Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Celia Rae Nixon Copeland
Feb 7, 2023
Celia Rae Nixon Copeland, 96, of Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Copeland was born in Chowan County on February 10, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Jesse and Dixie White Nixon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Taylor Copeland;...
Stanton Harrell
Feb 6, 2023
Thomas Stanton Harrell, 85, of Yeopim Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, February 6, 2023 in CarolinaEast Medical Center, New Bern.
Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on April 8, 1937, and was the son of the late Thomas O. and Thelma Stanton Harrell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Twiddy Harrell,...
Ricky Eugene Lee
Feb 5, 2023
Ricky Eugene Lee, 61, of Highway 137, Eure, NC, died Sunday, February 5, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Ricky was born in Hertford County on October 3, 1961. Formerly employed with Lipton Tea in Suffolk, he was a member of Eure Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by his father, Morton Eugene Lee; he is survived by his mother...
Kay White Toler
Feb 3, 2023
Kay White Toler, 73, of 244 Hwy 45 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Friday, February 3, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Toler was born in Bertie County on July 11, 1949, and was the daughter of the late Louis Albert White, Sr. and Thelma Cobb White Bruce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Brenda Jean McClenney Wolf
Feb 2, 2023
Brenda Jean McClenney Wolf, 67, of 202 Pasquenoke Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, February 2, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Brenda was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 17, 1956, and was the daughter of Mary Frances Hawkins Johnson of Gilmer, Texas, and the late Edward Curtis McClenney. Retired from Leon Nixon’s Catering, she attended Faith Pentecostal Holiness...
Betty Mizelle Peele
Feb 1, 2023
Betty Mizelle Peele, 88, of 20450 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at her home surrounded by family and friends.
Mrs. Peele a native of Bertie County, the daughter of Ballie Durham and Callie Davenport Mizelle. She graduated from Colerain High School in 1953. After graduation she attended secretarial school in Norfolk, Virginia and began a...
Rooster Stevens
Jan 30, 2023
David Simmons “Rooster” Stevens, 65, of 747 Silver Springs Road, Sunbury, NC, died Monday, January 30, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.
Rooster was born in the Shadow Lawn section of Virginia Beach, VA on May 30, 1957, and was the son of the late Vernon Edward Stevens, Sr. and Jean Simmons Stevens....
Jessie Ruth Hudson "J.R." Shackelford
Jan 29, 2023
Jessie Ruth Hudson "J.R." Shackelford, 88, formerly of Edenton, NC, and more recently of Hertford, died Sunday, January 29, 2023 in her home.
Mrs. Shackelford was born in Chowan County on December 28, 1934, and was the daughter of the late David T. and Molly Cayton Hudson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
David Stone
Jan 29, 2023
George David Stone, 69, of Sticks Lane, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, January 29, 2023 in his home.
Mr. Stone was born in Norfolk, VA on January 15, 1954, and was the son of the late George Washington Stone and Dorothy Wheeler Stone. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Victoria Lee Stone; his step-mother,...
Kim Howell
Jan 27, 2023
Marvin Kim Howell, 64, of 36 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, died Friday, January 27, 2023 in his home.
Kim was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 9, 1958 and was the son of Lowell Thomas and Yvonne Askew Howell of Eure.
A graduate of Deep Creek High School, he was the school’s Drum Major in both his Junior and...
Frances Tynch Baker
Jan 27, 2023
Frances Tynch Baker, 87, of 391 Great Hope Church Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, January 27, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Baker was born in Perquimans County on October 2, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Charles Franklin Tynch and Annie Mae Riddick Tynch. In addition to her parents, she...
Garry Pike Copeland
Jan 27, 2023
Garry Pike Copeland, 56, a member of the Ryland community in Chowan County, NC, passed away Friday, January 27, 2023 in Edenton.
Born in Chowan County on May 18, 1966, he was the son of the late Dorus Elihu and Blannie Winslow Copeland. Garry grew up working on the family farm and enjoyed the fellowship of Piney Woods Friends Meeting....
Thomas Andrew Ashley, Jr.
Jan 27, 2023
Thomas Andrew Ashley, Jr., 58, of Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 27, 2023 in Hertford Health and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Ashley was born in Tampa, FL on March 16, 1964, and was the son of the late Thomas A., Sr. and Agnes Louise Brickhouse Ashley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, May, and by...
Evelyn Briggs Forehand Chappell
Jan 26, 2023
Evelyn Briggs Forehand Chappell, 93, of 235 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, January 26, 2023 in Three Rivers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Windsor.
Mrs. Chappell was born in Chowan County on December 7, 1929, and was the daughter of the late James Richard and Annie Bivens Briggs. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
William Lewis "Bill" Norvell, Jr.
Jan 25, 2023
William Lewis “Bill” Norvell, Jr., 84, of Edenton, NC, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Bill was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 14, 1938 and was the son of the late William Lewis Norvell, Sr. and Bennie Allsbrook Norvell Cuzner.
He attended the University of North...
Sonny Hall
Jan 24, 2023
Horace Douglas “Sonny” Hall, 77, of 100 Chowan Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Hall was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 15, 1945, and was the son of the late William Winslow Hall and Myrtle Mae Moody Harrison.
As a residential and commercial building contractor,...
William "J.J." Mosley
Jan 24, 2023
William "J.J." Mosley, 76, of 1364B Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, went to see his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 from his home where he was being cared for by his wife and family.
Mr. Mosley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and was the son of the late Samuel Hendrix Mosley and Flora Rodrigues Mosley. In addition to his...
Dr. James Francis O'Leary
Jan 24, 2023
James Francis O’Leary, MD, 79, of 507 North Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in his home.
Dr. O’Leary was born in Cork, Ireland on January 6, 1944 and was the only child born to the late James Patrick and Winifred Fielding O’Leary.
A surgeon, Dr. O’Leary began his solo practice in Edenton in 1979, was associated...
Billy Lee Chappell
Jan 24, 2023
Billy Lee Chappell, 68, of Great Fork Road, Suffolk, VA, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Chappell was born in Gates County, NC on March 1, 1954, and was the son of the late Herman Ray and Rosa Mae Umphlette Chappell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret...
Charles Theodore Hickman
Jan 24, 2023
Charles Theodore Hickman, 54, of 118 Pocahontas Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Hickman was born in Annapolis, MD and was the son of Frances Miller Rockemann of Edenton.
Before health issues forced retirement, Mr. Hickman was an officer with the Bertie Correctional Facility in Windsor.
In addition to his mother, he...
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