Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Maude Corprew Barber
Feb 16, 2015
Maude Lee Corprew Barber, 74, of 5367 Sir Barton Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, died Monday, February 16, 2015 in Heritage Hall Nursing Center. Mrs. Barber was born in Chowan County, NC on October 3, 1940 and was the daughter of the late William Woodrow and Edna Louise Sawyer Corprew. A homemaker, she attended Kempsville Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband,...
Nell Byrum
Feb 14, 2015
Audrey Nell White Byrum, 90, formerly of 98 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, and more recently of the Woodbury Wellness Center in Hampstead, NC, died there on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Mrs. Byrum was born in Bertie County on November 9, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Joe A. and Nellie Cropsey Taylor White. A homemaker, she was long-time...
Earl Elliott Rogerson
Feb 13, 2015
Earl Elliott Rogerson, 84, of 133 Wiggins Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, February 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Rogerson was born in Perquimans County on January 3, 1931, and was the son of the late William Darden and Lillian Madre Rogerson. A retired farmer, he had served in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of Sergeant before...
Doris Carter Lilley
Feb 13, 2015
Doris Carter Lilley, 93, of Frisco, TX, and formerly of Gatesville, NC, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Mrs. Lilley was born in Gates County on March 15, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Ed and Nellie Mae Rountree Carter. She was the wife of the late Hollis B. Lilley, Sr. Surviving are her daughter, Jackie Lilley and husband...
J. Carroll Byrum, Sr.
Feb 13, 2015
James Carroll Byrum, Sr., 90, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and more recently of Lake Prince Retirement Community in Suffolk, VA, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Mr. Byrum was born in Gates County on February 18, 1924, and was the son of the late Joseph M. and Irma Parker Byrum. The retired owner of Byrum Oil Company, he had also served...
Debra Cobb Miller
Feb 12, 2015
Debra Lynn Cobb "Debi" Miller, 60, of 286 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Miller was born in Seattle, WA on August 13, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Lowell Wayne and June Elizabeth Erickson Cobb. A homemaker, she also enjoyed assisting with Meals on Wheels in the Corapeake area....
John Edward Bembridge, Sr.
Feb 12, 2015
John Edward Bembridge, Sr., 85, of 8977 Mackey's Road, Roper, NC, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 in his home. Mr. Bembridge was born in Chowan County on August 23, 1929, and was the son of the late James W. "Jimmy" and Cora Whitfield Bembridge. In earlier years he worked as a welder at Newport News Shipbuilding, for 10 years with...
Norene Umphlett Taylor
Feb 11, 2015
Norene Umphlett Taylor, 96, of 209 Lee's Mill Road, Gates, NC, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Va. Mrs. Taylor was born in Gates County on October 17, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Mills Edward and Lucy Eure Umphlett. A homemaker, she had been a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church for nearly 70...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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