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Catherine Wilson O'Quin

Catherine Wilson O'Quin

Jan 8, 2015

Catherine Anne Wilson O'Quin, 69, of Bethel Fishing Center Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. O'Quin was born in Norfolk, VA on July 5, 1945, and was the daughter of the late John P. and Rosa Lee Drew Wilson. A retired restaurant cook, she was a member of Central Baptist Church in...

Paul Carter Whiteman

Paul Carter Whiteman

Jan 7, 2015

Paul Carter Whiteman, 71, of 3138 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in Duke Raleigh Hospital. Mr. Whiteman, a life-long resident of Chowan County, was born August 11, 1943 and was the son of the late Alma T. and Willietta Nixon Whiteman. The former owner and operator of Whiteman's Service Center and P.W. Carter Trucking Enterprises,...

Jean West Clark

Jean West Clark

Jan 6, 2015

Jean West Clark, 91, formerly of Knights Lane, Corapeake, NC, went home to be with the Lord and her late husband, Edward Aaron Clark, on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, the date of their 71st wedding anniversary. Mrs. Clark was born in Wilmington, NC on November 21, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Charles Harper and Lottie Hurst West....

Dutchie Spear, Sr.

Dutchie Spear, Sr.

Jan 6, 2015

Dutchie Spear, Sr. 95, of 558 Deep Creek Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in his home. Mr. Spear was born in Tyrrell County on September 19, 1919, and was the son of the late Bail and Crettie Allen Spear. A retired farmer, he was a member of Berea Church of Christ and an honorary member of New...

William Jordan Elliott

William Jordan Elliott

Jan 3, 2015

William Jordan "Will" Elliott, 91, of 204 South Church Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, January 3, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Elliott was born in Perquimans County on January 22, 1923, and was the son of the late Anthony Benjamin and Gladys Jordan Elliott. A retired security guard, he had also worked for many years as...

Tyler Ryan Herba

Tyler Ryan Herba

Jan 3, 2015

Tyler Ryan Herba, 22, a resident of Holiday Island, Hertford, NC, was called home on Saturday, January 3, 2015. Tyler was born in Baltimore, MD on December 27, 1992. As a kid he played baseball and enjoyed drawing and tattooing. A hard worker, he was very self-motivated, loved to skateboard, swim, and have a great time with his family and...

Vernon Merl Fueston, Jr.

Vernon Merl Fueston, Jr.

Jan 2, 2015

Vernon Merl Fueston, Jr., (LCDR, US Navy, Retired), 89, of 100 Manor Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 2, 2015 in his home. Mr. Fueston was born in Chicago, IL on February 16, 1925, son of Vernon M., Sr. and Bernice Grace Robison Fueston, and brother of Beverly Fueston Mette. Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 17, he...

Agnes Ashley Lawson

Agnes Ashley Lawson

Jan 2, 2015

Agnes Mae Ashley Lawson, 53, of 106 Blackfoot Trial, Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 2, 2015 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington. Mrs. Lawson was born in Virginia on September 30, 1961, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Andrew, Sr. and Agnes Louise Brickhouse Ashley. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Harry Michael Whelan

Harry Michael Whelan

Dec 31, 2014

Harry Michael Whelan, 67, of Hertford, NC and a long time resident of Point Pleasant Beach, NJ died peacefully, Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Whelan graduated from Brick Township High School and Monmouth University and later went on to attend the National Academy for Police Officers at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA....

Sarah Byrum Orvin

Sarah Byrum Orvin

Dec 30, 2014

Sarah Elizabeth Byrum Orvin, 67, of 1110 Ferebee Avenue, Chesapeake, VA, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Orvin was born in Norfolk, VA on December 9, 1947, and was the daughter of the late George Ores and Bernice Bunch Byrum. She had retired from the cafeteria at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. In addition to her...

Doris Hodges Peal

Doris Hodges Peal

Dec 30, 2014

Doris Jo Hodges Peal, 76, of 408 High Street, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Peal was born in Adamsville, TN on November 30, 1938, and was the daughter of the late John and Birdtie Hodges. A graduate of College of The Albemarle, she was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse. In addition to her parents,...

Helen Ascoli Clark

Helen Ascoli Clark

Dec 30, 2014

Helen Lucy Ascoli Clark, 93, died peacefully Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in her home in Edenton, North Carolina. Mrs. Clark was born in West Rutland, Vermont on June 27, 1921 and was the daughter of the late Gustavo and Leah Ascoli of Carrara Italy. As a child she attended Rutland area schools including Mount Saint Joseph Academy and had also...

James Carlyle Dail, Jr.

James Carlyle Dail, Jr.

Dec 30, 2014

James Carlyle "Jim" Dail, Jr., 56, of 103 Douglas Avenue, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in his home. Jim was a life-long resident of Chowan County, born on September 19, 1958, and was the son of James C. "Pete" Dail, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Harrell Dail of Edenton. An employee with LeBleu Water Distributors, he was a member...

Frank Harrigan

Frank Harrigan

Dec 30, 2014

Francis Raymond "Frank" Harrigan, 77, of 437 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in his home. Mr. Harrigan was born in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 1937, and was the son of the late Francis Raymond Harrigan, Sr. and Mildred Osborn Vangol. A graduate of Norfolk Catholic High School, he was a Marine veteran of the Korean...

Viola Chappell Hollowell

Viola Chappell Hollowell

Dec 28, 2014

Viola Chappell Hollowell, 88, of 306 Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mrs. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on January 15, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Ralph Benjamin and Helen Dough Chappell. As a child she was raised in the fellowship of Chappell Hill Baptist Church, after marriage...

Christine Bass Lamb

Christine Bass Lamb

Dec 28, 2014

Christine Bass Lamb, 83, a resident of Edenton House, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Lamb was born in Chowan County on September 27, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Carey and Martha Harrell Bass. A retired supervisor with IXL Cabinets, she was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church....

Irene Pritchard Towe

Irene Pritchard Towe

Dec 26, 2014

Irene Pritchard Towe, 103, died Friday, December 26, 2014. Mrs. Towe was born in Elizabeth City on November 7, 1911, and was the daughter of the late Clifford Everton and Nancy "Nannie" Saunders Pritchard. A longtime member of Hertford United Methodist Church, and faithful in the works of its Minnie Wilson Circle, she was also a past member of The...

Gladys Mizelle White

Gladys Mizelle White

Dec 25, 2014

Gladys Mizelle White, 83, of 604 E. River Street, Colerain, NC, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 in Creekside Care & Rehabilitation Center, Ahoskie. Mrs. White was born in Bertie County on November 15, 1931, and was one of three children born to Genie Ellis and Grover Mae Johnson Mizelle. A loving mother, Gladys was known in the community for delicious...

Faye Oliver Simons

Faye Oliver Simons

Dec 24, 2014

Faye Oliver Simons, 79, of 112 Colony Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mrs. Simons was born in Washington County on September 3, 1935, and was the daughter of the late John Pearlie and Dera Mae Jackson Oliver. A homemaker, she was raised in the fellowship of The Church of God faith. In...

Lorina Chinsolo Dail

Lorina Chinsolo Dail

Dec 24, 2014

Lorina Chinsolo Dail, 91, of Dogwood Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in her daughter's home in Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Dail was born in McDowell County, WV on November 18, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Michael and Lucia Pontalia Chinsolo. A retired seamstress from the former Don Juan Manufacturing Co. in Hertford, she was a...

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