Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Hardy Jay Askew
Feb 12, 2024
Hardy Jay Askew, “Buddy” 72, of 70 Hardy Askew Lane, Gates, NC, passed away peacefully at his home Monday, February 12, 2024.
Mr. Askew, beloved son, husband, father, grandfather and friend was born in Portsmouth, VA on August 21, 1951. He was the son of the late Hardy Jones Askew and Dorothy Marie Lawrence Askew. In addition to his parents,...
Merritta Waits Johnson
Feb 10, 2024
Merritta Bell Waits Johnson, 87, of Wake Forest, NC, and former longtime resident of the Morgan’s Corner-Newland community of Pasquotank County, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Born in Denver, CO on June 15, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Carl Francis Waits and Duella Mae Heartwell Waits. In addition...
Rebecca Drane Warren
Feb 7, 2024
Rebecca Drane Warren died peacefully in her sleep on February 7, 2024, having suffered a stroke three years earlier. Though physically limited after the stroke, her mind and spirit remained remarkably sharp and strong, and she enjoyed regular visits from loved ones. She was sustained by the fruits of her lifelong gift for friendship, and she relished the many letters...
Francis Gordon DiMisa
Feb 7, 2024
Francis Gordon “Frank” DiMisa, 89, of 104 Lake Wood Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, February 7, 2024, in ECU Health Bertie Hospital, Windsor, NC.
Mr. DiMisa was born in Washington, DC on February 24, 1934, and was the son of the late Salvatore “Sam” and Mary Virginia Gordon DiMisa. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Hattie Singletary Byrum
Feb 6, 2024
Hattie Singletary Byrum, 93, of Pembroke Circle, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, February 6, 2024 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Bladen County, NC on April 26, 1930, and was the daughter of the late June and Leota Hilburn Singletary. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, West William Byrum, Jr.,...
Janet Tyson Sperber
Feb 6, 2024
Janet Lou Tyson Sperber, 86, of Buxton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
Born in Luzerne, KY on September 18, 1937, she was the only child of the late Morton Wiley Tyson and Mary Elizabeth Maddox Tyson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Kerry Wayne Felty.
Janet was raised in...
Brent Griffin
Feb 5, 2024
Thomas Brent Griffin, 66, of 1900 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Monday, February 5, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Brent was born in Chowan County on December 12, 1957, and was the son of Jean Jones Griffin of Edenton and the late Thomas Paul Griffin. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his...
LeRoy Wood
Feb 1, 2024
Mevlyn LeRoy Wood, 81, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2024 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
LeRoy was born in Pasquotank County on July 23, 1942, and was the son of the late Wallace Mevlyn and Frances Elizabeth Singleton Wood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Paul Wood.
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Marylin Lowe Austin
Jan 30, 2024
Marylin Lowe Austin, 77, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Austin was born in Nassau County, NY, and was the daughter of the late Herbert and Henrietta Peterson Lowe. A homemaker, she was a longtime member of Mt. Airy Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, MD, and in more...
Douglas Albert Hollowell
Jan 30, 2024
Douglas Albert Hollowell, 81, of 433 Dillard’s Mill Road, Tyner, NC, and a former longtime resident of Portsmouth, VA, died Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in Brookdale of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Hollowell was born in Portsmouth on April 28, 1942, and was the son of the late Luke and Hulda Marie Asbell Hollowell.
The retired owner of Douglas A. Hollowell, PC,...
Travis Walker
Jan 27, 2024
Herbert Travis Walker, 57, of 017 Catherine’s Creek Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, January 27, 2024 in his home.
Travis was born in Pasquotank County on June 18, 1966. A graduate of Gates County High School, he had formerly managed the Corner Market at the crossroads in the Joppa community, and earlier had operated a truck for Joe Towe White...
Jimmy Carroll Bass
Jan 26, 2024
Jimmy Carroll Bass, 75, of Sanford, NC, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 26, 2024.
Born on July 4, 1948, he was the son of the late Clemon and Maude Bass of Edenton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Elton Bass.
Retired after 25 years with the Edenton-Chowan School System where he was a...
Patricia Morgan Hartman
Jan 24, 2024
Patricia Morgan “Pat” Hartman, of 115 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, January 24, 2024, in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Pat was born in Pasquotank County on February 24, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Daniel Webster Morgan, Jr. and Doris Jean Harris Morgan. In addition to her parents, she was...
Martha Thach Lamb
Jan 23, 2024
Martha Virginia Thach Lamb, 91, of 182 Beech Springs Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2024 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation, Edenton.
Mrs. Lamb was born in Perquimans County on January 15, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Benjamin James and Essie Mae Lane Thach. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Shirley Pierce Modlin
Jan 23, 2024
Shirley Ann Pierce Modlin, 81, of 1278 Highway 158 East, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at her son’s home in Suffolk, VA where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Modlin was born in Gates County on October 9, 1942, and was the daughter of the late William Dallas and Frances Ann Ward Pierce. In addition to...
Leroy Timothy Jenkins
Jan 22, 2024
Leroy Timothy Jenkins, 83, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, January 22, 2024 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Greene County, TN on May 22, 1940, and was the son of the late Robert William, Sr. and Bonnie Evelyn Malone Jenkins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Nancy...
Nathan Zachary Evick
Jan 21, 2024
Nathan Zachary Evick, 24, of Apex, NC, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024 in his home.
Born in Chowan County on November 13, 1999, Nathan was the son of Christian Robert Evick of Edenton and Sabrina Faye Parrish of Apex. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Chuck Parrish, maternal grandmother, Janet Lassiter Knowles, paternal grandmother, Mona Christian...
Inda Powell Harrell
Jan 20, 2024
Inda Marie Powell Harrell, 79, of Goldsboro, NC, and formerly of Eure, NC, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2024 in Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro.
Mrs. Harrell was born in Norfolk, VA on July 17, 1944 and was the daughter of the late William Roland and Blanche Marie Cahoon Powell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
J. Van Riddick
Jan 20, 2024
James Van Riddick, 82, of 835 NC 32 South, Hobbsville died Saturday, January 20, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Van was born in Gates County on November 20, 1941, and was the son of the late Sidney and Kathryn Wenrich Riddick. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister and her husband, Shirley...
Ruth Smith Groff
Jan 18, 2024
Ruth Smith Groff, 86, of Hubert, NC and formerly of Edenton, NC entered eternal rest in the arms of Jesus on January 18, 2024, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC.
Ruth was born in Edenton on December 17, 1937, to her loving parents, the late Robert Wilson and Mary Todd Smith. She was also preceded in death by all...
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