Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Beverly Ruth Specht
May 2, 2023
Beverly Ruth Specht, 70, of Thick Neck Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in her home.
Born in Massachusetts on June 27, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Raymond and Louise Isadora Andrews Specht. A graduate of the New York School of Dog Grooming, she was known locally as the owner and operator of Carolina...
Ruth Austin Garrett
Apr 29, 2023
Ruth Austin Garrett, 90, of 114 Ridge Road, Ahoskie, NC, passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, April 29, 2023 where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Garrett was born in Bertie County on March 26, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Esther Parker Austin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Muriel Whitehurst Twine
Apr 27, 2023
Muriel Whitehurst Twine, 92, 1024 Perry’s Bridge Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Twine was born in Gates County on November 19, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Bonnie and Margaret Howell Whitehurst. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
John Randolph Pippins
Apr 27, 2023
John Randolph Pippins, 88, of 1213 County Line Road, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Pippins was born in Smithfield, Virginia on February 3, 1935, and was the son of the late James M. and Minnie Combs Pippins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant...
Carmen Perry Barco
Apr 25, 2023
Carmen Perry Barco, 97, of 793 Shawboro Road, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
Mrs. Barco was born in the New Hope community of Perquimans County on August 27, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Redmond R. and Eva Davidson Perry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Margaret Feirrera Johnson
Apr 25, 2023
Margaret Feirrera Johnson, 76, of South Mills, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Oakland, CA on October 17, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Alfred and Mollie Feirrera. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Phelps Johnson. Employed with...
Joan Brennan Donnelly
Apr 25, 2023
Joan Elizabeth Brennan Donnelly, passed into the perpetual light on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in her home. Her life was, by any reasonable measure, marred by tragedy, yet she maintained a quiet strength and an amazing sense of humor that kept her at peace.
Joan was born in Port Chester, New York on June 9, 1942 to the late John...
Kathleen Mathias Wiggins
Apr 24, 2023
Kathleen Mathias Wiggins, 101, of 762 Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, April 24, 2023 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Wiggins was born in Gates County on April 19, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Algie R. and Florence Brinkley Mathias. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gelon...
Cuthbert Malcolm Copeland
Apr 21, 2023
Cuthbert Malcolm Copeland, 90, of 715 West Stokes Street, Ahoskie, NC, died on Friday, April 21, 2023 in his home.
Mr. Copeland was born on January 27, 1933 and was the son of and last surviving child born to the late Charles Crackus and Clemma Ward Copeland. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife...
Nancy Jo Bennett Britt
Apr 21, 2023
Nancy Jo Bennett Britt, 65, of Plymouth, NC, danced through the pearly gates of Heaven, free of pain and suffering, on Friday, April 21, 2023 from her home where she was surrounded by her devoted daughter and loved ones.
Mrs. Britt was born in Washington County on December 10, 1957, and was the daughter of the late Noah Samuel and...
Katherine Sawyer Chesson
Apr 21, 2023
Katherine Sawyer Chesson, 80, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Chesson was born in Perquimans County on May 20, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Nathan and Geneva Landing Sawyer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 54...
Larry Julian Pierce
Apr 18, 2023
Larry Julian Pierce, 75, of 545 Wingfield Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Pierce was born in Portsmouth, VA on May 23, 1947, and was the son of the late Robert Julian and Mildred Alice Rawls Pierce.
A retired machinist with Lipton Tea in Suffolk, VA, in earlier years he worked...
James Lester Doubts, Sr.
Apr 18, 2023
James Lester “Jim” Doubts, Sr., 79, of 126C Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Jim was born in West Chester, PA on March 1, 1944 and was the son of the late Lester Charles and Bertha Louise Lynch Doubts. In addition to his parents, he...
George W. Rodormer
Apr 17, 2023
George W. Rodormer, 89, of Lighthouse Point, FL, passed away on April 17, 2023 after a short illness at the home of his daughter, Kimberly Anne Fruda, of Daytona Beach, FL.
Mr. Rodormer was born on October 31, 1933, in Park Ridge, Ill to Everett Winston Rodormer and Mary Elizabeth Edwards Rodormer. Mr. Rodormer attended Deerfield Academy. He graduated in...
Ray "Coochie" Beamon, Sr.
Apr 15, 2023
Ray Gordon “Coochie” Beamon, Sr., 93, of 111 New Ferry Road, Gatesville, NC, died Saturday, April 15, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Beamon was born in Gates County on April 1, 1930, and was the son of the late Horace Vernon, Sr. and Essie Brinkley Beamon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Betty Ruth Smith Miller
Apr 13, 2023
Betty Ruth Smith Miller, 76, of 543 Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Godspeed and we know she’ll be there to greet us.
A lifelong resident of Perquimans County, she was born on November 15, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Benjamin E. and Maxine Griffin Smith. In addition to her parents, she was...
Anne Brown Wilson
Apr 12, 2023
Anne Brown Wilson, 84, a longtime resident of Sunbury, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Hampton, VA on March 8, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Hallet Lee Brown and Margaret Minerva Morris Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Jerry Lee Phelps
Apr 12, 2023
Jerry Lee Phelps, 79, of 607 Old Cherry Road, Creswell, NC, died Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Phelps was born in Washington County on December 19, 1943 and was the son of the late Milton Claude and Alethia Picolia Allen Phelps. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first...
Kentwood Turner
Apr 11, 2023
Carlton Kentwood Turner, affectionately known as “Pa”, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday evening, April 11, 2023, surrounded by his family.
Born on August 7, 1935 in Perquimans County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late George Lloyd Turner and Amelia Saunders Turner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of...
Daniel McLane Driver, Sr.
Apr 10, 2023
Daniel McLane Driver, Sr., “Big Danny”, age 74, of Jasper, AL and formerly of Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023 at his home with friends Nadine Millican and Reuben Lovett by his side.
Born in Hertford, NC on July 22, 1948, he was the son of the late Arnold M. and Camilla Twiddy Driver, and was also...
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