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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jeffery Randall Palmer
Aug 6, 2015
Jeffery Randall Palmer, 35, of 110 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, August 6, 2015 in Elizabeth City. Jeff was born on August 9, 1979 in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was the son of R. Randall "Randy" Palmer and Deborah Wypasek Palmer of Hobbsville. For many years he was a homebuilder on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Talented in...
Stanley Webster Pratt
Jul 31, 2015
Stanley Webster Pratt, 65, of 208 West Eden Street, Edenton, NC, passed from this life to his eternal home with his Lord, on Friday, July 31, 2015 in Sentara Hospice House, Virginia Beach, VA. Mr. Pratt was born in Edenton on August 30, 1949 and was the son of the late Robert Long Pratt, Sr. and Louise Simpson Pratt. A...
Phillip Wayne Coltrain
Jul 29, 2015
Phillip Wayne Coltrain, 67, of 1078 West Millpond Road, Roper, NC, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in his home. Mr. Coltrain was born in Martin County on December 6, 1947, and was the son of the late Archie Thomas and Elizabeth Sexton Coltrain. In earlier years he had worked as a carpenter, also with the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation,...
Maline Langston King
Jul 29, 2015
Maline Langston King, 94, of The East Pavilion, Franklin, VA, died there on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Mrs. King was born in Gates County on February 17, 1921, and was the last surviving of six children born to the late Harry Lee, Sr. and Alice Everett Langston. A retired secretary, she was for many years a member of Ahoskie United...
Dorothy Mann Davenport
Jul 26, 2015
Dorothy Mae Mann Davenport, 87, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton, where she had her family by her side. Mrs. Davenport was born in Tyrrell County on May 5, 1928, and was the daughter of the late David Moses and Frances Phelps Mann. After graduating from Creswell High School she married...
Doris Jean Cale Kern
Jul 25, 2015
Doris Jean Cale Kern, 70, of 809 Badham Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Kern was born in Chowan County on February 19, 1945 and was the daughter of the late Grover D. and Effie Bunch Cale. A retired beautician and the owner of Doris Jean's Beauty Shop, she served the customers she...
Elizabeth Elliott Winslow
Jul 24, 2015
Elizabeth Leola Elliott Winslow, 94, of Sunset Drive, Hertford, NC, died Friday, July 24, 2015. Mrs. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on July 28, 1920 and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Ocia Copeland Elliott. After the death of her parents when she was 12 years old, she went to live with and be raised by her...
Cheryle Meekins Pritchett Tyrrell
Jul 24, 2015
Cheryle Meekins Pritchett Tyrrell, of 129 Arapahoe Trial, Hertford, NC, died Friday, July 24, 2015 in her home. Born August 14, 1947, she was the daughter of the late L.H. and Mary "Betty" Meekins. A graduate of Great Bridge High School, she was a cosmetologist for over 40 years in the Albemarle area. In addition to her parents, she was...
Gregory Scott Faircloth
Jul 22, 2015
Gregory Scott Faircloth, 41, of 205 Wampanoag Trail, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 while on vacation in Ocracoke. Greg was a life-long resident of Chowan County and was the son of Donald M. Faircloth, Sr. of Edenton and the late Sandra Cale Carmello. He was employed with VT Group of Virginia Beach in metal fabrication. In addition to...
David Wesley Sampson
Jul 20, 2015
David Wesley Sampson, 51, of 228 Selwin Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, July 20, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. David was born on December 27, 1963 in Havelock, NC. The owner and operator of Mastercraft Flooring, he was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and had coached the Rifle Teams at both Chowan Middle School and John A. Holmes...
J. Alton Eure, Sr.
Jul 19, 2015
James Alton "Mole" Eure, Sr., 85, of 1381 NC Hwy 137, Eure, NC, died Sunday, July 19, 2015 in Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, VA. Mr. Eure was born in Edgecombe County, NC on April 18, 1930, and was the son of the late Wesley LaFayette and Linda Crawford Eure. A retired foreman with Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, VA...
Ruby Byrum Davis Nixon
Jul 17, 2015
Ruby Byrum Davis Nixon, 78, of 3010 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, July 17, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Nixon was born in Chowan County on February 5, 1937, and was the daughter of the late William Vandy, Sr. and Ada White Byrum. A homemaker, through the years she had been employed at Dick's Drive-In, Larry's Drive-In, Gabby's,...
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