Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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...
S. Ann Benton
Dec 25, 2020
Sallie Ann Benton, 77, of 1171 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Miss Benton was born in Perquimans County on June 2, 1943, and was the daughter of the late John Marvin Benton, Sr. and Essie Barclift Benton Turner and step-father, Robert W. Turner. A graduate of East Carolina...
Ulyss E. "Smitty" Smithson
Dec 24, 2020
Ulyss E. “Smitty” Smithson, 94, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation in Elizabeth City, NC.
A native of Pasquotank County, Smitty, was born in 1926 to the late Dillard Lorain Smithson and the late Eva Onley Smithson. Smitty was married to Mattie Lee Simpson Smithson for 65 years until her death in 2017....
Ione Heber Gryder
Dec 24, 2020
Addie Ione Heber "Ione" Gryder, 75, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 in the Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Gryder was a native of the Richmond, VA area before relocating to Hertford in 2005. An Administrative Assistant, she retired from the State of Virginia, most recently from the Virginia State Police. She was a member...
Jean Dillard Simon
Dec 24, 2020
Jean Ruby Dillard Simon, 81, of 625-B Sandy Ridge Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, December 24, 2020 in Martin General Hospital, Williamston.
Mrs. Simon was born in Chowan County on October 17, 1939, and was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hoggard Dillard. A homemaker and mother to seven children, she had worked as a private...
Edna King Smith
Dec 23, 2020
Edna Ailene King Smith, 88, of Davenports Lane, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Smith was born in Chowan County on April 10, 1932, and was the only child of the late Charles Edward King and Margaret Chappell King Ward. Born with the proverbial “green thumb”, she spent her working life in horticulture. Opening...
Barbara Jane Wentzel Mott
Dec 20, 2020
Our community sadly lost a great woman early Sunday morning, December 20, 2020. Barbara Jane Wentzel Mott, fondly known as "BJ", of the Snug Harbor community of Hertford, passed away peacefully in her home where she was surrounded by her loving family.
Barbara Jane was born in Pottstown, PA on July 17, 1927, and was the daughter of the late...
Ronald Wood McSwain
Dec 19, 2020
The Reverend Ronald Wood McSwain, 78, of 305 North Colony Avenue, Ahoskie, NC, died Saturday, December 19, 2020, in Duke University Medical Center, Durham.
Rev. McSwain was born on March 27, 1942, in Rowan County and was the son of the late Henry Worth and Martha Esther Wood McSwain. A retired Baptist Minister, he had served his Lord pastoring at...
Mary Elizabeth Riddick Bass
Dec 18, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Riddick Bass, 89, formerly of the Rocky Hock community, Edenton, NC, died Friday, December 18, 2020 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Bass was born in Gates County on September 1, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Isaac H. “Ike” Riddick and Ethel Bunch Riddick. A homemaker, she worked alongside her husband through his...
Velma Sielski Marchand
Dec 17, 2020
Velma Ruth Sielski Marchand, 78, of 983 Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, December 17, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Marchand was born in Bremerton, Washington on December 2, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Mack and Ruth Timina Pergoline Sielski. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Michael...
Emma Jumper Glover
Dec 17, 2020
Emma Mae Jumper Glover, 90, of 108 Mark Drive, Apt. 3, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, December 17, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Glover was born in Dallas, Texas on September 16, 1930, and was the “baby girl” and one of six children born to the late Heston Thomas and Lillie Mae Isaac...
James Fulton Weathers, Jr.
Dec 16, 2020
James Fulton Weathers, Jr., 73, CWO, USCG Retired, of 1601 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Weathers was born in Rowan County on January 11, 1947, and was the son of the late James F., Sr. and Mary Ruth Lowder Weathers. A retired Chief Warrant Officer in US Coast Guard with 21 years...
Fred Simon Rogerson
Dec 16, 2020
Fred Simon Rogerson, 64, of New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in his home.
Born in Pasquotank County on August 5, 1956, he was the son of the late William Luther Rogerson and Mary Ruth Stallings Rogerson. A graduate of Perquimans County High School, he was currently employed with the Highway Division of the North...
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