Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
J. Paul Taylor
Apr 23, 2015
Joseph Paul Taylor, 81, of 6 Depot Road, Eure, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015 in his home. Paul was born on October 16, 1933 in Gates County and was the only child of the late Paul Venitis and Mary Alice Stallings Taylor. Retiring in 1998 after 42 years with Union Camp Corporation, now International Paper in Franklin,...
Annie Marie Briggs Goodwin
Apr 22, 2015
Annie Marie Briggs Goodwin, 84, of 235 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Goodwin was born in Chowan County on January 24, 1931, and was the daughter of the late James Richard and Annie Bivens Briggs. Retired from the Edenton-Chowan School System, for many years she worked in the...
Scudday W. Sullivan, Jr.
Apr 21, 2015
Scudday Weibens Sullivan, Jr., 94, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015 in Edenton House Assisted Living. Mr. Sullivan was born in Brooklyn, NY on March 14, 1921 and was the son of the late Scudday W., Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Saura Sullivan. A retired engineering consultant, he was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church and was a veteran of World...
Robert Owens Smith
Apr 21, 2015
Robert Owen Smith, 79, of 352 Smith Road, Roper, NC, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the home of his daughter in Jamesville. Mr. Smith was born in Pantego on May 12, 1935, and was the son of the late Justus and Irene Jackson Smith. Retired from Boiler Machine Maintenance at Weyerhaeuser Corp., he was a member of New Beginnings...
Helen Nixon Harrell
Apr 18, 2015
Helen Nixon Harrell, 93, of 137 Johnny Harrell Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015 in Lake Prince Woods, Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Harrell was born on April 14, 1922 in Chowan County, and was the last surviving of ten children born to the late Robert Watson and Dixie Bunch Nixon. In earlier years, prior to marriage, she...
Edmond Benjamin Davenport
Apr 17, 2015
Edmond Benjamin Davenport, 80, of 101 Queen Anne Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 17, 2015 in his home. Mr. Davenport was born in Chowan County on January 8, 1935, and was the son of the late Carlie Benjamin and Minnie Gertrude Brickhouse Davenport. Retired after 39 years with Charlotte Liberty Mutual, and later Liberty Life Insurance companies, he worked...
William N. McGhie
Apr 16, 2015
William N. McGhie, 67, died Thursday, April 16, 2015 in his home. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Edward G. Bond Post 40 of the American Legion, Edenton. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
Penny Jo Powell Binns
Apr 14, 2015
Penny Jo Powell Binns, 55, of 206 North Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Penny was born on October 17, 1959, in Chowan County and was the daughter of Evelyn Harrell Powell of Edenton and the late Henry Allen Powell. A graduate of Peace College and East Carolina University, she had formerly...
Shirley Marian Mara
Apr 14, 2015
Shirley Marian Mara, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 in her home. A native of Sayreville, NJ, she attended St Mary's High School in South Amboy, NJ where she met her future husband. She received her RN after completing her education at Jersey City Medical Center and then followed her spouse for the next thirty years...
Alice Chappell Byrum
Apr 11, 2015
Alice Chappell Byrum, 100, of 722 Ryland Road, Tyner NC, died Saturday, April 11, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Byrum was born in Chowan County on November 3, 1914, and was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Lucy Lamb Chappell. A homemaker, she was a loving, caring, and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and was a...
Jean Linebarger
Apr 10, 2015
Jean Linebarger, 77, of 201 Blount Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 10, 2015 in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Miss Linebarger was born June 30, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Mike and Bess McGee Linebarger. Her early years were spent in Elizabeth City and then she and her family moved to Alabama where she graduated...
Ann Rogers
Apr 9, 2015
Ann Elizabeth Speechley Rogers, of Holiday Island, Hertford, NC, died peacefully, Thursday, April 9, 2015 in her home. Ann was born in London, England, and was the daughter of the late Russell and Doris Speechley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, John Speechley, and her husband of 54 years, Claude Junior "Jay" Rogers....
Willard Roy Partin
Apr 6, 2015
Willard Roy Partin, 82, of 133 Sycamore Circle, Edenton, NC, died Monday, April 6, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Partin was born in Knox County, KY on July 2, 1932, and was the son of the late James and Connie Syme Partin. A retired builder in the residential and commercial construction industry, he had attended Albemarle Baptist Church...
Faye Vick Pope
Apr 4, 2015
Faye Vick Pope, 77, formerly of E. Cross Street, Winton, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 in her son's home in Eure. Mrs. Pope was born in Edgecombe County on October 23, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Burl Leeman and Bertha Taylor Vick. A homemaker, she was a member of Winton Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Lonnie Lee Jernigan
Apr 3, 2015
Lonnie Lee Jernigan, 82, of 770 US 13 North, Gates, NC, died Friday, April 3, 2015 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Mr. Jernigan was born in Northampton County on March 19, 1933, and was the son of the late James Handley and Bessie Hobbs Jernigan. A retired QA supervisor from Union Camp Corporation, now International Paper, in Franklin, VA...
Carlton Eugene Copeland
Mar 30, 2015
Carlton Eugene Copeland, 78, of 1016 Copeland Lane, Tyner, NC, died Monday, March 30, 2015 in Carolina House of Elizabeth City. Mr. Copeland was born in Chowan County on January 10, 1937, and was the son of the late Jessie Carl and Lillian Boyce Copeland. A graduate of Chowan High School, he had worked as a service technician with Virginia...
Marvin Paul Askew, Jr.
Mar 30, 2015
Marvin Paul "M.P." Askew, Jr., 86, of 266 Parker's Fork Road, Corapeake, NC, died Monday, March 30, 2015 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation-Nansemond Point, Suffolk, VA. Mr. Askew was born in Gates County on September 14, 1928, and was the son of the late Marvin P., Sr. and Nellie Pierce Askew. A retired woodworker, he was a faithful member...
Lynette White
Mar 30, 2015
Carol Lynette White, 54, passed on to be with the Lord from her home on White Post Farm on Monday, March 30, 2015, where she was passionate about her heritage and the family farm. Lynette was born in Franklin, VA on December 25, 1960, and was the daughter of Thomas W. White of Franklin, VA and Dorothy V. Speight of...
Linda L. Ware
Mar 24, 2015
Linda L. Ware, 72, of 136 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Ware was born in Norfolk, VA on July 24, 1942, and was the daughter of the late John and Audrey Bailey Buzzy. A retired stylist with Empress Beauty Salon in Norfolk, she later worked as the secretary-treasurer of both Empire...
Anne Stafford
Mar 23, 2015
Anne Stafford, 91, of 614 Laura Lee Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Monday, March 23, 2015 in W. R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Miss Stafford was born in Minneapolis, MN on July 31, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Russell H. and Lillian Crist Stafford. She attended the University of Michigan and later graduated from...
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