Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
William Henry Wells, Jr.
Jul 27, 2020
William Henry Wells, Jr., 70, of 904 West Queen Street, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020.
Mr. Wells was born in Chowan County on January 2, 1950, and was the son of the late William Henry “Bill” Sr. and Virginia Mae Goodwin Wells. A 1968 graduate of John A. Holmes High School, he then attended N.C. State University where he...
Peter Hersey Johnson Williams
Jul 25, 2020
Peter Hersey Johnson Williams, 63, of Hertford, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Born in Oakland, CA, on July 19, 1957, he was the son of Shirley Anne Williams of Elizabeth City and the late Hersey Johnson Williams. A journalist, Peter began his career shortly after graduating from Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City. As...
Doris Lane Myers
Jul 25, 2020
Doris Lane Myers, of Wilmington, NC, passed peacefully to the Lord on Saturday, July 25, 2020 in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Wilmington.
Born into the Quaker faith in Perquimans County on December 2, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John T. Lane and Alberta Winslow Lane. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Otis Coppersmith, Sr.
Jul 24, 2020
Joseph Otis Coppersmith, Sr., 78, of Hertford, died Friday, July 24, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Coppersmith was born in Moyock on June 20, 1942, and was the son of the late Luther B. and Elvin Clarene Jones Coppersmith. A retired truck driver with Estes Express Lines after 38 years of employment, he was a member of the Loyal Order...
Evelyn Sawyer Jones
Jul 23, 2020
Evelyn Marie Sawyer Jones, 95, of 114 Cameron Drive, Apt. 104, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Jones was born in Currituck County on July 24, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Stanley and Lucy Mae Hudson Sawyer. A retired customer associate with Wal-Mart in Elizabeth City, she was a...
Tony Lee
Jul 23, 2020
Anthony Beam “Tony” Lee, 67, of 742 NC Hwy 45 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Lee was born in Bertie County on December 13, 1952, and was one of 11 children born to the late Robert Herman and Maude Barnes Lee. He had retired as a mechanic with Colony Tire...
Kathy Elaine Hurdle
Jul 21, 2020
Kathy Elaine Hurdle, 68, a longtime resident of Hobbsville, and more recently of Hertford, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in her home.
Miss Hurdle was born in Chowan County on February 21, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Richard Ephraim "Dick" and Mildred Hollowell Hurdle. A retired bookkeeper, she had been employed with Kellogg-Morgan Insurance Agency in Sunbury...
Marlys Scofield Kinne
Jul 20, 2020
Marlys Mae Scofield Kinne, 84, of Hertford, NC, passed into eternity with her heavenly Father on Monday, July 20th, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born February 1, 1936 in Hastings, Nebraska, to Clifford and Selma Scofield, who predeceased her. She is survived and greatly missed by her loving husband of 62 years, Lt Col Theodore Kinne...
Ann Bonner Lawrence Sams
Jul 19, 2020
On July 19, 2020 the soul of Ann Bonner Lawrence Sams departed this earth. Born September 24th, 1919 in Scotland Neck, NC she was two months shy of her 101st birthday. Her parents, Charles Thomas Lawrence and Eliza Tripp Shaw descended from colonial settlers in Virginia and North Carolina. A Lawrence ancestor lived on the west bank of the Chowan...
Nora Duffy Cobb
Jul 17, 2020
Nora Jean Duffy Cobb, 60, of East River Street, Colerain, NC, died on Friday, July 17, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Nora began her life on December 29, 1959, being born in Jersey City, NJ, the daughter of the late John Joseph Duffy, Sr. and Nancy Mae Powell Duffy. Attending Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount, Virginia, she...
John Edward "JEB" Bassett
Jul 15, 2020
John Edward “Jeb” Bassett, 52, of 130 Bella Vista Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in CarolinaEast Medical Center, New Bern.
Jeb was born in Mobile, Alabama on November 4, 1967, and was the son of Earl Clarence Bassett, III and Rebecca Brigman Bassett of Edenton. The Senior Project Manager with Environmental Chemical Corporation, he had a long...
Frances Barnett Hassell
Jul 14, 2020
Frances Barnett Hassell, 81, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in her daughter's home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Hassell was born in Montgomery County, VA, on February 2, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Richard Harrison and India Blanche Perkins Barnett. A retired merchandise marker from Belk Department...
Cheryl Griffis Chesser
Jul 13, 2020
Cheryl Lee Griffis Chesser, 57, of Hertford, died Monday, July 13, 2020 in her home.
A private service will be held in Maryland. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Antonino Mineo
Jul 11, 2020
Antonino “Tony” Mineo, 55, of West Church Street, Ahoskie, NC, died Saturday, July 11, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Mineo was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on September 17, 1964, and was the son of the late Rosario and Vincenza Scolaro Mineo. He had formerly managed the family business, Franco’s Pizza in Ahoskie. A Catholic by faith, he had...
Cynthia Leah Marshburn O'Clair
Jul 10, 2020
Cynthia Leah Marshburn O’Clair, 63, of 2144 County Line Road, Belvidere, NC, died Friday, July 10, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. O’Clair was born in Craven County on February 11, 1957, and was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Cannon Smead of Edenton and the late D.C. Marshburn. The manager of the Duck Thru Food Store in...
Linda Lee Ott Brinn
Jul 10, 2020
Linda Lee Ott Brinn, 75, of 505 Pasquenoke Trail, Edenton, NC, died Friday, July 10, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Brinn was born in Norfolk, Virginia on July 26, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Robert Temple Ott and Fannie Lee Briley Ott. A retired supervisor with Bell Telephone Company in Norfolk, since her move to the Chowan...
Stacy Nixon Hoggard
Jul 8, 2020
Stacy Lynne Nixon Hoggard, 49, of 550 Sans Souci Road, Windsor, NC, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Stacy was born in Chowan County on October 13, 1970. A Medicaid Specialist with the Chowan County Department of Social Services, she was a faithful member of Green’s Cross Baptist Church, where she had served in the choir,...
James Carlyle "Pete" Dail, Sr.
Jul 8, 2020
James Carlyle “Pete” Dail, Sr., 85, of 1236 Sound Shore Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Dail was born in Bertie County on July 20, 1934, and was the son of the late James Ulmond Dail and Gertrude Baker Dail. A 1953 graduate of Edenton High School, he then served in the United...
Earl Edward Wise, Jr.
Jul 6, 2020
Earl Edward "Eddie" Wise, Jr., 80, of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, July 6, 2020 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation.
Mr. Wise was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia on May 9, 1940, and was the son of the late Earl E., Sr. and Virginia Gregory Wise. A retired lineman with Pike Electrical Company, he was an Army...
Eleanor Faye Howell Forehand
Jul 4, 2020
Eleanor Faye Howell Forehand, 86, of 803 West Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, July 4, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Forehand was born in Perquimans County on June 19, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Wayland and Mildred Stanton Howell. Many will remember her for her many years as...
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