Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Bruce Elbert Winslow
May 26, 2016
Bruce Elbert Winslow, 76, of 1579 NC Hwy 32 North, Corapeake, NC, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Winslow was born in Gates County on February 18, 1940, and was the son of the late Edd Ocil and Myrtle Copeland Winslow. A retired machine installation foreman from Newport News Shipbuilding, he was a member of Eureka...
Polly Cely Hollowell
May 25, 2016
Polly Cely Hollowell, 97, of Hertford, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. She was the wife of the late Robert Louis Hollowell, Sr.
Mrs. Hollowell was born in Easley, SC on February 21, 1919, and was the daughter of the late John Luther and Mamie Lou Ellison Cely. She first attended Winthrop...
Harvey Wayne Askew
May 24, 2016
Harvey Wayne Askew, 44, 0f 203 Bedford Court, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Maryview Medical Center.
Mr. Askew as born in Portsmouth on July 21, 1971, and was the son of the late John Wilbert and Betty Harrell Askew. Prior to his health deteriorating, he was employed as a mechanic and in building supply delivery.
In addition...
Corinne Forehand Thorud
May 23, 2016
Corinne Forehand Thorud, 92, of Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Thorud was born in Chowan County on September 12, 1923, and was the daughter of the late John Lester and Allie Gardner Forehand. A homemaker, she was an active and vibrant member of her community. A faithful member...
Pattie Sitterson Byrum
May 23, 2016
Pattie Elizabeth Sitterson Byrum, 97, of Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Chowan County on September 6, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Sadie Lane Sitterson. Retired from the Chowan County Tax Dept., she was the oldest member of Edenton Baptist...
Nelle Carter Willey
May 23, 2016
Nelle Louise Carter Willey, 93, of Abbotswood at Stonehenge, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N.C.
Mrs. Willey was born on November 12, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Charles Herman Carter, Sr. and Rosa Nell Welch Carter. A graduate of East Carolina Teacher’s College, now ECU, she taught Home Economics at...
Joyce Whitaker Smith
May 20, 2016
Joyce Marie Whitaker Smith, 76, of Benthall Bridge Road, Murfreesboro, NC, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 in Brookdale of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Smith was born in Durham County on June 10, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Everette and Frankie Swing Whitaker. A retired secretary with the Northampton County Dept. of Social Services, she was...
L. C. Proctor
May 18, 2016
L.C. Proctor, 79, of 687 Pender Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Proctor was born in Perquimans County on February 6, 1937, and was the son of the late Louis Linwood and Nellie Lane Proctor. A retired farmer and commercial fisherman, he was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and had served...
Helen Evans Swain
May 18, 2016
Helen Faye Evans Swain, 71, of 234 Riverby Farm Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton.
Mrs. Swain was born in Chowan County on February 9, 1945, and was the daughter of the late James Elton and Willie Marie Casper Evans. A homemaker, in addition to her parents...
Donald Riddick
May 15, 2016
James Donald Riddick, 77, of 119 Beech Fork Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday morning, May 15, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Riddick was born in Gates County on April 22, 1939, and was the son of the late Johnnie Alfred “Jack” Riddick and Desma Hendrix Riddick. A farmer who enjoyed his lifelong trade, he continued working after...
Sara Byrum Chappell
May 14, 2016
Sara Leigh Byrum Chappell, 77, of 58 Middle Swamp Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016 in WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh.
Sara was born in Gates County on September 20, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Selby Lee and Hettie Nixon Byrum. She retired from First Citizens Bank, formerly The Farmer’s Bank of...
Joyce Lane Horne
May 14, 2016
Joyce Lane Horne, 71, most recently of Mebane, NC, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016 in Elizabeth City where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Horne was born on May 1, 1945, and was the daughter of the late James Louis and Queen Trueblood Lane. Working as a hairdresser in Elizabeth City from 1968 to 1981, she...
Brian Christopher Clapp
May 12, 2016
Brian Christopher Clapp, 36, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016 in Elizabeth City.
Brian was born in Durham, NC on February 5, 1980, and was employed as a Catastrophic Agent with Allstate Insurance Company.
Surviving are his parents, Trish Askew Joines and husband T.J. of Mebane, and Christopher Lee Clapp and wife Vicky of Danbury; his children,...
Emily Byrum Oliver
May 12, 2016
Emily Elizabeth Byrum O’Berry Oliver, 96, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and more recently of Fredericksburg, VA, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Mrs. Oliver was born in Gates County on October 24, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Milton H. and Inez Hofler Byrum. Retired from Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie after 23 years of employment, she was...
Joan King Perry
May 10, 2016
Joan Leigh King Perry, 64, of 705 Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Perry was a native of Gates County, born November 27, 1951 to the late Lionel Vincent and Iola Leigh King. Retired from Chowan Medical Center, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church.
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Dorris Byrum White
May 9, 2016
Dorris Frances Byrum White, 88, of 204 Holiday Island Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. White was born in Perquimans County on October 27, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Edward Andrew and Martha Etta “Pattie” Jordan Byrum. Employed with Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation for 52 years, she retired...
Harmon Edward White
May 6, 2016
Harmon Edward White, 77, of 342 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016 in his home.
Mr. White was born in Tyrrell County on October 21, 1938, and was the son of the late Leon Edward White and Gussie West Congleton. The retired owner and operator of White’s Country Store in the Cape Colony community,...
Thomas Carroll Layden
May 4, 2016
Thomas Carroll Layden, 97, of 204 Saunders Street, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Layden was born in Perquimans County on June 13, 1918, and was the son of the late Thomas Parker and Luna Winslow Layden. A United States Navy veteran of World War II, he spent his professional...
Annie Martha Spruill Hare Harrell
May 3, 2016
Annie Martha Spruill Hare Harrell, 87, formerly of Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mrs. Harrell was born in Chowan County on February 14, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Lawson and Ruby Tarkington Spruill. Formerly employed with both the Chowan County Tax, and Register of Deeds offices,...
Thelma Tucker Miller
May 2, 2016
Thelma Rosalie Tucker Miller, 88, of 300 Coree Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehab.
Mrs. Miller was born in Baltimore, MD on September 10, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Leon and Kathryn Mims Weiss. Formerly employed with General Electric Corp., in years past she was active...
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