Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Andy Eure
Apr 18, 2013
Walter Anderson "Andy" Eure, 49, of 323 Harrell's Church Road, Gatesville, NC, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Andy was a native of Gates County and was the son of the late Walter A., Sr. and Rita Brinkley Eure. A sales engineer with Electric Motor & Contracting of Chesapeake and Courtland, VA, he was a...
Alvah Roy Wiggins
Apr 17, 2013
Alvah Roy Wiggins, 69, of 139 Gum Pond Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in his home. Mr. Wiggins was a native of Gates County and was the son of Kathleen Mathias Wiggins of Hobbsville and the late Gelon S. Wiggins. Retired from Newport News Shipbuilding after 37 years of employment, he was a member of Rocky Hock...
Earline Kimberlin Rea
Apr 16, 2013
Earline Kimberlin Rea, 91, of 402 Surfside Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Rea was born in Indianapolis IN, to the late Richard and Cordelia Kimberlin and was the owner and operator of Rea Realty. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Meredith Rea and her son David Allen Rea. Surviving are...
Selma Asbell Chappell
Apr 15, 2013
Selma Asbell Chappell, 62, of 201 Woodland Circle, Hertford, NC, died Monday, April 15, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Ms. Chappell was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Archie Ray, Sr. and Annie Laura Byrum Asbell. Employed for many years at Wal-Mart in Elizabeth City, she attended New Hope Christian Fellowship. Surviving are her...
Henry Walter Brown, Jr.
Apr 15, 2013
Henry Walter Brown, Jr., 66, of 4709 Tulip Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, died Monday, April 15, 2013 in DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, VA. Mr. Brown was born in Norfolk and was the son of Ruby White Brown of Portsmouth and the late Henry Walter Brown, Sr. He retired as an Electrical Supervisor from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Surviving are his daughter,...
Leona Hux Umphlett
Apr 14, 2013
Leona Hux Umphlett, 92, of Chesapeake, VA, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Sentara Nursing Home. Mrs. Umphlett was born in Halifax County, NC, and was the daughter of the late Claude H. and Laura Fountain Hux. A retired clerk from Smith & Welton Department Store, she was a member of Enfield Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she...
Louise Beals Stone
Apr 13, 2013
Louise Beals Stone, 67, of 406 Hog Neck Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Stone was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late Ervin Roosevelt and Gladys Sawyer Beals. Employed for many years at Hardee's in Elizabeth City, she was a member of First Christian Church, also in Elizabeth City....
Joyce Winslow Hobbs
Apr 12, 2013
Joyce Winslow Hobbs, 85, of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, April 12, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Hobbs was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Benjamin L. and Elizabeth Chappell Winslow. A homemaker, farmer's wife, and craftsperson, she was an accomplished basket weaver and seamstress. Prior to her recent declining health, she was...
Anne Mathias Sexton
Apr 12, 2013
Anne Mathias Sexton, 91, of 20 Medical Center Road, Gates, NC, died Friday, April 12, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Sexton was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Paul and Elizabeth Dale Mathias. She and her husband, the late Joseph Jordan "J.J." Sexton, were the owners and operators of County Market at Eason's Crossroads for...
Rebecca Heflin Reese
Apr 11, 2013
Rebecca Heflin Reese, 83, of Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City, 143 Rosedale Drive, died there Thursday, April 11, 2013. A native of Shreveport, LA, she retired from various jobs (waitressing to elder care) and was a former Cub Scout Den Mother while in Louisiana. She was also a loving and devoted mother who sacrificed much to raise her three children alone....
Clyde Branch Briggs
Apr 11, 2013
Clyde Branch Briggs, 84, of 2250 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mr. Briggs was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Allen Luke, Sr. and Elsie Mae Turner Briggs. A retired farmer, he was a member of Warwick Baptist Church, in earlier years had played semi-pro baseball...
Louise Banks Barber
Apr 10, 2013
Louise Banks Barber, 84, of 434 Swing Gate Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Barber was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Elmer G. and Mabel Saunders Banks. A retired clerk with the Perquimans County Health Department where she was employed for 30 years, she was a faithful member...
Gilbert Lawrence Riddick
Apr 10, 2013
Gilbert Lawrence Riddick, 73, of 1081 Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from his home while surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Riddick was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Emory Judson and Mary Ward Riddick. A retired construction supervisor with the North Carolina Department of Transportation...
Michael Anderson deCamp
Apr 9, 2013
Michael Anderson deCamp, 85, of 417 S. Broad St, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in his home. His life was a clear path; no regrets, no guilt, no complications. He was a powerful force that will be missed. Mr. deCamp was born in New York City, NY, and was a son of the late Jesse Albert and Margaret...
Joseph Kermit Barber
Apr 9, 2013
Joseph Kermit Barber, 79, of 311 Main Street, Winfall, NC, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mr. Barber was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Durwood Leigh, Sr. and Ruth Godwin Barber. Working in the lumber business for most of his life, he retired as a salesman with Albemarle Builders Supply...
Corey Wallace Matthews, Jr.
Apr 9, 2013
Infant Corey Wallace Matthews, Jr., son of Corey W. Matthews, Sr. and Nancy Van De Walker, was born and died on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. In addition to his parents, surviving are a sister, Isabella; brothers, Oliver and Branson; and paternal grandparents, William and Tina Matthews. Private services were held. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral...
Cleveland Casper
Apr 9, 2013
Clyde Cleveland Casper, 65, of 221 West Liberty Spring Road, Suffolk, VA, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Nansemond Point, Suffolk. Mr. Casper was born in Gates County, NC and was the son of the late Richard Norman and Geneva White Casper. A retired farmer, he was a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church. In addition...
Ronald Earl Taylor
Apr 7, 2013
Ronald Earl Taylor, 60, of 1339 Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 7, 2013 in his home. Mr. Taylor was born in Pitt County and was the son of the late Mark Wesley and Thelma Gibbs Taylor. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Joyce Owens Taylor; a daughter, Rachel Taylor; six step-children; two sisters, Pat Medlin and...
D. Scott Maxwell, Sr.
Apr 6, 2013
Derwood Scott Maxwell, Sr., USMC, Retired, 83, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 6, 2013 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Mr. Maxwell was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Thomas Francis Maxwell and Lavenia Joynes Maxwell Hogg. A retired Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Marine Corps having served in the Koran War, he...
A. Lee Welsh
Apr 5, 2013
A. Lee Welsh, 88, of 228 Cowpen Neck Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 5, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mr. Welsh was born in Ridgeley, WV, and was the son of the late Altie Lee, Sr. and Lacy Ann Harrison Welsh. A retired engineer from A.T. & T., he was a 1942 graduate of Allegany High School...
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