Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Debra Rogers Dykes
Mar 5, 2023
Debra Jean Rogers Dykes, 67, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Windsor, NC.
Mrs. Dykes was born in Currituck County on January 7, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Leroy, Sr. and Betty Sawyer Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Clinton Peele
Mar 4, 2023
George Clinton Peele, 84, of 1714 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in his home.
Mr. Peele was born in Chowan County on November 28, 1938, and was the son of the late George Thomas and Virginia Ruth Jordan Peele. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Judy Ann Davis Peele;...
Lucas Blair Savage
Mar 4, 2023
Lucas Blair Savage, 44, of 1640 Great Fork Road, Suffolk, VA, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital.
Lucas was born in Franklin, Virginia on January 31, 1979 and was the son of Walter Thomas “Tommy” Savage, Jr. of Suffolk and the late June Collier Savage.
A member of Great Fork Baptist Church, he had been a member...
Phyllis Bunch Copeland
Mar 4, 2023
Phyllis Faye Bunch Copeland, 76, of 801 Blackrock Road, Merry Hill, NC, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Copeland was born in Bertie County on February 7, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Leslie W. and Ruby Peele Bunch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Mike Hearn
Feb 25, 2023
Stephen Michael “Mike” Hearn, 67, a longtime resident of Windsor, VA, died Saturday, February 25, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Eure, NC where he had been staying in his period of declining health.
Mike was born in Franklin, Virginia on August 11, 1955, and was the son of the late Thomas Francis Hearn, Sr. and Hilda Pierce Hearn. In...
Martin Thaddeus "Bush" Hassell
Feb 25, 2023
Martin Thaddeus "Bush" Hassell, 59, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of Edenton Primetime Retirement Center, passed away there on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Mr. Hassell was born in Saba, the Netherlands Antilles, on December 22, 1963, and was the son of Ambrose Leonard Hassell of Columbia, South America, and the late Hilda Patricia Hassell.
In earlier years, Martin...
Cleveland Hubert "Cleve" Chappell, Jr.
Feb 24, 2023
Cleveland Hubert “Cleve” Chappell, Jr., 87, of Gates, NC, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2023 with family by his side.
A lifelong resident of Gates County where he was born on May 10, 1935, he was the son of the late Cleveland H., Sr. and Annie Sue Harrell Chappell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Lee Meads
Feb 24, 2023
Allen Lee Meads, 28, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023.
Lee was born in Pasquotank County on February 22, 1995. A graduate of Pasquotank High School, he worked as a freelance tattoo artist. Among his many enjoyments in life included his love of the beach and playing his guitar.
Surviving are his father and mother, Keith...
Shirley Stinedurf Woodward
Feb 22, 2023
Shirley Jean Stinedurf Woodward, 74, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Woodward was born in New Castle, PA on December 2, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Martin Earl Stinedurf and Daisy Louise Cotton Stinedurf. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Edwin Rego Cabral
Feb 22, 2023
Edwin Rego Cabral, 70, formerly of 310 Drum Hill Road, Corapeake, NC, and more recently resided at 106 Riverhaven Drive in Hertford, NC, died peacefully Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Mr. Cabral was born in Suffolk, VA on September 17, 1952, and was the son of the late Edmund Rego Cabral and Christine Elizabeth Odom Cabral. In addition to his parents,...
Roy Lee "Dootsie" Ashley, Sr.
Feb 22, 2023
Roy Lee "Dootsie" Ashley, Sr., 76, of 227 Sandy Ridge Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Ashley was born in Perquimans County on September 1, 1946, and was the son of the late Raleigh Edward, Sr. and Donnie Mae Monds Ashley. In addition to...
George Ellis Jones
Feb 21, 2023
George Ellis Jones, 87, of 1103 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Jones was born in Chowan County on February 2, 1936, and was the son of the late James Earl and Ora Brown Jones. In addition to his parents, he...
Ellen Powell Carroll
Feb 21, 2023
Ellen Powell Carroll, 97, formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, and since 2014 a resident of Anniston, Alabama, died Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Mrs. Carroll was born in Gates County, North Carolina, on January 6, 1926, and was the daughter of the late William Henry and Avie Lowe Powell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Carole Lee Bottenus Medford
Feb 20, 2023
Carole Lee Bottenus Medford, 80, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Medford was born in Queens, NY on February 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Alfred Raymond and Alice Edna Hanson Bottenus. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Arden...
Eddie Stallings
Feb 20, 2023
John Edward "Eddie" Stallings, 70, longtime resident of Belvidere, NC, and more recently of Washington, NC, died Monday, February 20, 2023 in ECU Health Beaufort Hospital.
Mr. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on October 29, 1952, and was the son of the late Asa Elias and Mary Sue Stallings. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Jean Bailey Halsey
Feb 19, 2023
Shelva Jean Bailey Halsey, 85, of Edenton, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2023 in Three Rivers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Windsor.
Mrs. Halsey was born in Martin County on February 1, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Reuben, Sr. and Viola Whitehurst Bailey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank G....
John Almer Lane, Jr.
Feb 18, 2023
John Almer “Johnie” Lane, Jr., 79, of 664 NC Highway 137, Eure, NC, died peacefully on Saturday, February 18, 2023.
Mr. Lane was born on September 3, 1943, and was the son of the late John Almer Lane, Sr. and Louise Forehand Lane (deceased husband, William Boone). In addition to his parents and step-father, he was preceded in death by...
Nancy Ryan
Feb 16, 2023
Ann Patricia Curran "Nancy" Ryan, 87, of Merry Hill, NC, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Ryan was born in New York City, NY on December 12, 1935, and was the daughter of the late John Curran and Rose Mary Flood Curran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Barbara Blanchard Hedgepeth
Feb 15, 2023
Barbara Frances Blanchard Hedgepeth, 80, of 309 Tuggie Eure Road, Eure, NC, died Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hedgepeth was born in Yonkers, New York on June 17, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Wallace and Marion Newton Blanchard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Leslie Colley McMellon, Jr.
Feb 14, 2023
Leslie Colley McMellon, Jr., 86, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
Mr. McMellon was born in Fall River, MA on March 28, 1936 to the late Leslie C. and Margaret Myles McMellon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Kellie Tallentire.
A veteran, he proudly served in the U.S....
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