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Lillian Bass Williford
Sep 15, 2012
On September 15, 2012, Lillian Bass Williford was completely healed of Parkinson's Disease when she went home to be with her Lord. Mrs. Williford was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Quinton and Wessie Saunders Bass. The former manager of the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Gift Shop, and a former carrier for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, she was...
Margaret Felton Rountree
Sep 12, 2012
Annie Margaret Felton Rountree, 102, of NC 37 North, Gates, NC, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation in Gatesville. Mrs. Rountree was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Walter Jethro and Katherine Harrell Felton. A graduate of East Carolina Teacher's College, now East Carolina University, she was a retired teacher,...
Martha Ellen Garland Murphy
Sep 12, 2012
Martha Ellen Garland Murphy, 97, of 875 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012 in Nansemond Pointe Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Murphy was born in Harrison County, WV and was the daughter of the late George Jacob Alfred Burton and Anna Ella Romesburg Garland. A homemaker, she was a member of Catawba Methodist Church...
Thomas Hazel Eure
Sep 11, 2012
Thomas Hazel Eure, 75, of 263 White Hat Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Eure was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Gilbert Blount and Hattie Harrell Eure. Retired as a Senior Master Sergeant from the US Air Force after having served for more than 20 years,...
Dorothy White Creed
Sep 10, 2012
Dorothy White Creed, 70, of 418 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Monday, September 10, 2012 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC. Mrs. Creed was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Charlie Clarkson White and Emma Ainsley White Rountree. Formerly employed with Dr. Lloyd Griffin, DDS, in Elizabeth City, Peoples Bank & Trust Co. in Hertford,...
Virginia Goodwin Wells
Sep 8, 2012
Virginia Goodwin Wells, 94, of 904 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, September 8, 2012 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton. Mrs. Wells was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Jennie Parker Goodwin. A graduate of Edenton High School, she received training in business courses and worked for a...
Sherwood Ray Coltrain, Sr.
Sep 8, 2012
Sherwood Ray Coltrain, Sr., 73, of 119 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, September 8, 2012 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Coltrain was born in Martin County and was the retired owner/operator of Coltrain Tile Co. A veteran, he had served in the US Navy and later, the Naval Reserves for a total of nine years. Surviving are...
Timothy William Titus, Jr.
Sep 5, 2012
Timothy William "Tim" Titus, Jr., 50, of 424 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. Tim was born in Chowan County and was the son of Dorothy Spruill "Dot" Titus of Edenton. A 20 year employee of Colony Tire Corp., he was the manager of their Re-Tread Plant, and was a member of...
Eleanor Harrell Partin
Sep 5, 2012
Eleanor Harrell Partin, 90, formerly of West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Washington County Hospital, Plymouth. Mrs. Partin was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Will and Pearl Byrum Harrell. Retired after more than 25 years with the Chowan County Soil Conservation Service, she later retired as a secretary with...
Maureen Collins Christopher
Sep 4, 2012
Maureen Collins Christopher, 69, of 301 Hiland Park Ave., Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in her home. Mrs. Christopher was born in Swinford, Ireland and was the daughter of the late Terry and Nora McGuire Collins. A homemaker, she had also been employed for many years as a caregiver. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Paul Thomas Wood
Sep 4, 2012
Paul Thomas Wood, 73, of 632 Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in his home. Mr. Wood was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Wallace Mevlyn and Frances Elizabeth Singleton Wood. He was a retired dragline operator and commercial fisherman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...
Hazel Van Sant Harris
Aug 30, 2012
Hazel Van Sant Harris, 88, of 209 Woodville Road, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 in her home. Mrs. Harris was born in Atlantic City, NJ and was the daughter of the late Wilbur Tilton and Marie Hilgert Van Sant. A homemaker, she was a Catholic by faith and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In...
Toni Page Davenport
Aug 27, 2012
Toni Page Davenport, 59, of 498 Up River Road, Belvidere, NC, died Monday, August 27, 2012 in Sentara Norfolk General Heart Center, Norfolk, VA. Mrs. Davenport was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Russell Jay and Lucille Faye Twiddy Page. A homemaker, she was a member of Up River Friends Meeting. In addition to her...
Frank Moore, Jr.
Aug 27, 2012
Frank Moore, Jr., 94, of 922 Hwy. 37 North, Gates, NC, died Monday, August 27, 2012 in his home. Mr. Moore was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Frank, Sr. and Roxie Evans Moore. A retired truck driver, he was a member of Zion United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded...
Glenn Albert Crowell, Sr.
Aug 27, 2012
Glenn Albert Crowell, Sr., 83, of 922 N. Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 27, 2012 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Crowell was born in Mt. Carmel, PA and was the son of the late Albert Allen and Isabel Elizabeth Yarnall Crowell. A retired dispatcher with CILCO Terminal in Bridgeport, CT, he had served in the National...
Madeleine Peirce Nixon
Aug 26, 2012
Madeleine Peirce Nixon, 90, of 710 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012 in Brian Center Health & Rehab, Hertford. Mrs. Nixon was born in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard Island, MA and was the daughter of the late George L. and Bertina B. Peirce. In earlier years she was employed with New England Tel and Tel...
Charles Laing McDonald
Aug 25, 2012
Captain Charles Laing "Mac" McDonald, 80, of Hertford, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Mr. McDonald was born on January 23, 1932 to the late Charles Laing, Sr. and Aileen Doxey McDonald. A retired tug boat captain and owner of B & M Trucking, he was a devoted member of...
Leona Jordan Winslow
Aug 24, 2012
Leona Jordan Winslow, 88, of 1225 Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Friday, August 24, 2012 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs. Winslow was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Eley and Verna Lane Jordan. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she and her husband were the former owners and operators of Nicanor...
Annette MacDonald Evans
Aug 23, 2012
Annette MacDonald Evans, 63, of 780 Willeyton Road, Gates, NC, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 in Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, VA. Mrs. Evans was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was the daughter of the late Harold MacDonald and Clara Winifred Iredale MacDonald Meisenbacher. A homemaker, she had a deep love for animals and was a member of both...
Henry Edwin Bolton
Aug 23, 2012
Henry Edwin Bolton, 61, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 in Autumn Care of Suffolk. Mr. Bolton was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Robert Eugene and Elsie Marion Smith Bolton. He was employed as a master plumber for many years. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Gay...
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