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Evelyn Taylor Jordan

Evelyn Taylor Jordan

Jul 11, 2014

Evelyn Taylor Jordan, 92, formerly of Beaufort, NC died Friday, July 11, 2014 in Cypress Glen Retirement Community, Greenville. Mrs. Jordan was born in Lenoir County, NC on September 3, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Lee Russell Taylor. The former Technical Librarian at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, she was honored upon her...

W. Dewey Perry, Jr.

W. Dewey Perry, Jr.

Jul 9, 2014

William Dewey Perry, Jr. (Dewey Jr.), 90, of Hertford, NC, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mr. Perry was born in Perquimans County on November 5, 1923, and was the son of the late William Dewey, Sr. and Sadie Chappell Perry. A veteran of World War II, he served in the...

Marshall Hawkins Creech

Marshall Hawkins Creech

Jul 8, 2014

Marshall Hawkins Creech, 78, of 108 Pike Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in his home. Mr. Creech was born in Johnston County, NC on February 7, 1936, and was the son of the late William Norwood and Rachel Winnie White Creech. Retired from Shop 57 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as an Electronic Instrument Technician, he was...

Theophilus William Tison, III

Theophilus William Tison, III

Jul 7, 2014

Theophilus William "Butch" Tison, III, 68, of 189 Tinkham Road, Eure, NC, died Monday, July 7, 2014 in his home. Mr. Tison was born in Worth County, GA on January 18, 1946 and was the son of the late Theophilus W., Jr. and Georgia Ann Richardson Tison. A retired pipefitter with Tidewater Construction, he was a member of Red Oak...

Joan Randolph Harmon

Joan Randolph Harmon

Jul 5, 2014

Joan Frances Randolph Harmon, 74, of 125 Webb Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, July 5, 2014 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Harmon was born in Norfolk, VA on January 30, 1940 and was the daughter of the late John and Estelle White Randolph. With her husband, she owned and operated B & J Hotdogs in...

Lillian Banks Sawyer

Lillian Banks Sawyer

Jul 4, 2014

Lillian Banks Sawyer, 83, of 1705 Aydlett Circle, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, July 4, 2014 in Currituck House, Moyock. Mrs. Sawyer was born in Currituck County on March 29, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Tully Leo and Ruth Baker Banks. A homemaker, in addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Phillip...

Myrtle Hill Piland

Myrtle Hill Piland

Jul 2, 2014

Myrtle Hill Piland, 94, of Winfall Blvd, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 in Hertford Assisted Living Center. Mrs. Piland was born in Chowan County on October 24, 1919, was the daughter of the late James and Lina Belch Hill, and sister of Julia, Della Mae, Georgia, and Eunice. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford Baptist Church....

Joseph Patrick Laub

Joseph Patrick Laub

Jul 1, 2014

Joseph Patrick Laub, 54, of 1319 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in his home. Mr. Laub was born on December 15, 1959 in Kenmore, NY, and was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Lou Collins Laub. He was formerly employed as a marble countertop fabricator and installer. Surviving are his fiancée, Theresa Yvonne Gaulin...

Billy Dail

Billy Dail

Jul 1, 2014

Percy Wilmer "Billy" Dail, Jr., 72, of 4206 Caratoke Highway, Barco, NC, and a former long-time resident of Virginia Beach, VA, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in his home. Mr. Dail was born in Chowan County on April 17, 1942, and was the son of the late Percy W., Sr. and Edna Mae Layton Dail. A retired furniture salesman with...

Gordon Rogers Bryant

Gordon Rogers Bryant

Jul 1, 2014

Gordon Rogers Bryant, 75, of 1239 Pitts Chapel Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mr. Bryant was born on December 22, 1938 in Buckingham County, VA and was the son of the late William Ernest Bryant and Connie Virginia Hackett Bryant Webster. He was a retired welder. In addition to his...

Bobby Ray Bullock

Bobby Ray Bullock

Jun 30, 2014

Bobby Ray Bullock, 61, of 130 Discovery Trail, Hertford, NC, died Monday, June 30, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Bullock was born in Norfolk, VA on November 19, 1952, and was the son of Willie Fay Leggett Bullock of Glen Burnie, MD and the late Robert James Bullock. He was an avid toy train collector. Surviving in addition...

W. Jasper Robertson

W. Jasper Robertson

Jun 30, 2014

Willie Jasper Robertson, 89, formerly of Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, and more recently of Heritage Care of Elizabeth City, died Monday, June 30, 2014 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Robertson was born in Gates County on September 5, 1924, and was the son of the late William Wallace and Jim Sue Robertson Hendrix. A retired farmer, he...

Willie Lee Darden

Willie Lee Darden

Jun 26, 2014

Willie Lee Darden, 82, of Edenton, NC, and formerly of Suffolk, VA, passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Willie was born in Suffolk, formerly Nansemond County, VA on October 7, 1931 and was the son of the late George Thomas and Eulice Williford Darden. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

George Thomas Roach, Jr.

George Thomas Roach, Jr.

Jun 26, 2014

George Thomas Roach, Jr., 74, of 409 Lake Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Roach was born in Perquimans County on February 22, 1940, and was the son of the late George Thomas, Sr. and Alice Simpson Roach. A life-long farmer, he had retired from Estes Express Lines, was a...

The Rev. Larn Lee Underwood

The Rev. Larn Lee Underwood

Jun 22, 2014

The Reverend Larn Lee Underwood, 73, entered into the presence of our Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 22, 2014, from Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. The family and those who knew Reverend Underwood take joy in knowing where his faithful soul rests today. Born on July 5, 1940 in Phoenix, AZ, he was the son of the late Lee...

Linda White Zimmerman

Linda White Zimmerman

Jun 19, 2014

Linda Virginia White Zimmerman, 66, of 372 Oak Ridge Drive, Farmville, NC, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 in Washington County Hospital, Plymouth, NC. Mrs. Zimmerman was born in Gates County on November 29, 1947 and was the daughter of the late Wilson and Novella Hollowell White. Past employments included sewing work, assembly work with Proctor & Gamble, and home care...

Ronald Luther Boyce

Ronald Luther Boyce

Jun 19, 2014

Ronald Luther Boyce, 77, of 314 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 in his home. Mr. Boyce was born in Gates County on September 21, 1936, and was the son of the late Luther Martin and Donnie Kelly Boyce. A retired civil service employee from the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Base, he was a member of Up...

Clara White Perry

Clara White Perry

Jun 18, 2014

Clara White Perry, 82, of Hertford, NC, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Perry was born in Chowan County on August 12, 1931 and was one of 10 children born to the late Watson B. and Isa Bunch White. A homemaker and farmer's wife, she was the co-owner and operator of Perry's Produce, where she...

Max Passink, Jr.

Max Passink, Jr.

Jun 18, 2014

Emanuel Max Passink, Jr., 75, of Hunt Club Trail, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Passink was born in Campbell County, VA on July 23, 1938, and was the son of the late Emanuel Max, Sr. and Kitty Woldridge Passink. He was a retired chemical engineer. Surviving are his wife of 7 years,...

Ruth Berry Harrelson

Ruth Berry Harrelson

Jun 16, 2014

Ruth Berry Harrelson, 94, of Caratoke Highway, Moyock, NC, died Monday, June 16, 2014 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA. Mrs. Harrelson was born in Dillon County, SC, and was the daughter of the late Andrew Frank and Sue Coward Berry. A retired business owner, waitress, and cashier, she attended Moyock Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

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