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Carolyn Walker Akers

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...

Novella Rountree Spivey

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...

LeRoy Griffith White

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...

Cherry Wiggins Powell

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,...

Jane Goodwin Bunch

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...

Ruth Boyce Mansfield

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...

Gloria Davis Wilson

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

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

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.

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,...

Brigitte Lee Allen Layne

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...

Lois Copeland Peele

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...

Charles Christian "Bubba" Jenkins

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

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

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

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....

Richard Stanley Hogarth

Richard Stanley Hogarth

Jul 25, 2022

   Richard Stanley "Ricky" Hogarth, 58, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022.

   Ricky was born in St. Augustine, FL on July 8, 1964, and was the son of the late Ernest Stanley Hogarth and Betty Lou Campbell Cooper.

   Surviving is his sister, Debbie Twiddy; his niece, Teri Lloyd; and his nephew, T.J. Twiddy.

   Private services will be...

Lindsey Cara Styons

Lindsey Cara Styons

Jul 25, 2022

   Lindsey Cara Styons, 34, of 2542 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, peacefully passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Lindsey was born in Washington County on February 14, 1988, and was the daughter of John Wayne Styons, Jr. (wife, Lee) of Plymouth and Jacqueline Browning White (husband, Philip) of Tyner....

Michael Thomas Sausedo

Michael Thomas Sausedo

Jul 24, 2022

   Michael Thomas “Mike” Sausedo, 66, of Eure, NC, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, in his home.

   Mike was born in Huntington Park, California on November 1, 1955, and was the son of the late Thomas Sausedo, Jr. and Marjorie Hope Kerchev Sausedo.

   Employed as a pipefitter and welder with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, before moving to Eure he worked for twenty...

Ann Brickhouse Twiford

Ann Brickhouse Twiford

Jul 22, 2022

   Ann Brickhouse Reynolds Jennings Twiford, 84, of Elizabeth City, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022.

   Born in Columbia, North Carolina on November 16, 1937, Ann was the daughter of the late Theda Duard Brickhouse and Evora Sawyer Brickhouse. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, James Henry Reynolds, Melvin B. Jennings and Marvin...

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