Jimmy Wayne Wilder, Sr.

Apr 29, 2017

   Jimmy Wayne Wilder, Sr., 72, of 815 Wynne Fork Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 29, 2017 in his home following a year long battle with cancer.

 

   Mr. Wilder was born in Gates County on May 15, 1944, and was the son of the late Charlie Elmer and Louise White Wilder. A beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, he...

A.C. Layden

A.C. Layden

Apr 28, 2017

   Ambrose Carroll “A.C.” Layden, 72, of 1713 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017 in his home.

 

   Mr. Layden was born in Perquimans County on November 14, 1944, and was the son of the late Norman Floyd and Clara Virginia Nixon Layden. Retiring in 1993 as a Logistics Management Specialist with Norfolk Naval Shipyard after...

Teresa Mason

Teresa Mason

Apr 27, 2017

   Teresa Annette Davis Mason, 57, of 311 Pocahontas Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in her home.

 

   Teresa was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was the daughter of the late Charles Sylvester Davis and Madge Kohler Davis. A Catholic by faith, she had served in the United States Navy where she was trained and...

Meggan Lee Callahan

Meggan Lee Callahan

Apr 26, 2017

   Meggan Lee Callahan, 29, a Sergeant with the NC Department of Public Safety, Division of Prisons, was killed in the line of duty, on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor, NC.

 

   Sgt. Callahan was born on May 23, 1987, in South County, Rhode Island, had worked with the Department of Corrections since 2012, and...

Hazel Jordan Davis

Hazel Jordan Davis

Apr 21, 2017

   Hazel Jordan Davis, 96, of Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, April 21, 2017, in Edenton House.

 

   Mrs. Davis was born in Tyner on January 15, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Ollie Norman and Annie Chappell Jordan. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, she retired from Gregory’s Five & Dime Department Store in Hertford,...

Rick Bruce

Rick Bruce

Apr 20, 2017

   Errol Richard “Rick” Bruce, 73, of 227 Tranquility Lane, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 in his home.

 

   Mr. Bruce was born in Westbrook, ME on September 28, 1943, and was the son of the late Wallace Morton and Rita Berthiaume Bruce. A Vietnam veteran, he retired as a Master Chief with the US Navy following more than...

Anthony Eden Stephenson

Anthony Eden Stephenson

Apr 17, 2017

   Anthony Eden “Tony” Stephenson, 78, of 248 Tuscarora Beach Road, Winton, NC, passed away on Monday, April 17, 2017, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.

 

   Mr. Stephenson was born in Hertford County on December 18, 1938, and was the son of the late Fred and Betty Ruth Long Stephenson. A retired maintenance superintendent from Union...

Rick Dean

Rick Dean

Apr 16, 2017

   Earl Hendricks “Rick” Dean, 70, of 1031 NC Hwy 37 North, Gates, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017, in his home.

 

   Rick was born in St. Louis County, Missouri, and was the son of the late Earl H., Sr. and Helen Meredith Dean. A retired driver with Howell’s Motor Freight, he was a member of Kittrell’s United...

Sheila Yvonne Bivens

Sheila Yvonne Bivens

Apr 16, 2017

   Sheila Yvonne Bivens, 63, of Center Hill Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

 

   Miss Bivens was born in Norfolk, VA on February 25, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Robert Ernest, Jr. and Maggie Ruth Johnson Bivens, former residents of Sligo. In addition to her parents, she...

Wilys King Taylor

Wilys King Taylor

Apr 14, 2017

   Wilys King Taylor, 94, of Middle Swamp Road, Corapeake, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville.

 

   Mrs. Taylor was born on December 21, 1922, in Portsmouth, VA and was the daughter of the late Junious Leb and Mary Baines King. A homemaker, prior to her marriage she was employed with Planter’s...

Lillian Thompson Hinds

Lillian Thompson Hinds

Apr 14, 2017

   Lillian Thompson “Honnie” Hinds, 93, of Moyock, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, 2017 in Elizabeth City.

 

   Born in Danville, VA on December 18, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James Henry and Margie Mills Thompson. A devoted wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, and aunt, she was a devout Christian and a faithful member of...

Robert Wayne Voliva

Robert Wayne Voliva

Apr 13, 2017

   Robert Wayne Voliva, 80, of 7454 NC 94 North, Creswell, NC, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his home.

 

   Mr. Voliva was born in Tyrrell County on January 3, 1937, and was the son of the late Robert Oakley and Jessie Gertrude Everton Voliva. A retired painter and carpenter, he was a faithful member of Faith Baptist Church where...

Linda Rinehart Green

Linda Rinehart Green

Apr 12, 2017

   Linda Dale Rinehart Green, 57, of 2004 Norfolk Street, Kill Devil Hills, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Linda was born in Chowan County on June 11, 1959, and was the daughter of Benny Dale Rinehart, Sr. and Barbara Spencer Rinehart of Edenton. A manager with H & R Block Tax Service,...

Joseph Mixon

Joseph Mixon

Apr 12, 2017

   Joseph Mixon, 78, of 1030 Halls Creek Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in Heritage Care, Elizabeth City.

 

   Mr. Mixon was born in South Carolina on April 4, 1939. Self-employed in maintenance, he attended Pearl Street Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Frances Mixon.

 

   A memorial service will be...

Shirley Harrell Platts

Shirley Harrell Platts

Apr 11, 2017

   Shirley Harrell Platts, 81, of 531 Merrimac Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mrs. Platts was born in Chowan County on December 17, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Lester Isaac and Lonie Evans Harrell. A graduate of East Carolina University, she was a retired teacher, having worked in...

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