Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Josiah Ward Proctor
Feb 3, 2014
Josiah Ward Proctor, 72, of 2635 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully with his family by his side, Monday, February 3, 2014 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mr. Proctor was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Josiah Roscoe and Addie Mae Ward Proctor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Betty Privott Dail Forehand
Feb 3, 2014
Betty Privott Dail Forehand, 71, of 212 Riverview Avenue, Camden, NC, died Monday, February 3, 2014, in her home. Mrs. Forehand was born in Chowan County, the daughter of Mae White Privott Corprew of Edenton and the late Carey Augustus Privott, and was the wife of late Robert Preston Dail, Sr. and Johnny Nathan Forehand, Sr. A retired Home Economic...
Pauline White Webb
Feb 3, 2014
Pauline White Webb, 89, formerly of New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, February 3, 2014 in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Webb was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Annie Russell White. The retired co-owner and operator of Tuck's Barbeque, she was a lifetime member of Berea Church of...
David L. Bass
Feb 1, 2014
David L. Bass, 80, of 217 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, went home to his eternal reward with our Lord on Saturday morning, February 1, 2014. Born in Chowan County, he was the son of the late W. Sanford and Corinne Emminizer Bass. A partner in the former Swindell-Bass Funeral Home, he later worked and retired from Albemarle Motor Company....
James Michael Minick
Feb 1, 2014
James Michael "Mike" Minick, 50, of 47 Gates Forest Road, Eure, NC, died February 1, 2014 at his home. Mike was born in Alexandria, VA and was the son of the late James Raymond and Janet Charlene Frazier Minick. Employed as a survey engineer in the construction industry, he was a talented musician and especially enjoyed playing the guitar. Surviving...
John Fletcher Willey
Jan 31, 2014
John Fletcher Willey, 95, passed away January 31, 2014, at the Vidant Inpatient Hospice Center in Greenville, North Carolina. John fought valiantly as he dealt with cancer. John was the third son of Dan Arthur and Rosa Whedbee Willey. He was born September 8, 1918, on the family farm in the Willeyton community in Gates, North Carolina. John is predeceased...
Maxine Bradshaw Bunch
Jan 31, 2014
Maxine Bradshaw Bunch, 88, formerly of Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 31, 2014 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mrs. Bunch was born in Lunenburg County, VA on May 23, 1925, and was the daughter of the late William Jesse and Lelia English Bradshaw. A retired grader with Seabrook Blanching Corporation, she was a member...
Gracelyn Spencer Craft
Jan 31, 2014
Gracelyn Spencer Craft, 76, of 508 Acorn Hill Road, Sunbury, NC, died Friday, January 31, 2014 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation, Gatesville. Mrs. Craft was born in Tyrell County, NC on April 14, 1937, and was one of ten children born to the late Eugene Herbert and Lattie Mae Davenport Spencer. A homemaker, she was raised in the Pentecostal...
Jane Lazar Clifton
Jan 29, 2014
Jane Ann Lazar Clifton, 68, of 1350 Spruill Bridge Road, Creswell, NC, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington, NC. Mrs. Clifton was born in South River, NJ on March 26, 1945, and was the daughter of the late John and Helen Popeck Lazar. She had retired from Quality Control at Seabrook Blanching Corp. in Edenton. In...
Myrtle Wilkins Hare
Jan 27, 2014
Myrtle Wilkins Hare, 93, of 1133 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, January 27, 2014 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Hare was born in Gates County on March 30, 1920, and was the daughter of the late Samuel Maywood and Pennie Berryman Wilkins. A retired listing clerk with the Chowan County Tax Department, she was a member...
John Samuel Fairbanks, Jr.
Jan 26, 2014
John Samuel Fairbanks, Jr., 61, of 148 Arrow Road, Ahoskie, NC, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at his home. Mr. Fairbanks was born in Detroit, MI, and was the son of the late John S., Sr. and Elsie Partin Fairbanks Fraley. A carpenter, he was a member of the Assembly of God faith. In addition to his parents, he was...
Opal Pickering Ball
Jan 25, 2014
Opal Pickering Ball, 90, of 193 Bembury Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Ball was born in Sullivan County, TN and was the daughter of the late Loda Arthur and Margaret Dora White Pickering. Employed in the textile department with Tennessee Eastman in Kingsport, TN during World War II, she had also...
Nilah Pittman Chobot
Jan 24, 2014
Nilah Pittman Chobot, 84, of 231 Halsey Bay Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 24, 2014 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs. Chobot was born in Fayette County, WV and was the daughter of the late Wilbur Daniel and Shelvie Gracie Dexter Fox Pittman. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Melvin Curtis Rountree
Jan 24, 2014
Melvin Curtis Rountree, 89, of 296 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 24, 2014 in his home. Affectionately known by family and friends as "Brother" and "Uncle Brother," Mr. Rountree was born March 22, 1924 in Chowan County and was the son of the late Curtis D. and Mary Jones Rountree. A retired drag line operator from Weyerhaeuser,...
Robert Taylor Howell
Jan 24, 2014
Robert Taylor Howell, 81, of 29 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, died Friday, January 24, 2014 in his home. Mr. Howell was born in Gates County and was the son of the late John Robert and Helen Piland Howell. Retired from Union Camp in Franklin, VA after 37 years of employment, he was a life-long farmer and had particularly enjoyed...
James Eure Wiley, Jr.
Jan 21, 2014
James Eure "Jimmy" Wiley, Jr., 59, of 252 Brinkleyville Road, Ahoskie, NC, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Wiley was born in Hertford County and was the son of the late James Eure Wiley, Sr. and Anne Rountree Wiley Perry. Employed as a construction superintendent, he was a member of Center Grove Baptist Church in...
Arnold Everette Winslow
Jan 19, 2014
Arnold Everette Winslow, 74, of 615 Up River Road, Belvidere, NC, died Sunday, January 19, 2014 in his home. Mr. Winslow was born on March 19, 1939 in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Robert Elisha and Mary Pleasant Winslow. A retired farmer, he was a member of Up River Friends Meeting. In addition to his parents,...
Mary Elizabeth Linnemeyer Clough
Jan 17, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Linnemeyer Clough, 50, of 927 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, died Friday, January 17, 2014 in her home. Mary was born in Oyster Bay, New York, on January 24, 1963, and was the daughter of the late Harry William and Ruth Katherine Sessler Linnemeyer. She had been employed in the Lawn & Garden Dept. at Home Depot in...
Frances Douglas Sawyer
Jan 16, 2014
Frances Douglas Sawyer, 86, of 210 Chepanoe Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, January 16, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Sawyer was born on September 26, 1927 in Williamsburg County, SC, and was the daughter of the late John William and Pearl Perry Douglas. She had retired as an office manager in the Real Estate field. In addition to her parents,...
William Alexander Elliott, Jr.
Jan 15, 2014
William Alexander "Bill" Elliott, Jr., 65, of 203 W. Second Street, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 in his home. Bill was born in Chowan County on July 6, 1948, and was the son of the late William A., Sr. and Lillie Mae Saunders Elliott. Retired from the Chowan County 911 Emergency Communications Center as a Senior Telecommunicator, he...
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