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Theda Goodwin Collins
Oct 31, 2021
Theda Goodwin Collins, 82, a longtime resident of Edenton and more recently of Grimesland, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Collins was born in Chowan County on March 2, 1939, and was the daughter of the late John Leon and Celia Belle Barrow Goodwin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
William Harrison Toney, Sr.
Oct 29, 2021
William Harrison Toney, Sr., 88, of Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, October 29, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Bill Toney was born in Carlisle, WV on March 27, 1933, and was the youngest of 14 children born to the late Carl Arthur "Kit" Toney and Winnie Thompson Toney. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 12...
Rebecca Skidgel Owens
Oct 26, 2021
Rebecca Skidgel Owens, 62, of Edenton, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Born in Hartford, CT on August 24, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Ervin J. Skidgel and Mavis June Doody Akerson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Norman Akerson.
Surviving is her fiancé, William...
Paul Anthony Stingo
Oct 25, 2021
Paul Anthony Stingo, 85, of 1119A Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, October 25, 2021 in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Stingo was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 23, 1936, and was the son of the late Ralph and Anna Sandre Stingo. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by both...
Kathleen Waff Byrum
Oct 24, 2021
Kathleen Marie Waff Byrum, 94, of 814 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, October 24, 2021.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Chowan County on June 27, 1927, and was the last surviving of 10 children born to the late John Waff, Sr. and Hettie Layton Waff. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Kelly Edwards
Oct 23, 2021
Arthur Kelly Edwards, 76, of 2260 Weston Road, Creswell, NC, died Saturday, October 23, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Edwards was born in Washington County on February 26, 1945, and was the son of the late Rev. Mitchell E. Edwards, Sr. and Myrtle Mae Roberson Edwards. A graduate of Chowan College, he...
Reuben Earl Harrell
Oct 19, 2021
Reuben Earl Harrell, 90, of 154 Hertford Beach Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Harrell was born in Bertie County on July 5, 1931, and was the son of the late Will Harrell and Eara Belle Hall Harrell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Minnie...
Dorothy Henry Major
Oct 18, 2021
Dorothy Henry Major, 94, formerly of both Emporia and Chesapeake, VA and more recently of Edenton, NC, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Major was born in Emporia on May 25, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Jackson Henry and Minnie Morton Henry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Patricia Jackson Greene
Oct 17, 2021
Patricia Jackson Greene, 79, of 28 Gates Bank Road, Gates, NC, died Sunday, October 17, 2021 in Accordius Health of Gatesville.
Mrs. Greene was born in Hinton, West Virginia on November 24, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Leo L. Jackson and Ruby Lively Jackson Parker. Raised by her grandparents, Maud and Frank Lively, she came to Suffolk,...
Daniel Wilson Lang
Oct 16, 2021
Daniel Wilson “Dan” Lang, 90, of 281 US Hwy. 158 West, Gatesville, NC, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Gates House Assisted Living.
Mr. Lang was born in Gates County on July 1, 1931, and was the son of the late Claudius Elmo “C.E.” Lang, Sr. and Bertie Daniel Lang. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Don Scott Lesiewicz
Oct 16, 2021
Dr. Don Scott Lesiewicz, PhD, 74, of 141 Deans Farm Road in Tyner, NC, and of 107 Horniblow Point Road in Edenton, NC, left this earth on Saturday, October 16, 2021.
Born in Los Angeles, CA on June 17, 1947, he was the son of the late Henry and Vivian Scott Lesiewicz. Educated in Entomology and Agricultural Science, he was...
James Dewey "Jim" Asbury, Sr.
Oct 15, 2021
James Dewey “Jim” Asbury, Sr., 57, of 2543 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, October 15, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Asbury was born in Harford County, MD on September 9, 1964, and was the son of Judy Darlene Hash Asbury of Smyrna, DE and the late James Howard Asbury. In addition to his father, he was preceded...
Velvet Fawn Weaver
Oct 15, 2021
Velvet Fawn “Hot Rod” Weaver, 52, of 1470 NC Highway 37 South, Gatesville, NC, died Friday, October 15, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Velvet was born in Portsmouth, VA on August 1, 1969, and was the daughter of Sandra Wiley Weaver of Gatesville and the late Ellis Henry Weaver, Sr. A graduate of Gates County High School,...
Pearl Hunter Jordan
Oct 15, 2021
Virginia Pearl Hunter Jordan, formerly of Statesville, NC, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021. She was ninety years old.
She was born on December 9, 1930 in Pasquotank County, NC to George Howard and Virginia Weeks Hunter. She grew up helping her father pick and chop cotton in Perquimans County, NC. She graduated valedictorian of the Perquimans High School class...
Joseph Allen Baker
Oct 12, 2021
Joseph Allen Baker, 69, of 125 Harris Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, October 12, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Baker was born in Pasquotank County on January 16, 1952, and was the son of the late John Lloyd and Martha Frances Whitehurst Baker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Shelton Baker.
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Nellie Mae Phillips Williford
Oct 9, 2021
Nellie Mae Phillips Williford, 84, of 547 Sans Souci Road, Windsor, NC, died peacefully on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at her home and in the embrace of her children.
Born in Tarboro, on October 26, 1936, Mrs. Williford was raised in the Hardentown community of Bertie County and was the middle child of the late Tom and Louise Phillips. In...
William Eugene Byrum, Sr.
Oct 9, 2021
William Eugene Byrum, Sr., 83, of 1166 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Saturday, October 9, 2021, in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Byrum was born in Perquimans County on August 5, 1938, and was the son of the late Eugene Edward and Hazel Pegram Byrum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Christine White Ward
Oct 9, 2021
Mary Christine White Ward, 86, of 1587 Middle Swamp Road, Corapeake, NC, died Saturday, October 9, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Ward was born in Chowan County on September 15, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Goodwin White, Sr. and Dorothy Vivian Rogerson Hadnot. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Ruth Evans
Oct 8, 2021
Ruth Lilla Evans, 96, of 2022 US 17 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Friday, October 8, 2021 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mrs. Evans was born in Bertie County on September 15, 1925, and was one of eight children born to the late Johnnie and Lilla Belle Taylor Evans. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Clarence Ray Bundy, Sr.
Oct 7, 2021
Clarence Ray Bundy, Sr., 72, of 228 Tadmore Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, October 7, 2021.
Mr. Bundy was born in Pasquotank County on March 10, 1949, and was the son of the late Earl Sr. and Marjorie Overton Bundy. A retired self-employed carpenter, he attended Newbegun United Methodist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 38 years, Ginger Morgan...
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