Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Elaine Holder Taylor
Jun 21, 2020
Elaine Holder Taylor, 92, of 243 Mt. Gould River Road, Merry Hill, NC, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on April 6, 1928, and was the only child of the late Ira Andrew and Mary Louis Cullipher Holder. A graduate...
Adminta Eure Coeyman
Jun 21, 2020
Adminta Marie Eure “Minta” Coeyman, 98, of 6100 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC, died Sunday, June 21, 2020 in Wesley Long Community Hospital.
Mrs. Coeyman was born in Gates County, NC on December 3, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Tazewell Augustus and Lucie Persons Johnson Eure. She was also preceded in death by her husband Don of...
Thomas Radford Miller
Jun 19, 2020
Thomas Radford Miller, 84, of 212 Emperor Landing Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Miller was born in Bertie County on September 15, 1935, and was the son of the late John Edward and Gracie Davis Miller. Retired as an Industrial Electrician with Weyerhaeuser...
Herman Hill
Jun 17, 2020
Herman Hill, CPO, US Navy Retired, 94, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Hill was born in Macon County, GA, on August 18, 1925 and was the son of the late Frank and Alice Eathel Mott Hill. A retired Chief Petty Officer from the United States Navy, he was a veteran...
Joanne Sawyer Brown
Jun 12, 2020
Joanne Francine Sawyer Brown, 74, of 507 Edenton Road Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, June 12, 2020, in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Brown was born in Pasquotank County on May 15, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Gerald Meekins and Lizzie Anderson Sawyer. Retired from Perquimans County Schools, she...
Philip John Lunsford
Jun 11, 2020
Philip John Lunsford died June 11, 2020, Raleigh, NC. Born to Kathleen Amelia Rucker Lunsford and Robert Lee Lunsford, Jr. March 5, 1926, Cleveland Oklahoma. Brothers Robert Lee Lunsford III and Tom Rucker Lunsford predeceased him as did his parents. Survived by his wife of 68 years, Jean Funk Lunsford; children Kathleen Helms (Charles), Rosemary Lunsford (Nelson), Philip Lunsford II...
Rob Wayne Ballance, Jr.
Jun 11, 2020
Robert Wayne "Rob" Ballance, Jr., 20, of 213 Simpson Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020.
Born in Pasquotank County on April 29, 2000, he was the son of Robert Wayne "Rob" Ballance, Sr. and Julie Cooper McQuerry. Employed with Seegars Fence Company in Elizabeth City, a job that he was proud of and thoroughly enjoyed, he...
Elaine Byrum Herring
Jun 9, 2020
Elaine Carole Byrum Herring, 67, of 60 Byrum Road, Gates, NC, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Elaine was born on May 6, 1953, and was the daughter of Priscilla Riddick Jones (Tom) of Franklin, VA, and the late Winfred Odell Byrum. A dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother, many will remember her for the 35...
Elizabeth Carter "Betsy" Lawrence
Jun 9, 2020
Gone to be with Jesus is Elizabeth Carter “Betsy” Lawrence, formerly of Edenton, NC, and more recently of Savannah, Georgia.
Born in Elizabeth City, NC on May 17, 1943, she was the daughter of the late John Southall Lawrence, Jr. and Elizabeth Grant Lawrence. She, with her parents and brother John, lived in the following NC counties: Hertford, Pasquotank, Currituck,...
Leora Dail "Leo" Winslow
Jun 8, 2020
Leora Dail "Leo" Winslow, 84, of Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020 in The Edenton House.
Mrs. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on January 14, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Rennie and Susie Goodwin Dail. A retired assistant manager with Roses Department Stores, she was a member of Hertford Baptist Church....
Sarah Louvinia Caddy Narron
Jun 6, 2020
Sarah Louvinia Caddy Narron, 78, of 143 River Front Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 in The Edenton House.
Mrs. Narron was born in Perquimans County on September 8, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Uric Calvin and Pearl Jordan Caddy. A homemaker, she was a faithful member of Berea Church of Christ for more...
Melvin Jeffery Gilman, Sr.
Jun 5, 2020
Melvin Jeffery Gilman, Sr., 73, of 147 Laurel Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Gilman was born in Isabella County, MI, on February 23, 1947 and was the son of the late Forest Donald and Hazel Emma Shilling Gilman. A track foreman, he had retired from CSX Transportation following more than 30 years...
Richard Lyle Umphlett
Jun 3, 2020
Richard Lyle “Ricky” Umphlett, 60, of 434 Cisco Road, Tyner, NC, died Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Umphlett was born in Chowan County on September 5, 1959 and was the son of the late William Aaron Umphlett, Sr. and Kathryn Louise Mizelle Umphlett. Through the years he had worked in construction, and also as painter with both...
James Patrick Harrell
Jun 2, 2020
James Patrick “Pat” Harrell, 81, of 246 Ainsley Road, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, at Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation following a long illness. The oldest of six children, he was the son of the late James Wesley Harrell, Sr. and Nokomis Harrell Harrell. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Carroll McDonnell Harrell. He is...
Mary Castelloe Smith
May 31, 2020
Mary Ann Castelloe Smith, 80, of 250 No Say Lane, Cofield, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 31, 2020, from Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie.
Mary Ann was born in the Todd’s Cross community of Bertie County on October 11, 1939, to the late Everett Wendell Castelloe and Bertha Pearl Johnson Castelloe. She worked on...
Nancy Cothran Porter
May 31, 2020
Nancy Elizabeth Cothran Porter, 78, of 814 NC Hwy 343 North, Camden, NC, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020 in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Porter was born in Rutherford County on October 24, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Rev. Cecil Wingo and Nanny Sue Hollifield Cothran. A loving wife,...
Marion Harrell Cross Goodman
May 30, 2020
Marion Harrell Cross Goodman, 88, of Edenton, NC, died peacefully on Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Born in Chowan County on July 21, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Rodney Tuttle Harrell, Sr. and Bessie Leary Harrell. A graduate of Edenton High School, she attended the Women’s College of the University of...
Lynda Lucas Walters
May 30, 2020
Lula Lucas “Lynda” Walters, 92, of the Liberty Spring community, Suffolk, VA, died Saturday, May 30, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Walters was born in Bishopville, SC on November 24, 1927, and was the last surviving of eight children born to Henry S. and Rhoda Galloway Lucas. For 28 years she worked as a secretary-bookkeeper with the City of Suffolk...
Nina Cooper Metcalf
May 29, 2020
Nina Lee Cooper Metcalf, 64, of 2260 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020 in her home.
Born in Swain County on September 12, 1955, she was the daughter of Frankie Nations Sheehan of Whittier and the late Harry Dennis Cooper. She was a supervisor in the Radiology Department at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.
Surviving in...
David Stanley Riddick
May 29, 2020
David Stanley Riddick, 64, of 438 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Riddick was born in Pasquotank County on May 20, 1956, and was the son of the late Stanley Nathan Riddick and Aldean Hudson Lajara. A graduate of Perquimans County High School, he was a lifelong farmer.
Surviving are his two...
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