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James Frederick Cartwright

James Frederick Cartwright

May 2, 2022

   James Frederick Cartwright, 66, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Cartwright was born in Germany on December 6, 1955, and was the son of the late James Herman and Elfriede Wirsing Cartwright. Retired from TCOM in Elizabeth City following 35 years of employment, he was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt and...

Murray Steele McEwen

Murray Steele McEwen

May 1, 2022

   Murray Steele McEwen, 94, of 151 Welch Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, May 1, 2022 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mr. McEwen was born in the Green Township of Indiana County, Pennsylvania on January 18, 1928, and was one of eight children born to the late Arch Robert and Ella Mae Conrath McEwen. In addition to his parents and five...

Wallace Bass Evans

Wallace Bass Evans

Apr 30, 2022

   Wallace Bass Evans, 83, of 303 South Oakum Street, died Saturday, April 30, 2022.

   Mr. Evans was born in Chowan County on August 27, 1938, and was the son of the late Carey Moses and Cora Bell Bass Evans. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, infant Mary Louise Evans and Ruth Evans Nixon; by...

Marty Rountree, Sr.

Marty Rountree, Sr.

Apr 29, 2022

   Robert Martin "Marty" Rountree, Sr., 59, of 006 Knight Lane, Corapeake, NC, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022.

   Mr. Rountree was born in Suffolk, VA on June 3, 1962, and was the son of the late Holtman Coston Rountree and Mary Anne Gray Johns. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Rebecca Rountree, a...

Doris Rountree Smith

Doris Rountree Smith

Apr 29, 2022

   Doris Elizabeth Rountree Smith, 93, of 433 Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 29, 2022 in her home where she had been cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Smith was born in Gates County on March 23, 1929, and was the daughter of the late James Walter and Lucy Baines Rountree. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Elizabeth Umphlett Page

Elizabeth Umphlett Page

Apr 29, 2022

   Elizabeth Ann Umphlett “Beth” Page, 51, of Smith Drive, Camden, NC, went to be with Jesus on Friday, April 29, 2022.

   Beth was born in Milwaukee, WI on February 2, 1971, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Morgan Umphlett and Priscilla Hamlin Umphlett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Ayden T....

Carl Joseph Di Peppe

Carl Joseph Di Peppe

Apr 28, 2022

   Carl Joseph Di Peppe, 78, of 224 NC Highway 32 North, Sunbury, NC, died Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Accordius of Gatesville.

   Mr. Di Peppe was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on April 12, 1944, and was the son of the late Joseph Louis and Eleanor Armstrong Di Peppe. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...

Phil Winslow

Phil Winslow

Apr 28, 2022

   Philip Leigh "Phil" Winslow, 79, of 1823 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he was surrounded by family.

   Mr. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on April 30, 1942, and was the son of the late Walter Clinton Winslow and Erma Frances Chappell Winslow. In addition to his parents, he...

Diana Nicole Harrell

Diana Nicole Harrell

Apr 27, 2022

   Diana Nicole Harrell, 30, of 1336 NC 137, Eure, NC, died Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Nicole was born in Hertford County on March 24, 1992, and was the daughter of Phyllis Winslow Harrell of the home and the late James Carlton Harrell. A graduate of Gates County High School, she was a member of Cool...

Eshrat Todd

Eshrat Todd

Apr 26, 2022

   Eshrat Todd, 81, of Hertford, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

   Private services will be held.  

   Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting with arrangements.

Murray Elbert Dail

Murray Elbert Dail

Apr 26, 2022

   Murray Elbert Dail, 85, of 1804 Fearing Avenue, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

   Mr. Dail was born in Perquimans County on October 9, 1936, and was the son of the late Walter P. and Laura Mae Copeland Dail. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...

Fred Douglas Colson

Fred Douglas Colson

Apr 24, 2022

   Fred Douglas Colson, 80, of 457 Old Neck Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 24, 2022 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Colson was born in Perquimans County on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941, and was the son of the late Sterling and Mattie Lee Corbitt Colson. In addition to his parents, he...

Charlie L. Phelps

Charlie L. Phelps

Apr 23, 2022

   Charlie L. Phelps, age 83, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at his home in Hertford, NC.

   Charlie was born on February 7, 1939 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico to the late W.C. and Ruth Hargis Phelps. His family relocated to Ft. Worth, Texas and eventually settled in Sherman, Texas where he graduated from Sherman High School in 1957....

Luther Clifton "Cliff" Copeland, Jr.

Luther Clifton "Cliff" Copeland, Jr.

Apr 22, 2022

   Luther Clifton “Cliff” Copeland, Jr., age 69, of 112 Blount Street, Edenton, NC, peacefully passed away on Friday, April 22, 2022, in Duke University Hospital, Durham, following complications after heart surgery.

   Cliff was born in Suffolk, Virginia on September 16, 1952, and was the son of the late Luther Clifton “L.C.” Copeland and Rebecca Lassiter Copeland. He grew up in...

Flynn Surratt

Flynn Surratt

Apr 21, 2022

   Richard Flynn Surratt, 68, formerly of Johnston Street, died Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Flynn was born in Salisbury, NC on December 14, 1953 and was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Herlocker Surratt.

   A retired insurance underwriter for the former Gateway Bank in Hertford, he will be remembered by many for his years...

Sterling David Baker

Sterling David Baker

Apr 20, 2022

   Sterling David Baker, 50, of 742 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.

   Sterling was born in Hertford County on October 20, 1971. A graduate of John A. Holmes High School in Edenton and later from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering, he was the Division One...

Jerry Freeman Mansfield

Jerry Freeman Mansfield

Apr 19, 2022

   Jerry Freeman Mansfield, 66, of 2221 Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Mansfield was born in Chowan County on May 2, 1955, and was the son of the late Odus Columbus "Buddy" Mansfield and Edith Lane Mansfield. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Jennifer Mansfield,...

Juanita Elizabeth Mathias Christiansen

Juanita Elizabeth Mathias Christiansen

Apr 19, 2022

   Juanita Elizabeth Mathias Christiansen, 98, formerly of Shaw Street, and more recently of Pine Forest Rest Home in Potecasi, passed peacefully Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

   Ms. Christiansen was born in Gates County on May 16, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Paul Eley Mathias and Elizabeth Dale Gardner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Wilma Sawyer Jackson

Wilma Sawyer Jackson

Apr 17, 2022

   Wilma Russell Sawyer Jackson, 103, formerly of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022 in Bryan County Health and Rehabilitation, Richmond Hill, GA.

   Born in Pasquotank County on November 6, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Miles Edward and Linda Brite Russell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Sam...

Bill Shutt

Bill Shutt

Apr 15, 2022

   Billy Jake “Bill” Shutt, 88, of 1420 Fox Run Lane, Edenton, NC, went home to be his Lord on Good Friday, April 15, 2022.

   Bill was born in Rowan County on February 18, 1934, and was the last surviving child born to the late Leonard Wesley and Bertha Lee Alvis Shutt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

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