Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
William Edward Taylor, Sr.
Jan 15, 2021
William Edward Taylor, Sr., 79, of Eure, NC, died Friday, January 15, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Taylor was born in Gates County on February 18, 1941, the oldest of three sons born to the late James Edward and Daisy Greene Taylor. Raised on the family farm, he and his brothers worked the land with their father....
Carol Jacobus Bean
Jan 14, 2021
Carol Ann Jacobus Bean, 78, of 219 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, died peacefully on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Bean was born in New Jersey on June 24, 1942, and was the only child of the late Arthur E. and Estelle Connors Jacobus. Her career was spent with Bell Laboratories as it later changed to...
Wendell Hope Copeland
Jan 14, 2021
Wendell Hope Copeland, 101, of Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Mr. Copeland was born in Edenton on December 21, 1919, and other than his time in the military, he lived his entire life in his hometown. After serving in the Army during World War II, he began working at M.G. Brown Company as a sales clerk,...
Lee Baker
Jan 13, 2021
Lyman E. “Lee” Baker, 85, of Pasquenoke Trail, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
Lee was born on August 17, 1935, and was the son of the late Lyman E. and Freda Drewing Baker. He was a retired owner and operator of a horse training business, breaking countless horses through the years and teaching their owners proper riding techniques.
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Billy Spruill
Jan 11, 2021
William Edward "Billy" Spruill, Jr., 72, of Winfall Blvd., Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Spruill was born in Chowan County on January 18, 1948, and was the son of the late William Edward Spruill, Sr. and Hazel Virginia Toppin Spruill. An Army veteran and retired law enforcement officer, he...
Sheryl Sawyer Naylor
Jan 11, 2021
Sheryl Sawyer Naylor, 63, of Old US 17, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Naylor was born in Pasquotank County on June 6, 1957 and was the daughter of Barbara Ann Moore Sawyer of Hertford and the late Robert Douglas "Bobby D." Sawyer, Sr. Formerly employed with Beach Detail, she...
Catherine Francis Robey Smith
Jan 10, 2021
Catherine Francis Robey Smith, 93, of The Fountains at The Albemarle, died Sunday, January 10, 2021 in Tarboro, NC.
Mrs. Smith was born in Chowan County on November 17, 1927, one of six children born to the late Louis E. and Lillie Mae Goodwin Francis. Through her working life she had been a purchasing manager with the former Dorph Corp.,...
Juanita Spivey Chappell
Jan 9, 2021
Juanita Virginia Spivey Chappell, 92, of Hertford, NC, and formerly a longtime resident of Belvidere, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Chappell was born in Chowan County on September 24, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Irving Diaz and Carrie Parrish Spivey. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she was the...
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,...
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