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Betty Carty Peele

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

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...

Jesse Alexander Wood

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...

Vincent James Barone, II

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...

Thomas Lee Allred

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...

E. Ronald Hare

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...

Kathryn Stephenson Freehling

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...

Vera Tolman Harrell

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...

Robert Lawrence Parker

Robert Lawrence Parker

Sep 27, 2015

Robert Lawrence Parker, 79, of 106 McMorrine Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Parker was born in Pasquotank County on March 9, 1936, and was the son of the late Thomas Land and Annie Lawrence Parker. Retired from airplane maintenance having been employed in civil service, he was an...

Eleanor Harrell Taylor

Eleanor Harrell Taylor

Sep 27, 2015

Eleanor Harrell Taylor, 90, of 233 Evans Church Road, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital where she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Taylor was born in Chowan County on November 18, 1924, and was one of 12 children born to the late Webb W. and Mary Frances Perry Harrell. A homemaker,...

Jimmy Turner

Jimmy Turner

Sep 27, 2015

James Edward "Jimmy" Turner, 79, of NC Hwy 37 North, Gates, NC, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Hope Hospice House, Cape Coral, FL. Mr. Turner was born in Gates County on October 11, 1935, and was the son of the late Ernest Edward and Della Naomi Piland Turner. Retired as an administrator from Newport News Shipbuilding, he had attended...

Trent Hill

Trent Hill

Sep 27, 2015

Trent, 27 beloved son, passed unexpectedly on September 27, 2015. A resident of Hampton, VA for 19 years, Trent had accepted Christ at the age of 12. He was an avid Steelers fan and had a passion for cooking and gardening. He is survived by his parents Bruce and Lisa Hill of Hampton; grandfather William (Bill) Hill of Hampton; an...

Glenn Askew

Glenn Askew

Sep 26, 2015

Haywood Glenn Askew, 88, of White Oak Road, Eure, NC died Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Askew was born in Gates County on April 26, 1927, and was the son of the late John Irvin and Mary Askew. The retired owner of Western Auto and White Oak Shopping Center, he was a member of Eure...

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson

Sep 26, 2015

William Joseph "Bill" Johnson, 96, of 814 Court Street, Gatesville, NC, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Bill was born in Halifax County on April 16, 1919 and was the son of the late Henry Lee and Cedi Brickle Johnson. A retired inspector with the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation after 48 years of employment,...

Elizabeth Copeland Hanshe

Elizabeth Copeland Hanshe

Sep 25, 2015

Elizabeth Copeland Drayer Hanshe, 87, of 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Friday, September 25, 2015 in Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach. Mrs. Hanshe was born in Chowan County on January 28, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Claude and Emma Florence Green Copeland. An accounting manager, she had retired...

David Wayne McLean

David Wayne McLean

Sep 24, 2015

David Wayne McLean, 67, of 329 Cypress Drive, Cape Colony, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 in his home. Mr. McLean was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 16, 1947, and was the son of Grace McLean Pajor of South Bend, IN and the late Jack "Jake" McLean. A 1966 graduate of John Adams High School, he had served...

Spurgeon Douglas Overton

Spurgeon Douglas Overton

Sep 22, 2015

Spurgeon Douglas Overton, 91, of 904 North Academy Street, Ahoskie, NC, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Ahoskie House. Mr. Overton was born in Hertford County on September 25, 1923, and was the son of the late David Lloyd and Eunice Willoughby Overton. A retired inspector from the North Carolina Department of Transportation after 35 years of employment, he was...

Marjorie White Davenport

Marjorie White Davenport

Sep 21, 2015

Marjorie White Davenport, 92, a longtime resident of Hertford, NC, died Monday, September 21, 2015 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mrs. Davenport was born in Gates County on June 4, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Frank and Nannie Trotman White. A homemaker, she had also worked with Robertson's Cleaners and Rental Uniform Service...

John Anthony Mauser

John Anthony Mauser

Sep 20, 2015

John Anthony Mauser, 65, of 809 Sandy Ridge Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, September 20, 2015. Mr. Mauser was born in Cleveland, OH on June 1, 1950, and was the son of Irene Kirtley Tabory of Highland Heights, OH and the late Louis Daniel Tabory. A retired engineer from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he was a Navy veteran. In addition to...

W. Earl Smith

W. Earl Smith

Sep 19, 2015

William Earl Smith, 91, of Edenton House, Edenton, NC, and a former longtime resident of the Rocky Hock community, died Saturday, September 19, 2015. Born September 8, 1924 in Chowan County, he was the son of the late Will and Nelia Bass Smith. The retired owner and operator of W.E. Smith Grocery, he was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist...

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