Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
Dianne Divers White
Apr 11, 2016
Dianne Divers White, 73, departed this life and took our Lord’s hand, on Monday, April 11, 2016 in her home at Windsor Point Retirement Community in Fuquay Varina.
A life-long resident of Hertford, Dianne moved to Wake County to be closer to her daughter’s family, however, Hertford was always her home and she treasured the many memories she made there...
Mary Mae Bullock
Apr 11, 2016
Mary Mae Sizemore Bullock, 91, of High Street, Hertford, NC, died Monday, April 11, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Bullock was born in Yadkin County on November 23, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Dewey Columbus and Emma Anna Mull Sizemore. Employed as a bookkeeper with Lockheed Martin for several years, she later worked...
Denise Harrell Dail
Apr 11, 2016
Denise Harrell Dail, 53, of 145 Hunter’s Fork Road, Tyner, NC, left this world to be with her Heavenly Father, on Monday, April 11, 2016 from Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Denise was born on May 8, 1962 and was a life-long resident of Chowan County. A faithful member of Center Hill Baptist Church, she had recently been attending Fountain...
Billy Carawan
Apr 10, 2016
William Earl “Billy” Carawan, 54, of 215 Oak Grove Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, April 10, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Carawan was born in Virginia Beach, VA on September 6, 1961, and was the son of Vicki Dale Joyner Williams of Edenton and the late George Franklin Williams. Employed as a carpenter in residential construction, he was a...
Christopher Paul Williams
Apr 10, 2016
Christopher Paul Williams, 39, of 1743C Ocean Highway, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016 in his home.
Chris was born on November 3, 1976 in Chowan County, and was the son of Kenneth W. Williams, Jr. of Edenton and the late Patricia Ann Tarkington Williams. He was employed as a sub-contractor with B & B Homebuilders.
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Richard Andrew Blanchard
Apr 8, 2016
Richard Andrew Blanchard, 73, of Shortcut Road, Barco, NC, died Friday, April 8, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Blanchard was born in Currituck County on March 2, 1943, and was the son of the late Andrew and Lena Smith Blanchard. Retired from Civil Service as an Executive Officer of Training, Development and Analysis at Fort Monroe, he was a...
Jim Foxx
Apr 7, 2016
Graydon James “Jim” Foxx, 77, of 174 Mt. Pleasant Road, Creswell, NC, died Thursday, April 7, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Foxx was born in Marion, Indiana on April 7, 1939, and was the son of the late Graydon Arnold and Betty Foxx. Retired from the United States Navy after serving for more than 20 years, he then began...
Jerry Mack Byrum, Sr.
Apr 7, 2016
Jerry Mack Byrum, Sr., 66, of 535 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, April 7, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County on July 10, 1949, and was the son of the late Jesse Leroy, Sr. and Nina Pauline Jordan Byrum. A retired carpenter, for the last several years he had worked with Pine Ridge...
Kathleen M. Aylmer
Apr 6, 2016
Kathleen M. Aylmer, 81, a former resident of Edenton, NC from 1991 to 2012, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Tucson, AZ.
Mrs. Aylmer was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 20, 1935 and grew up in Woodhaven, NY. She attended St. Thomas Apostle Church and School and went to Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, Queens....
Ima Jean Waff
Apr 6, 2016
Ima Jean Layton Waff, 83, of 103 Crestwood Lane, Edenton, NC, and known to many as “Mama Jean”, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro.
Mrs. Waff was born in Chowan County on September 12, 1932 and was the daughter of the late John and Bertha Harrell Layton. A member of Macedonia Baptist Church,...
Braxton Lorenzo Jones
Apr 4, 2016
Braxton Lorenzo Jones, 83, of 644 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016 in Waterbrook of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Jones was born in Pasquotank County on January 4, 1933, and was the last surviving of 12 children born to the late Howard B. and Lillie J. Jones. A retired commercial truck driver, he was...
Lanny Cowan, Jr.
Apr 4, 2016
Robert Lansing “Lanny” Cowan, Jr., 72, Master Sergeant, USAF Ret., of 104 Sunset Street, Harrellsville, NC, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Cowan was born in Bertie County on December 30, 1943, and was the son of the late Robert L. Cowan, Sr. and the late Mavis Joyner Cowan. He retired in...
Robert Donnelly Heyl
Apr 3, 2016
Robert D. Heyl, 93, of 510 Kimberly Drive, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, April 3, 2016 in Windsor House.
Mr. Heyl was born in New York, NY on June 17, 1922, and was the son of the late Albert D. and Besse Jones Heyl. A retired mechanical engineer with Young Industries in Muncy, PA, he attended Syracuse University and Lycoming...
Carolyn White English
Apr 1, 2016
Carolyn Faith White English, 73, of 334 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. English was born in Roxboro, Person County, NC on October 18, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Archie Graham and Thelma Hobgood White. A bookkeeper, she had retired from the Dixon Law...
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