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David Lee Boyce, Sr.

David Lee Boyce, Sr.

Feb 11, 2016

   David Lee Boyce, Sr., 75, of 192 Mill Road, Hertford, NC, passed from this life on Thursday, February 11, 2016 surrounded by his loving family in the comfort of his own home.

 

   Mr. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on December 27, 1940, was the son of the late Roy Lee and Jessie S. Boyce, and spent his entire...

Margaret White Jezard

Margaret White Jezard

Feb 11, 2016

   Margaret Lee White Jezard, 73, of 1232 Northside Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2016.

 

   Mrs. Jezard was born in the Corapeake community of Gates County on August 10, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Wilson and Virgie Lee Bunch White. The former owner and operator of BERMAR Gas Service, Inc., she...

Agnes Smith Bembridge

Agnes Smith Bembridge

Feb 11, 2016

   Agnes Louise Smith Bembridge, 84, of 8977 Mackey’s Road, Roper, NC, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 in her home.

 

   Mrs. Bembridge was born in Bertie County on May 25, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Cleveland and Sarah Elizabeth Goodman Smith. A homemaker, for over 25 years she had also driven a handicap school bus for Washington...

Mary Ellen Felton Eure

Mary Ellen Felton Eure

Feb 10, 2016

   Mary Ellen Felton Eure, 88, of 287 Turner Road, Eure, NC, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Mrs. Eure was born in Gates County on April 12, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Zachariah S. and Jana Greene Felton. A homemaker, later in life she had served as a caregiver to many in...

Annie Laurie Beasley Skinner

Annie Laurie Beasley Skinner

Feb 10, 2016

   Annie Laurie Beasley Skinner, 98, of Chambers Ferry Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

 

   Mrs. Skinner was born in Chowan County on September 9, 1917 and was the daughter of the late Robert Augustus and Johnnie Florence Outlaw Beasley. A homemaker, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist...

Suzanne Anderson Story

Suzanne Anderson Story

Feb 10, 2016

   Suzanne Nicole Anderson Story, 36, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at her home following a tragic accident.

 

   Ms. Story was born in Pasquotank County on August 26, 1979, and was the daughter of Debbie Scalf Brown of Hertford and Lewis Anderson of Virginia Beach, VA. A homemaker, she was a member of Chapel on the...

Justin Thomas Long

Justin Thomas Long

Feb 9, 2016

   After a protracted battle with cancer, Justin Thomas Long, of Eure, NC, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at the age of 37 in his home where he was surrounded by his family and friends. Justin fought his illness with courage, humility, and dignity, and the strength he showed with each day of his battle was a testament to his willingness...

Doris Mae Grubbs

Doris Mae Grubbs

Feb 8, 2016

   Doris Mae Grubbs, 74, of Hertford, NC was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 8, 2016.

 

   Born in Wilson, NC, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Martha Watson. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, she spent much of her life in Portsmouth, VA and was a devout member of...

E. Randolph Temple

E. Randolph Temple

Feb 8, 2016

Edmund Randolph Temple died on February 8, 2016, in Southampton Memorial Hospital's East Pavilion in Franklin, Virginia where he had been a resident for the past few years. He was 75 years old.

 

Mr. Temple was born September 29, 1940 in Lawrenceville, Virginia, the son of the late Edward Randolph Temple and Louise Mise Temple Davis. A graduate of...

Roxie Spruill Hollowell

Roxie Spruill Hollowell

Feb 6, 2016

   Roxie Spruill Hollowell, 95, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, and formerly of the Rocky Hock community, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

 

   Mrs. Hollowell was born on August 5, 1920 in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Willie Warren and Frossie Hare Spruill. A homemaker, she was a...

Marshia Irene Tarkington Stevenson

Marshia Irene Tarkington Stevenson

Feb 6, 2016

   Marshia Irene Tarkington Stevenson, 59, of 106 Myrtle Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016 in her home.

 

   Mrs. Stevenson was born in Chowan County on September 23, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Paul Alton and Frances Harrell Tarkington. She was formerly employed with Pelikan Corp. and as a cashier in the grocery business.

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George Emerson White, Jr.

George Emerson White, Jr.

Feb 5, 2016

   George Emerson White, Jr., 61, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 in his home.

 

   Mr. White was born in Pasquotank County on August 10, 1954, and was the son of the late George Emerson, Sr. and Glennie Lee Chambers White. He retired from City Beverage Company after 26 years of service. In addition to his...

Worth Hippen-steel Hare, Jr.

Worth Hippen-steel Hare, Jr.

Feb 5, 2016

   Worth Hippen-steel Hare, Jr., 54, of 141 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC.

 

   Mr. Hare was born in Chowan County on July 10, 1961, and was the son of the late Worth H., Sr. and Elsie Hassell Hare. The owner of Worth H. Hare & Son House Moving,...

Elsie Bunch Gregory

Elsie Bunch Gregory

Feb 5, 2016

      Elsie Bunch Gregory, 97, of The Albemarle Village, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

 

   Mrs. Gregory was born in Chowan County on August 27, 1918 and was the daughter of the late Mark and Vera Bass Bunch. A homemaker, in years past she had worked as a clerk at...

Linda Lant Davenport

Linda Lant Davenport

Feb 2, 2016

   Linda Jean Lant Davenport, 64, of 315B Hwy 45 South, Cofield, NC, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2016 in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

 

    Born in Norfolk, VA on January 15, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Mavis Hawthorne Lant.

 

   Surviving are her husband of 47 years, Eugene Carroll Davenport; three daughters, Barbara...

Carlton Ray Boyce

Carlton Ray Boyce

Jan 28, 2016

   Carlton Ray “Flute” Boyce, 66, of 1019 NC Hwy 37 North, Gates, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC following an extended illness.

 

   Carlton, a life-long resident of Gates County, was born on March 11, 1949, and was the son of the late Samuel Pearl and Edna Nixon Boyce. He had...

Michael P. Raymond

Michael P. Raymond

Jan 26, 2016

   Michael P. "Mike" Raymond, 77, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

 

   Born in Greenwich, CT, he was the son of the late Paul Elsbach and Anna Waselefsky Raymond. Mike enjoyed boating on the Long Island Sound, scuba diving and piloting small aircraft. He and his father trained the...

Eunice Chappell Boyce

Eunice Chappell Boyce

Jan 23, 2016

   Eunice Chappell Boyce, 91, of 138 Ainsley Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016 in her home.

    Mrs. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on August 27, 1924 and was the daughter of the late George W. and Rachel C. Chappell. A homemaker and Navy wife, she was a member of Piney Woods Friends Meeting.

    In addition...

Miriam Hurdle Swain

Miriam Hurdle Swain

Jan 21, 2016

   Miriam Harriett Hurdle Swain, 56, of 231 Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

 

   Mrs. Swain, a lifelong resident of Perquimans County, was born on January 5, 1960, and was the daughter of the late Howard Doctrine Hurdle and Hazel Blanchard Hurdle. A graduate of East Carolina University, she had...

Kelsey Lynne Elkins

Kelsey Lynne Elkins

Jan 20, 2016

   Kelsey Lynne Elkins, 21, formerly of Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 in Windsor, NC.

 

   Born in Norfolk, VA on May 6, 1994, she was the daughter of the late Robert E., Jr. and Mary Jo Elkins.

 

   Left to cherish her memory are her two brothers, Robert J. Elkins and Dakota L. Elkins; a sister,...

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