Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Charlie Ruben Lassiter
Dec 30, 2015
Charlie Ruben Lassiter, 84, of 342 Water Swamp Road, Sunbury, NC, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 in W. R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Lassiter was born in Gates County on March 18, 1931, and was the son of the late Maywood Corbell and Mildred Pierce Lassiter. A retired barber, he was a US Air Force veteran having...
Paul White Stokely
Dec 30, 2015
Paul White Stokely, 84, of 120 Cove Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Stokely was born in Perquimans County on August 17, 1931, and was the son of the late Murden and Celtic White Stokely. Known as "Big John" to his co-workers and many friends, he retired from Ford Motor Company...
W. David Carden
Dec 29, 2015
William David Carden, 86, of 202 Albania Street, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in his home.
Mr. Carden was a native of Carteret County and was the son of the late William Bryant and Naomi McCorkle Carden. A veteran of the US Navy, he was an avid fisherman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Barbara Ordway Forget
Dec 28, 2015
Barbara Ordway Forget, 72, of Elizabeth City, died Monday, December 28, 2015 in her home.
Private services will be held. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
Connie Lynch Fiddes
Dec 28, 2015
Connie Diane Lynch Fiddes, 66, of 1207 Mohave Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 28, 2015 in her home.
Mrs. Fiddes was born in Suffolk, VA on November 14, 1949, and was the daughter of the late Sam Lynch and Doris Bradshaw Lynch Twine. A homemaker, she was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Dolores Ottnod Brooks
Dec 28, 2015
Dolores Dorothy Ottnod Brooks, 85, of Edenton Street, Kill Devil Hills, NC, and formerly of Hertford, NC, died Monday, December 28, 2015.
Mrs. Brooks was a native of Lyons, NY, and was the daughter of the late Carl and Florence Ottnod. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Erin, her husband, Arthur,...
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...
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