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Harriet Coleson Cole
Oct 12, 2015
Harriet Adelia Coleson Cole, 75, of 201 West Church Street, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 12, 2015 in her home where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Cole was born in Washington County, NC on July 1, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Jesse Fate and Hazel Bell Phelps Coleson. A retired surgical nurse...
Elizabeth Wiggins Rountree
Oct 12, 2015
Elizabeth Wiggins Rountree, 83, of 1262 US 158 West, Eure, NC, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2015 in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Rountree was born in Gates County on May 13, 1932, and was the daughter of the late John Nurney and Hattie Mae Ward Wiggins. A homemaker, she was...
Ruth Byrum Doughtie
Oct 11, 2015
Ruth Byrum Doughtie, 91, formerly of the 8800 block of Whaleyville Blvd., Suffolk, VA, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015 in Autumn Care of Suffolk. Mrs. Doughtie was born in Chowan County on August 14, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Willie Oscar and Corrie Dale Byrum. She loved her life as a homemaker and enjoyed working...
Deanna Sink Orenstein
Oct 10, 2015
Deanna Faye Sink Orenstein, 75, of Adams Court South, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor. Mrs. Orenstein was a native of High Point and was the daughter of the late William Grayson and Mildred Irene Rothrock Sink. A retired educator, she had taught at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, was a former instructor at...
Eva Graves Lee
Oct 10, 2015
Eva Graves Lee, 89, of 7905 Sumter Place, Fayetteville, NC, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at her home where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Lee was born in Guilford County, NC on September 1, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Marvin Columbus and Eva Taylor Graves. A retired medical technologist, she was a member...
Michael Craig Waff
Oct 9, 2015
Michael Craig Waff, 42, of 1403 River Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, October 9, 2015 in Duke University Hospital, Durham. Michael was born in Wilmington on July 7, 1973, and was the son of John Edward, IV and Shirley Copeland Waff of Edenton. For many years he had been employed as a commercial truck driver. He was preceded in...
John Mack Smith
Oct 8, 2015
John Mack Smith, 70, of 345 NC 32 North, Sunbury, NC, died Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Wake Med, Raleigh, NC. Mr. Smith was born in Johnston County, NC on April 23, 1945 and was the son of the late Madison Cozart and Bessie Maude Byrd Smith. A retired US Army Master Sergeant, he proudly served his country for 21...
W. Arnold Forbes
Oct 8, 2015
William Arnold "Lawn Mower Man" Forbes, 62, of 925 Foreman Bundy Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, October 8, 2015 in his home. Mr. Forbes was born in Pasquotank County on September 9, 1953, and was the son of the late Cecil Arnold and June Inez Needham Forbes. A mechanic, he retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Surviving are his wife...
Dawn Lupton Dail
Oct 6, 2015
Dawn Lupton Dail, 81, of 3154 Indian Springs Road, Asheboro, NC, and formerly of Elizabeth City, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Dail was a native of Currituck County and was the daughter of the late Elwood Lupton and Lucille Curls Powell. A homemaker, she attended First Assembly of God Church in Asheboro. In addition to her...
David Correia
Oct 5, 2015
David Correia, 73, of 1948 Center Hill Hwy, Hertford, NC, died Monday, October 5, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Correia was born in Fall River, MA on August 2, 1942, and was the son of the late Manuel and Maria Concepcion Silvia Correia. Employed for many years as a heavy equipment mechanic, he was a member of both...
Baxter Lewis Sawyer
Oct 5, 2015
Baxter Lewis Sawyer, 62, of 1320 Shawboro Road, Shawboro, NC, died Monday, October 5, 2015 in his home. Mr. Sawyer was born in Currituck County on November 18, 1952, and was the son of the late Calvin Coston and Marguerite Pell Sawyer. The owner and operator of Eyeball, Inc., in earlier years he had served as a police officer with...
John Henry Pierce, Jr.
Oct 3, 2015
John Henry Pierce, Jr., 80, of 535 Old US 17 North, Windsor, NC, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 in Three Rivers Health & Rehabilitation Center, Windsor. Mr. Pierce was born in Bertie County on June 27, 1935, and was the son of the late John H., Sr. and Maggie Mizelle Pierce. In earlier years he worked as a logger, then...
Betty Carty Peele
Oct 3, 2015
Betty Jean Carty Peele, 84, of 1505 Sac Trail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mrs. Peele was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Carty. Retired from the cafeteria of Indian Lakes Elementary School, she was a member of Bandon Chapel in the...
Herbert Delano Rountree
Oct 1, 2015
Herbert Delano Rountree, 82, of 562 NC Hwy 37 South, Gatesville, NC, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Mr. Rountree was born in Gates County on July 28, 1933, and was the last surviving of 13 children born to the late Sornie Ralph, Sr. and Aurelia Stallings Rountree. Retired as the Senior Pulp...
Vincent James Barone, II
Sep 30, 2015
Vincent James Barone, II, 48, of 3810 Caratoke Highway, Maple, NC, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in his home. Mr. Barone was born in Norfolk, VA on July 1, 1967, and was the son of the late Vincent James, I and Ruth Colleen Anderson Barone. He had been employed for many years in the communication industry as a supervisor in...
Jesse Alexander Wood
Sep 30, 2015
Jesse Alexander Wood, 18, of 122 Colony Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Jesse was born in Virginia Beach, VA on October 22, 1996, and was the son of Denise Robinson of Edenton, and Jack Dempsey Wood, Jr. of Virginia Beach. He had been employed as a nursery worker with Greenleaf Plant Farm. Among other survivors...
Thomas Lee Allred
Sep 30, 2015
Thomas Lee Allred, 69, of 125 Cheyenne Trail, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in his home. Mr. Allred was born in Charlotte, NC on October 16, 1945, and was the son of the late Robert Lee and Frances Odessa Lloyd Allred. A barber in his earlier years, he later retired as a Hazardous Material Coordinator from Norfolk Naval...
Kathryn Stephenson Freehling
Sep 29, 2015
Kathryn Lee "Kay" Stephenson Freehling, 96, of Tuscarora Beach Road, Winton, NC, and a former longtime resident of Garden Grove, CA, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in The Ahoskie House. Mrs. Freehling was born in Hertford County, NC on December 22, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Fred and Betty Long Stephenson. Retired from McDonnell-Douglas Corp., she had...
E. Ronald Hare
Sep 29, 2015
Elmer Ronald "Ronnie" Hare, 72, of Gunzenhausen, Germany, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015. Mr. Hare was born in Wingfield, NC, on June 29, 1943, and was the son of the late Vance David and Mabel Byrum Hare. He was a supervisor with Verpalin Plastics in Gunzenhausen, and a veteran with the US Army, having served in Vietnam and Germany. He...
Vera Tolman Harrell
Sep 29, 2015
Vera Leah Tolman Harrell, 89, of 38 Carter's Road, Gatesville, NC, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Harrell was born on August 4, 1926 in Beaminster, Dorset County, England, and was the daughter of the late Charley and Alice Maude Rodd Tolman. A retired administrator with West Point Pepperell, she also for many...
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