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John Vivian Matthews, Jr.
Apr 20, 2021
John Vivian Matthews, Jr., 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2021.
He was born in Hertford, North Carolina on September 12, 1941 and chose to make his life and living in that town and along the nearby Perquimans River. John graduated from Perquimans County High School in 1959. During high school, John played football and basketball...
Joel Bond Eaton
Apr 19, 2021
Joel Bond Eaton, 86, of 141 Greenwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mr. Eaton was born in Claremore, OK on August 23, 1934, and was the son of the late George Merritt Eaton and Margaret Robinson Small. After 30 years of service with IBM, Joel retired in 1990. He and Ardie...
Mary Ann Simpson Greene
Apr 19, 2021
Mary Ann Simpson Greene, 77, of 61 Gates Bank Road, Gates, NC, died Monday, April 19, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Greene was born in Suffolk on December 22, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Marvin Gritman and Annie Lee Lassiter Simpson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Gregory Winslow
Apr 18, 2021
Robert Gregory Winslow, 64, of 4250 Virginia Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 in Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro.
Mr. Winslow was born in Norfolk, Virginia on February 11, 1957, and was the son of the late Robert Ray and Nathalie N. Winslow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie.
Proud...
Roger Lee Vann
Apr 18, 2021
Roger Lee Vann, 65, of Dorchester Street, Franklin, VA, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Vann was born in Suffolk on December 17, 1955, and was the son of the late Walter Edward Vann, Sr. and Ollie Grace Bundy Vann. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Jeanett...
Blanche Eure Rountree
Apr 18, 2021
Blanche Eure Rountree, a resident of the River Point community in Suffolk, VA, and formerly of Corapeake, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home.
Mrs. Rountree was born in Eure, NC on July 12, 1928, to the late Wilbur L. and Lucy Parker Eure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Phyllis...
Carol Eason Lang
Apr 18, 2021
Carol Ann Eason Lang, 76, of 539 Benthall Bridge Road, Murfreesboro, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home.
Carol was born in Forsyth County on June 20, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Hubert Thurston and Hortense Long Eason. A retired educator, she was a teacher at Bayside Elementary School, and the librarian at Williams Elementary...
Wendell Holmes Hobbs
Apr 17, 2021
Wendell Holmes Hobbs, 96, of 126 Spivey Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Hobbs was born in Gates County on July 10, 1924, and was one of six children born to the late George Ambrose and Anna Parks Hobbs. In addition to his parents, he was...
Horace Eugene Finley
Apr 17, 2021
Horace Eugene Finley, 89, of 206 Reedy Creek Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 in his home with his children at his side.
Mr. Finley was born in Madison County, OH on January 12, 1932, and was the son of the late Faye Wood Finley and Norma Tarpening Finley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Amy Knox Wright
Apr 16, 2021
Amy Lou Knox Wright, 56, of 203 White Oak Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 16, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Amy was born in Chowan County on September 24, 1964, and was the daughter of Annie Woolard Knox of Edenton and the late Benjamin Larry Knox, Sr. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by...
Peggy Parker Hampton
Apr 15, 2021
Peggy Parker Hampton, 90, of Arrowhead Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital
Mrs. Hampton was born in Gates County on October 31, 1930, and was one of eleven children born to the late Abram Levy and Maude Harrell Parker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wynn E....
Joseph Elton Harrell
Apr 15, 2021
Joseph Elton "Joe Boy" Harrell, 88, of Burnt Mill Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, as the result of injuries received from an automobile accident in Perquimans County that involved both he and his wife, Rose Harrell, this past Sunday.
Mr. Harrell was born in Perquimans County on October 20, 1932, and...
Kitty Greene
Apr 14, 2021
Lillian “Kitty” Greene, a steadfast and loving wife and mother, died Wednesday April 14, 2021, at Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, NC. She was 88 and a longtime resident of the Eure community of Gates County.
While facing a future without Kitty, her family is comforted in the belief that she is reunited with her husband of 68...
Linda Stevenson Spruill
Apr 14, 2021
Linda Gale Stevenson Spruill, 64, of 217 Shannonhouse Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in her daughter’s home in Williamston where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Spruill was born in Chowan County on July 10, 1956, and was the daughter of the late John Thomas, Sr. and Gladys Louise Ellis Stevenson. A retired key holder...
Austin Chase Patsel
Apr 13, 2021
Austin Chase Patsel, 24, of Brownlea Drive, Greenville, NC, died Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in his home.
Austin was born on August 12, 1996, and was a lifelong resident of Chowan County until moving for college. A student at East Carolina University, he was about to graduate in May with a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Logistics and Distribution, before pursuing...
Sallie Ayscue Lane
Apr 11, 2021
Sallie Mae Ayscue Lane, 94, of 720 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Lane was born in Perquimans County on April 28, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Roger Ayscue and Mary Irma Bagley Ayscue. A retired sales representative with Avon...
Rose Sully Harrell
Apr 11, 2021
Rosemarie Theresa Sully "Rose" Harrell, 80, of Burnt Mill Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident in Perquimans County that involved both her and her husband, Joseph Elton "Joe Boy" Harrell. Mr. Harrell passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
Mrs. Harrell was born in Jim Thorpe, PA...
Doris Wilder Spivey
Apr 10, 2021
Doris Lee Wilder Spivey, 92, of 338 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, April 10, 2021, in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Spivey was born in Perquimans County on September 15, 1928, and was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Beatrice Boyce Wilder. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Grace Hurley Southard
Apr 10, 2021
Grace J Hurley Southard, 87, was a long time resident of New Egypt NJ until she moved to 131 Cedar Street, Hertford, NC 27944. She passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 when the angels called her home. Prior to her passing she was being cared for by her daughter Peggy Tilghman and other family members.
Born in Jackson, NJ on...
William Robert Smith
Apr 10, 2021
William Robert "Bill" Smith, 97, of 102 Perquimans Drive, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 10, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Smith was born in Wake County on September 2, 1923, and was the son of the late Sherwood Hardy Smith and Dolly Roe Davis Smith. Retired as the maintenance supervisor with Pasquotank County, he was a member of Berea Church...
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