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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...

Hedi Steffen Shorter

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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