Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Marie Stanton Divers
Jan 23, 2013
Marie Stanton Divers, 89, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Affectionately known as "Mammaw", she was raised in the Winfall community of Perquimans County and was the youngest of nine children born to the late Willis J. and Annie M. Stanton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Thomas Edward Rhea
Jan 22, 2013
Thomas Edward Rhea, 73, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in his son's home in Grandy. Mr. Rhea was born in Bertie County and was the son of the late Allen Edward and Hazel Jernigan Rhea. A retired sheriff's deputy from the Hertford County Sheriff's Department after 31 years of service, he was a veteran of the...
Eula Mae Williams Watson
Jan 20, 2013
Eula Mae Williams Watson, 85, of 1547 N. Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Watson was born in Wilson County and was the daughter of the late Melvin A. and Sudie Anna Lewis Williams. A homemaker, she had also formerly been employed with United Piece & Dye Works, Apricot Garment Factory, and Jeff...
Ronald Eugene Gough
Jan 19, 2013
Ronald Eugene Gough, 67, peacefully departed this life in his home on January 19, 2013. Ronnie was born February 26, 1945 in Clifton Forge, VA and was the son of James and Mary Hayes Gough. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his eldest brother, James. He worked as a Quality Control Inspector with Dupont in...
Maude Barnes Lee
Jan 18, 2013
Maude Barnes Lee, 90, of 744 NC 45 N., Merry Hill, NC, died Friday, January 18, 2013, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mrs. Lee was born in Washington County, NC and was the daughter of the late Carley Wesley and Eva B. Barnes. She was retired from Carter's Ink. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Jimi Cozzens
Jan 18, 2013
Juanita "Jimi" Cozzens, 71, of Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 18, 2013. A private service will be held. Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home and Crematory, Edenton.
Mary Ruth Wood Smith
Jan 18, 2013
Mary Ruth Wood Smith, 85, of 241 Bagley Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 18, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mrs. Smith was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late Dennis P. and Mary Jackson Wood. For 35 years she owned and operated Dozier's Florist, and since 1992, Dozier's Mini-Storage, until her retirement. Active...
Mike Nix
Jan 17, 2013
Nathan Michael "Mike" Nix, 61, of 916 Indian Trail Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville. Mike was born in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Warren M. and Eileen McAuliffe Nix. An EMT with Pasquotank County EMS, he was a member of the VFW and was an Army Infantry Medic...
Donald Edward Ferguson, Sr.
Jan 15, 2013
Donald Edward Ferguson, Sr., 87, of 030 Sunbury Bank Street, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Ferguson was born in Chatham Hill, VA and was the son of the late David William and Fannie Blevins Ferguson. Retired from the Army after more than 22 years of service, he was a veteran of World...
Wilbur Eugene Butt
Jan 15, 2013
Wilbur Eugene Butt, 80, of 161 Ditch Bank Road, Shawboro, NC, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in Cedar Manor Assisted Living, Chesapeake, VA. Mr. Butt was the son of the late Joe Frank and Sarah Viola McPherson Butt. A retired barge captain with Exxon after 41 years of employment, he was a member of New Lebanon Masonic Lodge #314, the...
Dean Cartwright
Jan 12, 2013
Terry Dean Cartwright, 54, of 102 Etheridge Drive, Shawboro, NC, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 in his home. Mr. Cartwright was born in Pasquotank County and was the son of Marguerite Harrison Cartwright of Shawboro and the late Garfield Cartwright. The former owner and operator of Cartwright Lawn Care, he had also previously served as Chief Deputy for both Perquimans...
Charles Emory Wheat, Jr.
Jan 12, 2013
Charles Emory Wheat, Jr., 84, of Sticks Road, Glen Rock, PA, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor, NC. Mr. Wheat was born in Baltimore, MD and was the son of the late Charles E., Sr. and Ruth Adele Beeker Wheat. A retired electrician with General Motors, he was a member of the American Legion and had...
Marjorie Hobbs Hollowell
Jan 11, 2013
Marjorie Hobbs Hollowell, 93, of 2731 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Hollowell was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Mills H. and Allie Mae Blanchard Hobbs. She served for nearly 12 years as the Chowan County Clerk of Superior Court, working in that office...
Barry Neil Jackson
Jan 11, 2013
Barry Neil Jackson, 41, of 105 Crestwood Lane, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 11, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Barry was born in Beaufort County and was the son of Betty Bearfield Jackson of Columbia and the late William "Billy" Jackson. Assistant Service Mananger at Edenton Motors for the past nine years, in his leisure time he coached basketball, Little...
Sarah Elliott Hollowell
Jan 10, 2013
Sarah Elliott Hollowell, 91, born December 10, 1921, formerly of 1521 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 10, 2013, from Countryside Village in Pikeville, NC. Born in the Chapanoke community of Perquimans County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Proctor and Linda Benton Elliott. A member of Edenton Baptist Church,...
America Caballero Robertson
Jan 9, 2013
America Caballero Robertson, 93, of 307 W. Railroad Ave., Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Robertson was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Catholic by faith, she was a retired presser from Don Juan Manufacturing in Hertford. She was preceded in death by a son, Tony Martin Robertson, by a sister,...
Earl Britton
Jan 5, 2013
Linwood Earl Britton, 77, of 544 Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 in his home. Mr. Britton was born in Martin County and was the son of the late Samuel Arthur and Buena Wright Britton. A retired representative with North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, he was a member of Countryside Church of Christ, a former...
John Robert Taylor, Sr.
Jan 5, 2013
John Robert Taylor, Sr., 77, of 714 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 in his home. Mr. Taylor was born in Gates County and was one of eight children of the late Edgar D. and Essie Lassiter Taylor. A retired pipefitter from Newport News Shipbuilding, he attended Open Door Church in Edenton, was a member of Perquimans...
Fleetwood Sawyer
Jan 3, 2013
Phillip Fleetwood Sawyer, 85, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 3, 2013. Mr. Sawyer was born in Chesapeake, VA and was the son of the late Norfleet and Catherine Sawyer. A retired welder and pipefitter having worked at area shipyards, he loved working on cars, playing cards and games with his loved ones. He was a...
John Darius Hill, Jr.
Jan 3, 2013
John Darius Hill, Jr., 59, of 030 Virginia Ave., Sunbury, NC, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, following a brief illness. Mr. Hill was born in Suffolk, VA and was the son of Mary Ann Turnage Hill of Sunbury and the late John D. Hill, Sr. A 7th grade Social Studies teacher at Camden Middle School,...
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