Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Susan Mohr Hassell
Jan 7, 2017
Susan Jane Mohr Hassell, 60, of Shoshone Trail, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Hassell was born in Suffolk County, NY on March 27, 1956, and was the daughter of the late John Schurmann and Jane Elizabeth Barker Mohr. She had been employed as a nursing assistant for many years.
Surviving are...
Jerry Wayne Whedbee
Jan 7, 2017
Jerry Wayne Whedbee, 71, of 101 Russell Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Whedbee was born in Perquimans County on May 8, 1945, and was the son of the late Elsberry and Catherine Smith Whedbee. Retired after serving 22 years in the United States Coast Guard, he...
Thomas Leon Butler
Jan 4, 2017
Thomas Leon Butler, 54, of 324 Hwy 305, Windsor, NC, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mr. Butler was born in Suffolk, VA and was the son of Mary Alice Barnes of Windsor and the late Elmo Jackson Butler. He was a designer with J.C. Penney.
In addition to his mother, he is survived...
Pennaritta Tayloe Thompson
Jan 1, 2017
Pennaritta Tayloe “Penny” Thompson, 74, of Robert Street, Windsor, NC, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mrs. Thompson was born in Edgecombe County on May 9, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Walter Sidney and Lena Moore Rawls Tayloe. A retired high school teacher from Bertie High School having taught for 32...
Kelly Raymond Hare
Dec 31, 2016
Kelly Raymond Hare, 90, of 3032 Kelly’s Beach Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Hare was born in Chowan County on July 15, 1926, and was the son of the late David Richard and Mamie McClenney Hare. A retired farmer, he will long be remembered by his...
Martin Roger Brady, Jr.
Dec 29, 2016
Martin Roger Brady, Jr., of Beech Point Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Brady, born in New York City on November 17, 1938, was the son of the late Martin Roger, Sr. and Evelyn Silkman Brady. A graduate of Fordham University, he retired as the Senior Director of...
Teddie Richard Wright
Dec 29, 2016
Teddie Richard “Ted” Wright, 80, of 225 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Wright was born in Chowan County on July 5, 1936, and was the son of the late Rupert Edgar and Elizabeth Rogerson Wright. A retired Senior Master Sergeant with the US Air Force, he later had...
The Rev. Dr. Walter G. Byrum, Sr.
Dec 26, 2016
The Rev. Dr. Walter Graham Byrum, Sr., 61, of Winterville, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 26, 2016 with his family by his side.
Walter, better known as “Mr. B.”, was born in Chowan County on March 31, 1955, and was the son of the late Murray Forehand Byrum and Grace Wilkins Byrum....
Ann Turnage Hill
Dec 25, 2016
Mary Ann Turnage Hill, 89, of Hwy 158 E, Sunbury, NC, died on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hill was born in Pitt County on June 25, 1927, was the daughter of the late Lester Earl and Wesley Laughinghouse Turnage, and the wife of the late John Darius Hill, Sr....
Rhonda Nichols Fleetwood
Dec 25, 2016
Rhonda Elaine Nichols Fleetwood, 56, of 123 Creek Trail, Hertford, NC, passed away on Christmas morning, December 25, 2016, in her home.
Rhonda was born in Columbus, OH on January 29, 1960, and was the daughter of Carol Lane Nichols of Johnstown, OH and the late Lawrence Leslie Nichols. The retired manager of The Chicken Kitchen in Edenton, she...
Glenn Huylett Perry, Sr.
Dec 23, 2016
Glenn Huylett Perry, Sr., 92, of 213 West Eden Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016 at his home.
Born on October 5, 1924 in Cannon’s Ferry, Chowan County, he was the third oldest of ten children born to John Elmer, Sr. and Mattie Amanda Knight Perry.
An Army veteran of World War II, he...
Frances Meeks Lynch
Dec 23, 2016
Frances Yvonne Meeks Lynch, 88, of 307 Oneida Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Lynch was born on June 12, 1928, in Valdosta, GA and was the daughter of the late Demery and Audrey Chitty Meeks. A retired accountant/secretary with Virginia Chemicals, she later was the director of the Edenton-Chowan Food...
Jorgen Harald Jorgensen
Dec 23, 2016
Jorgen Harald Jorgensen, 79, of Blackfoot Trail, Edenton, NC, died Friday, December 23, 2016.
Mr. Jorgensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 14, 1937, and was the son of the late Earling Laurits Rasmus and Edith Agnes Jorgensen. A retired tool and die maker, he was a veteran of the Danish Defense.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce...
Robert Wayne Halsey
Dec 22, 2016
Robert Wayne Halsey, 74, of 237 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mr. Halsey was born in Chowan County on June 12, 1942, and was the son of the late Edgar Leon, Sr. and Mary Pierce Halsey. While a student at John A. Holmes High School, he played...
Bobby Harrell
Dec 22, 2016
Robert Louis “Bobby” Harrell, Sr., 82, of 1292 NC Hwy 137, Eure, NC, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Harrell was born in Gates County on November 27, 1934, and was the son of the late Jewel Randolph and Nellie Mullen Harrell. Raised in the fellowship of Cool Spring Baptist Church, in the 1950’s he pitched...
Vilma Bright Umphlett
Dec 21, 2016
Vilma Bright Umphlett, 85, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Umphlett was born in Pasquotank County on May 21, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Christine Bright. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Jeanne Harrison Weaver
Dec 19, 2016
Jeanne Harrison Weaver, of Plymouth, NC, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Weaver was born in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Henry Eugene “H.E.”, Sr. and Neva Bateman Harrison. A graduate of Plymouth High School and Salem College, she was employed as a bookkeeper for many years with H.E. Harrison Wholesale...
Anne Curran Chappell
Dec 19, 2016
Anne Curran Chappell, 93, of Sycamore Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 in her home. Anne was born in Chowan County on June 10, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Russell Aubrey Chappell and Mariah Jane Curran Chappell. A homemaker, she had formerly worked at both Chowan Medical Center and Carter’s Ink. A member...
Wayne Evans
Dec 19, 2016
George Wayne Evans, 61, of 102 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 19, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Evans was born in Chowan County on October 13, 1955, and was the son of the late George Wayland Evans and Mabel Boyce Evans Lane, and the step-son of the late Thomas Earl Lane. A self-employed contractor and...
Billie Reed Sloop
Dec 17, 2016
Billie Reed Sloop, 71, formerly of Winfall, NC, and for the past 10 years a resident of Needham Adult Care Home in Shiloh, passed away, Saturday, December 17, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Ms. Sloop was born in Pasquotank County on January 8, 1945 (her true love, Elvis' birthday), and was the daughter of Katherine Hollowell...
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