Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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