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Ray Alexander

Ray Alexander

Aug 31, 2020

   Rufus Ray Alexander, 84, of 140 Bethel Fishing Center Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, August 31, 2020 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation.

   Mr. Alexander was born in Chowan County on September 1, 1935, and was the son of the late Charlie S. and Mildred Adele Twiddy Alexander. A retired freight truck driver, he had received Safety Awards for over...

Janice Spruill Woodley

Janice Spruill Woodley

Aug 31, 2020

   Janice Spruill Woodley, 87, of Creswell, NC, died Monday, August 31, 2020, at Forest Ridge Assisted Living in West Jefferson, NC.

   Mrs. Woodley was born in Washington County on May 6, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Phillip Murray and Iolia Turner Spruill. Janice worked with East Carolina Bank in Creswell for over 30 years, retiring as Vice...

Joan Madre Trueblood

Joan Madre Trueblood

Aug 31, 2020

   Joan Corinne Madre Trueblood, 83, of 729 Wynne Fork Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

   Mrs. Trueblood was born in Perquimans County on February 13, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Warner Leafe and Olivia Corinne Privott Madre. A retired billing clerk with Albemarle Electric, she was a member of...

William Earl "Giz" Whitehurst, Sr.

William Earl "Giz" Whitehurst, Sr.

Aug 31, 2020

   William Earl “Giz” Whitehurst, Sr., 78, of 125 Mohave Trail, Edenton, NC, died Monday, August 31, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Whitehurst was born in Norfolk, VA on October 6, 1941, and was the son of the late Lemuel James Whitehurst and Elizabeth Adelaide Carter Whitehurst. Retired from A & P Supermarkets...

Mary Jane Connoley Dawson

Mary Jane Connoley Dawson

Aug 30, 2020

   Mary Jane Connoley Dawson, 98, of 105 Walnut Street, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, August 30, 2020 in her home where she was being cared for by her family.

   Born in Westmoreland County, VA on September 19, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Addison and Lillie Warner King Connoley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Dan Jordan Greene

Dan Jordan Greene

Aug 30, 2020

   Dan Jordan Greene, 88, TSgt USAF, Retired, of 617 Folly Road, Sunbury, NC, died Sunday, August 30, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.

   Mr. Greene was born in Gates County on December 16, 1931, and was the son of the late Tom and Vera Jordan Greene. A retired Technical Sergeant with the United...

Joseph Thomas "J.T." Taylor

Joseph Thomas "J.T." Taylor

Aug 29, 2020

   Joseph Thomas “J.T.” Taylor, 83, of 022 Hill Lane Road, Eure, NC, died Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Mr. Taylor was born in Hertford County on August 26, 1937, and was the son of the late James Dennie Taylor and Lillie Mae Benton Taylor. A retired heavy equipment operator with the North Carolina Department of Transportation...

Bonnie Jean Mansfield Windsor

Bonnie Jean Mansfield Windsor

Aug 29, 2020

   Bonnie Jean Mansfield Windsor, 68, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mrs. Windsor was born in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 1951, and was the daughter of Othus C. Mansfield of Hertford and the late Emma Catherine Sydnor Mansfield. Retired from Lowe's Home Improvement, she was a Catholic by faith. In...

Clarence Aubrey Winn, Jr.

Clarence Aubrey Winn, Jr.

Aug 29, 2020

   Clarence Aubrey Winn, Jr., 72, of 146 Gates School Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

   Mr. Winn was born in Petersburg, Virginia on April 26, 1948, and was the son of the late Clarence A. Winn, Sr. and Evelyn Hargrave Winn. Employed with CF Industries for 13 years, he later retired as...

Hallie Turner Lewis Spruill

Hallie Turner Lewis Spruill

Aug 29, 2020

   Hallie Turner Lewis Spruill, 90, formerly of Sunbury, NC and more recently of Trinity Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury, died there on Saturday, August 29, 2020.

   Mrs. Spruill was born in Gates County on February 27, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Willie Edward Turner, Sr. and Ethel Wilkins Turner. Employed with the United States Postal...

Sabrina Marie Hassell

Sabrina Marie Hassell

Aug 29, 2020

   Sabrina Marie Hassell, 32, of 122 Shoshone Trail, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020.

   Born on August 8, 1988 on the Island of Saba, she was the daughter of Elvis Hassell of Hertford and the late Susan Hassell.

   In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, John and Jane Mohr.  

   Surviving...

Ryan Patrick Harrell

Ryan Patrick Harrell

Aug 28, 2020

   Ryan Patrick Harrell, 28, of 552 Deep Creek Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, August 28, 2020 in his home.

   Ryan was born in Pasquotank County on August 13, 1992, and was the son of Shelia Lynn Spear Edwards of Hertford and Raleigh Patrick Harrell, Jr. (Karen) of Portsmouth, VA. A landscape supervisor with Odom's Lawn Care, he was raised in...

Cynthia Woolliscroft Cox

Cynthia Woolliscroft Cox

Aug 28, 2020

   Cynthia Victoria Woolliscroft Cox, 82, of 125 Hickory Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 28, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Cox was born in New York City, NY on July 6, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Robert Bernard and Victoria Mary Kral Woolliscroft. A retired insurance supervisor with Prudential Insurance in Millville, NJ, upon moving to...

Barbara Phelps Bateman

Barbara Phelps Bateman

Aug 27, 2020

   Barbara Jean Phelps Bateman, 73, of 319 Coral Lane, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at her home where she was being cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Bateman was born in Washington County on May 16, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Abe H. and Audrey Whines Phelps. A homemaker, she was a member...

Jimmy Gray Sizemore

Jimmy Gray Sizemore

Aug 25, 2020

   Jimmy Gray Sizemore, 70, of 710 Main Street, Gatesville, NC, died Tuesday, August 25, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Jimmy was born in Surry County on June 10, 1950, and was the son of the late Charlie G. and Velma Niten Sizemore. For many years, he worked in both residential and commercial plumbing.

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Gloria Harden Bryant

Gloria Harden Bryant

Aug 24, 2020

   Gloria Jean Harden Bryant, 65, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

   Mrs. Bryant was born in Pasquotank County on April 11, 1955, and was the daughter of the late Henderson and Bettie Marie Twiddy Harden.

   Surviving are her husband of 46 years, Robert Nelson Bryant; and other extended family members from...

Virgil Ironal Frazier, Jr.

Virgil Ironal Frazier, Jr.

Aug 22, 2020

   Virgil Ironal Frazier, Jr., 76, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 in Moyock, NC.

   Virgil was born in Elizabeth City to the late Alice and Virgil I. Frazier, Sr. on May 2, 1944. He graduated from Southern High School in Durham and attended NC State University in Raleigh. He married Linda Anne Staples on August...

Michael Steven Higgins

Michael Steven Higgins

Aug 22, 2020

   Michael Steven Higgins, 22, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020.

   Born on September 2, 1997 in Orange County, NY, upon moving to Hertford he attended Perquimans County High School where he was captain of the soccer team having led the team to many victories, and had graduated with honors. A graduate of East Carolina University, he had...

Walter Jay Brown, III

Walter Jay Brown, III

Aug 20, 2020

   Walter Jay Brown, III, 79, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, August 20, 2020, from his home at Cambridge Village in Apex, where his family was by his side, after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.

   Born on April 5, 1941 in Hertford County, he was the son of the late Walter Jay Brown, Jr....

Jean Caradonna Miller

Jean Caradonna Miller

Aug 20, 2020

   Jean Caradonna Miller passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 20, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital in Edenton, NC.

   Born on April 27, 1925 in Haverhill, MA, she was the daughter of the late Nicolo and Maria Scaturra Caradonna.  As the youngest of eight children, she grew up on the family farm in Haverhill, where they raised vegetables in a 75...

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