Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Hubert A.J. Byrum
Sep 16, 2015
Hubert A.J. Byrum, 91, of 629 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in his home. Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County on November 4, 1923, and was the son of the late James Rufus and Ira Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dail Byrum. Retired after 16 years as the Maintenance Supervisor with the Chowan County School System, he...
Gary David Doverspike
Sep 15, 2015
Gary David Doverspike, 57, of Old Rail Bed Road, Gates, NC, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Suffolk, VA. Mr. Doverspike was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and was the husband of the late Joanne Presley Doverspike. Surviving are his daughters, Keri Ann Doverspike, and Brittni Doverspike Wilkins and husband Corey, all of Gates; his son, David Harrison of Jacksonville, FL;...
Martin Newbury Parker
Sep 10, 2015
Martin Newbury Parker, 63, of the Yeopim community of Chowan County, NC, died Thursday, September 10, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Martin was born in Chowan County on June 1, 1952, and was the son of the late M. Edward and Evelyn Smith Parker. A professional drummer, he had worked in Nashville for many years before moving back to...
Eleanore P. Van Essendelft
Sep 10, 2015
Eleanore Paauwe Van Essendelft, 95, of 7969 North Savannah Road, Belhaven, NC, died Thursday, September 10, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Van Essendelft was born in West Sayville, NY on July 19, 1920, and was the daughter of the late Leonard and Janna Verschuure Paauwe. A homemaker, she was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, its United Methodist Women,...
Charles Benjamin Barker, Jr.
Sep 10, 2015
Charles Benjamin Barker, Jr., age 73, passed away at his home near Smyrna, Delaware on Thursday, September 10, 2015. He was born in Windsor, North Carolina on April 6, 1942; the son of the late Charles B. Barker, Sr. and Carolyn R. Barker Wells. Mr. Barker was employed by Atlantic Aviation Corporation in New Castle, Delaware for 29 years and...
Bobby Bryant Britton
Sep 8, 2015
Bobby Bryant Britton, 66, of Gilbert's Beach Road, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in his home. Mr. Britton was born on August 6, 1949 in Bertie County and was the son of the late Cecil Rhodes and Betty Gray Bennett Britton. He was retired from Virginia Electric & Power Co., (VEPCO), having worked in hydraulic maintenance. In addition to his...
Kenneth Franklin Rowsey
Sep 8, 2015
Kenneth Franklin Rowsey, 51, of 1148-1 Drum Hill Road, Gates, NC, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in Riverside Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rowsey was born in Rockbridge County, VA on September 5, 1964 and was the son of Franklin Douglas Rowsey of Buena Vista, VA and the late Mary Elizabeth Wood Ramsey. He was employed as a foreman with Corman...
Wayne Ernest Barry
Sep 8, 2015
Wayne Ernest Barry, 80, of 1236 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mr. Barry was born in Rochester, NY and was the son of the late Dwight W. and Alice Milliman Barry. The retired owner and operator of Barry's Centenary Inn in Williamson, NY, he had served in the United States Army for...
Brenda Longpre Hoepfner
Sep 7, 2015
Brenda Adele Longpre Hoepfner, 67, of 148 New River Drive, Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, died Monday, September 7, 2015 as the result of injuries received in a boating accident. Mrs. Hoepfner was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 5, 1948. The CFO of H & M Recruiting Group, she was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Elizabeth City....
Ed Kabler
Sep 7, 2015
Charles Edward "Ed" Kabler, 75, of 10 Small Lane, Eure, NC, stepped into eternity with Jesus on Monday, September 7, 2015. Ed was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 27, 1939, and was the son of the late William and Rose Zelda Sparks Kabler. A construction and paving laborer, he attended Upper Room Assembly and had served with the Military...
Henry Francis Cobb
Sep 6, 2015
Henry Francis Cobb, 82, of 518 Jamestown Road, Windsor, NC, died Sunday, September 6, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Cobb was born in Gates County, and was one of 12 children born to the late Zeb Vance and Lillian Brown Cobb. A retired boiler engineer with Amoco Oil Company in Chesapeake, VA, he was a member of Bethany...
Mae Carlisle Wynn
Sep 3, 2015
Bessie Mae Carlisle Wynn, 81, of 106 East Heron Court, Elizabeth City, NC, and formerly of Edenton, died Thursday, September 3, 2015 in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Wynn was born on September 4, 1933 in Edgecombe County and was the daughter of the late Robert Vann Carlisle and Bessie Whitehurst Carlisle Paul. A homemaker, she was a member of...
Jeanette Allen Chappell Meads
Sep 3, 2015
Lois Jeanette Allen Chappell Meads, 91, of Lexington, SC, and formerly of Tyner, NC, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2015. Mrs. Meads was born in Tallahassee, FL on December 5, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Henry S. and Ethel Farrell Allen. A homemaker, she was a long-time member of Happy Home Pentecostal Holiness Church, and also...
Billy Lassiter
Aug 30, 2015
William Herbert "Billy" Lassiter, Jr., 84, of 770 US Hwy 158, Sunbury, NC, died Sunday, August 30, 2015 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Mr. Lassiter was born in Gates County on January 30, 1931, and was the son of the late William H., Sr. and Dolna Harrell Lassiter. A graduate of Sunbury High School, he...
Richard Heath Bryant
Aug 30, 2015
Richard Heath Bryant, 86, of 1010 Sound Shore Drive, Edenton, NC, and formerly of Hampton Court in Rocky Mount, passed away into eternal rest on Sunday, August 30, 2015. Mr. Bryant was born in Nash County on August 23, 1929, and was the son of the late Willie Pitt and Bettie Wyche Raney Bryant. His brother, William "Cookie" Bryant, and...
L. Dean Lamb
Aug 29, 2015
Lloyd Dean Lamb, 48, of Yeopim Tail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, August 29, 2015. Dean was born in Chowan County on March 24, 1967, and was the son of the late James Louis and Mary Alice Copeland Lamb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Daisy L. McKeown, and a brother, Delvin E. Lamb....
Nette Umphlett
Aug 28, 2015
Nette Umphlett, 65, of 984 Woodville Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, August 28, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born October 4, 1949 in Perquimans County, she was the daughter of the late Santos William "Doc" Umphlett and Una Lee Small Umphlett. A retired legal secretary, she was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. Best known for...
Amy Elizabeth Sims
Aug 28, 2015
Amy Elizabeth Sims, 37, of 476 Water Plant Road, Gates, NC, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, August 28, 2015 in her home. Amy was born in Norfolk, VA on August 28, 1978, and was the daughter of Alan and Karen Sims of Gates. A graduate of Gates County High School, she had attended Abundant Hope Baptist Church...
R. Dalton Phelps
Aug 27, 2015
Reginald Dalton Phelps, 89, of 302 S. Sixth St., died Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Three Rivers Health & Rehabilitation, Windsor. Mr. Phelps was born in Washington County on November 30, 1925, and was the son of the late Charlie Edmond and Hilda Davenport Phelps. A retired general contractor, he was the founder and longtime owner of Creswell Construction Company....
Bonnie Shenkle D'Antonio
Aug 26, 2015
Bonnie Lynn Shenkle D'Antonio, 78, of Rosecroft Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, August 26, 2015 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mrs. D'Antonio was born in DuBois, PA on November 17, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Delbert Edmund and Dorothy Anna Thomas Shenkle. A retired office administrator, she was a Baptist by faith. A loving wife,...
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