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Craig David Thomas Patterson

Craig David Thomas Patterson

Jul 21, 2022

   Craig David Thomas Patterson, 58, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

   Mr. Patterson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 8, 1964, and was the son of the late Elwood Neil Patterson and Dorothy Jean Barber Patterson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother-in-law,...

David Clark Eves

David Clark Eves

Jul 20, 2022

   David Clark Eves, 52, of Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Eves was born in Pasquotank County on November 5, 1969, and was the son of Charlie Clark Eves and Hazel Hassell Eves of Camden. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Charlie and Ethelyn Eves; and maternal grandparents, Wilbert Hassell (his...

Joyce Webb Bunch

Joyce Webb Bunch

Jul 19, 2022

   Joyce Webb Bunch, 89, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was called to her Heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

   Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County on September 22, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd C.D. Webb and Grace Bunch Webb. In addition to her parents, and her...

Carol Brown Wyatt

Carol Brown Wyatt

Jul 17, 2022

   Carol Elliott Brown Wyatt, 77, of Henderson, NC, died Sunday, July 17, 2022 in Duke Regional Hospital, Durham.

   Mrs. Wyatt was born in Suffolk, Virginia on May 25, 1945 and was raised in Gates County by her parents, the late William Emmett Brown, Sr. and Helen Chaney Brown. With her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Helen...

Ruby Eggen Cherry

Ruby Eggen Cherry

Jul 16, 2022

   A beautiful life filled with love, strength, resilience, courage, and faith. On July 16, 2022, Ruby Margaret Eggen Cherry took God's hand and followed Him home. The loving arms of her mother, Doris Anderson Eggen, her father, Rudolph Eggen, loving husband, William Welton Cherry, infant son, William, and beloved brother, Robert Eggen, welcomed her into Heaven.

   Her memories will remain...

Lou Ellen Crowder Creech

Lou Ellen Crowder Creech

Jul 15, 2022

   Lou Ellen Crowder Creech, 78, of 108 Pike Dive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, July 15, 2022 in her home.

   Mrs. Creech was born in Greenville, SC on September 25, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Marcus Gordon Crowder and Eva Frances King Crowder. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall...

Evelyn Harrell Boyce

Evelyn Harrell Boyce

Jul 14, 2022

   Evelyn Harrell Boyce, 94, of 107 South Oakum Street, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation.

   Mrs. Boyce was born in Chowan County on July 23, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Erie A. and Mary Bass Harrell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll...

Anne Rogerson White

Anne Rogerson White

Jul 14, 2022

   Elizabeth “Anne” Rogerson White, 91, of 1228 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022 surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. White was born in Chowan County on August 23, 1930, the daughter of the late Joseph Elmer Rogerson and Violet Carrie Hollowell Rogerson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe...

Pickett Wright, Jr.

Pickett Wright, Jr.

Jul 14, 2022

   Joseph Martin Pickett Wright, Jr. Capt. USN (Ret), of Edenton, NC passed away on July 14, 2022 at the age of 88. He was born in Long Beach, CA on August 10, 1933, to Joseph M  P Wright and Anne St. Clair Smith Wright.

   Pickett spent most of youth in Annapolis MD and attended St. Mary’s High School in...

Patrick Lewis Connors, Sr.

Patrick Lewis Connors, Sr.

Jul 14, 2022

   Patrick Lewis “Pat” Connors, Sr., 67, of 119 Johnson Street, Jarvisburg, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in his home.

   Pat was born in Macon County, Illinois on March 1, 1955, and was the son of the late Joseph Michael Connors, Sr. and Mary Theresa Kennedy Connors. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister,...

Virginia Whitt Wehner

Virginia Whitt Wehner

Jul 14, 2022

   Virginia Ruth Whitt Wehner, 79, of Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in her home.

   Mrs. Wehner was born in Bluefield, Virginia on July 10, 1943, and was one of 14 children born to the late Alonzo and Gladys Virginia Thompson Whitt.

   Employed for many years in the restaurant business, many will remember her for her years...

Yvonne Macdonald Belch

Yvonne Macdonald Belch

Jul 13, 2022

   Yvonne Macdonald Belch, 67, of Sanford, NC, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

   Mrs. Belch was born in Washington County on April 13, 1955, and was the daughter of the late John Alexander Macdonald and Joyce Faye Oliver Simons (husband, Henry, deceased). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda...

Thomas Francis McBride

Thomas Francis McBride

Jul 13, 2022

   AEC Thomas Francis "Tom" McBride, Jr. U.S. Coast Guard Retired, 66, of Camden, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in his home where he was being cared for by family.

   Mr. McBride was born in Pensacola, FL on September 15, 1955, and was the son of Daisy Peddle Reese (husband, Jeff Reese) and the late Thomas Francis McBride, Sr....

John Thomas Long, Jr.

John Thomas Long, Jr.

Jul 12, 2022

   John Thomas Long, Jr., 86, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Long was born in Pasquotank County on March 5, 1936, and was the son of the late John Thomas, Sr. and Sarah Marie Frue Long. A retired Production Manager with Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, he was a Master Mason, a...

Joseph Benedict Brucia

Joseph Benedict Brucia

Jul 12, 2022

   Joseph Benedict Brucia, 91, of 98 Pembroke Circle, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.

   Mr. Brucia was born on Long Island in New York, and was the son of the late Benedict and Marion Blasso Brucia.

   Before retirement and moving from Long Island, he worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.

   A veteran...

Ruth Davenport Basham

Ruth Davenport Basham

Jul 12, 2022

   Ruth Estelle Davenport Basham, 88, of 233 Bakertown Road, Windsor, NC, died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in ECU Health, Greenville.

   Mrs. Basham was born in Chowan County on September 29, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Guilford and Alice Lane Davenport. In addition to parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Paul J....

Mary Jane Crockett Blakemore Bunch

Mary Jane Crockett Blakemore Bunch

Jul 11, 2022

   Mary Jane Crockett Blakemore Bunch, 65, of Hobbsville, NC, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

   Mrs. Bunch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 18, 1957, and was the daughter of the late William Stephen Blakemore, Sr., M.D. and Elaine Hooven Blakemore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Lillian Eure Taylor

Lillian Eure Taylor

Jul 7, 2022

   Lillian Eure Taylor, 99, of 020 Corner High Road, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Mrs. Taylor was born in Gates County on April 13, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Charlie B. and Linda Arlene Felton Eure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...

Doris Bass Bunch

Doris Bass Bunch

Jul 7, 2022

   Doris Jean Bass Bunch, 82, of 366 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 7, 2022 in ECU Health, Greenville.

   Ms. Bunch was born in Chowan County on August 20, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Lindsey Bass and Lena Holmes Bass White. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carolyn Yvonne...

James B. Archer

James B. Archer

Jul 6, 2022

   James Belmont Archer, 88, of 129 Perkins Road, Gatesville, NC, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mr. Archer was born in Norfolk, VA on January 22, 1934, and was the last surviving of nine children born to the late George Addison and Alice Virginia Davis Archer. In addition to his parents and siblings, in...

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