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Margie Chappell Wood

Margie Chappell Wood

Apr 10, 2014

Margie Ellen Chappell Wood, 88, of 721 Body Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Wood was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late James Herbert and Sarah Frances Bunch Chappell. A homemaker, she was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women, was active...

John Robert Atkins

John Robert Atkins

Apr 9, 2014

John Robert Atkins, 88, of Monroe Square Assisted Living in Monroe, NC, and formerly of Wildcat Road in Edenton, NC,died Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Mr. Atkins was born in Lucasville, OH on August 12, 1925, and was the son of the late John and Lena Kelley Atkins. An Army veteran of World War II, he served his country with the...

Dorothy Lammers Hoffmann

Dorothy Lammers Hoffmann

Apr 8, 2014

Dorothy Marie Lammers Hoffmann, 94, of Medical Arts Drive, Edenton, NC, and formerly a long-time resident of Trumbull, CT and later Lakehurst, NJ, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Hoffmann was born in Boston, MA and was the daughter of the late Albert T. and Mary Splaine Lammers. A homemaker, she was a member of...

Lloyd Gene Chappell, Sr.

Lloyd Gene Chappell, Sr.

Apr 7, 2014

Lloyd Gene Chappell, Sr., 73, of 744 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Monday, April 7, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Chappell was born in Chowan County on January 8, 1941, and was the son of the late Lloyd Lester and Albertha Dail Chappell. The retired owner/operator of his truck transport business, he was a member of Happy...

M. Ray Smith

M. Ray Smith

Apr 3, 2014

Marvin Ray Smith, 66, of 229 Gum Pond Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Smith was born in Chowan County on October 21, 1947 and was the son of the late Marvin Bass and Burnette Lawrence Smith. In earlier years Ray worked in the meat departments of W.E. Smith Store in the...

Wanda Lock Overton

Wanda Lock Overton

Apr 2, 2014

Wanda Lock Overton, 85, of 120 Muddy Creek Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Overton was born in Brooklyn, NY and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Fonnie Mae Hardett Lock. A homemaker, she had also been a self-employed clothing designer for many years. She was a member...

Mary Grey Byrum Leary

Mary Grey Byrum Leary

Mar 30, 2014

Mary Grey Byrum Leary, 87, of 209 S. Granville Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Leary was born in Chowan County on August 30, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Cecil Edwin and Lillie Satterfield Byrum. The retired secretary/treasurer of the former Leary Oil Company, she was a member of Edenton Baptist...

Elsie Nixon Bunch

Elsie Nixon Bunch

Mar 30, 2014

Elsie Nixon Bunch, 104, formerly of 335 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 in The Edenton House. Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County on January 16, 1910, and was the daughter of the late Henry Lucious and Martha Rebecca Harrell Nixon. A homemaker, she was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, the Zona Whiteman Sunday...

Johnnie Patrick Bass

Johnnie Patrick Bass

Mar 29, 2014

Johnnie Patrick Bass, 69, of 258 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 29, 2014, in his home surrounded by family and friends. Mr. Bass was born in Chowan County on April 30, 1944 and was the son of the late Lester Patrick and Faye Castelloe Bass. A retired warehouse foreman with Virginia Fork Produce, he was...

Susan Skiles Rountree

Susan Skiles Rountree

Mar 29, 2014

Susan Barrow Skiles Rountree, 64, of 301 E. King Street, Edenton, NC, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Rountree was born on April 19, 1949 in Chowan County, and was the daughter of the late John Speight Skiles and Kathleen Barrow Skiles. Employed by Chowan County for over 30 years, she worked from 1979 to 1981...

Elwanda Gibbs Outlaw

Elwanda Gibbs Outlaw

Mar 29, 2014

Elwanda Gibbs Outlaw, 91, of the 1500 block of Ring Road, Chesapeake, VA, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Chesapeake Medical Center. Mrs. Outlaw was born in Hyde County, NC on July 22, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Huron and Lyda Spencer Gibbs. A retired sales clerk in the jewelry industry, she...

Charles Augustus Perry

Charles Augustus Perry

Mar 24, 2014

Charles Augustus Perry, 81, of 2105 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Monday, March 24, 2014 in Currituck House. He was diagnosed with dementia two years ago. Born and raised in the Bear Swamp community of Perquimans County on December 12, 1932, he was the son of the late Clinton Augustus and Viola Joliff Perry. A farmer in...

Leslie Hillyer Perry

Leslie Hillyer Perry

Mar 23, 2014

Leslie Hillyer Perry, 91, formerly of New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, March 23, 2014 in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City. Mr. Perry was born on February 13, 1923 in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Earl Mathew and Gladyce Hillyer Perry. A retired self-employed electrician and plumber, he was a member of New Hope United Methodist...

Louise Ambrose Wheeler

Louise Ambrose Wheeler

Mar 22, 2014

Louise Ambrose Wheeler, 89, formerly of Edenton, NC, and more recently of The Davis Community, Wilmington, NC, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Louise was born in Edenton on November 5, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Ellsberry and Myrtle Furlough Ambrose. Trained as a Dialysis Technician and as a Certified Nursing Assistant,...

Albert Salisbury

Albert Salisbury

Mar 22, 2014

Albert Salisbury, 81, of 35 Northeast Drive, Gates, NC, died Saturday, March 22, 2014 in his home. Mr. Salisbury was born on November 10, 1932 in Clay County, West Virginia, and was the son of the late Orville and Dora Ann Rhodes Salisbury. Retired after serving 20 years in the United States Navy, he later worked as a Barber before...

Thelma Layton Miller

Thelma Layton Miller

Mar 21, 2014

Thelma Frances Layton Miller, 84, of 520 Saunders Road, Gates, NC, went to be with her Savior Friday, March 21, 2014. Mrs. Miller was born in Suffolk, VA on August 22, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Howard Benjamin, Sr. and Doris Inez Butler Layton. A homemaker, she was a member of the Ahoskie Branch of The Church...

Catherine Hogan Risinger

Catherine Hogan Risinger

Mar 21, 2014

Catherine Anne Hogan Risinger, 52, of 7 Tanglewood Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, March 21, 2014 in her home. Mrs. Risinger was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of Virginia Elizabeth Chitham Hogan of Virginia Beach and the late Raymond Hubert Hogan. Employed as a cashier for many years, she was a devout Seventh-Day Adventist. In addition...

Michelle Denise Cousins

Michelle Denise Cousins

Mar 20, 2014

Michelle Denise Cousins, 47, of 164 Hemlock Street, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, March 20, 2014 in her home. Michelle was born in Richmond, VA on February 20, 1967, and was the daughter of the late Forest and Gloria Stanfield Cousins. She had served in the United States Coast Guard and worked in the parts department of James River Equipment Company....

W. Clarence Bass

W. Clarence Bass

Mar 19, 2014

William Clarence Bass, 96, of 522 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Bass was born in Chowan County on November 28, 1917, and was the son of the late William Turner and Hettie Pearce Bass. Retired from Edenton Construction Company, he was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, where he...

William Marshall Morse

William Marshall Morse

Mar 18, 2014

William Marshall "Pete" Morse, 74, of 105 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford. Mr. Morse was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Ernest Earl Morse and Pauline Corbett Morse Harris. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation after 20 years of employment. In...

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