Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Jollish Clifton
Aug 29, 2023
Jollish Clifton, beloved Father and Grandfather, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
He was born in Creswell, North Carolina on January 28, 1937, to the late Sherod Warren Clifton and Ida Mary Sawyer Clifton.
As a young man he came to Elizabeth City, North Carolina and worked with his uncle J. Winton Sawyer. After graduating...
Margie Lancaster Perry
Aug 28, 2023
Margie Lancaster Perry, 72, of 1347 Folly Road, Plymouth, NC, died Monday, August 28, 2023 in Select Specialty Hospital at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham.
Mrs. Perry was born in Wayne County on January 31, 1951 and was the daughter of the late Charlie H., Sr. and Vera Mae Snell Lancaster. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Ronald Butt, Sr.
Aug 26, 2023
Arthur Ronald Butt, Sr., 91, of Bennett’s Pasture Road, Suffolk, VA, died Saturday, August 26, 2023 in Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA.
Mr. Butt was born in Perquimans County, NC on February 22, 1932 and was the only son born to the late Chester Arthur and Nina Onley Butt. He and his five sisters were raised on the family farm...
Alvin Norman Mullen Parker
Aug 25, 2023
Alvin Norman Mullen Parker, 86, of Cricket Hollow Lane in Chesapeake, VA, died Friday, August 25, 2023 at his home in Eure, NC.
Mr. Parker was born in Gates County on June 1, 1937 and was one of seven children born to the late James Kindred and Mary Polly Mullen Parker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
James Thomas "Jimmy" Umphlett
Aug 24, 2023
James Thomas “Jimmy” Umphlett, 85, of 875 US 13 North, Gates, NC, died Thursday, August 24, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Corapeake where he was being cared for by his family.
Mr. Umphlett was born in the Eure community of Gates County on January 16, 1938 and was the son of the late James Elliott and Ruth Spivey Umphlett....
Robin Ann McAtee
Aug 22, 2023
Robin Ann McAtee, 63, of 313 Coral Lane, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 22, 2023 in ECU Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Robin was born in Charleston, SC on October 30, 1959 and was the daughter of the late Donald Eugene and Bernice Yeager McAtee. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Vicki Eugena McAtee; and...
Vivian Williams Hale
Aug 21, 2023
Vivian La Veta Williams Hale, 83, of 330 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Monday, August 21, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Hale was born in Pasquotank County on November 21, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Alton and Mary Elizabeth Wright Williams. In addition to her parents, she was...
Bob Beaman
Aug 21, 2023
Robert Clarence “Bob” Beaman, 85, of Rock Hill, SC and formerly a longtime resident of Portsmouth, VA and the Arrowhead Beach community of Chowan County, Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 21, 2023 in Piedmont Medical Center in Fort Mill, SC.
Bob was born in Raleigh, NC on February 21, 1938 and was the son of the late Clarence G. and...
Linda Byrum White
Aug 21, 2023
Linda Jean Byrum White, 78, of 738 Sandy Ridge Road, Tyner, NC, died Monday, August 21, 2023 in her home where she had been cared for by her family.
Mrs. White was born in Suffolk, VA on July 21, 1945 and was the daughter of the late Melvin A., Sr. and Kathleen Jordan Byrum. In addition to her parents, she...
James Henry Doughty
Aug 20, 2023
James Henry Doughty, 83, of 115 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Doughty was born in Dutchess County, NY on November 28, 1939, and was the son of the late Roy Germond Doughty and Helena Mildred Terry Doughty. The retired owner and operator...
Kitty Field
Aug 20, 2023
Catherine Campen “Kitty” Field, of 300 Queen Anne Drive, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Kitty was born in Edenton on December 15, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Henry Allison “Izzy” Campen and Catherine Pruden Campen.
Raised in Edenton where she attended local schools, she went on to graduate from St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh...
Kay Dail Nixon
Aug 19, 2023
Hallie Kay Dail Nixon, 79, of 1646 Rocky Hock Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, August 19, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Nixon was born in Beaufort County on November 21, 1943 and was the daughter of the late Clifton Riley and Katie Stilley Brooks Dail. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a...
Billy Matthews
Aug 19, 2023
William Edward “Billy” Matthews, 92, of 356 Middle Swamp Road, Gates, NC, and more recently of The Gates House Assisted Living, died Saturday, August 19, 2023.
Billy was born in Gates County on November 5, 1930 and was the son of the late Willie Edward and Erma Blanche Smith Matthews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Jack Pardue
Aug 18, 2023
The Quintessential American Artist
Jack Pardue, of Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 18, 2023.
Jack is known as one of this country’s leading artists. His paintings, ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes, and everything in between, radiate light and make creative, inventive, and surprising use of color. Jack spent his earliest days as a student, getting called...
Mildred Bunch Farless
Aug 18, 2023
Mildred Bunch Farless, 88, of 109 Hobbs Acre Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, August 18, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Farless was born in Chowan County on December 22, 1934 and was the daughter of the late James Elliott and Lucy Dail Bunch who had lived in Suffolk, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Ann Taylor Williams
Aug 16, 2023
Ann Taylor Williams, 55, of 545 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, died Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, VA.
Ann was born in Suffolk on August 25, 1967 and was the daughter of the late Herbert Gay and Mary Elizabeth “Teenie” Hollowell Taylor.
Employed as an analyst with the North Carolina Department of Human Services in their...
Sadie Whitley Hedgepeth
Aug 15, 2023
Sadie Whitley Hedgepeth, 93, of 610 US Highway 13 South, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Hedgepeth was born in Harrellsville on October 2, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Leo Stanley Whitley, Sr. and Fannie Mae Lowers Whitley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Gordon Edward Beach
Aug 15, 2023
Gordon Edward Beach, 63, of South Mills, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in Hertford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.
Mr. Beach was born in Succasunna, NJ on March 31, 1960, and was the son of the late Gordon Floyd and Joanne Carrullo Beach. A retired Machinist Mate from the US Navy following 21 years of service, following his military...
Phyllis Bulls Johnson
Aug 14, 2023
Phyllis Diane Bulls Johnson, 74, of 1231 Ramsey Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, August 14, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Chowan County on February 17, 1949, and was the daughter of the late Sydney Washington Bulls and Norma Jernigan Bulls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Thelma Hare Bunch
Aug 13, 2023
Thelma Ruth Hare Bunch, 85, of Tyner, NC, died Sunday, August 13, 2023, in her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County on August 28, 1937 at Bandon Plantation and was the only daughter of the late Vance David and Mabel Byrum Hare. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death...
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