Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Billie White
Aug 24, 2015
Opal Vandenberge "Billie" White, 91, of 168 Swaynes Lane, Hertford, NC, died Monday, August 24, 2015 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Billie was born in Miller County, Arkansas on May 27, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William C. and Eula Mae Smith Vandenberge. A homemaker, she was a charter member of New Hope...
Rebecca Lassiter Copeland
Aug 23, 2015
Rebecca Lassiter Copeland, 90, formerly of Woodland, NC, died Sunday, August 23, 2015 in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, VA. Mrs. Copeland was born in the Potecasi community of Northampton County, NC on September 14, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William Cornelius "Willie" Lassiter and Fannie Grant Lassiter. A graduate of Meredith College, she was a retired elementary...
Bernard Lee Poff
Aug 21, 2015
Bernard Lee Poff, 82, of 117 Taylor Lane, Hertford, NC, died Friday, August 21, 2015 in his home. Mr. Poff was born in Norfolk, VA on January 12, 1933, and was the son of the late Cecil Melvin Poff and Iris Lee Walsh Fairfield. Employed for many years as a site attendant with the Edenton-Chowan Convenience Centers, he was the...
Betty Thomas Chappell
Aug 18, 2015
Betty Thomas Chappell, 58, of Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Born in Bertie County on January 26, 1957, she was the daughter of Margie Byrum Webb of Fountain and the late Irvin Thomas. She was a homemaker. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her son, Hank Chappell, and by her sister, Teresa Gooding....
Patricia Tarkington Williams
Aug 18, 2015
Patricia Ann Tarkington Williams, 66, of 1743 Ocean Highway, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in her home where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Williams was born on May 6, 1949 in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Paul Alton and Frances Harrell Tarkington. A member of Yeopim Baptist Church, she had formerly been...
Sam Story
Aug 18, 2015
Dwight Samuel "Sam" Story, 60, of 913 Four Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Story was born in Perquimans County on October 18, 1954, and was the son of the late Thomas Crowder, II and Clara Higgins Story. Employed as a heavy equipment operator for many years, he attended both...
Virginia Myers Oldham
Aug 18, 2015
Virginia Myers Oldham, 88, of 1503 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in Baptist South Hospital, Jacksonville, FL. Mrs. Oldham was born on January 28, 1927 in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late James David "Jim" Myers and Ethel Miller Myers. A homemaker, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church....
Elizabeth Vellines Joyner
Aug 18, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Vellines "Peggy" Joyner, 94, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, and formerly a resident of both Belvidere, NC and Franklin, VA, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Joyner was born in Nansemond County, VA on January 13, 1921, and was the daughter of the late James Samuel and Lillie Belle Vellines. A...
William Paul Godwin
Aug 17, 2015
William Paul "Buddy" Godwin, 70, of 1852 Wakelon Road, Colerain, NC, died Monday, August 17, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Godwin was born in Washington County on May 9, 1945 and was the son of the late Buck Godley and Ruby Lee Williams Price. Retired from Georgia-Pacific, he had attended the former Jamesville Church of Christ. In addition...
Phillip Wayne Layden
Aug 17, 2015
Phillip Wayne Layden, 66, of 12 Desert Road, Corapeake, NC, died Monday, August 17, 2015 in his home. Mr. Layden was born in Pasquotank County on November 26, 1948, and was the son of Joyce Riddick Layden of Portsmouth, VA and the late Carlton Phillip Layden. A retired government automotive specialist with MWR, he was a member of Eureka Baptist...
Patricia Miller Kimsey
Aug 17, 2015
Mrs. Patricia Ann Miller Kimsey, 74, died Monday, August 17, 2015 in Chowan River Health and Rehabilitation Center, Edenton, NC. Mrs. Kimsey was born in Norfolk, VA on August 27, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Albert Earl and Vinnie Warren Miller. A homemaker, she was a member of Tidewater Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...
Jimmy Godwin
Aug 17, 2015
James Carl "Jimmy" Godwin, 73, of 177 Cottonwood Drive, Hertford, NC, died Monday, August 17, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Godwin was born in Perquimans County on November 8, 1941, and was the son of the late Carl S. and Vercha Umphlett Godwin. The retired owner of Jim's Body Shop, he later worked with Reed Oil Company in...
Vicki Ellis Plummer
Aug 16, 2015
Vicki Ellis Plummer, 64, of 119 Iredell Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital where she was surrounded by her family. Vicki was born on May 7, 1951 and was the daughter of Luella Eller Ellis of Williamston and the late Rev. Wallace Martin Ellis. A 1973 graduate of East Carolina University, she...
W. Crafton Matthews, Jr.
Aug 13, 2015
Walter Crafton Matthews, Jr., 76, of 124 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, August 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Matthews was born in Perquimans County on October 19, 1938, and was the son of the late Walter Crafton, Sr. and Ililda Ainsley Matthews. A retired insurance agent, he was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church. In addition...
George Branson Weatherly
Aug 12, 2015
George Branson Weatherly, 67, of 2723 Peartree Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in his home. Mr. Weatherly was born in Norfolk, VA on August 22, 1947 and was the son of the late George and Eloise Bishop Weatherly. A retired logger from Gary Meiggs Logging Company, he was an Army veteran. Surviving are his four daughters,...
Betsy Ashley-Jones
Aug 11, 2015
Betsy Ashley-Jones, 76, of 106 Donna Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Betsy was born in Chowan County on May 17, 1939, and was the youngest child of the late Luther and Betsy Bunch Ashley. A homemaker, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to...
Fawn Elizabeth Waters
Aug 11, 2015
Fawn Elizabeth Waters, 36, of Mooresville, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. She was born on August 30, 1978 in United States Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany to Rita and Lewis Waters of Edenton, NC. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her older sister, Myriah Velazco; nieces Mia and Mya Velazco of Wake...
Dorothea Morrell
Aug 7, 2015
Dorothea Morrell, 88, of Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 7, 2015 in her home after a heroic battle with cancer. Dorothea, also known as "Grandma Butterball" which was lovingly given to her by Geno, was born in New York and was the daughter of the late Atto and Dorothea Wunstel. Employed with Canton Drop Forge in Ohio until she...
Jane Marie McMahon
Aug 7, 2015
Jane Marie McMahon, 69, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of her brother's home in Creswell, died Friday, August 7, 2015 in Albemarle Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Miss McMahon was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on February 27, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Jane Smith McMahon. The former owner of Hertfordshire Antiques, and...
Melba Dale Chappell
Aug 7, 2015
Melba Dale Chappell, 92, of 905 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, August 7, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Chappell was born in Perquimans County on March 12, 1923, and was the last surviving of seven children born to the late Alonza and Nellie Lamb Dale. A retired clerk from Rose's Department Store in Hertford, she was a member...
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