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Elsie Bunch Nixon
May 2, 2016
Elsie Mae Bunch Nixon, (Ms. Elsie, as who is known by most and Grammie, as she is known by family), 94, went peacefully to heaven on May 2, 2016. She was born in Chowan County, NC, the daughter of the late John S. Bunch and Rosa Mary Bunch, and lived most of her life in Rocky Hock, a community of...
Clay Brock, Jr.
May 2, 2016
Clayton Randolph “Clay” Brock, Jr., 31, of 7137 South Quay Road, Suffolk, VA, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Clay was born in Suffolk, VA on June 21, 1984. A salesman, he was a member of Holy Neck Christian Church, was a diehard Washington Redskins fan, and also loved watching Jeopardy and cooking.
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Herbert Hoover Gay
May 2, 2016
Herbert Hoover Gay, 85, formerly of Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 in Petersburg, VA.
Mr. Gay was born in Chowan County on January 29, 1931 and was the son of the late Charlie and Estelle Gay. He was a retired painter.
Surviving are three nieces and one nephew, and many other extended family members...
Guy Percy Williams, Sr.
May 2, 2016
Guy Percy Williams, Sr., 89, formerly of Poplar Neck Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 in Pruitthealth-Neuse, New Bern, NC.
Mr. Williams was born in Chowan County on October 26, 1926, and was the son of the late Percy Lee and Zannie Lucas Williams. A retired farmer, who for many years was employed with Chowan...
Frances Ann Smith Greene
May 2, 2016
Frances Ann Smith Greene, 74, of 98 Harrell Lane, Eure, NC, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 in The Gates House.
Mrs. Greene was born in Tarpon Springs, FL on October 30, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Neal and Inez Rasmussen Smith. She was raised in Norfolk, VA and was a graduate of Princess Anne...
Pete Mansfield
Apr 30, 2016
Eugene Nixon “Pete” Mansfield, Sr., 77, of 436 Ocean Highway North, Hertford, NC, joined his deceased loved ones, on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from the Sentara Hospice House in Virginia Beach.
Pete was born in Perquimans County on February 16, 1939, and was the son of the late William McKinley Mansfield and Annie Julia Nixon Mansfield. A hard worker all...
John David Ayscue
Apr 30, 2016
John David Ayscue, 85, of 1219 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Ayscue was born in Perquimans County on January 4, 1931, and was the son of the late Joseph Roger and Irma Bagley Ayscue. A retired Senior Master Sgt. from the United States Air Force after...
Esther Marriner Williams
Apr 28, 2016
Esther Mae Marriner Lambiase Williams, 76, of 1303 Possum Quarter Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Williams was born in Chowan County on January 24, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Howard and Esther Davenport Marriner. A homemaker, she had also been employed in retail sales for many years. A...
Willie Lee Felton
Apr 27, 2016
Willie Lee Felton, 67, of 124 Center Hill Church Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Felton was born in Chowan County on July 3, 1948, and was the son of Augustine Felton Copeland of Jamaica, New York and the late Anthony Cleophus Coston, Sr. Formerly employed with Chowan Hospital...
Judith Ann Giaramita Andrade
Apr 25, 2016
Judith Ann Giaramita Andrade, 73, of 337 Riverfront Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Andrade was born in Contra Costa County, CA on January 25, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Frank and Dorothy Paasch Giaramita. A retired tax preparer, she was a faithful member of St. Anne Catholic...
Ray Copeland White
Apr 24, 2016
Ray Copeland White, 72, of 169 Four Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 24, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. White was born in Perquimans County on October 11, 1943, and was the son of the late Clyde Melton, Sr. and Edna Copeland White. A retired bridge operator from the North Carolina Department of Transportation Bridge...
Mabel Boyce Evans Lane
Apr 24, 2016
Mabel Boyce Evans Lane, 92, of 902 Johnston Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Lane was born in Chowan County on April 21, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Baker Boyce and Janie Elizabeth Byrum Boyce. A homemaker, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
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Donald Eugene Morris
Apr 22, 2016
Donald Eugene Morris, US Navy Retired, 75, of 104 Erie Trail, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 22, 2016 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford.
Mr. Morris was born in Chipley, FL on April 7, 1941, and was the son of the late Brown and Myrtle Mathis Morris. A retired Master Chief from the US Navy after 26 years...
Dorothy Wright Lane
Apr 22, 2016
Dorothy Wright Lane, 75, of 1911 Ocean Highway, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Lane was born in Chowan County on May 17, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Major McKinley Wright and Sarah Virginia “Ginny” Johnson Wright. A homemaker, she was a member of Albemarle Baptist Church.
Surviving are her...
Melvin Carroll Lane, Sr.
Apr 21, 2016
Melvin Carroll Lane, Sr., 78, of 417 Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from Sentara Norfolk Heart Hospital, where he was surrounded by his family and loved ones.
Mr. Lane was born in Chowan County on October 5, 1937, and was the son of the late Luther and Leora...
Virgil William Leisure
Apr 20, 2016
Virgil William Leisure, 64, of Hertford, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Leisure was born in Madison County, IN on August 22, 1951, and was the son of the late George Truman and Mary Jane McPherson Leisure. A retired electrician, he was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. In addition...
Harold Saum Ford
Apr 19, 2016
Harold Saum Ford, 87, of Queen Anne Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016.
Mr. Ford was born in Cumberland, MD on June 25, 1928, and was the son of the late Emanuel Harold and Wilhelmina Elizabeth McRae Ford. Retired from Chrysler Corporation, he was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church. A veteran, he had served in the...
Rita Welsh Umphlett
Apr 19, 2016
Rita Welsh Umphlett, 84, of Halprin Drive, Norfolk, VA and formerly of Hertford, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk.
Mrs. Umphlett was born in Islington, Newfoundland, Canada on October 12, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Isreal and Violet Welsh. A homemaker, she was a member of Berea Church of Christ. In...
Elisha Rodgers
Apr 18, 2016
Elisha Rodgers, 91, of 1107 NC Hwy 32 South, Hobbsville, NC, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 in his home. Mr. Rodgers was born in Gates County on November 21, 1924, and was the son of the late George and Maude Goodman Rodgers. Retired as a custodian from Gates County High School after 27 years of employment, he was always...
John Pearce Chilcoat, IV
Apr 16, 2016
John Pearce Chilcoat IV, 45, of 113 Robin Lane, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
John was born in Washington, DC on September 9, 1970, and was the son of Judith Wilson Chilcoat of Edenton and the late John P. Chilcoat III. A paralegal, he was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
In addition...
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