Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Hedi Steffen Shorter
Sep 21, 2013
Hedi Steffen Shorter, 70, of 119 Flyway Drive, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Shorter was born in Chicago, IL and was the daughter of the late Grover C. and Rita Zitzwitz Steffen. Formerly employed with State Farm Insurance, and later Lewis Seafood Restaurant, both in Norfolk, VA, she was a member of...
Frances Privott Wilkins
Sep 18, 2013
Frances Privott Wilkins, 91, of 106 Cypress Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Wilkins was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late George and Eva Harrell Privott. A retired teacher with the Edenton-Chowan School System, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church and the Mary Martha...
Brenda Twine Sawyer
Sep 16, 2013
Brenda Orlean Twine Sawyer, 67, of 479 White Hat Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, September 16, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Sawyer was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late Milford Ray Twine, Sr. and Phyllis Rae McHorney. A homemaker, she had also been employed as a bus driver with Perquimans County Schools for...
Marvis G. Jones, Sr.
Sep 16, 2013
Marvis Gatling Jones, Sr., 93, of Sentara Village in Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of Gates, NC, died Monday, September 16, 2013. Mr. Jones was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Gatling Oliver and Amanda Jordan Jones. A retired farmer, logger, pulpwood contractor, storekeeper, and rural paper carrier for the Virginian-Pilot, he was a member...
John Robert Langston
Sep 16, 2013
John Robert Langston, 90, of 306 Gatlington Road, Gates, NC, peacefully passed away, Monday, September 16, 2013, surrounded by his family, in the home where he was born. Mr. Langston was born in Gates County and was the son of the late John Robert, Sr. and Lelia Mary Lawrence Langston, and was proud to be the fifth generation to live...
Johnny Wayland Byrum, Jr.
Sep 11, 2013
Johnny Wayland Byrum, Jr., 72, of 1340 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City. Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late John Wayland, Sr. "Gabby" and Rubelle Winslow Byrum. A retired electrician from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 26 years of employment, he had...
Lassell Elton Chappell
Sep 10, 2013
Lassell Elton Chappell, 91, of 905 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in his home. Mr. Chappell was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late George Oliver and Pearl Ward Chappell. Retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he later worked as a fisherman and storekeeper, was an avid gardener, and loved to work...
Jill Naomi Meads
Sep 7, 2013
Jill Naomi Meads, 48, of 123 Hertford Beach Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, September 7, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Jill was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of James Anderson Meads and Carolyn Matthews Meads, both of Hertford. A graduate of East Carolina University, she was an Educational Specialist with Children's Developmental Services Agency in Elizabeth...
Judith Iris Gilbert
Sep 7, 2013
Judith Lee Iris Gilbert, 80, of 202 Rhonda Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, September 7, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Gilbert was born in Brockton, MA and was the daughter of the late Harvey R. and Olive Byron Fosdick Iris. A correctional officer, she had retired from the Washington D.C. Department of Corrections. In addition to her parents, she...
Grace White Swanner
Sep 7, 2013
Grace White Swanner, 89, of 224 East Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, September 7, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Swanner was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Solomon Perry and Rosa Dunlow White. A retired supervisor from Jimbo's Jumbos, Inc., she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church and the Mary Bethany...
Johnny Edward Owens, Sr.
Sep 6, 2013
Johnny Edward Owens, Sr., 83, of 300 First Street, Edenton, NC, died peacefully, Friday evening, September 6, 2013, at his home. Mr. Owens was born in Henderson, NC, later moved to Edenton as a small child, and was the son of the late John and Ida Owens. The retired produce manager of A&P Food Stores, he later worked with HTM...
Wanda Sue Harrell
Sep 5, 2013
Wanda Sue Harrell, 54, of Kernersville, NC, died Thursday, September 5, 2013, as the result of a traffic accident. Wanda was born in Chowan County, NC and was the daughter of Carl Douglas Harrell of Edenton, and the late Margaret Ambrose Harrell. An accountant, she was an avid motorcyclist, and enjoyed many trips with her fellow riding enthusiasts. She had...
Alice Ann Schultz
Sep 3, 2013
Alice Ann Stincic Jaklic Schultz, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on her 89th birthday on September 3, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Born in Cleveland, OH on September 3, 1924, she was the youngest child of the late Nick and Anna Herakovic Stincic. Alice also resided in Willowick, OH and Clayton, NC. She worked at Gabriel during WWII,...
W. Preston Nixon, Sr.
Sep 2, 2013
William Preston Nixon, Sr., 99, of 1370 Center Hill Hwy, Hertford, NC, died Monday, September 2, 2013 in his home. Mr. Nixon was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Thomas and Minnie Chappell Nixon. A retired farmer, he had served as chairman with the Perquimans County ASC, was a member of the NC Pork Producers...
Naomi Rae Barnes Spry
Aug 30, 2013
Naomi Rae Barnes Spry, 81, of 654 Muddy Creek Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Spry was born in Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late George Washington and Elizabeth Phelps Barnes. The retired co-owner and operator of Nana's Nook in Virginia Beach, VA, she was a member of Suffolk Pentecostal...
Milton Leroy Chappell
Aug 30, 2013
Milton Leroy Chappell, 80, of 1027 Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, August 30, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Chappell was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late William Thomas and Lucy Lamb Chappell. Retired with the rank of Technical Sergeant from the US Air Force after 20 years of service, he was a...
Rosalind Tarkington Mitzke
Aug 29, 2013
Rosalind Tarkington Mitzke, 86, of 1713 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Mitzke was born in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Clyde Thomas and Narcissus Alice Phelps Tarkington. A homemaker, she was a member of Countryside Church of Christ and the Edward G. Bond Post #40 of...
Horace Lee Stallings, Jr.
Aug 29, 2013
Horace Lee Stallings, Jr., 69, of 025 Horace Stallings Lane, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, August 29, 2013 in his home. Mr. Stallings was born in Suffolk, VA and was the son of the late Horace Lee, Sr. and Doris Hobbs Stallings. A retired farmer, he was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church and had served in the North Carolina...
Dennis Lee, Jr.
Aug 27, 2013
Dennis Lee, Jr., 53, of 534 US Highway 158 West, Ahoskie, NC, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Lee was born in Pitt County and was the son of Dawn Best Lee of Ahoskie and the late Dennis Lee, Sr. Employed for many years as a welder with Franklin Equipment Company in Franklin, VA, he...
William Robert Ashley, Jr.
Aug 21, 2013
William Robert Ashley, Jr., 78, of 208 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville. Mr. Ashley was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late William Robert Ashley, Sr. and Lonie Mae Roberson Ashley Smith. A retired log truck driver, he was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church...
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