Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Timothy James Parker
May 30, 2016
Timothy James “Tim” Parker, 89, of 35 Gatlington Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Monday, May 30, 2016 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Parker was born in Gates County on May 22, 1927, and was one of ten children born to the late Thomas B. and Emma Dudley Parker. Retired from Union Camp Corp. (now International Paper)...
Nelda Dail Perry
May 30, 2016
Nelda Dail Perry, 86, formerly of the Snug Harbor community of Hertford, NC, died Monday, May 30, 2016 in Brookdale Assisted Living, Monroe.
Mrs. Perry was born in Virginia Beach, VA on September 22, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Oliver, Sr. and Nellie Dail. A loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and dear friend to...
Marie Bass Turner
May 29, 2016
Marie Bass Turner, 83, of 808 Badham Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Turner was born in Chowan County on December 20, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Hoskins B. Bass, Sr. and Madie Jane Russell Bass. A homemaker, in years past she had worked as an operator with...
Deborah Moore Rollins
May 26, 2016
Deborah Moore Rollins, 51, of 205 W. Maple Street, Gatesville, NC, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 in Gilbert, West Virginia as the result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident. “Debbie” was born July 14, 1964 in Hertford County, NC. She was a registered nurse in the 5K Unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Surviving are two children, Daniel Hobbs...
Robert Lynn Hathaway
May 26, 2016
Robert Lynn Hathaway, 74, of 972 US Hwy 158 East, Sunbury, NC, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Hathaway was born in Reber, NY on September 19, 1941, and was the son of the late Raymond and Ethel Strong Hathaway. A retired manager from the grocery store industry, he was an avid hunter and also enjoyed...
Louis Roy Lamb, Jr.
May 26, 2016
Louis Roy "Bear" Lamb, Jr., 64, of 833 Four Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Lamb was born in Pasquotank County on June 24, 1951, and was the son of the late Louis Roy, Sr. and Anna Louise Ferrell Lamb. A retired commercial truck driver, for many years he...
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...
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