Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Richard Edward Campbell
Jan 8, 2021
Richard Edward Campbell, 83, of 114 Bayview Trail, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 8, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Campbell was born in Greenport, New York, on July 18, 1937, and was one of six children born to the late Hugh Thomas and Phoebe Elizabeth Petersen Campbell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Libby Nixon Moser
Jan 8, 2021
Mary Elizabeth Nixon “Libby” Moser, 83, of Yeopim Trail, went to be with the Lord on January 8, 2021, while residing at Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Libby was born in Pulaski, Virginia on December 17, 1937, one of twelve children born to the late Emory and Eliza Ward Nixon. As a child, she attended a one room school...
Larry Mack Lane
Jan 7, 2021
Larry Mack Lane, 75, of 1155 Beech Springs Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Lane was born in Perquimans County on June 8, 1945, and was the son of Velma Chappell Lane of Hertford and the late Mack Julian Lane. He attended Hunter's Fork Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving in addition...
Marie Dail Jones
Jan 6, 2021
Eva Marie Dail Jones, 50, of 646 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, January 6, 2021, in her home.
Marie was born in Chowan County on July 21, 1970, and was the only child of Earl C. and Arleen Mosley Dail of Edenton. Employed in the Information Technology Department of Jernigan Oil, she was a member of Lighthouse of...
Marshall Wayne Askew
Jan 5, 2021
Marshall Wayne Askew, 80, of 334 Tuscarora Beach Road, Winton, NC, died Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington, NC.
Mr. Askew was born in Bertie County on May 11, 1940, and was the last surviving of 11 children born to the late William Edward and Mary Elizabeth Hughes Askew. A retired maintenance supervisor with the Hertford County...
Lawrence Andrew Johnson
Jan 2, 2021
Lawrence Andrew Johnson, 80, of Bosley Road, Sunbury, NC, died Saturday, January 2, 2021, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Johnson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 8, 1940, and was the son of the late William Conrad Johnson and Mary Frances Grofenor Johnson. Retired after more than 40 years as a tank truck driver for Texaco...
Mary Louise Riddick
Jan 2, 2021
Mary Louise Riddick, 83, of Hertford, NC, went home to be with the Lord on her mother's birthday, Saturday, January 2, 2021 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.
Miss Riddick was born in Gates County on November 26, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Emory Judson Riddick, Sr. and Mary Ward Riddick. She grew up in the fellowship...
Annie Spruill Clifton
Jan 2, 2021
Annie Leola Spruill Ayers Clifton, 77, of the Pea Ridge community of Roper, NC, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Clifton was born in Bertie County on April 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Armstrong Spruill and Mattie Pierce Spruill. A homemaker, she was a member of Piney...
Frank Speight Rountree
Jan 1, 2021
Frank Speight Rountree, 75, of 76 Mill Pond Road, Gatesville, NC, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Frank was born in Gatesville on February 25, 1945, and lived in the county most of his life. He was a guidance counselor at Gates County High School and Vocational Director...
Kenneth E. Minster
Dec 31, 2020
Kenneth E. "Ken" Minster, 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Minster was born in Monroe County, NY on March 23, 1941, and was the son of the late Dwight and Olive Wells Minster. A Veteran of the US Army, he was a retired manufacturing representative, serviced his community on the Canandaigua Town...
Wanda Dean Clark Aston
Dec 31, 2020
Wanda Dean Clark Aston, 88, of Sunbury, NC, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Aston was born in Austinville, VA on January 8, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Paul William Dean and Edith Bryant Dean. A retired cafeteria manager from Gates County Public Schools, she was an active member of...
Karen Darlene Sawyer
Dec 31, 2020
Karen Darlene Sawyer, 60, of Sunflower Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020 in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.
Born in Pasquotank County on January 25, 1960, she was the daughter of Barbara Ann Moore Sawyer of Hertford and the late Robert Douglas "Bobby D." Sawyer, Sr. An administrative assistant with John P. Brothers, CPA, formerly S.W. Hibbard,...
Wilma Leigh Nixon Hare
Dec 30, 2020
Wilma Leigh Nixon Hare, 71, of 3062 Kelly’s Beach Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Hare was born on October 10, 1949 to the late Essie Jarman DeCamp. Three days later on October 13th, she was brought to Chowan County and adopted by Coke and Mary Davis Nixon. Raised in the fellowship...
Earl Alexander, Sr.
Dec 30, 2020
Charles Earl Alexander, Sr., 78, of 680 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Alexander was born in Chowan County on January 27, 1942, and was the son of the late Charlie S. and Mildred Twiddy Alexander. In earlier years while living in Oregon, he worked...
Doris Yount Herman
Dec 30, 2020
Doris Jeanette Yount Herman, 88, a long-time resident of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 of natural causes in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Born on May 18, 1932 in Granite Falls, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Mattie Ward Yount. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Jim Aylesworth
Dec 28, 2020
James Philip “Jim” Aylesworth, 81, of 314 Oneida Trail, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 28, 2020, in his home.
Mr. Aylesworth was born in Meshoppen, PA on April 30, 1939, and was the son of the late Charles Philip and Alida Lavina Storey Aylesworth. Retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, he later worked part-time at the Evans Church...
Luby Arnold Wiley, Sr.
Dec 28, 2020
Luby Arnold Wiley, Sr., 84, of 1804 North Road Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Monday, December 28, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.
Mr. Wiley was born in Gates County on March 27, 1936, and was one of six children born to the late Luby Jackson and Monsieur Eure Wiley. His life’s work was spent in grocery stores, and he...
Susan Elaine Hobbs
Dec 28, 2020
Susan Elaine Hobbs, 58, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation (ECHR) where she had been a resident since August 2019. Prior to ECHR, Susan had been a long-term resident of the Benjamin House, also in Elizabeth City.
Born on January 5, 1962 in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter...
Barbara Ann Lane
Dec 27, 2020
Barbara Ann Lane, 67, of Lane’s Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 27, 2020, in Wilson Medical Center.
Miss Lane was born in Chowan County on March 18, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Linwood Edison and Frances Keeter Lane. A member of Edenton First Assembly, after retiring from Russell’s Rest Home, she enjoyed pen-paling, reading her...
Preston Godfrey, Sr.
Dec 27, 2020
On Sunday, December 27, 2020 as the sun rose, David Preston "Papa" Godfrey, Sr., 82, of Hertford, NC, went to join Jesus his Savior and the love of his life, his wife of 64 years, Katherine Ownley "Maw" Godfrey.
Mr. Godfrey was born in Perquimans County on May 28, 1938, and was the son of the late Linwood C. and...
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