Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Linda Byrum White
Aug 21, 2023
Linda Jean Byrum White, 78, of 738 Sandy Ridge Road, Tyner, NC, died Monday, August 21, 2023 in her home where she had been cared for by her family.
Mrs. White was born in Suffolk, VA on July 21, 1945 and was the daughter of the late Melvin A., Sr. and Kathleen Jordan Byrum. In addition to her parents, she...
Vivian Williams Hale
Aug 21, 2023
Vivian La Veta Williams Hale, 83, of 330 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Monday, August 21, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Hale was born in Pasquotank County on November 21, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Alton and Mary Elizabeth Wright Williams. In addition to her parents, she was...
Bob Beaman
Aug 21, 2023
Robert Clarence “Bob” Beaman, 85, of Rock Hill, SC and formerly a longtime resident of Portsmouth, VA and the Arrowhead Beach community of Chowan County, Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 21, 2023 in Piedmont Medical Center in Fort Mill, SC.
Bob was born in Raleigh, NC on February 21, 1938 and was the son of the late Clarence G. and...
James Henry Doughty
Aug 20, 2023
James Henry Doughty, 83, of 115 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Doughty was born in Dutchess County, NY on November 28, 1939, and was the son of the late Roy Germond Doughty and Helena Mildred Terry Doughty. The retired owner and operator...
Kitty Field
Aug 20, 2023
Catherine Campen “Kitty” Field, of 300 Queen Anne Drive, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Kitty was born in Edenton on December 15, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Henry Allison “Izzy” Campen and Catherine Pruden Campen.
Raised in Edenton where she attended local schools, she went on to graduate from St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh...
Kay Dail Nixon
Aug 19, 2023
Hallie Kay Dail Nixon, 79, of 1646 Rocky Hock Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, August 19, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Nixon was born in Beaufort County on November 21, 1943 and was the daughter of the late Clifton Riley and Katie Stilley Brooks Dail. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a...
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.
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