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Bernard Emmanuel Eanes

Bernard Emmanuel Eanes

Oct 3, 2013

Bernard Emmanuel Eanes, 71, of 566 Davenport's Lane, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 3, 2013 in his home. Mr. Eanes was born in Petersburg, VA and was the son of the late Joseph Berry and Mary Ellen Walker Eanes. He was a retired draftsman with Carter Steel & Iron, and was an avid fisherman. Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Eanes;...

Garland Courtney Jennings, Sr.

Garland Courtney Jennings, Sr.

Oct 2, 2013

Garland Courtney Jennings, Sr., 75, of 1824 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in his home. Mr. Jennings was born in Richmond, VA and was the son of the late Murrill Thaxton Jennings and Alva Rowuvenia Jones Clarke. Retired as an Aviation Machinist's Mate (Jet Engine Mechanic) Chief Petty Officer from the US Navy after 20 years...

Worth Hippensteel Hare, Sr.

Worth Hippensteel Hare, Sr.

Sep 29, 2013

Worth Hippensteel Hare, Sr., 91, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, September 29, 2013, in his home in Edenton, NC. Born January 3, 1922 in Chowan County to the late Brady Clarence and Sarah Roach Hare, he was a World War II veteran, having served both as an enlisted soldier in the US Army National Guard and as a...

Judith Umphlett Berryman

Judith Umphlett Berryman

Sep 29, 2013

Judith Umphlett Berryman, of Hobbsville, NC, succumbed to the cancer that had become a part of her life for four and a half years. She left behind her loving husband, Dewey H. Berryman. Born in Chowan County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Myrtle White Umphlett. Award winning Artist in watercolor and acrylic, Judith started painting at...

Cecelia Morton Grote

Cecelia Morton Grote

Sep 28, 2013

Cecelia Morton Grote, 87, 409 Seaview Drive, Edenton, NC, came to rest on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Mrs. Grote was born in Manchester, England on August 10, 1926 and was the daughter of the late James and Anne Ingham Morton. A homemaker, she was a member of Albemarle Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Althea Kettelle Greenwood

Althea Kettelle Greenwood

Sep 28, 2013

Althea Kettelle Greenwood, 82, of 047 Middle Swamp Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Greenwood was born in Manchester, NH, and was the daughter of the late John D. and Martha Chadborne Kettelle. A retired mortgage vault attendant in the banking industry, she was a former member of McKendrie United Methodist Church in Norfolk,...

Johnny Michael Hora

Johnny Michael Hora

Sep 28, 2013

Johnny Michael Hora, 65, of 840 NC 137, Eure, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA. Mr. Hora was born in Bertie County and was the son of the late Anthony Michael Hora, and Lonnie Ray and Clora Dunlow Newbern. A retired controller from International Paper in Franklin, VA after nearly 40 years of...

Caroline McClenney Pratt

Caroline McClenney Pratt

Sep 28, 2013

Caroline McClenney Pratt, 68, of 1435 NC Hwy 45, Merry Hill, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Pratt was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Wilbert Jennings and Dannie Perry McClenney. Retired after 16 years as the retail market manager with Perry-Wynns Fish Company, she had taught quilting at Roanoke-Chowan Community...

Brenda Julian Williams

Brenda Julian Williams

Sep 28, 2013

Brenda Julian Williams, 72, of 139 Mic Mac Trail, Hertford, NC, passed from her home on this earth to her heavenly home at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2013 surrounded by family who loved her deeply. Brenda was a giving person who will most be remembered for her love of God and children. As her daughter, I can tell...

David Clarence Davenport

David Clarence Davenport

Sep 27, 2013

David Clarence Davenport, 81, of 1285 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, passed from his worldly home to his heavenly home, Friday, September 27, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Columbia, North Carolina on May 23, 1932, he was the son of the late Joseph and Sarah Whitehead Davenport. David married his sweetheart, Dolores Anne Julian, in Norfolk, Virginia...

Ertia Mae Ashley Lane

Ertia Mae Ashley Lane

Sep 27, 2013

Ertia Mae Ashley Lane, 88, of 242 Lowe's Lane, Hertford, NC, died Friday, September 27, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Lane was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late John Francis and Myrtle Williams Ashley. Employed with Don Juan Manufacturing for 17 years, she was a member of Olivet Lakes Pentecostal Holiness Church and had also...

Reta Leggett Shaw

Reta Leggett Shaw

Sep 26, 2013

Reta Leggett Shaw, 73, of 751 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Shaw was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Ernest B. and Addie Hoggard Leggett. Employed in the Food Service Dept. at White Oak Elementary School, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, and loved her...

Rebecca Walker Shepard

Rebecca Walker Shepard

Sep 25, 2013

Rebecca Jane Walker Shepard, 86, the wife of Thomas Hoskins Shepard, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Shepard was born in Burlington, NC, May 4, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Daniel Joshua and Annie Hurdle Walker. A 1948 graduate of Women's College of Greensboro, she moved to Edenton that same year and taught math...

Patricia Powers Mersinger

Patricia Powers Mersinger

Sep 24, 2013

Patricia Powers Mersinger, 86, of 122 Creek Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Mersinger was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late Northern Leslie and Lila Dougherty Powers. She was a homemaker and a long-time resident of Virginia Beach before moving to Edenton nearly 25 years ago. In addition...

Dorothy Griffin Lepley

Dorothy Griffin Lepley

Sep 24, 2013

Dorothy Griffin Lepley, 86, of 314 Cayuga Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mrs. Lepley was born in Elloree, SC and was the daughter of the late Charlie Marion and Maggie Lou Wiles Griffin. A homemaker and member of Bandon Chapel Church, she was an avid gardener and nature lover, a beloved...

Wm. Clinton Copeland

Wm. Clinton Copeland

Sep 24, 2013

William Clinton "Bill" Copeland, 81, of 1031 W. Bear Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Copeland was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Alvin and Christine Ellis Copeland. A retired heavy equipment operator from the Harvey Point Special Testing Activity Base after 30 years of...

John Larry Hill

John Larry Hill

Sep 24, 2013

John Larry Hill, 76, of 1406 Woodwind Drive, Greenville, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in the Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice. Mr. Hill was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late John Richard and Evelyn Rountree Hill. A supervisor with the Federal Aviation Administration, he retired from the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New...

Warren Douglas Totty, Sr.

Warren Douglas Totty, Sr.

Sep 23, 2013

Warren Douglas Totty, Sr., 64, of 139 River Shore Drive, Hertford, NC, died Monday, September 23, 2013 in his home. Mr. Totty was born in Richmond, VA, was the son of the late Floyd Allen and Sadie Virginia Blankenship Totty, and was brickmason. Surviving are two sons, Michael S. Totty of Dinwiddie, VA and Warren D. Totty, Jr. and wife...

Gloria Umphlett Johnson

Gloria Umphlett Johnson

Sep 23, 2013

Gloria Umphlett Johnson, 67, of 1154 NC Hwy 343 North, South Mills, NC, died Monday, September 23, 2013 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA. Mrs. Johnson was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Santos William and Una Lee Small Umphlett. She had formerly worked as a teacher's assistant. In addition to her parents, she...

Charles Maddrey Liverman, Sr.

Charles Maddrey Liverman, Sr.

Sep 21, 2013

Charles Maddrey Liverman, Sr., 83, of 1003 Indian Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 in his home. Mr. Liverman was born in Hertford County and was the son of the late Benjamin Joseph and Ella Ree Bryant Liverman. First enlisting in the Army, he later retired as a Master Sergeant after 22 years of service in...

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