OBITUARIES

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Michael Douglas Lefler

Michael Douglas Lefler

May 4, 2014

Michael Douglas Lefler, 67, of 1809 US 13 North, Gates, NC, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 in his home. Mike was born in Memphis, TN on June 3, 1946 and was the son of the late Burton Douglas and Allie Beard Lefler. Retired after 25 years with the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, his job focus was as a Veterans'...

Augustine Hale Rountree

Augustine Hale Rountree

Apr 30, 2014

Augustine Hale Rountree, 88, formerly of Harrell Lane, Eure, NC, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 in Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Rountree was born in Hertford County on September 3, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Madison and Marie Howard Hale. A homemaker, she had in earlier years worked as a clerk in the Ahoskie...

Ouida Hamm Furgason

Ouida Hamm Furgason

Apr 30, 2014

Ouida Carlene Hamm Furgason, 89, of Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Edenton. Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, Edenton, assisted the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.

Charlie Alton Johnson

Charlie Alton Johnson

Apr 28, 2014

Charlie Alton "Tiny" Johnson, 71, of 1154 NC Hwy 343 North, South Mills, NC, died Monday, April 28, 2014 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA. Mr. Johnson was born in Camden County and was the son of Hilda Mae Sawyer Johnson Mills of South Mills and the late Charlie Phelps Johnson. A retired civilian employee of Norfolk Naval Shipyard...

Gavin Linwood Soto

Gavin Linwood Soto

Apr 27, 2014

Gavin Linwood Soto, 11 months, of 1210 Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 in The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA, from injuries received in a tornado that struck Chowan County on Friday night. Gavin was born in Chowan County on May 1, 2013, and was the son of Ashley Caroline Bain and James Soto....

Ellen Imperial White

Ellen Imperial White

Apr 27, 2014

Ellen Imperial White, 79, of 1092 Cherry Meadow Lane, Rock Hill, SC, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. A Celebratory Mass will be conducted Friday, May 2, 2014 at St. Anne Catholic Church in Edenton, NC with The Reverend William Pitts officiating. Burial will follow in Beaver Hill Cemetery. A native of Irosin, Bicol...

Bud Cobb

Bud Cobb

Apr 26, 2014

Henderson Gray "Bud" Cobb, II, 58, of 112 E. River Street, Colerain, NC, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Mr. Cobb was born in Chowan County on November 9, 1955, and was the son of Jean Outlaw Cobb of Merry Hill and the late H.G. Cobb, who preceded him in death...

Harry Ambrose Spruill, Jr.

Harry Ambrose Spruill, Jr.

Apr 25, 2014

Harry Ambrose Spruill, Jr., 68, formerly of Edenton and Raleigh, NC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, April 25, 2014. Mr. Spruill was born in Bertie County and was the son of the late Harry A., Sr. and Helen Rae Harris Spruill. A retired building contractor, he had been a member of Edenton...

Catherine Stewart Umphlett

Catherine Stewart Umphlett

Apr 23, 2014

Catherine Stewart Umphlett, 83, formerly of Winder Street, Murfreesboro, NC, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in Creekside Care & Rehabilitation Center, Ahoskie. Mrs. Umphlett was born in Cass County, IL on January 29, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Arthur M. and Louise Duncheon Stewart. The retired owner and operator of Walter's Grill, she was a member of...

Olivia Byrd Spence

Olivia Byrd Spence

Apr 23, 2014

Olivia Mae Byrd Spence, 81, of 420 US 13 North, Eure, NC, passed away April 23, 2014 in Nansemond Point Convalescent Center, Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Spence was born in Northampton County on September 29, 1932 and was the daughter of the late Paul Judson and Ella Mae Martin Byrd. A retired caregiver for the elderly, she was a member of...

F. McCoy Parker, Sr.

F. McCoy Parker, Sr.

Apr 22, 2014

Franklin McCoy Parker, Sr., 76, formerly of Cypress Drive, Edenton, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 from Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Parker was born in Gates County on May 20, 1937 and was the son of the late Monnie Will "Marvin" and Lila Mae Casper Parker. A retired Sergeant with the...

J. Selden Rountree

J. Selden Rountree

Apr 21, 2014

James Selden Rountree, 89, of 575 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Monday, April 21, 2014 in W. R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mr. Rountree was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late James Madison and Sarah Elizabeth White Rountree. A retired farmer, he was a member of Up River Friends Meeting and the William Paul...

Mary Gaskins Cowper

Mary Gaskins Cowper

Apr 20, 2014

Mary Becton Gaskins Cowper, 91, of 303 Court Street, Gatesville, NC, died Sunday, April 20, 2014 in the Carolina House of Cary. Mrs. Cowper was born in Craven County on March 16, 1923, and was the daughter of the late William Ottis and Mittie Irene Becton Gaskins. A graduate of East Carolina Teacher's College, now ECU, she was a civilian...

Ramona Goodwin Maxwell

Ramona Goodwin Maxwell

Apr 19, 2014

Ramona Goodwin "Monie" Maxwell, 83, of 114 West Godfrey Lane, Hertford, and formerly of Clipper Drive, died Saturday, April 19, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Maxwell was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late Brooks Malachi and Verla Iva Atkins Goodwin. A retired clerk from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, she was a former member...

Lessie Elliott White

Lessie Elliott White

Apr 19, 2014

Lessie Elliott White, 96, of Main Street, Winfall, NC, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Born in Perquimans County, she was one of six children of the late Joseph Proctor and Linda Benton Elliott. She grew up on the family farm in Chapanoke and soon met and married Thomas Haskett White from Winfall,...

Bettie Elizabeth Lee

Bettie Elizabeth Lee

Apr 18, 2014

Bettie Elizabeth "Ella" Lee, infant daughter of Christopher Eugene and Melissa Rea Lee of Kill Devil Hills, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 in Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA. Surviving in addition to her parents are her brother, Sonny Haste Lee; maternal grandparents, Robin and Kathy Rea of Plymouth; paternal grandparents, Vernon and Tammy Lee of Colerain;...

Bonnie Wood Finney

Bonnie Wood Finney

Apr 15, 2014

Bonnie Farrell Wood Finney, 70, of 211 Chepanoe Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Finney was born in Alleghany County, VA on March 19, 1944 and was the daughter of the late O.L. "Buck" and Margie Jane Whitmer. The retired assistant manager of Family Foods in Sunbury, she attended First Assembly of God Church...

Corinne Farless Miller

Corinne Farless Miller

Apr 15, 2014

Corinne Farless Miller, 87, of 202 Bakertown Road, Windsor, NC, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Miller was born in Bertie County on October 21, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Zena Dunlow Farless. A homemaker and farmer's wife, she loved being outside gardening and tending her flowers, and inside cooking, canning, and...

Dr. John W. Lavery

Dr. John W. Lavery

Apr 13, 2014

John (Jack) Lavery, 86, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014. He was born in Clifton Springs, NY on February 15, 1928, and was the son of the late John Raymond and Mary Irene O'Bryan Lavery. He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. William E. Lavery. Jack, was a devoted, loving, caring husband, father, grandfather and friend. A...

Jean Kuchinsky Cestaro

Jean Kuchinsky Cestaro

Apr 13, 2014

Jean Marie Kuchinsky Cestaro, 71, of 119 Poplar Street, Hertford, NC, and formerly of Monroe, NY, died Sunday, April 13, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Cestaro was born in Shenandoah Heights, PA on October 22, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Adam and Alberta Nojunas Kuchinsky. A Catholic by faith, she had retired as a bus driver from...

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