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Eva Neth Spavin

Eva Neth Spavin

Nov 15, 2015

Eva Annie Neth Spavin, 100, of Randolph Loop North, Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2015. Mrs. Spavin was born in Boston, MA on August 17, 1915, and was the last surviving of 10 children born to the late George M. and Debbie Delaney Neth. Before moving to Hertford some 10 years ago to live with...

Robert Holton Cumbia

Robert Holton Cumbia

Nov 14, 2015

Robert Holton Cumbia, of 900 Mohave Trail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Mr. Cumbia was born in Portsmouth, VA on September 16, 1929, and was the last surviving of seven children born to the late George Burnice and Bertha Holton Cumbia. A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School,...

Leslie Yates Kirby

Leslie Yates Kirby

Nov 13, 2015

Leslie Yates Kirby, 80, of 100 South Oakum Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, November 13, 2015 in his home.    Mr. Kirby was born in Perquimans County on December 17, 1934, and was the son of the late Tracy Roscoe and Elizabeth Yates Kirby. A licensed electrical contractor, he owned and operated Kirby’s Electrical, and had taught Electrical Courses at The...

Michael Lee Rowe

Michael Lee Rowe

Nov 13, 2015

Michael Lee Rowe, 69, of 1946 Tara Court, #102, Greenville, NC, and formerly of Edenton, died Friday, November 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Rowe was born on January 25, 1946 in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Alfonzo "Fonzie" and Estelle Lamm Rowe. A retired Systems Analyst with the federal government, he had after his retirement...

Edward O. Smith

Edward O. Smith

Nov 10, 2015

Edward O. Smith, 81, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at his home in Pasadena, California with his wife of 56 years, Anne, and his only child, Becky, by his side.    Ed, as he was known by his friends, was born in Tacoma, Washington on June 16, 1934, and was the son of the late Ray and Margaret...

Shirley Lowe Crabtree

Shirley Lowe Crabtree

Nov 10, 2015

Shirley Ann Lowe Crabtree, 80, of Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Crabtree was born in Cleveland, OH on May 24, 1935, and was the daughter of the late William Clyde and Mary Louise Hamm Lowe. A retired nurse, she was a Lutheran by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Donald B. Bunch, Sr.

Donald B. Bunch, Sr.

Nov 10, 2015

Donald Branch Bunch, Sr., 81, of 674 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Bunch was born in Chowan County on July 20, 1934, and was the son of the late Lonnie and Gertrude Bass Bunch. A retired police officer, he was an Army veteran. In addition to his...

Anna Holak Billek

Anna Holak Billek

Nov 10, 2015

Anna Holak Billek, formerly of Kingston, PA, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City, NC, where she had been a guest. Born April 12, 1918, in Edwardsville, PA, Anna was the second oldest child of five children of the late Michael and Eva Susaraba Holak. She attended local grade schools and was a graduate...

Scott Van Cayton

Scott Van Cayton

Nov 8, 2015

Scott Van Cayton, 61, of Main Street Extended, Elizabeth City, NC, died Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Scott was born in Pasquotank County on July 28, 1954, and was the son of the late William "Little Bud" and Elizabeth Trueblood Cayton. He had been employed for many years as a brick mason. In addition...

Wayne Carr

Wayne Carr

Nov 7, 2015

Robert Wayne Carr, 68, of 1155 Drum Hill Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 in his home. Mr. Carr was born in Suffolk, VA on February 17, 1947, and was the son of the late James Matthew and Audrey Rountree Carr. Employed for many years as an iron rigger in the construction industry, he also owned and operated...

Paul Donald Townsend

Paul Donald Townsend

Nov 7, 2015

Paul Donald Townsend, 87, of Edenton, NC, husband of 58 years to Kathleen (Kitty) Bell Townsend, died peacefully November 7, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born December 1, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, son of Paul Donald Townsend, Sr. and Helen Lindahl Townsend. His parents, a brother, and a son preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife, three...

Johnnie Alton Myers

Johnnie Alton Myers

Nov 6, 2015

Johnnie Alton "John" Myers, 83, of 305 Hi-Land Park, Hertford, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 in his home. Mr. Myers was born in Greene County on April 8, 1932, and was the son of the late Johnnie F. and Louie Del Dail Myers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Eugene and Jake...

William Jones

William Jones

Nov 6, 2015

William “Mate” Jones, 71, of W. Fearing Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.   Mr. Jones was born in Guilford County on November 4, 1944, and was the son of the late Lowell Stancil and Octavia Whitson Spence Jones. Retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 36 years of employment, he was also a...

Rene' Raper Riddick

Rene' Raper Riddick

Nov 3, 2015

Marlene Rene' Raper Riddick, 55, of Garden Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Riddick was born in Pasquotank County on April 28, 1960, and was the daughter of Madeline Gray Ausherman of Elizabeth City and the late Jimmy Ray Raper, Sr. Surviving in addition to her mother are her son, George Riddick and...

Johnnie Ray Smithson

Johnnie Ray Smithson

Nov 3, 2015

Johnnie Ray Smithson, 58, of 722 East Ridge Road, Shawboro, NC, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Smithson was born in Currituck County on October 16, 1957, and was the son of the late Phillip and Elizabeth Sawyer Smithson. A retired housekeeping supervisor, for many years he had been employed with Southern Shores...

Roxie Chrisman Toti

Roxie Chrisman Toti

Nov 1, 2015

Roxie Chrisman Toti, 88, of 311 Main Street, Gatesville, NC, died Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gatesville. Mrs. Toti was born in Bevier, Missouri on October 10, 1927, and was the oldest of 10 children born to the late Roscoe Riley and Ruth Isabelle Reginald Chrisman. A homemaker, she was a member of St....

Herbert Nicholas Mace, III

Herbert Nicholas Mace, III

Oct 30, 2015

Herbert Nicholas Mace, III, 67, of 140 Long Beach Drive, Hertford, NC, died Friday, October 30, 2015 in his home. Mr. Mace was born in Pottawattamie County, IA on December 12, 1947. A veteran, he retired from the US Navy after 23 years of service. He was preceded in death by his mother, Arlene Sonner Draper, and by his son,...

Debbie Rea Pierce

Debbie Rea Pierce

Oct 30, 2015

Debbie Rea Pierce, 60, of 316 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Pierce was born in Chowan County on May 14, 1955 and was the daughter of the late William D. Rea, Jr. and Myrtis Downs Rea Stallings. She had formerly worked as the manager of both the Apricot Sewing...

Hayward Spruill

Hayward Spruill

Oct 29, 2015

Lloyd Hayward Spruill, 49, of 208 Pocahontas Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Hayward was born in Pasquotank County on March 12, 1966 and was the son of the late Lloyd and Mary McClenney Spruill. For 15 years he was the manager of the McDonald's in Edenton, and later worked as a driver with...

Wallace Reeves Berry

Wallace Reeves Berry

Oct 27, 2015

Wallace Reeves Berry, 88, of 133 Clipper Drive, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Berry was born in Smyth County, VA on April 24, 1927, and was the son of the late Matthew and Ollie Neikirk Berry. Retired as a construction inspector from the US Army Corps of Engineers in Fort...

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