Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Kenneth Lee Anderson
Mar 24, 2021
Kenneth Lee Anderson, 90, formerly of Moline, IL and more recently of Williamston, NC, died Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Carrolton of Williamston.
Mr. Anderson was born in Moline on August 11, 1930, and was the son of the late Harry N. and Helen Brundies Anderson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty...
Richard Alfred Yaiser
Mar 24, 2021
Richard Alfred “Dick” Yaiser, 79, formerly of Brielle, NJ and more recently of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Richard was born on October 28, 1941 to loving parents Alphonse Nicholas Yaiser and Loretta Marie Nolan Yaiser, all of Jersey City. A graduate of Snyder High School and St. Peter’s College, Dick spent the first half of his career...
Dorothy Smallcomb Griggs
Mar 23, 2021
Dorothy Smallcomb Griggs, 85, of 1301 Archie Mobley Road, Williamston, NC went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in her home.
Mrs. Griggs was born in Luzerne County, PA on May 29, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Thomas George and Dorothy Laverne Warwick Smallcomb. A homemaker, she was a member of Macedonia...
Mary Love Gray Carter Lilley
Mar 22, 2021
Mary Love Gray Carter Lilley, a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away in her home in Centreville, MD, on March 22, 2021 at the age of 92. She was born February 14, 1929 in Norfolk, VA.
At 18 years of age, Mary Love married Richard Earl Carter and moved to Gates County, NC. They raised two children, Richard Edward...
Susan Bunch Chappell
Mar 21, 2021
Susan Bunch Chappell, 65, of 132 Ainsley Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021 in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Chappell was born in Chowan County on November 10, 1955, and was the daughter of the late Alva Ray Bunch and Suzanne Speight Bunch. A retired nurse, along with her husband...
Thomas Lawson Bulls
Mar 21, 2021
Thomas Lawson “Tom” Bulls, 70, of 1610 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, March 21, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Bulls was born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia on February 21, 1951, and was the son of the late Sidney W. and Norma Jernigan Bulls. The retired plant operator for the Chowan County Water Department, he had served in the...
Catherine Alice Reaves
Mar 20, 2021
Catherine Alice Reaves, 98, of The Arboretum at Heritage Greens, Greensboro, NC, died there on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
Miss Reaves was born in Chowan County on March 2, 1923, and was the daughter of the late D.M. and Maude Reaves. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Dan Reaves (wife, Edna, deceased).
A...
Leitha Chappell Dilday
Mar 18, 2021
Leitha Mae Chappell "Lea" Dilday, 89, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2021.
Mrs. Dilday was born in Chowan County on June 2, 1931, one of four children of the late Alpine Dail Chappell. Lea resided in Virginia Beach, VA for most of her life, where she enjoyed a long career in the real estate profession and later...
Sue Harrell Parker
Mar 17, 2021
Sue Harrell Parker, 81, formerly of Cypress Drive, Edenton, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Parker was born in Bertie County on March 29, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Josiah and Nettie Copeland Harrell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Rosemary Smith Clements
Mar 16, 2021
Rosemary Smith Clements, 93, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 in her daughter's home in Perquimans County.
Mrs. Clements was born in Norfolk, VA on September 19, 1927 and was the beloved daughter of the late George Milton Smith and Garnet Lucille Chitty Smith of Elizabeth City. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Martha Ann Baines Hill
Mar 15, 2021
Martha Ann Baines Hill, 84, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and for the past several years a resident of Lake Prince Woods in Suffolk, VA, died Monday, March 15, 2021.
Mrs. Hill was born in Nansemond County, Virginia on February 24, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Shirley McClenney and Thelma Blanchard Baines. A homemaker and farmer’s wife, she...
Michael Darden Swearingen, Jr.
Mar 14, 2021
Michael (Mike) Darden Swearingen Jr., 78, of Albemarle Beach Road, Roper, NC, died Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Swearingen was born in Texarkana, Ark., on November 3, 1942, and was the son of the late Michael D. Swearingen Sr. and Eunice Whitted Swearingen of Gladewater, Texas.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Lillian Hofler Holman
Mar 14, 2021
Lillian Anne Hofler Holman, 81, of 180 Skinner Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Holman was born in Perquimans County on July 15, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Hurley Clement Hofler and Lillian Love White Hofler. A retired Assistant Register of Deeds with Perquimans County following 25 years...
Vivian Wiggins Jordan
Mar 14, 2021
Vivian Marie Wiggins Jordan, 91, of 402 Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, March 14, 2021 in her home.
Mrs. Jordan was born in Chowan County on May 25, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Erma Privott Wiggins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Wall.
She...
Donald Myles Faircloth, Sr.
Mar 12, 2021
Donald Myles Faircloth, Sr., 79, of 1709 Faircloth Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, March 12, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Faircloth was born in Chowan County on November 28, 1941, and was the son of the late Donald Ransom Faircloth and Dorothy Twiddy Faircloth Lodge. A retired Job Supervisor with Edenton Construction Company, he was a former member of the...
Charles Eugene Spruill
Mar 11, 2021
Charles Eugene Spruill or better known by those who loved him most as Herm or Ghost, passed away in his home in Roper, NC, on March 11, 2021 after a long battle with multiple medical issues.
Charles was a devoted and beloved husband, father, brother, Papa and friend. He made his living as truck driver but it was more than...
Nancy Todd Lewis
Mar 6, 2021
Nancy Wiley Todd Lewis, 95, died at her home in Gatesville, North Carolina on March 6, 2021.
She was born on September 21, 1925 in Richmond, Virginia to parents Georgie Wiley Todd and Julian Pratt Todd. Nancy was a people-loving, fun-loving, animal-loving, and feisty daughter who kept up with her two amazing brothers, Julian Pratt Todd II (Jack) and Alfred...
Allen Lane Hornthal
Mar 6, 2021
Allen Lane Hornthal, of Raleigh, NC, died peacefully at Duke University Hospital on Saturday, March 6th with his family by his side. His family is eternally grateful for the generous soul who gifted their lung so that Allen could love and be loved for eight additional years.
Allen was born August 4, 1940 in Tarboro, NC to Louis Phillip (LP)...
Susan Stinson Powell
Mar 5, 2021
Susan Stinson Powell, 67, of Tunis Road, Winton, NC, died Friday, March 5, 2021 in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro.
Mrs. Powell was born in Corpus Christi, TX on December 5, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Malcom Stinson and Louise Bush Stinson. Employed for many years as a sports department manager with Wal-Mart in Ahoskie, she was...
Justin Carter Trotman
Mar 3, 2021
Justin Carter Trotman, 35, of the Trotville community, Hobbsville, NC, died Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in his home.
Justin was born in Chowan County on March 7, 1985. A graduate of Gates County High School, most of his life was spent on the family farm, where his favorite tractor was a John Deere 8320, where he loved to fish, and...
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