Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
Herbert Alvin Consolvo, Sr.
Oct 7, 2021
Herbert Alvin Consolvo, Sr., 85, of 420 Captains Cove, Unit F, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 7, 2021 in Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Born in Norfolk, VA on September 20, 1936, he was the son of the late Herbert Edward and Amia Dell Smith Consolvo. Retired after 25 years as a firefighter with the City of Norfolk, he was...
James Thomas Byron
Oct 7, 2021
James "Jim" Byron, 72, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully at home during the early hours of October 7, 2021, with his wife, Pat by his side.
He was born in Newark, NJ on November 10, 1948 and was the son of the late Edwin T. Byron and Dorothy McKeon Byron. He was predeceased by his infant son, Brett...
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...
Steven Gerard Gillenwaters
Oct 6, 2021
Steven Gerard Gillenwaters, 51, of Portsmouth, VA, died Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth.
Steven was born in Milton, Florida on May 2, 1970, and was the son of William Elliott Gillenwaters and Marylou Smutny-VonSee Gillenwaters of Chesapeake. A Catholic by faith, he had been confirmed in the Church of the Resurrection. For several...
Jesse Douglas Rountree
Oct 4, 2021
Jesse Douglas Rountree, 82, of 553 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Monday, October 4, 2021 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Rountree was born in Perquimans County on March 31, 1939, and was the son of the late James Madison Rountree and Sarah Elizabeth White Rountree. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son,...
Jesse Lee Askew
Oct 3, 2021
Jesse Lee Askew, 81, of 333 Sand Hill Road, Colerain, NC, died Sunday, October 3, 2021 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mr. Askew was born in Bertie County on April 6, 1940, and was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Askew and Delsie Cleo Ward Askew. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters...
John Edward "Johnny" Waff, IV
Sep 29, 2021
John Edward “Johnny” Waff, IV, 74, of 216 Hickory Fork Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Waff was born in Chowan County on September 15, 1947, and was the son of the late John Edward Waff, III and Marie Emma Ferguson Waff. In addition to his...
Walter Richard "Dick" Rorabaugh
Sep 28, 2021
Walter Richard “Dick” Rorabaugh, 85, of 108 Colony Drive, died Tuesday, September 28, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Rorabaugh was born on November 13, 1935 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, and was the son of the late Walter M. and Gertrude Myers Rorabaugh. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Dorothy R. Douglas.
Mr. Rorabaugh was...
Christine Draper Futrell
Sep 27, 2021
Christine Draper Futrell, 91, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Futrell was born in Northampton County on October 31, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Stephen Olin Draper and Laura Padget Draper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin David...
Marie Gooch Doughty
Sep 27, 2021
Marie Gooch Doughty, 72, of 304 Riverby Farm Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 27, 2021 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Doughty was born in Norfolk, VA on August 24, 1949, and was the daughter of the late T.L. “Lee” and Emily Smithson Gooch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Carl William Kuykendall
Sep 26, 2021
Carl William Kuykendall, 75, of Edenton, NC, died Sunday, September 26, 2021 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Kuykendall was born in Moorefield, WV on May 28, 1946, and was the son of the late Harry and Pauline Cook Kuykendall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Thomas Kuykendall; sisters,...
Jimmy Thompson
Sep 25, 2021
James Edwin “Jimmy” Thompson, 76, of 279 Hazelton Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, September 25, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Thompson was born in Bladen County on May 20, 1945, and was the son of the late Oscar Edwin and Esther Mae Weeks Thompson. A retired self-employed carpenter, he had previously been...
Billy Lee Owens
Sep 24, 2021
Billy Lee Owens, 69, of 207 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
A native of Gates County, Mr. Owens was born on December 11, 1951, and was one of ten children born to the late Bennie and Ethel King Owens. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
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