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Myra Evans Poovey

Myra Evans Poovey

Oct 13, 2014

Myra Lea Evans Poovey, 81, of 147 Willow Street, Edenton, NC, died at home on Monday, October 13, 2014. Mrs. Poovey was born on January 14, 1933 in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late Winston Miles Evans, Sr. and Catherine Miles Evans. A homemaker, she was a Methodist by faith. In addition to her parents, she was...

Irma Simpson Hudgins

Irma Simpson Hudgins

Oct 12, 2014

Irma Simpson Hudgins, 85, of NC 37 South, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, October 12, 2014 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation, Gatesville. Miss Hudgins was born in Gates County on October 30, 1928 and was the daughter of the late Herbert Cornelius, Sr. and Lucile Simpson Hudgins. A retired secretary, she had worked at R.R. Allen & Son in Suffolk,...

Janet Marie Gutmann

Janet Marie Gutmann

Oct 11, 2014

Janet Marie Gutmann, 52, of Mill Dr., Edenton, NC, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Born in Pittsburgh, PA on November 13, 1961, she was the daughter of Richard L. and Patricia Kiray Gutmann. A licensed practical nurse, she was currently employed with Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation in Hertford. Surviving in addition to her parents...

Jackie Edward Brinson

Jackie Edward Brinson

Oct 11, 2014

Jackie Edward Brinson, 63, of 121 Laurel Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 in his home. Mr. Brinson was born in Salisbury, MD on November 11, 1950, and was the son of the late Milen and Mary Sadie Hayes Brinson. Prior to declining health and illness, he was a driver for Barnhill Contracting. Surviving is his wife, Lola...

Sandra Roberts Meeks

Sandra Roberts Meeks

Oct 9, 2014

Sandra Ann Roberts Meeks, 67, of 902 W. Camlin Street, Ahoskie, NC, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville. Mrs. Meeks was born in Federalsburg, MD on October 19, 1946 and was the daughter of the late Percy H. and Pauline West Roberts. Known to many as "Precious", she never met a stranger and also had...

Hallie Rae Bunch Lane

Hallie Rae Bunch Lane

Oct 4, 2014

Hallie Rae Bunch Lane, 86, of 1173 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Saturday, October 4, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Lane was born on September 14, 1928 in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Joseph Haywood and Inez Copeland Bunch. As a child, she was raised in the fellowship of Sandy Cross Baptist Church, later became a...

Patricia McGee Duguay

Patricia McGee Duguay

Oct 3, 2014

Patricia Anne McGee Duguay, 63, of 1602 Winslow Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, October 3, 2014 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Patsy, the daughter of the Rev. Hubert "Jim", Jr. and Beverly McGee of Elizabeth City, was born in San Francisco, CA on May 26, 1951. A registered nurse, she was employed for many years with Sentara...

Fred Edward Keeter, Sr.

Fred Edward Keeter, Sr.

Sep 30, 2014

Fred Edward Keeter, Sr., 85, of 361 Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Keeter was born in Bertie County on June 14, 1929 and was the son of the late John Washington and Ella Priscilla Castelloe Keeter. A National Hardwood Lumber Inspector, he had retired from Williams Lumber Company at Mackey's....

Valerie Lynn Overton

Valerie Lynn Overton

Sep 30, 2014

Valerie Lynn Overton, 59, of 120 Muddy Creek Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 224 West Main Street, Winfall. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, assisted the...

Evelyn Cullipher Wilkins

Evelyn Cullipher Wilkins

Sep 29, 2014

Evelyn Cullipher Wilkins, 75, of 3121 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 29, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mrs. Wilkins was born in Martin County on February 17, 1939 and was the daughter of the late Johnny and Gladys Bell Cullipher. A retired telephone answering service operator, she was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church and...

Nola Riggs Hensley

Nola Riggs Hensley

Sep 29, 2014

Nola Mae Riggs Hensley, 88, of 328 Pamlico Trial, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 29, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Hensley was born in Pineville, KY on May 14, 1926, and was the daughter of the late William Sherman and Irene Riggs. A homemaker, in earlier years she had worked as a nurse. In addition to her parents,...

William Rhodes White

William Rhodes White

Sep 28, 2014

William Rhodes White, 85, of 604 E. River Street, Colerain, NC, died Sunday, September 28, 2014 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. White was born in Bertie County on December 17, 1928, and was one of eight children born to the late Solomon Perry and Rosa Etta Dunlow White. For many years he managed the Farmer's Supply Store in Colerain,...

Robert Jenkins Carroll

Robert Jenkins Carroll

Sep 26, 2014

Robert Jenkins Carroll, 90, of 1046 NC 37 North, Gates, NC, died Friday, September 26, 2014 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Carroll was born in Suffolk, VA on May 5, 1924, and was the son of the late John Edwards and Jennie Cross Carroll. A 1950 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he...

John Edward Bivens

John Edward Bivens

Sep 24, 2014

John Edward Bivens, 78, of 3053 Virginia Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Bivens was born in Chowan County on September 4, 1936, and was the son of the late Robert Ernest, Sr. and Nellie Gleen Harden Bivens. A retired commercial truck driver, he had a deep love for music and had...

Thomas Jefferson Jackson, Jr.

Thomas Jefferson Jackson, Jr.

Sep 22, 2014

Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" Jackson, Jr., 98, formerly of 906 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 22, 2014 at The Currituck House in Moyock. Mr. Jackson was born in Chowan County on January 16, 1916 and was a son of the late Thomas J., Sr. and Lennie Picole Russell Jackson. The retired co-owner and operator of Jackson's TV, he...

Millard Lassie Umphlett

Millard Lassie Umphlett

Sep 20, 2014

Millard Lassie Umphlett, 93, of 19 Depot Road, Eure, NC, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 in his home. Mr. Umphlett was born in Gates County on April 10, 1921 and was the son of the late Lee O. and Annie Perry Umphlett. A retired painter and carpenter, he was a member of Eure Baptist Church. In addition to his parents,...

Ada Overman Barco

Ada Overman Barco

Sep 20, 2014

Ada Overman Barco, 74, of Four Forks Road, Shawboro, NC, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 in Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Barco was born on December 29, 1939 in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late George S. and Beulah White Overman. A homemaker, she was a faithful and active member of Providence Baptist Church and its...

Bea Riddick

Bea Riddick

Sep 18, 2014

Alice Bea Lane Riddick, 83, of 1317 Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, September 18, 2014 in Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Riddick was born in Perquimans County on April 4, 1931, and was the last surviving of six daughters born to the late Benjamin and Ethel Trueblood Lane. A floral designer, she had retired after...

Elbert Lee Spencer, Jr.

Elbert Lee Spencer, Jr.

Sep 18, 2014

Elbert Lee Spencer, Jr., 71, of 154 Desert Road, Corapeake, NC, died Thursday, September 18, 2014 in his home. Mr. Spencer was born in Norfolk, VA on March 15, 1943 and was the son of the late Elbert Lee Spencer, Sr. and Frances Norris Crockett. A machinist foreman, he had retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In addition to his parents,...

Louis Rawls Pearce, Jr.

Louis Rawls Pearce, Jr.

Sep 16, 2014

Louis Rawls Pearce, Jr., 61, of 87 Corner High Road, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 in his home. Mr. Pearce was born in Nash County on December 7, 1952 and was the son of the late Louis R., Sr. and Juanita Kirkland Pearce. A retired carrier with the US Postal Service in Murfreesboro, he was a member of...

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