Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Stephanie Nicole Moore
Sep 15, 2021
Stephanie Nicole Moore, 29, of Gates, NC, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in Holland Cemetery, 6668 O'Kelly Road, Suffolk, VA, and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Wayne Proctor.
Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, is assisting the family with arrangements, and...
Linda Owens Alligood
Sep 14, 2021
Linda Gail Owens Alligood, 63, of 137 Shannonhouse Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Alligood was born in Washington County on July 12, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Johnny Lockford Owens, Sr. and Hazel Olean Vanhorn Owens. A homemaker, she was raised in the fellowship of Edenton Church of...
Kenneth Dean Byrum
Sep 13, 2021
Kenneth Dean "Kenny" Byrum, 58, of 1203 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Born in Pasquotank County on June 24, 1963, he was the son of Peggy Sawyer Byrum of Hertford and the late Kelford Lyonel Byrum. He was employed with the Christian Broadcasting Network based in Virginia...
Sheryl Nelson Mizelle
Sep 13, 2021
Sheryl Ann Nelson Mizelle, 50, of 300-B West Queen Street, died Monday, September 13, 2021.
Sheryl was born in Norfolk, VA on September 29, 1970, and was the daughter of the late Norman Denver Nelson and Julia Faye Skinner Nelson. For several years she worked in healthcare as a Registered Nurse, later owned and operated her own business cleaning Condos...
Bobby Lee Brinkley, Sr.
Sep 12, 2021
Bobby Lee "Poor Boy" Brinkley, Sr., 66, of 197 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, passed away very peacefully on Sunday, September 12, 2021, in his home with his family at his side.
Mr. Brinkley was born in Camden County on February 11, 1955, and was the son of the late Otis Robertson Brinkley, Jr. and Thelma Virginia McDonald Brinkley. In...
Roy Junior Byrum
Sep 12, 2021
Roy Junior Byrum, 79, of 3944 Virginia Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, September 12, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Byrum was born in Williamsburg, VA on August 28, 1942, and was the son of the late James Andrew and Lola Marie Ashley Byrum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Garland Anne...
Christopher Eugene "Tank" Mansfield
Sep 11, 2021
Christopher Eugene “Tank” Mansfield, 30, of 315 Manteo Trail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, September 11, 2021 in Tyner.
Born on February 26, 1991 in Chowan County, he was a professional Tattoo Artist, and had attended Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his parents, Lisa Shockley Bunch (husband, Jonathan) of Edenton, and Eugene Nixon Mansfield, Jr. (wife, Glenda) of Onion Lake,...
Clara Small Hollowell
Sep 9, 2021
Clara Small Hollowell, 79, of 232 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on November 11, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Haywood and Lessie Small. An active member of Hobbsville Baptist Church, she had served the church in various capacities...
Anne Barnes Owens
Sep 8, 2021
Anne Elaine Barnes Owens, 90, formerly of Small Drive, Elizabeth City, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Windsor House.
Mrs. Owens was born in Norfolk, VA on April 4, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Charles Marion Adams and Wilhelmina Coppersmith Adams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Walter...
Larry Kenneth Melvin
Sep 8, 2021
Larry Kenneth Melvin, 71, of Camden, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Melvin was born in Carteret County on January 16, 1950, and was the son of the late Edward James Melvin, Jr. and Agnes Louise Pipkin Melvin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Wheeler, and by...
Margaret Davis Roughton
Sep 7, 2021
Margaret Louise Davis Roughton, 85, of Felton Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Roughton was born in Pasquotank County on December 8, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Virginia Baker Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Terry McCabe...
Johnny Cheshire Lewis
Sep 6, 2021
Johnny Cheshire Lewis, 91, of 1718 Virginia Road, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Lewis was born in Nash County on March 23, 1930, and was the son of the late Johnny Cheshire Lewis, Sr. and Patty Crisp Lewis Hyde. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-father, Simon...
Gill Underwood
Sep 5, 2021
Gilliam Wilson “Gill” Underwood, 90, of Pinehurst, NC, and formerly of Hertford, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021 in his home.
He was born March 29, 1931 to the late James and Bertha Parrish Underwood in Johnston County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters and seven brothers.
A graduate of East Carolina...
Ricky Godfrey, Jr.
Sep 4, 2021
Richard Thomas "Ricky" Godfrey, Jr., 67, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Godfrey was born in Pasquotank County on June 13, 1954, and was the son of the late Richard Thomas Godfrey, Sr. and Beulah Lane Godfrey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a nephew, Timmy Godfrey.
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John Joseph Suntato, Jr.
Sep 2, 2021
John Joseph Suntato, Jr., 81, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021 in his home following a brief battle with Sudden Onset Parkinson’s Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
John was born and raised in Trenton, NJ, and was the son of the late John Joseph Suntato, Sr. and Mildred Jordan Suntato. He later lived in Yardley, PA before making his...
Frances McCaskill Ward
Sep 1, 2021
Frances Elizabeth McCaskill “Fran” Ward, 81, of 715 West Queen Street, Edenton NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning September 1, 2021.
Fran was born on April 12, 1940 in the small town of Carthage, NC, and was one of six children; four boys and two girls, born to the late Clinton and Audrey M. McCaskill. In addition to her...
Phyllis Smithwick Tripp
Aug 31, 2021
Phyllis Smithwick Tripp, 85, of Windsor, NC, died Tuesday, August 31, 2021 in Vidant-Bertie Hospital, where she was surrounded by her daughters.
Born in Bertie County on September 24, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Idonia Lawrence Smithwick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Bill Smithwick.
A retired machinist...
Joanne Anderson Forse
Aug 30, 2021
Joanne Ruth Anderson Forse, 70, of Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 30, 2021 in Hertford Manor Assisted Living.
Born in Battle Creek, MI on February 5, 1951, Joanne was the daughter of the late Marvin Justus Anderson and Mary Huffman McIntyre. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Elbert Don Forse,...
Sherri Light Trueblood
Aug 30, 2021
Sherri Dawn Light Trueblood, 50, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 in her home following a courageous battle with ALS.
Mrs. Trueblood was born in Charleston, WV on March 20, 1971, and was the daughter of Warren Michael and Sharon Diane Seabolt Light of Rocky Mount. She was preceded in death by a brother, Todd Light. A...
Darrell Young Dunford
Aug 28, 2021
Senior Chief Darrell Young Dunford, USN, Retired, 46, of Franklin, VA, passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at his family home in Gates, NC.
Darrell was a 1993 graduate of Gates County High School. After working his way through Chowan College in Murfreesboro, NC, he then continued his education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, studying Music Education...
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