Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Michael Adrian Gillenwaters
Nov 10, 2024
Michael Adrian Gillenwaters, 55, a former resident of the Portsmouth/Chesapeake area, died Sunday, November 10, 2024, at his home in Bremerton, Washington.
Michael was born in Milton, Florida on January 23, 1969, and was the son of William Elliott Gillenwaters and Marylou Smutny-Vonsee Gillenwaters of Chesapeake. A Catholic by faith, he was confirmed in the church at Saint Paul’s Catholic Church...
Christine Casper Hollowell
Nov 10, 2024
Christine Casper Hollowell, 77, of 326 Barfield Road, Eure, NC, died Sunday, November 10, 2024, in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Hollowell was born on July 4, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Clinton and Fannie Louise Monds Casper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Regina Paige Hurdle
Nov 8, 2024
Regina Paige Hurdle, 71, of NC 32 North, died Friday, November 8, 2024, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Edenton.
Miss Hurdle was born in Chowan County on November 2, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Abram Lindsey Hurdle, Sr. and Janet Wiley Hurdle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother,...
Elva Mae Britt Riddick
Nov 8, 2024
Elva Mae Britt Riddick, 96, of 893 Acorn Hill Road, died Friday, November 8, 2024, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Riddick was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on July 6, 1928, and was the daughter of the late William Gurney and Etta Iuliano Britt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Albert...
Karen Spicer Holland
Nov 7, 2024
Karen Lynn Spicer Holland, 67, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2024, in her home. Mrs. Holland was born in Norfolk, VA on April 28, 1957, and was the daughter of Lucille Callihan Spicer and the late Gordon Ray Spicer.
Surviving is her husband of 44 years, Edward "Paul" Holland; three sons, Christopher Scott Holland (Rachel), Joseph Michael...
Rose Norris Wright
Nov 7, 2024
Edna “Rose” Norris Wright, 86, of Currituck, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024, in her home.
Rose was born in Edenton, Chowan County, on April 13, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Eugene Norris and Alethia Basnight Norris.
Rose was first and foremost a follower of Jesus. Her career journey began as an operator for AT&T, and then...
Patricia Hansen Slattery
Nov 6, 2024
Patricia Hansen Slattery, 67, of 148-B Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, November 6, 2024, in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Slattery was born in Nassau County, New York on November 15, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Hans Peter Hansen and Theresa Mary McGrath Hansen. In addition to her parents, she was...
Julia Ann Bundy Onley
Nov 5, 2024
Julia Ann Bundy Onley, 91, of 707 New Hope Road, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in her home where she was being lovingly cared for by family.
Mrs. Onley was born in Pasquotank County on May 22, 1933, and was the daughter of the late John Clyde, Sr. and Julia Miller Bundy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Edward Melvin Poff, Sr
Nov 3, 2024
Edward Melvin Poff, Sr., 83, of 117 Taylor Lane, Herford, NC, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2024, in Hertford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.
Mr. Poff was born in Norfolk, VA on November 17, 1940, and was the son of the late Cecil Mervin and Iris Lee Walsh Poff. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...
Rachel Danielle Wood
Nov 2, 2024
Rachel Danielle Wood, 29, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024.
Born in Pasquotank County on November 6, 1994, Rachel was the daughter of Michael LeRoy Wood and Marlene Smith Pippen (Owen). Rachel lived a life of love and devotion to her children and enjoyed being a stay-at-home mother. Other enjoyments included her love of fishing, swimming, spending...
Arnold Wayne Thompson
Oct 31, 2024
Arnold "Wayne" Thompson died on Friday, October 31, 2024, after battling cancer and more recently leukemia.
Wayne is survived by his devoted wife Bethany Thompson, his daughter Sheila Joy Gilchrist (Kenneth) and grandchildren Jacob and Megan Gilchrist. Wayne is also survived by his sister Linda Orwig (Burt) and brothers Gene Thompson, Tony Thompson and Bill Thompson (Barbara) and many...
Brenda Runyon Armentrout
Oct 31, 2024
Brenda Joyce Runyon Armentrout, 71, of Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Armentrout was born in Portsmouth, VA on July 1, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Charles Andrew and Pearl Ida Vanyke Runyon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
John Gilbert Wester, Sr.
Oct 31, 2024
John Gilbert Wester, Sr., 86, of 106 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, in his home.
Mr. Wester was born in Gates County on September 9, 1938, and was the son of the late Arthur Eugene and Mattie Lou Smith Wester. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 51...
Alice Pritchard Twiddy
Oct 29, 2024
Alice Morgan Pritchard Twiddy, 99, of Mark Drive, died Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Edenton Primetime.
Mrs. Twiddy was born in Pasquotank County on August 25, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Clifford E. and Nancy Saunders “Nannie” Pritchard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Judson Twiddy, who died in 2012...
Ila Kate Blankenship McGuinness
Oct 28, 2024
Ila Kate Blankenship Berry “Katie” McGuinness, 86, of Hertford, NC, died Monday, October 28, 2024, in her home surrounded by her family.
Katie was born in McDowell County, WV on January 23, 1938, and was the 11th of 12 children born to the late Enos and Dorcas Kennedy Blankenship. A proud graduate of Iaeger High School, Iaeger, WV, Class of 1955,...
Judith Temple Cauley
Oct 25, 2024
Judith Temple Cauley, 92, of 201 Powers Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, October 25, 2024, in Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Cauley was born in Pasquotank County on October 24, 1932, and was the daughter of the late George Clarence and Ruth Sanders Temple. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Scott...
Gail Lane Phelps
Oct 24, 2024
Norma Gail Lane Phelps, 71, of 8644 Mackey’s Road, died Thursday, October 24, 2024, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Phelps was born in Chowan County on July 8, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Norman Earl Lane, Jr. and Virginia Owens Lane. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Mike Lane.
Many...
Gay Markham Girdlestone
Oct 22, 2024
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Gay Markham Girdlestone, 64, of Grandy, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2024 in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Born in Pasquotank County on April 1, 1960, Gay was the daughter of the late Ernest Harrell Markham and Elma Ilene Quidley Markham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister,...
Helen Jones Overton
Oct 22, 2024
Helen Marie Jones Overton, 88, of 119 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in the Palliative Care Unit of ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Overton was born in Chowan County on June 9, 1936, and was one of four daughters born to the late Erie and Hazel Bass Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Eugenia "Jeannie" Stallings Shepherd
Oct 20, 2024
Emma Eugenia “Jeannie” Stallings Shepherd, 90, passed away at home on October 20, 2024, surrounded by family.
Mrs. Shepherd was born in the Eure community of Gates County on April 25, 1934. A graduate of Gatesville High School, she was the Valedictorian of the Class of 1951, and after graduation attended Kee’s Coastal Business College and began working with International Business...
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