Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Sidney Stevenson Baggett, Jr.
Aug 24, 2024
Sidney Stevenson Baggett, Jr., 75, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024, in ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Baggett was born in Martin County on June 29, 1949, and was the son of the late Sidney Stevenson Baggett, Sr. and Dorothy Chesson Baggett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Cynthia Lang...
George McArthur "Artie" Pittman, Jr.
Aug 24, 2024
George McArthur "Artie" Pittman, Jr., 60, of Gates County, NC, died Saturday, August 24, 2024, at his home. Artie was born in Newport News, VA, but raised like many of his cousins in two dear places: Occoneechee Neck in North Carolina at the Kenly Hunt Club, and at his father's birthplace of Kenly, NC. Artie was the proud son...
Lynda Long Givens
Aug 23, 2024
Lynda Long Givens, 65, of Tyner, NC, passed away peacefully Friday, August 23, 2024, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton, where she was surrounded by her loving family.
She is survived by her longtime companion, Jonathan Bean; her daughter, Tabatha Givens Baker (Chris); daughter in law, Tammy Bowen Givens; brother, Bill Thompson (Nicole) of Alpharetta, GA; sister, Lisa Nock (Walter) of...
Graeme Otis DuBois
Aug 22, 2024
Graeme Otis DuBois, 85, of Gates, NC, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024, in his home.
Mr. DuBois was born in Washington, D.C. on July 18, 1939, and was the son of the late Stanton Otis and Margaret Helen Dietz DuBois. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Faye Jones DuBois, a daughter, Jackie,...
Ella Mohorn Hassell
Aug 21, 2024
Ella Mohorn Hassell, 95, formerly of Elizabeth City, NC, and more recently of Chesapeake, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Hassell was born in Halifax County, NC on April 7, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Roy Gray Mohorn and Mary Lucille Burnett Mohorn. In addition...
Robert Alvah Wiggins, Sr.
Aug 21, 2024
Robert Alvah Wiggins, Sr., 88, son, husband, father, Poppa, and friend to all, of 405 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, August 21, 2024, in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Wiggins was born in Gates County on April 5, 1936, and was the last surviving child born to the late Robert Graham and Sarah...
Barbara Mullen Yoder
Aug 20, 2024
Barbara Ann Mullen Yoder, 70, of Winton, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2024 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Yoder was born in Hertford County on March 25, 1954, and was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Matthews Mullen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Harvey Yoder and by...
Jean Fox White
Aug 20, 2024
Jean Carol Fox White, 78, of 145 Dallie White Road, Tyner, NC, and a former longtime resident of Newport News, VA, died Tuesday, August 20, 2024, in her home.
Mrs. White was born in Newport News on September 25, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Clyde L. and Edna Beck Fox. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Harold Andrew "Willie" Williams, Jr.
Aug 17, 2024
Harold Andrew “Willie” Williams, Jr., 84, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2024 in his home.
Mr. Williams was born in Blue Creek, OH on July 9, 1940, and was the son of the late Harold Andrew, Sr. and Mary Esther Miller Williams.
A Vietnam veteran, he retired as a First Class Petty Officer from the Navy follow 22 years...
Betty Jean McCormick Byrum
Aug 17, 2024
Betty Jean McCormick Byrum, of Greenville, NC, formerly of Scotland Neck, NC, died Saturday, August 17, 2024, at her home after a period of declining health. She was 96.
The beloved wife of Graham Vance Byrum, Sr., MD, she was born on April 12, 1928, in Leesville, FL. The daughter of the late John Joseph McCormick and Helen Riddick McCormick, she...
Betty Byrum Lilley
Aug 17, 2024
Betty Wiggins Byrum Lilley, 89, a former resident of Smithfield, VA, died Saturday, August 17, 2024 in her home after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 64 years, Major General Aaron Lycurgus Lilley, Jr. (US Army Ret).
Mrs. Lilley was born in 1935, in Suffolk, VA. She was the daughter of the late William...
Emojean Whichard "Jean" Dail
Aug 15, 2024
Emojean Whichard “Jean” Dail, 87, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2024, in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Dail was born in Suffolk, VA on June 15, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Ward Whichard and Leona Bennett Whichard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Joan Lee Bruce
Aug 14, 2024
Joan Lee Bruce, 70, of 136 Red Maple Avenue, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in her home.
Ms. Bruce was born in Norfolk, VA on March 7, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Richard Eugene and Peggy Geraldine Davis Bruce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Joy Bruce.
A retired...
Marian Benton Briggs
Aug 13, 2024
Marian Benton Briggs, 91, of Graham Road, Greensboro, NC, died Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in her home where she was cared for by her daughter.
Mrs. Briggs was born in Gates County on September 30, 1932, one of four daughters born to the late Clyde H. and Olive Beamon Benton. In addition to her parents, a daughter, Sharon Briggs,...
John Wayne Castello
Aug 9, 2024
John Wayne “Pappy” Castello, 75, of Powellsville, NC, passed Friday, August 9, 2024, in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Castello was born in Hertford County on January 30, 1949, and was the son of the late John Rudolph and Anna Belle Bowen Castello. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Lynette Willoughby.
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Murray Monds Winslow
Aug 9, 2024
Murray Monds Winslow, 61, of 143 Lawrence Lane, Gates, NC, died Friday, August 9, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Winslow was born in Hertford County on December 19, 1962, and was the son of the late Charlie N. and Sybil Monds Winslow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mellisa...
James Ray Herba
Aug 7, 2024
James Ray “Lil Jimmy” Herba, 23, of Hertford, NC, had his life cut short on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Lil Jimmy was born in Pasquotank County on March 30, 2001. From an early age, he always had a love for the outdoors, was an avid fisherman, and loved to tear things apart and then put them back together again....
Patty Pennington Jordan
Aug 7, 2024
Patty Joan Pennington Jordan, 91, of 2104 Albemarle Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Jordan was born in Marion County, Indiana on September 29, 1932, and was the daughter of the late John J. and Ivy Myrtle Lane Pennington. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Horace...
Peggy Perry Hooper
Aug 7, 2024
Peggy Louise Perry Hooper, 87, a longtime resident of New York, died Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in Commonwealth Senior Living of Hampton, VA.
Ms. Hooper was born in Chowan County on December 11, 1936, and was one of nine children born to the late William Fletcher and Edith P. Perry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Johnny Mack Hendrix
Aug 6, 2024
Johnny Mack Hendrix, 83, of 242 Cannon’s Ferry Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, August 6, 2024, in Gates House Assisted Living in Gatesville.
Mr. Hendrix was born in Chowan County on March 10, 1941, and was the son of the late Noah M. “Mack” and Adelaide Layden Hendrix. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother,...
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