Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Richard Thomas Harmon
Aug 19, 2020
Richard Thomas Harmon, 65, of 097 US Hwy 158 East, Gatesville, NC, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Harmon was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on January 4, 1955, and was the son of the late Gerald K. and Lillian Gatling Harmon. A graduate of Cradock High School in Portsmouth where he played football and baseball, he loved...
Eva Dell Russell Riggs
Aug 19, 2020
Eva Dell Russell Riggs, 77, of 36 Timmerman Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in her home.
Born in Perquimans County on January 28, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Robert Clinton, Sr. and Rosa Lee Story Russell. The retired owner and operator of Dell's Janitorial Service, she grew up in the fellowship of...
Louise Dickens Twine
Aug 14, 2020
Louise Chappell Dickens Twine, 87, of Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, August 14, 2020.
Mrs. Twine was born in Chowan County on March 25, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Freeland and Alpine Dail Chappell. Formerly employed with Don Juan Manufacturing in Hertford, and later as an in-home caregiver to the elderly, she was a member...
Lynn Churchill Perry
Aug 14, 2020
Lynn Churchill Perry, 83, of 114 W. Eden Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, August 14, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Perry was born in Chowan County on October 18, 1936, and was the son of the late William S. and Mary Twine Perry. The retired Chief of the Edenton Fire Department, he served the department and town for 38 years....
Rosa Lowe White
Aug 14, 2020
Rosa Lowe White, 89, formerly of Lowe's Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. White was born in Perquimans County on November 26, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Quinton Merritt and Lucy Cartwright Lowe. A homemaker, in her later years she had worked as a private duty sitter....
William Carey Bunch, Jr.
Aug 14, 2020
Judge William Carey Bunch, Jr., 90, retired District Court Judge, died Friday, August 14, 2020 in Virginia Beach.
Judge Bunch was born in Edenton, NC on September 13, 1929, and was the son of the late William Carey, Sr. and Iona Haskett Bunch. He attended Edenton Public Schools after which he served three years in the US Army. He was...
Irene Spencer Stotesbury
Aug 11, 2020
Irene Elizabeth Spencer Stotesbury, 75, of 103 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Stotesbury was born in Chowan County on November 12, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Worth Eugene and Esther Mae Hollowell Spencer. She and her husband were the former owners and operators of Pembroke Fishing...
Catherine Ann Enos Carter
Aug 11, 2020
Catherine Ann Enos Carter, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in Brookdale Assisted Living in Elizabeth City following a long illness.
Born in Concord, NH, on May 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Enos and Helen Rosendahl Enos. She attended public schools in Concord and during high school was a member of the...
Dwayne Keith Stallings
Aug 9, 2020
Dr. Dwayne Keith Stallings, 63, of 330 See View Lane, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Dr. Stallings was born in Pasquotank County on December 21, 1956, and was the son of Anna Faye Copeland Stallings of Elizabeth City and the late Glenwood E. Stallings.
A graduate of College of The Albemarle, Elizabeth City...
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...
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