Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Rod Stephen Mumma
Aug 21, 2022
Rodney Stephen “Rod” Mumma, 78, of 2625 US 17 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Sunday, August 21, 2022 in his home.
Mr. Mumma was born in Tansboro, NJ on July 29, 1944, and was the son of the late Harry and Edna Mae Dudley Mumma.
A Real Estate Broker while living in New Jersey, after moving to the Merry Hill...
Robert E. Lee
Aug 19, 2022
Robert Edward Lee, of 502 High Street, died peacefully on Friday, August 19, 2022, in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Robert was born on November 24, 1933 and was the son of the late Obed and Minnie Clark Lee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Olivia Lee Brabble;...
Blanche Rae Skinner Decker
Aug 18, 2022
Blanche Rae Skinner Decker, of Hertford, NC, passed from this life Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the age of 97.
Mrs. Decker was born November 29, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Raymond Carlton Skinner, Sr. and Blanche Lucinda Sawyer Skinner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, Sr.; eldest son,...
Annette Stevenson Morgan
Aug 18, 2022
Margaret Annette Stevenson Morgan, 84, born April 6, 1938, a native of Pasquotank County, NC, and daughter of the late Marshall Holmes Stevenson, Sr. and Margaret Camilla Morris Stevenson, continued her journey to be with her Lord and Savior on August 18, 2022.
She is survived by her son, Kevin Lee Morgan (Debra) of Perquimans County; her brother, Marshall Holmes...
Carolyn Walker Akers
Aug 17, 2022
Carolyn Armecia Walker Akers, 83, of 10 Albany Drive, Hampton, VA, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Akers was born in Gates County on February 13, 1939, and was the daughter of the late George Virginus Walker, Sr. and Elsie Florine White Walker. In addition to her parents, she...
LeRoy Griffith White
Aug 16, 2022
LeRoy Griffith White, 78, of Princess Anne Circle, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. White was born in Norfolk, VA on July 7, 1944, and was the son of the late Graham Paul White and Jeanne Marie Griffith White. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Novella Rountree Spivey
Aug 16, 2022
Novella Elizabeth Rountree Spivey, 82, of Bosley Road, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Spivey was born on September 11, 1939, and was the daughter of the late G. Emory and Evelyn White Rountree. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick Doughtie Spivey; two...
Cherry Wiggins Powell
Aug 12, 2022
Emma Cherry Wiggins Powell, 89, of Soundside Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, August 12, 2022 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Powell was born in Bertie County on May 29, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Wiggins and Mary Elizabeth Newsome Laughbon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Ruth Boyce Mansfield
Aug 11, 2022
On Thursday, August 11, 2022, Ruth Jeanette Boyce Mansfield, 89, of Tyner, NC, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family.
Born in Chowan County on August 4, 1933, she was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Anna Mae Lane Boyce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant sister, Miriam Missouri...
Jane Goodwin Bunch
Aug 11, 2022
A fierce admirer and servant of the Lord traded her worldly wings for her heavenly ones on August 11, 2022. Clara “Jane” Goodwin Bunch was born on January 2, 1934 to Ralph and Emmie Goodwin of Center Hill. Her beautiful curls and resolute personality were two traits she embodied from childhood onward.
Jane married her high school sweetheart, Carl Bunch...
Gloria Davis Wilson
Aug 10, 2022
Gloria Jean Davis Wilson, 80, of Edenton, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Edenton Primetime Assisted Living.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Prince George County, VA on December 18, 1941, and was the daughter of the late James L. and Gladys May Edwards Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her son, James E....
Austin Ray Ennis
Aug 9, 2022
Austin Ray Ennis, 24, of Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in his home.
No services are planned at this time.
Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Regina Kavchak Skitka
Aug 6, 2022
Regina Kavchak Skitka, 80, of Hertford, NC passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022 in her home.
Regina was born in Middlesex County, NJ on December 16, 1941, and was the daughter of the late John and Regina Diken Kavchak.
She married her love, James A. Skitka, 54 years ago and raised two sons: James and John, while working in the...
Walter Aleck Ward, Jr.
Aug 4, 2022
Walter Aleck Ward, Jr., 89, of Suffolk, VA, died Thursday, August 4, 2022, in Northern Cardinal Rehabilitation and Nursing, Suffolk.
Mr. Ward was born in Gates County on November 12, 1932, was the son of the late Walter Aleck and Margaret Emily Rountree Ward. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Etheleen Matthews Ward,...
Lois Copeland Peele
Aug 3, 2022
Lois Jean Copeland Peele, 85, formerly of Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, and more recently of Tyner, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Hampton, VA.
Mrs. Peele was born in Perquimans County on April 14, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Luther Darvis and Mary Onella Robertson Copeland. In addition to her parents, she was...
Brigitte Lee Allen Layne
Aug 3, 2022
Brigitte Lee Allen Layne, 62, of Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Layne was born in Washington, Tennessee on March 22, 1960, and was the daughter of the late William Edward Allen and Carolyn Mae Murray Allen.
A loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, surviving...
Charles Christian "Bubba" Jenkins
Aug 1, 2022
Charles Christian “Bubba” Jenkins, 61, of Edenton, NC, went home to be with the Lord and his parents on Monday, August 1, 2022 from his home.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Charleston, SC on June 20, 1961, and was the son of the late Herbert Aaron and Carrie Jean Mock Jenkins. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator for...
Joan Alexander Pickell
Jul 28, 2022
Joan Faye Alexander Pickell, 78, of 2362 Delia Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, July 28, 2022 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Pickell was born in Tyrrell County on September 13, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Alton Lewis Alexander and Elsie Mae Ward Alexander Walker. In addition to her parents,...
Faye Ober
Jul 27, 2022
Verna Faye Ober, 80, formerly of the Rocky Hock community, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Miss Ober was born in Chowan County on November 5, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Paul Milton and Blanche White Ober. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Martha...
Doris Harrell Shingleton
Jul 26, 2022
Doris Kaye Harrell Shingleton, 71, of Reynoldson Road, Gates, NC, died Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Zuni, Virginia at her daughter’s home where she had been living during her time of declining health.
Mrs. Shingleton was born in Gates County on February 9, 1951, and was one of six children born to the late Haywood Augustus and Revelle Baker Harrell....
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