Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Mattie Lee Owens Wilson
Dec 26, 2015
Mattie Lee Owens Wilson, 97, formerly of Gates County, NC, passed away peacefully in Autumn Care of Suffolk on Saturday, December 26, 2015.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Gates County on December 6, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Julian Wood Owens, Sr. and Annie Lassiter Owens. In addition to taking care of her children and grandchildren, she...
Sara Hurdle Ballenger
Dec 24, 2015
Sara Hurdle Ballenger, a native of Edenton, NC, and a resident of Norfolk, VA since 1960, passed away early on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015 in her home where she was surrounded by her friends.
A former member of Edenton United Methodist Church, and a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Norfolk, VA, she had retired as an...
Buck Godwin
Dec 24, 2015
Adolphus Pilston “Buck” Godwin, III, of Newton Grove, NC, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 24, 2015 in his home with his wife by his side.
Born in Gates County on December 18, 1942, he was the son of the late Judge A. Pilston Godwin, Jr. and Mildred Vann Godwin.
Buck's career in law enforcement spanned nearly...
Robert Donald Dantz
Dec 22, 2015
Robert Donald “Bob” Dantz, 84, of Harrellsville, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Dantz was born in Summit County, OH on November 2, 1931, and was the son of the late Lester Lloyd and Velma Hockensmith Dantz. Retired as a supervisor from Midwest Rubber Company in Barberton, OH, he was a member of Harrellsville...
David Ray Harrell
Dec 22, 2015
David Ray Harrell, 85, of 227 Tynch Town Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in his home.
Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on November 25, 1930, and was one of 15 children born to the late Elisha Cornelius and Dixie Bell Bunch Harrell. A retired maintenance engineer from Vidant Chowan Hospital after more than 30 years...
Horace Edward White
Dec 21, 2015
Horace Edward White, 74, of 757 Ocean Highway North, Hertford, NC, died Monday, December 21, 2015 in his home.
Mr. White was born in Perquimans County on April 13, 1941, and was the son of the late Kader Silas and Miley Hollowell White. Retired as a supervisor in the Bridge Maintenance Division of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, he...
Vera Jane Amerson
Dec 20, 2015
Vera Jane Owens Howell Amerson, 80, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of Corapeake, went to be with the Lord peacefully on the early morning of Sunday, December 20, 2015.
Born October 21, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Walter Carver and Rosie Lee Owens. A homemaker, she was originally from Alabama and had also spent many...
Kathryn Lane Byrum
Dec 19, 2015
Kathryn Lane Byrum, 85, of 2227 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 in her home.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Perquimans County on December 28, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Pailen and Lillian Ward Lane. A homemaker, she was formerly employed with United Piece & Dye Works, and as a Teacher’s Assistant...
Doris Page Rogers
Dec 17, 2015
Doris Page Rogers, 73, of Portsmouth, VA, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015 in Maryview Medical Center.
Born and raised in Suffolk, she was the daughter of the late Hal K. and Doris Josephine Deans Rogers. In her late 30’s, she went back to college and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. Her chosen profession was serving as...
Charles Nelson Hogge
Dec 17, 2015
Charles Nelson “Boogie” Hogge, 70, of 4500 Gilbert’s Beach Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, December 17, 2015 in his home.
Mr. Hogge was born in Yorktown, VA and was the son of Hilda Mae Crockett Hogge of Newport News, VA and the late Garland Goodwin Hogge, Sr. A retired pipefitter with Local Union #540, he was a Navy veteran of...
Elisabeth Thach McCloskey
Dec 16, 2015
Elisabeth Thach McCloskey, 74, of 3657 Amherst St., Norfolk, VA, died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 in her home. Mrs. McCloskey was born in Perquimans County, NC, on December 22, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Richard Benjamin, Sr. and Elizabeth Brown Shannonhouse Thach. Employed for many years as a housemother with DePaul School of Nursing and more recently...
L. Marcus Harrell
Dec 14, 2015
Lloyd Marcus “Mark” Harrell, 87, of 235 Tynch Town Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 14, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on June 29, 1928, and was one of 15 children born to the late Elisha Cornelius and Dixie Bell Bunch Harrell. A retired farmer, commercial fisherman, and building contractor, he was...
Jane Vande Brake Hubers
Dec 12, 2015
Jane Alicia Vande Brake Hubers, 83, of Christian School Road, Pantego, NC, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Hubers was born in Sioux Center, Iowa on June 6, 1932 and was the daughter of the late Bert H. and Agnes Den Ouden Vande Brake. A homemaker, she was a member of Covenant United Reformed Church. In addition...
Elma Alexander Twiddy Tyler
Dec 10, 2015
Elma Alexander Twiddy Tyler, 93, of Suffolk, VA, and formerly of Edenton, NC and Norfolk, VA, died Thursday, December 10, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Tyler was born on October 4, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Samuel Thomas and Ella Holmes Alexander. Employed as a bookkeeper with Bank of America from which she retired in 1982, she...
Vonnie Brown
Dec 10, 2015
On December 10, 2015, Anita Stillman Brown, better known as Vonnie Brown, of Hertford, NC, passed away in her home. A retired banker, she was the daughter of the late C.J. and Marial Gibbs Stillman and the step-daughter of the late Barbara White Stillman. Vonnie grew up in Edenton and graduated from John A. Holmes High School. Surviving are her...
O. Eugene Moore
Dec 8, 2015
Oley Eugene Moore, 76, of 508 Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Moore was born on September 14, 1939, and was the son of the late Frank and Irene Bright Moore. A retired driver with both Estes and Schneider Truck Lines, he was a member of Zion United...
Stella Hill Wall Burgess
Dec 8, 2015
Stella Hill Wall Burgess, 94, formerly of Winton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in her home near Hickory after a period of declining health. Mrs. Burgess was born in Hertford County on October 5, 1921, and was a daughter of the late Leewood and Stella Hill Wall, and step-daughter of the late Sybil Burgess Wall. A homemaker,...
Raymond Powers
Dec 7, 2015
Raymond Powers, 74, of 345 Camp Perry Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, December 7, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Powers was born in Camden County on June 23, 1941, and was the son of the late Mack and Clara Mae Simmons Powers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Hazel Ballance, and...
Andrea DeViller Miller
Dec 7, 2015
Andrea RoseEmma DeViller Miller, 83, of 102 Iredell Drive, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 7, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Miller was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on August 8, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Roger L. and Julia Surette DeViller. A homemaker and retired bookkeeper, she had worked with the Edenton Clothes Closet where she was their...
Florence Lamb Poulos
Dec 2, 2015
Florence Louise Lamb Poulos, 70, formerly of Elizabeth City, NC, and more recently of Hertford Manor, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in LifeCare Hospital, Rocky Mount, NC. Mrs. Poulos was born on December 21, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Louis Dempsey and Ellie Ferrell Lamb. A homemaker, she had formerly worked as a grocery clerk and was...
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