Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Dennis Earl Layton
Aug 7, 2020
Dennis Earl Layton, 64, of 125 Shady Lane, Ahoskie, NC, died Friday, August 7, 2020 at his brother’s home in Edenton where he was being cared for by his family.
Dennis was born December 2, 1955 in Chowan County and was the son of Sallie Overton Layton Hare of Edenton and the late Raymond Harrell Layton, Sr. A carpenter and...
Frances Spinella Wotring
Aug 7, 2020
Frances Ann Spinella Wotring, 94, of Crescent Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 in her daughter's home in Norfolk, VA, where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Wotring was born in Manhattan, NY, on October 4, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Ciro and Lillie Calantra Spinella. A retired legal secretary, her...
Lester Franklin Lewis
Aug 6, 2020
Lester Franklin Lewis, 83, of 300 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, August 6, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Lewis was born in Craven County on September 11, 1936, and was the son of the late Eric and Etta Lewis. A retired inspector from the NC Marine Fisheries, he was a member of the former Albemarle Baptist Church. In...
William Anderson "Billy" White
Aug 5, 2020
William Anderson "Billy" White, 94, of 721 Whedbee Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. White was born in Perquimans County on May 9, 1926, and was the son of the late Robert Anderson, Sr. and Martha Anne Barber White. A retired rural letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Hertford,...
Deanna Parker Bunch
Aug 3, 2020
Deanna Parker Bunch, 76, of Mobile Home Park Lane, Sunbury, NC, died Monday, August 3, 2020 in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Mrs. Bunch was born in Kelford, NC on December 8, 1943, and was the daughter of the late George W. and Thelma Lee Parker. Formerly employed with Dalure Fashions and other local sewing factories, she was a member of Oak Grove...
Michael Harris Poston, Sr.
Aug 2, 2020
Michael Harris Poston, Sr., 72, of 1024 NC Highway 37 North, Gates, NC, died Sunday, August 2, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mike was born in Statesville, NC (Iredell County) on October 23, 1947, and was the son of the late Jesse Willard Poston and Gaynell Harris Poston. He had retired after 33 years as a building...
Lewis Wilton "Buzz" Peoples
Aug 2, 2020
Lewis Wilton “Buzz” Peoples, 80, of 112 Chatooga Court East, Hertford, NC, went to his heavenly home Sunday, August 2, 2020 from his earthly home in Hertford.
Mr. Peoples was born in Garland, NC on June 15, 1940 and was the son of the late Milton and Fannie Mae Carter Peoples. A retired Regional Manager with the Lance Corporation of...
Joan Yvonne Hunter
Jul 31, 2020
Joan Yvonne Hunter, 64, of 827 Beech Springs Road, died Friday, July 31, 2020 in her home.
Joan was born on May 28, 1956 in Chowan County, and was the daughter of the late Abbott Marvin Hunter, Sr. and Naomi Lee Riddick Hunter. A graduate of Perquimans County High School, she was a retired Leisure Activity Specialist with the Dare...
Robert Edward White
Jul 31, 2020
Robert Edward White, 78, passed away peacefully at his home in Creswell, NC on July 31, 2020.
Mr. White was born on August 11, 1941 in Windsor, NC and was raised in Edenton. He attended Edenton High School with his brothers, Jimmy and Bruce, and excelled in sports there including baseball, basketball, and football. As an Edenton Ace, he was...
Allen Wall
Jul 29, 2020
Allen Wall, 94, a longtime resident of Winton and Cofield, died Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Wall was born in Hertford County on August 20, 1925, and was the son of the late Lee Wood Wall and Sybil Ella Burgess Wall. A retired foreman with the Ford Assembly Plant in Norfolk, VA, he was a...
Lynn Davenport, Sr.
Jul 28, 2020
Linwood Earl “Lynn” Davenport, Sr., 92, succumbed to cancer on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 while “RVing” at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, where he was surrounded by his family.
Born on May 27, 1928 in Chowan County, NC, he was the son of the late Thomas Haywood and Fanny Haste Davenport. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
William Henry Wells, Jr.
Jul 27, 2020
William Henry Wells, Jr., 70, of 904 West Queen Street, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020.
Mr. Wells was born in Chowan County on January 2, 1950, and was the son of the late William Henry “Bill” Sr. and Virginia Mae Goodwin Wells. A 1968 graduate of John A. Holmes High School, he then attended N.C. State University where he...
Peter Hersey Johnson Williams
Jul 25, 2020
Peter Hersey Johnson Williams, 63, of Hertford, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Born in Oakland, CA, on July 19, 1957, he was the son of Shirley Anne Williams of Elizabeth City and the late Hersey Johnson Williams. A journalist, Peter began his career shortly after graduating from Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City. As...
Doris Lane Myers
Jul 25, 2020
Doris Lane Myers, of Wilmington, NC, passed peacefully to the Lord on Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Wilmington.
Born into the Quaker faith in Perquimans County on December 2, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John T. Lane and Alberta Winslow Lane. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Otis Coppersmith, Sr.
Jul 24, 2020
Joseph Otis Coppersmith, Sr., 78, of Hertford, died Friday, July 24, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Coppersmith was born in Moyock on June 20, 1942, and was the son of the late Luther B. and Elvin Clarene Jones Coppersmith. A retired truck driver with Estes Express Lines after 38 years of employment, he was a member of the Loyal Order...
Tony Lee
Jul 23, 2020
Anthony Beam “Tony” Lee, 67, of 742 NC Hwy 45 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Lee was born in Bertie County on December 13, 1952, and was one of 11 children born to the late Robert Herman and Maude Barnes Lee. He had retired as a mechanic with Colony Tire...
Evelyn Sawyer Jones
Jul 23, 2020
Evelyn Marie Sawyer Jones, 95, of 114 Cameron Drive, Apt. 104, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Jones was born in Currituck County on July 24, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Stanley and Lucy Mae Hudson Sawyer. A retired customer associate with Wal-Mart in Elizabeth City, she was a...
Kathy Elaine Hurdle
Jul 21, 2020
Kathy Elaine Hurdle, 68, a longtime resident of Hobbsville, and more recently of Hertford, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in her home.
Miss Hurdle was born in Chowan County on February 21, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Richard Ephraim "Dick" and Mildred Hollowell Hurdle. A retired bookkeeper, she had been employed with Kellogg-Morgan Insurance Agency in Sunbury...
Marlys Scofield Kinne
Jul 20, 2020
Marlys Mae Scofield Kinne, 84, of Hertford, NC, passed into eternity with her heavenly Father on Monday, July 20th, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born February 1, 1936 in Hastings, Nebraska, to Clifford and Selma Scofield, who predeceased her. She is survived and greatly missed by her loving husband of 62 years, Lt Col Theodore Kinne...
Ann Bonner Lawrence Sams
Jul 19, 2020
On July 19, 2020 the soul of Ann Bonner Lawrence Sams departed this earth. Born September 24th, 1919 in Scotland Neck, NC she was two months shy of her 101st birthday. Her parents, Charles Thomas Lawrence and Eliza Tripp Shaw descended from colonial settlers in Virginia and North Carolina. A Lawrence ancestor lived on the west bank of the Chowan...
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