Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Billy Matthews
Aug 19, 2023
William Edward “Billy” Matthews, 92, of 356 Middle Swamp Road, Gates, NC, and more recently of The Gates House Assisted Living, died Saturday, August 19, 2023.
Billy was born in Gates County on November 5, 1930 and was the son of the late Willie Edward and Erma Blanche Smith Matthews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Jack Pardue
Aug 18, 2023
The Quintessential American Artist
Jack Pardue, of Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 18, 2023.
Jack is known as one of this country’s leading artists. His paintings, ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes, and everything in between, radiate light and make creative, inventive, and surprising use of color. Jack spent his earliest days as a student, getting called...
Mildred Bunch Farless
Aug 18, 2023
Mildred Bunch Farless, 88, of 109 Hobbs Acre Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, August 18, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Farless was born in Chowan County on December 22, 1934 and was the daughter of the late James Elliott and Lucy Dail Bunch who had lived in Suffolk, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Ann Taylor Williams
Aug 16, 2023
Ann Taylor Williams, 55, of 545 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, died Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, VA.
Ann was born in Suffolk on August 25, 1967 and was the daughter of the late Herbert Gay and Mary Elizabeth “Teenie” Hollowell Taylor.
Employed as an analyst with the North Carolina Department of Human Services in their...
Sadie Whitley Hedgepeth
Aug 15, 2023
Sadie Whitley Hedgepeth, 93, of 610 US Highway 13 South, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Hedgepeth was born in Harrellsville on October 2, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Leo Stanley Whitley, Sr. and Fannie Mae Lowers Whitley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Gordon Edward Beach
Aug 15, 2023
Gordon Edward Beach, 63, of South Mills, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in Hertford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.
Mr. Beach was born in Succasunna, NJ on March 31, 1960, and was the son of the late Gordon Floyd and Joanne Carrullo Beach. A retired Machinist Mate from the US Navy following 21 years of service, following his military...
Phyllis Bulls Johnson
Aug 14, 2023
Phyllis Diane Bulls Johnson, 74, of 1231 Ramsey Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, August 14, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Chowan County on February 17, 1949, and was the daughter of the late Sydney Washington Bulls and Norma Jernigan Bulls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Thelma Hare Bunch
Aug 13, 2023
Thelma Ruth Hare Bunch, 85, of Tyner, NC, died Sunday, August 13, 2023, in her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County on August 28, 1937 at Bandon Plantation and was the only daughter of the late Vance David and Mabel Byrum Hare. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death...
Joy Kirkman Boyd
Aug 10, 2023
Joy Dee Kirkman Boyd, 64, of 134 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, and formerly a resident of Chesapeake, VA, died Thursday, August 10, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Boyd was born in Beaufort County on May 7, 1959 and was the daughter of Lula Belle Midgette Kirkman of Edenton and the late Roy Lee “Red” Kirkman. In addition...
James Warren Hollowell
Aug 9, 2023
James Warren Hollowell, 73, of 1520 US Highway 158 East, Sunbury, NC, died Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Hollowell was born in Gates County on December 9, 1949 and was the son of the late William H. and Frances Goodwin Hollowell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Lowell Thomas Howell
Aug 8, 2023
Lowell Thomas Howell, 88, of 36 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, August 8, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Howell was born in the Roduco community of Gates County on August 5, 1935 and was one of three children born to the late John Robert and Helen Piland Howell. In addition...
Sue Brabble Brown
Aug 7, 2023
Ella Susan “Sue” Brabble Brown, 71, of 924 Indian Trail Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2023 in her home.
Sue was born in Chowan County on February 9, 1952 and was the daughter of the late W.L. “Bill” and Nelva Jordan Brabble. Formerly employed as a financial clerk with the Town of Edenton, she later worked...
Mary Frances Nurney Byrum
Aug 1, 2023
Mary Frances Nurney Byrum, of 188 NC Highway 32 North, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday, August 1, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Southampton County on September 9, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Nurney and Doris Jeanette Vick Nurney Edwards. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Michelle Harrell
Jul 31, 2023
Dawn Michelle Harrell, 50, of 442 Body Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, July 31, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Ms. Harrell was born in Pasquotank County on March 23, 1973, and was the daughter of John Wayne Harrell and Donna Maillet Harrell of Hertford. She was preceded in death by her sister, Tina Emmer.
Surviving in...
Leo S. Miller
Jul 31, 2023
Leo S. Miller, EMCS(SW), US Navy, Retired, 86, of the Arrowhead Beach community, Edenton, NC, died Monday, July 31, 2023 in his home.
Mr. Miller was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 5, 1936 and was the son of the late Leo S., Sr. and Donna Louisa Franklin Miller. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Joey Towe
Jul 29, 2023
Joseph Henry “Joey” Towe IV, 63, of 2804 Skewer Court, Williamsburg, VA, died Saturday, July 29, 2023 in VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA.
Joey was born on June 22, 1960, raised in Hertford, NC overlooking the Perquimans River, and was the son of Joseph H. Towe, Jr. of Hertford and the late Nancy Llewellyn Towe of Fripp Island, SC.
A...
Robert Arthur Settineri
Jul 29, 2023
Robert Arthur Settineri, 85, of 103 Rockfish Street, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, July 29, 2023, at his daughter’s home in Virginia Beach, VA.
Mr. Settineri was born in Syracuse, New York on May 28, 1938, and was the son of the late John and Gilda Piazza Settineri.
A graduate of LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY with a Bachelor of...
Bennie Gray Castelow
Jul 28, 2023
Bennie Gray Castelow, 69, of 840 Willeyton Road, Gates. NC, passed away Friday, July 28, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Castelow was born in Hertford County on July 9, 1954, and was the son of Eunice White Castelow of Cofield and the late Ernest Albert Castelow, Sr. In addition to his father,...
Ronald Russell McCall
Jul 28, 2023
Our community sadly lost an important member on Friday, July 28, 2023. Ronald Russell “Ron” McCall, 73, was a resident of Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, at the time of his death.
Born in Scottsbluff, NE on July 24, 1950, Ron was the son of the late Russell and Phyllis Grouse McCall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Ronald Elsberry Chaulk, Jr.
Jul 27, 2023
Ronald Elsberry “Little Rock” Chaulk, Jr., 49, of 1691 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, July 27, 2023 in his home.
Born in Chowan County on December 4, 1973, he was the son of Diane Harrell Chaulk and the late Ronald Elsberry “Rock” Chaulk, Sr. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandfathers, Earl...
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