Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Arnold Wayne Thompson
Oct 31, 2024
Arnold "Wayne" Thompson died on Friday, October 31, 2024, after battling cancer and more recently leukemia.
Wayne is survived by his devoted wife Bethany Thompson, his daughter Sheila Joy Gilchrist (Kenneth) and grandchildren Jacob and Megan Gilchrist. Wayne is also survived by his sister Linda Orwig (Burt) and brothers Gene Thompson, Tony Thompson and Bill Thompson (Barbara) and many...
Brenda Runyon Armentrout
Oct 31, 2024
Brenda Joyce Runyon Armentrout, 71, of Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Armentrout was born in Portsmouth, VA on July 1, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Charles Andrew and Pearl Ida Vanyke Runyon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
John Gilbert Wester, Sr.
Oct 31, 2024
John Gilbert Wester, Sr., 86, of 106 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, in his home.
Mr. Wester was born in Gates County on September 9, 1938, and was the son of the late Arthur Eugene and Mattie Lou Smith Wester. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 51...
Alice Pritchard Twiddy
Oct 29, 2024
Alice Morgan Pritchard Twiddy, 99, of Mark Drive, died Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Edenton Primetime.
Mrs. Twiddy was born in Pasquotank County on August 25, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Clifford E. and Nancy Saunders “Nannie” Pritchard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Judson Twiddy, who died in 2012...
Ila Kate Blankenship McGuinness
Oct 28, 2024
Ila Kate Blankenship Berry “Katie” McGuinness, 86, of Hertford, NC, died Monday, October 28, 2024, in her home surrounded by her family.
Katie was born in McDowell County, WV on January 23, 1938, and was the 11th of 12 children born to the late Enos and Dorcas Kennedy Blankenship. A proud graduate of Iaeger High School, Iaeger, WV, Class of 1955,...
Judith Temple Cauley
Oct 25, 2024
Judith Temple Cauley, 92, of 201 Powers Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, October 25, 2024, in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Cauley was born in Pasquotank County on October 24, 1932, and was the daughter of the late George Clarence and Ruth Sanders Temple. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Scott...
Gail Lane Phelps
Oct 24, 2024
Norma Gail Lane Phelps, 71, of 8644 Mackey’s Road, died Thursday, October 24, 2024, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Phelps was born in Chowan County on July 8, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Norman Earl Lane, Jr. and Virginia Owens Lane. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Mike Lane.
Many...
Gay Markham Girdlestone
Oct 22, 2024
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Gay Markham Girdlestone, 64, of Grandy, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2024 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Born in Pasquotank County on April 1, 1960, Gay was the daughter of the late Ernest Harrell Markham and Elma Ilene Quidley Markham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister,...
Helen Jones Overton
Oct 22, 2024
Helen Marie Jones Overton, 88, of 119 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in the Palliative Care Unit of ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Overton was born in Chowan County on June 9, 1936, and was one of four daughters born to the late Erie and Hazel Bass Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Eugenia "Jeannie" Stallings Shepherd
Oct 20, 2024
Emma Eugenia “Jeannie” Stallings Shepherd, 90, passed away at home on October 20, 2024, surrounded by family.
Mrs. Shepherd was born in the Eure community of Gates County on April 25, 1934. A graduate of Gatesville High School, she was the Valedictorian of the Class of 1951, and after graduation attended Kee’s Coastal Business College and began working with International Business...
Patricia Perry Amato
Oct 20, 2024
Patricia Perry Amato, 82, of 116 Ainsley Road, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Amato was born in Perquimans County on July 22, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Ralph Emerson and Ira Rebecca Copeland Perry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Robert Louis "Bob" Harrell
Oct 20, 2024
Robert Louis “Bob” Harrell, Jr., 68, of 1292 NC 137, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Harrell was born in Hertford County on September 24, 1956, and was the son of the late Robert Louis “Bobby”, Sr. and Dorothy Jean Harrell. A retired carpenter, he grew up in the fellowship of Cool Spring Baptist...
Peggy Chappell Lane
Oct 18, 2024
Peggy Anne Chappell Lane, 86, of 834 County Line Road, died Friday, October 18, 2024, in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Lane was born in Perquimans County on June 19, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Allison and Beulah Marie Chappell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Rev. Robert Houston Hargrove
Oct 17, 2024
The Reverend Robert Houston Hargrove, 90, of 118 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 17, 2024, in his home.
Rev. Hargrove was born on August 1, 1934, and was the son of the late Ralph Houston Hargrove and Pauline Storms Hargrove. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death in May of this year by his wife,...
Katherine Inez Phillips
Oct 16, 2024
Elizabeth City, NC--- Katherine Inez Phillips, 45, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Born in Portsmouth, VA on December 7, 1978, Katherine was the daughter of Mary Katherine Reid Jones of Elizabeth City and the late Luther Ray Phillips, Jr. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a...
Ruby Lee Watson Carmine
Oct 16, 2024
Ruby Lee Watson Carmine, 80, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Carmine was born in Worcester County, MD on December 28, 1943, and was the daughter of the late William Henry, Sr. and Gladys Mae Hopkins Watson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Dana Michelle Cherry
Oct 14, 2024
Dana Michelle Cherry, 40, of 714 Gaston Drive, Hertford, NC passed away Monday, October 14, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family and her dear friend, Anita Whitley.
Born in Tyrrell County on January 26, 1984, she was the daughter of Kenneth Edward and Terrie Cartwright Cherry of Columbia, adopted daughter of Martha Ann of South...
Seth Craig Mabry Williams
Oct 13, 2024
Seth Craig Mabry Williams, 38, died Sunday, October 13, 2024, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, VA.
Seth was born in Chowan County on November 30, 1985. He attended John A. Holmes High School and completed his GED. He had been employed in construction work, in the restaurant industry and in lawn care and landscaping work. He was raised in the fellowship...
Mabel Frew Dickens
Oct 13, 2024
Mabel Alice Frew Dickens, 83, of Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Dickens was born in Portsmouth, VA on April 6, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Arthur Jones Frew and Mabel Margaret Massengil Frew. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Joseph Edward "Eddie" Scellato
Oct 12, 2024
Joseph Edward “Eddie” Scellato, 61, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Eddie was born in Norfolk, VA on July 11, 1963, and was the son of the late Joseph Everett Scellato and Carole Anne Stagg Dail. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Vicki Scellato.
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