Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Mary Austin Gregory
Feb 20, 2015
Mary Davis Austin Gregory, 78, of 933 South Highway 343, Shiloh, NC, died Friday, February 20, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs. Gregory was born in Currituck County on December 5, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Willie Alford and Goldie Aydlett Austin. A homemaker, her goal in life was to care for family and the needs...
Lee Friar
Feb 19, 2015
Edgar Lee Friar, 53, of 629 Sans Souci Road, Windsor, NC, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor, after a long and brave fight with cancer. Mr. Friar was born in Staten Island, NY and graduated from Totenville High School. A Master Finisher in the construction business, he did extensive work in New York, both commercial...
Hubert Lee Jordan, Sr.
Feb 19, 2015
Hubert Lee Jordan, Sr., 90, of 823 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 in his home. Mr. Jordan was born in Chowan County on August 16, 1924, and was the son of the late Ollie Norman and Annie Chappell Jordan. A farmer and produce trader, he was an Army veteran of World War II, having served...
Jay Scott Miller
Feb 18, 2015
Jay Scott Miller, 58, of 310 Pineview Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in his home. Mr. Miller was born in Rush County, Indiana, and was the son of Faye Ellen Mohler Miller Lee (husband George) of Rushville, IN and the late Richard Walker Miller. Formerly employed with Lewis Marine in Edenton, he had served in the United...
Robert James Higerd, II
Feb 18, 2015
Robert James "Bob" Higerd, II, 78, of 122 Frank's Creek Drive, Hertford, NC, and formerly of Flemington, NJ, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Higerd was born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 31, 1937, and was the son of the late Robert James and Lois Jean Murphy Higerd. A retired public school teacher, he had...
Chris Johnson
Feb 17, 2015
Christopher Hardy "Chris" Johnson, 53, of 958 Thunder Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in his home. Chris was born in Pasquotank County on July 22, 1961, and was the son of the late Garfield Francis "G.F." and Winona Brothers Johnson. He was a member of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Linda Hyatt Johnson;...
Maude Corprew Barber
Feb 16, 2015
Maude Lee Corprew Barber, 74, of 5367 Sir Barton Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, died Monday, February 16, 2015 in Heritage Hall Nursing Center. Mrs. Barber was born in Chowan County, NC on October 3, 1940 and was the daughter of the late William Woodrow and Edna Louise Sawyer Corprew. A homemaker, she attended Kempsville Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband,...
Nell Byrum
Feb 14, 2015
Audrey Nell White Byrum, 90, formerly of 98 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, and more recently of the Woodbury Wellness Center in Hampstead, NC, died there on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Mrs. Byrum was born in Bertie County on November 9, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Joe A. and Nellie Cropsey Taylor White. A homemaker, she was long-time...
Doris Carter Lilley
Feb 13, 2015
Doris Carter Lilley, 93, of Frisco, TX, and formerly of Gatesville, NC, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Mrs. Lilley was born in Gates County on March 15, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Ed and Nellie Mae Rountree Carter. She was the wife of the late Hollis B. Lilley, Sr. Surviving are her daughter, Jackie Lilley and husband...
Earl Elliott Rogerson
Feb 13, 2015
Earl Elliott Rogerson, 84, of 133 Wiggins Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, February 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Rogerson was born in Perquimans County on January 3, 1931, and was the son of the late William Darden and Lillian Madre Rogerson. A retired farmer, he had served in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of Sergeant before...
J. Carroll Byrum, Sr.
Feb 13, 2015
James Carroll Byrum, Sr., 90, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and more recently of Lake Prince Retirement Community in Suffolk, VA, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Mr. Byrum was born in Gates County on February 18, 1924, and was the son of the late Joseph M. and Irma Parker Byrum. The retired owner of Byrum Oil Company, he had also served...
Debra Cobb Miller
Feb 12, 2015
Debra Lynn Cobb "Debi" Miller, 60, of 286 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Miller was born in Seattle, WA on August 13, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Lowell Wayne and June Elizabeth Erickson Cobb. A homemaker, she also enjoyed assisting with Meals on Wheels in the Corapeake area....
John Edward Bembridge, Sr.
Feb 12, 2015
John Edward Bembridge, Sr., 85, of 8977 Mackey's Road, Roper, NC, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 in his home. Mr. Bembridge was born in Chowan County on August 23, 1929, and was the son of the late James W. "Jimmy" and Cora Whitfield Bembridge. In earlier years he worked as a welder at Newport News Shipbuilding, for 10 years with...
Norene Umphlett Taylor
Feb 11, 2015
Norene Umphlett Taylor, 96, of 209 Lee's Mill Road, Gates, NC, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Va. Mrs. Taylor was born in Gates County on October 17, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Mills Edward and Lucy Eure Umphlett. A homemaker, she had been a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church for nearly 70...
C. Wayne Messex
Feb 10, 2015
Carrol Wayne Messex, husband, father, Papa, and friend, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Hertford, NC after a brief battle with lung cancer. He was 71. Wayne was born in Pulaski, TN on November 11, 1943 to Irene Vincent and was adopted by her husband, Grady Howard Messex, when he was two. Wayne retired from the Skippy Peanut Butter plant...
Carroll Wood Jones
Feb 9, 2015
Carroll Wood Jones, 79, of 109 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, February 9, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Jones was a long-time resident of Chowan County and was born on October, 16, 1935, the son of the late Frank Robert and Eunice Davis Jones. A Platoon Sergeant with the North Carolina National Guard with 42...
Lillian Bunch Tynch
Feb 8, 2015
Lillian Marie Bunch Tynch, 85, of Harris Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, February 8, 2015 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mrs. Tynch was born in Chowan County on May 23, 1929, and was the daughter of the late William Cullen and Cora Nixon Bunch. Retired from Quality Control with Seabrook Blanching Corp., she was a member...
James Benjamin Brickhouse
Feb 7, 2015
James Benjamin "Ben" Brickhouse, 68, of Kitty Hawk, NC, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Brickhouse was born in Tyrrell County on March 4, 1946, and was the son of the late Charlie Edward and Gladys Godwin Brickhouse. Retired from the US Marine Corps "Semper Fi" having served in the Vietnam War, he received numerous...
Glenda Newsom Turner
Feb 5, 2015
Glenda Paige Newsom Turner, 69, of 104 Canal Drive, Camden, NC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Thursday, February 5, 2015, from her home in Camden, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer for the past seven years. Glenda was born in Southampton County, VA on June 18, 1945, and was the daughter of...
Vance Bright
Feb 4, 2015
Melvin Vance Bright, 83, of 1389 Hwy 158 East, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Mr. Bright was born in the Parksville community of Perquimans County on January 12, 1932 and was the son of the late Melvin Edmond and Lucy White Bright. A veteran of both...
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