Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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....
June Chaulk Layden
Feb 13, 2023
June Chaulk Layden, 78, of Belvidere, NC, passed away Monday, February 13, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Layden was born in Perquimans County on December 15, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Stephen D. and Annie Belle Smith Chaulk. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence D....
Mary Margaret Fallon White
Feb 13, 2023
Mary Margaret Fallon White, 76, of 4600 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA, died peacefully on Monday, February 13, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. White was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania on July 18, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Mary Margaret Okon Fallon. With her husband she owned Ambient Air...
Bobby Jones
Feb 12, 2023
Harold Robert "Bobby" Jones, 86, of 670 Body Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Jones was born in Perquimans County on September 14, 1936, and was the son of the late Thomas Hoyle Jones and Sallie Mae Hobbs Jones. In addition to his parents,...
Kayla Elizabeth Ricks
Feb 11, 2023
Kayla Elizabeth Ricks, 28, of Wilmington, NC, and formerly of Edenton, died Saturday, February 11th, 2023 as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident.
Kayla was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on August 8th, 1994, and was the daughter of Dante Ewell and Kristie Ricks Byrum. She was raised in Edenton by her adoptive parents, Carolyn Rogerson Ricks and...
Alene Dale Briggs Hollowell
Feb 10, 2023
Alene Dale Briggs Hollowell, 98, formerly of Tyner, NC and more recently of Boca Raton, Florida, died there on Friday, February 10, 2023.
Mrs. Hollowell was born in Chowan County on November 29, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Herbert W. and Nettie Jordan Dale. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands,...
Nancy Morris Wiggins
Feb 10, 2023
Nancy Morris Wiggins, 72, of 1018 Drum Hill Road, Gates, NC, died Friday, February 10, 2023 in her home.
Mrs. Wiggins was born in Suffolk, VA on May 11, 1950 and was one of four daughters born to the late Benjamin Franklin Morris and Hilda Leigh Johnson Morris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters,...
Welsford Eure Artz
Feb 10, 2023
Welsford Eure Artz, 79, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2023, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Welsford grew up in his beloved eastern North Carolina village of Gatesville in Gates County. The son of the late John and Louise Eure Artz, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Evelyn Long Layden
Feb 9, 2023
Evelyn Long Layden, 99, of 727 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Layden was born in Perquimans County on May 13, 1923, and was the daughter of the late William Preston Long and Mary Chappell Long. In addition to her parents, she was...
Charlotte Gwaltney-Hatcher
Feb 8, 2023
Charlotte Annette Gwaltney-Hatcher, 52, of 322 Sandy Ridge Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday. February 8, 2023.
Born on September 25, 1970 in Nansemond County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Donald Lee Gwaltney, Sr. and Shelby Irene Pate Gwaltney. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Donald L. Gwaltney, Jr.
Surviving are...
Cynthia Ober Spruill
Feb 8, 2023
Cynthia Kaye Ober Spruill of Creswell, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at ECU Health Medical Center.
Cindy was born October 9, 1967, in Washington, NC. Cindy was preceded in death by her daughter, Kimberly, grandmother, Vera Lancaster, and stepfather, Billy Paul.
After her daughter Kimberly died waiting on a heart transplant, she became a registered organ donor. A...
Foster Parrish
Feb 7, 2023
Foster Parrish, 84 of Corapeake, NC, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by loved ones.
Mr. Parrish was born in Nelsonville, KY on January 14, 1939, and was the son of the late John William Parrish and Lena Crady Parrish. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Urbane Vaughn Travis
Feb 7, 2023
Urbane (Urb) Vaughn Travis died Tuesday February 7th, 2023 in Edenton, NC; he was 88; born August 23, 1934 in Nha Trang, Vietnam to Chester Earl Travis of Morocco, IN and Mary Nellie Hall of Fryeburg, ME, Christian and Missionary Alliance missionaries. Urb was the last surviving member of his family, and the fifth of five children; he was preceded...
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