Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
Josephine Gaither Jones
Feb 3, 2015
Josephine Gaither "Jo" Jones, 84, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Hayes Gaither, and Louise Huffines Gaither. Jo was born December 30, 1930, in Elizabeth City and grew up in Charlotte, NC. She was educated at St. Mary's College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Billy Graham, Jr.
Feb 1, 2015
James William "Billy" Graham, Jr., 52, of 901 Center Hill Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City, to be with his Lord after fighting a long illness. Billy was born in Franklin, VA on December 1, 1962, but spent most of his life in Pasquotank County. The light of his...
David Carroll Miller
Jan 29, 2015
David Carroll Miller, 76, of Brinkley Place, Plymouth, NC, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 in his home. Mr. Miller was born April 10, 1938 in Colerain, Bertie County, NC, and was the son of the late Dennie David and Ina Rhea Pierce Miller. A 1956 graduate of Colerain High School, he was employed with Thompson Ford in Hampton, VA for...
Carolyn Odom Hollowell
Jan 29, 2015
Carolyn Odom Hollowell, 81, of 537B Wingfield Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Hollowell was born on February 24, 1933 in Hertford County, and was one of eight children born to the late Joe John and Lettie Mae Harrell Odom. A former employee of Seabrook Blanching Corp., she had also worked seasonally in helping...
Philip Robertson Sanderlin
Jan 27, 2015
Philip Robertson Sanderlin, 75, of 924 Hwy 343 South, Shiloh, NC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Sanderlin was born in Camden County on May 22, 1939, and was the son of the late Curtis Godfrey and Lillie Mae Robertson Sanderlin. Retired from Lance, Inc., he was a life-long member of Shiloh Baptist...
John Thomas Dobson, Jr.
Jan 26, 2015
John Thomas Dobson, Jr., 80, of 945 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, January 26, 2015 in his home. Mr. Dobson was born in Chowan County on December 5, 1934, and was the son of the late John Thomas Dobson, Sr. and Grace Spencer Dobson Sawyer. A retired systems analyst with the Social Security Administration, he later taught Computer Applications...
Evelyn LeBars Baker Jordan
Jan 24, 2015
Evelyn LeBars Baker Jordan, 85, of Shipyard Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Jordan was born in Beauville, France on August 1, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Pierre and Marie Louise LeBars. A retired seamstress from the former Don Juan Manufacturing Co., she had attended St. Anne Catholic Church....
Robert Spurgean Caulk
Jan 24, 2015
Robert Spurgean Caulk, 65, of 143 Perkins Road, Gatesville, NC, died Saturday, January 24, 2015 in his home. Mr. Caulk was born in Bladen County on January 9, 1950, and was the son of the late Spurgean and Florence Walters Caulk. An asphalt superintendent, he had retired from Rose Brothers Paving Company in Ahoskie. In addition to his parents, he...
Kathleen Gregory Williams
Jan 22, 2015
Kathleen Gregory Williams, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015. Mrs. Williams was born in Norfolk, VA on September 2, 1930, and was the only daughter of the late Charles Emmett and Mary Bell Ethridge Gregory. A devoted wife, mother and daughter, she was a past member of Ramoth Gilead Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Myrtle Harrell Davenport
Jan 22, 2015
Myrtle Lee Harrell Davenport, 87, of 150 Substation Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, January 22, 2015 in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro. Mrs. Davenport was born in Halifax County, NC on August 12, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Lindell Adams Harrell. The owner and operator of Mill End Fabric Shop for over 50 years, she...
Nellie Gregory Roberts
Jan 22, 2015
Nellie Gregory Roberts went to be with the Lord on January 22, 2015 at the age of 100. Mrs. Roberts was one of seven children born to the late Phillip McHorney and Nellie Ballance Gregory. A homemaker and farmer's wife she was a member of Providence Baptist Church where she faithfully served the Lord. She was predeceased by her husband...
Winnie Ferebee Vernon
Jan 20, 2015
Winnie Ferebee Vernon, 45, of 102 Algonquin Trail, Shawboro, NC, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Winnie was born May 8, 1969, and was the daughter of James H., Jr. and Diane Humphries Ferebee of Shawboro. A Registered Nurse, she was formerly employed with Community Home Care & Hospice in Elizabeth City, and was a member...
Harold Lorenzo Wise, Sr.
Jan 19, 2015
Harold Lorenzo Wise, Sr., 89, of Edenton, NC, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at Vintage Inn, Williamston, NC. Mr. Wise was born in Marion, OH on July 9, 1925, and was the son of the late Merle and Mable Wise. He joined the U.S. Navy serving for over 26 years and was a veteran of WW II, the Korean War...
Marilyn Stallings Noble
Jan 19, 2015
Marilyn Stallings Noble, 68, of 782 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, January 19, 2015 in her home. Marilyn was a life-long resident of Gates County, born on January 23, 1946, and was the daughter of the late James Edward, Sr. and Sarah Berryman Stallings. The owner and operator of Carolina Refinishers, she was a member of Sandy Cross...
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