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John Ethwell Ramsey Perry, Jr.

John Ethwell Ramsey Perry, Jr.

Dec 29, 2021

   John Ethwell Ramsey Perry, Jr., 90, of 341 US Highway 158 Business East, Gatesville, NC, and more recently of Durham, died Thursday, December 29, 2021 in Duke Regional Hospital.

   Mr. Perry was born in Suffolk, VA on February 12, 1931, and was the son of the late John E.R. Perry, Sr. and Amy Riddick Perry.

   A 1949 graduate of Gatesville...

Katherine Niki Kalagias

Katherine Niki Kalagias

Dec 29, 2021

   Katherine Niki Kalagias, 77, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at 121 Sugar Run Road, Sunbury, NC, where she had recently moved to be with her daughter.

   Ms. Kalagias was born in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 24, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Charles Kalagias and Helen Pappis Clark. Retired from property management in...

A.L. Hurdle, Jr.

A.L. Hurdle, Jr.

Dec 28, 2021

   Abram Lindsay “A.L.” Hurdle, Jr., 61, of 1139 NC Highway 32 North, Corapeake, NC, died Tuesday, December 28, 2021 in his home.

   A.L. was born in Chowan County on April 20, 1960, and was the son of the late Abram Lindsay, Sr. and Janet Wiley Hurdle. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Nicholas...

David Wayne Fryrear

David Wayne Fryrear

Dec 28, 2021

   David Wayne Fryrear, 70, of Edenton, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, December 28, 2021 surrounded by family and friends.

   David was born in Louisville, KY on September 6, 1951, and was the son of the late Everett and Ruth Koons Fryrear. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Anna Ruth...

Mel Williams, Jr.

Mel Williams, Jr.

Dec 28, 2021

   James Melville "Mel" Williams, Jr., 58, of 152 Milltown Road, Shiloh, NC, died Tuesday, December 28, 2021 in his home.

   Born in Pasquotank County on December 26, 1963, he was the son of Linda Ross Williams of Shiloh and the late James Melville Williams, Sr. Retired from Carolina Skiff in Waycross, GA, he was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

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Mary Hawkins Barnes

Mary Hawkins Barnes

Dec 27, 2021

   Mary Hawkins Barnes, 76, of Windsor, NC, passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro.

   Mrs. Barnes was born in Bertie County on August 26, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Henry Leon and Mamie Ward Hawkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Brownard Barnes; a son,...

Michael Ryan Bower

Michael Ryan Bower

Dec 27, 2021

   Michael Ryan Bower, 65, of Seagull Shores, Salter Path, NC, died Monday, December 27, 2021 in Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport.

   Mr. Bower was born in Portsmouth, VA on May 6, 1956, and was the son of the late Ronald E. and Anita Parker Bower.

   Employment included his time as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the Methodist Retirement Homes...

John Lucas Tuttle

John Lucas Tuttle

Dec 25, 2021

John Lucas Tuttle, 91, of Midlothian, VA, beloved husband of June Christian Tuttle passed away peacefully on Christmas morning.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Henry Tuttle, Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Arthur H Tuttle, Jr. who was Missing in Action during WWII and by his...

Louise Jordan Dail

Louise Jordan Dail

Dec 24, 2021

   Louise Jordan Dail, 89, of 164 Great Hope Church Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021 in her home where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Dail was born in Chowan County on February 11, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Ollie Norman Jordan and Easter Mae Goodwin Jordan. In addition to her parents,...

Yvonne Conner Jurewicz

Yvonne Conner Jurewicz

Dec 22, 2021

   Yvonne Conner "Eve" Jurewicz, 67, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2021 in her home.

   Mrs. Jurewicz was born in Erie County, NY on May 16, 1954, and was the daughter of Irma Owens Conner of Springville, NY and the late John Conner. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church in Shawboro.

   In addition to her mother, surviving is her...

Lloyd Thomas Parrish

Lloyd Thomas Parrish

Dec 22, 2021

   Lloyd Thomas Parrish, 80, of 209 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 22, 2021 in his home where he was being cared for by family.

   Mr. Parrish was born in Chowan County on November 14, 1941, and was the son of the late Andrew Augustus Parrish, Sr. and Myrtle Penelope Smith Parrish. In addition to his parents, he...

Linda White Pierce

Linda White Pierce

Dec 21, 2021

   Linda White Pierce, 73, of 108 Rawlsdale Road, Franklin, VA, died Tuesday, December 21, 2021 in The East Pavilion of Franklin.

   Mrs. Pierce was born in Suffolk, VA on July 19, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Willard R. and Emma Lee Eure White. The former office manager with Internal Medicine of Franklin, she later worked in that...

Barbara Parks Bunch

Barbara Parks Bunch

Dec 19, 2021

   Barbara Ann Parks Bunch, 86, of 1361 NC 137, died Sunday, December 19, 2021, in her home that she shared with her daughter.

   Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County on September 5, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Matthew E. and Retha Della Bunch Parks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Lee Hollowell, Sr.

Lee Hollowell, Sr.

Dec 19, 2021

   Ralph Lee Hollowell, Sr., 85, of 232 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

   Mr. Hollowell was born in Gates County on January 17, 1936, and was the son of the late Irvin and Minnie Bunch Hollowell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of...

Arleen Lee

Arleen Lee

Dec 19, 2021

   Mary Arleen Lee, 58, of 521-B NC Highway 45 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Sunday, December 19, 2021 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Arleen was born in Bertie County on January 21, 1963, and was one of eleven children born to the late Robert Herman and Maude Barnes Lee. In addition to her parents,...

J.D. Reavis

J.D. Reavis

Dec 19, 2021

   Johnny D. “J.D.” Reavis, 77, of 3629 Sea Gull Road, Virginia Beach, VA, died Sunday, December 19, 2021 in Accordius Health at Baypointe in Virginia Beach.

   Mr. Reavis was born in Statesville, NC on November 9, 1944, and was the son of the late Forrest L. and Martha Hutchinson Reavis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Roy Watson

Roy Watson

Dec 16, 2021

   Edward L. “Roy” Watson, Jr., 73, of 200 Kimberly Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, December 16, 2021 in his home.

   Mr. Watson was born in Jasper, Georgia on May 3, 1948, and was the son of the late Edward Leroy Watson, Sr. and Margaret Mills Forest. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Charity...

Rebecca Swanner Wheeler

Rebecca Swanner Wheeler

Dec 10, 2021

   Rebecca Hayes Swanner Wheeler, 90, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, December 10, 2021 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

   Mrs. Wheeler was born in Chowan County on January 1, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Charlie W. and Carrie Perry Swanner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Frank...

Mildred Sykes Baines

Mildred Sykes Baines

Dec 8, 2021

   Mildred Merle Sykes Baines, 96, a longtime resident of Maple Street, Gatesville, NC, and more recently of Gates House Assisting Living, died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

   Mrs. Baines was born September 8, 1925 in Enfield (Halifax County), and was the daughter of the late Claude McCoy Sykes and Alice Beatrice Cooke Sykes. In addition to...

Jimmy Roberts

Jimmy Roberts

Dec 7, 2021

   James Ralph “Jimmy” Roberts, 75, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in Elizabeth City, NC.

   Jimmy was born in the family farmhouse in Shawboro on May, 20, 1946, and was the son of the late James Monroe Roberts, Jr. and Helen Pritchard Roberts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Lewis Blanchard, Jr.

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