Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Joyce Brett Lee
Jul 5, 2016
Joyce Adelia Brett Lee, 89, of 103 Parker’s Fishery Road, Winton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gatesville.
Mrs. Lee was born in Southampton County, VA on September 13, 1926, and was the daughter of the late James Guy and Ruth Cooke Brett. A homemaker, she had in years past...
Kenneth Steele Rowsey
Jul 4, 2016
Infant Kenneth Steele Rowsey was born and died on Monday, July 4, 2016 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Surviving are his parents, Dalton Rowsey and Ashley Dunn; his sister, Raven Rowsey; his grandmothers, Jeannette Medina of Tappahannock, VA and Betsy Rowsey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and many other extended family members. They had all looked so forward to...
Marlynn Payne Pilegard
Jul 4, 2016
Marlynn Payne (Lynn) Pilegard, 86, died on Monday, July 4, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Pilegard was born in Elmira, NY, and was the daughter of the late Glenn and Myrtle Payne. She was a member of Edenton United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward M. Pilegard, Sr.;...
Rene Hunter Kuzniar
Jul 2, 2016
René Michelle Hunter Kuzniar, 48, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016 in Charlotte, NC after complications of a courageous ten-month battle with cancer. A native of Hertford, NC, she was the daughter of Diana Spivey McDonnell Watson and her husband, J. Edward “Buddy” Watson, III of Charlotte and Wayland G. “Pete” Hunter of Hertford and his late wife, Elaine...
Marlene Clifton Bunch
Jul 2, 2016
Marlene Clifton Bunch, 84, of Spivey Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Bunch was born in Washington County on March 20, 1932, and was the oldest of eight children born to the late Aaron Lindsey and Virginia Davenport Clifton. A retired nursing assistant from Chowan Hospital in Edenton, she was a...
Alice Dawson Hughes
Jun 28, 2016
Alice Grey Dawson Hughes, 94, formerly of Capehart’s Church Road, Merry Hill, NC, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 in Three Rivers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Windsor.
Mrs. Hughes was born in Bertie County on October 12, 1921, and was the daughter of the late William George Dawson, Sr. and Hattie Pierce Dawson. A homemaker, she was a...
L. Earl Blanchard
Jun 26, 2016
Leslie Earl Blanchard, 77, of 147 Sandy Ridge Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Blanchard was born in Chowan County on November 25, 1938, and was the son of the late Leslie Eugene and Nancy Boyce Blanchard. Retired from Harvey Point, he was a member of Center Hill Baptist...
Roy Lee Reed
Jun 25, 2016
Roy Lee Reed, 97, of 304 North Front Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016 in his home.
Mr. Reed was born February 21, 1919 at home in Perquimans County, and was the son of the late Corprew Wilson Reed and Sally Myrtle Litchfield Reed. A seventh generation in America descendant of William Reed (William Reed...
Della Fay Ward Allen
Jun 24, 2016
Della Fay Ward Allen, 77, of 580 Swing Gate Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016 in her home.
Mrs. Allen was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Thomas David and Mattie Twine Ward. She and her husband owned and operated Allen's BP, and Allen's Archery, Gun & Tackle for many...
Donald John Fenner
Jun 21, 2016
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend: Donald John Fenner, of Edenton, NC died at home, in his sleep, surrounded by his family Tuesday night, June 21, 2016, at 10:00 p.m.
Don was born in Mexico, NY on March 29, 1927, and was the son of Sherman and Frances Fenner. He had one brother, Alvin Gilmore Fenner and many aunts, uncles, and...
Mildred E. Jarec Warner
Jun 21, 2016
Mildred E. Jarec Warner, 96, of West Second Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC.
Mrs. Warner was born in Alleghany County, PA on December 26, 1919, the only child of the late Steven and Anna Pikula Jarec. A retired Registered Nurse, she had been employed with Bucyrus Erie in Glassport,...
Travis Alvin Cline
Jun 20, 2016
Travis Alvin Cline, 68, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Cline was born in Mingo County, WV on June 16, 1948, and was the son of Anita Cline Miyasato of Grandy and the late Dexter Cline. A retired commercial truck driver, he was a member of Faith Baptist Church,...
Floyd Matthews
Jun 20, 2016
Johnnie Floyd Matthews, 71, of Hertford, NC, died Monday, June 20, 2016 in Hertford Manor.
Mr. Matthews was born in Pasquotank County on March 14, 1945, and was the son of the late Johnnie Floyd, Sr. and Dorothy Whedbee Mathews. A retired farmer, he was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his daughter, Sheryl Korzeniowski...
Denis Lewis
Jun 19, 2016
Denis Lewis, 75, of 103 Seagull Drive, Winton, NC, and formerly of Kembridge, VA, died Sunday, June 19, 2016.
Mr. Lewis was born in England and was the son of the late Jerome W. and Doris Lewis Nipper. He was a retired driver in the trucking industry.
Surviving are four brothers, Jerome D. “Jerry” Nipper of Portsmouth, VA,...
Walter G. "Jake" Sawyer
Jun 17, 2016
Walter G. "Jake" Sawyer, 78, of 211 Lovick Lane, Pantego, NC, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Sawyer was born in Hyde County on December 14, 1937, and was the son of the late Walter Acton Sawyer and Mable Lowe Sawyer Marshall. A lifelong farmer, he attended Alligood Church of God in Washington. An...
Marvin S. Wiggins
Jun 16, 2016
Marvin S. Wiggins, 91, of 308 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC died Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Wiggins was born in Gates County on November 7, 1924, and was one of eleven children born to the late J.S. and Daisy Stallings Wiggins. A farmer, he was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church...
Madelyn Marie Byrum
Jun 16, 2016
Madelyn Marie Byrum, 14, of 309 Goodwin Mill Road, Hertford, NC died tragically on Thursday, June 16, 2016 as the result of injuries received in an ATV accident on the family farm.
Madelyn was born on July 3, 2001 in Chowan County and was the daughter of Paul Matthew Byrum, Jr. and Carrie Bridgers Byrum. Madelyn had just completed the...
Herbert Thomas Barnes
Jun 14, 2016
Herbert Thomas Barnes, 51, of 2847 Davenport Fork Road, Creswell, NC died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Barnes was born in Chowan County on December 20, 1964, and was the son of Glenda Woodley Barnes of Creswell and the late John Ray Barnes. He was a self-employed carpenter.
Surviving in addition to his mother are...
Marie Forehand Owens Anderson
Jun 13, 2016
Marie Forehand Owens Anderson, 91, of 1331 Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, June 13, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Chowan County on July 18, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Fate and Nora McClenney Forehand. Restaurant work was her passion, and for many years she owned...
Bruce Allen Rountree
Jun 13, 2016
Bruce Allen Rountree, 64, of Choctaw Trail, Chowan County, NC, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC.
Mr. Rountree was born in Suffolk, VA on August 1, 1951, and was the son of the late Richard Jackson Rountree, Sr. and Patricia Faller Rountree. Formerly employed in maintenance with United Piece & Dye Works,...
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