Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Spurgeon Tynch, Jr.
Apr 14, 2020
Charles Spurgeon Tynch, Jr., 85, of 417 Harris Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.
Mr. Tynch was born in Chowan County on October 3, 1934, and was the son of the late Charles Spurgeon Tynch, Sr. and Thelma Goodwin Tynch. A retired commercial fisherman and...
Alan Harvey Chappell
Apr 13, 2020
Alan Harvey Chappell, 63, of 1872 Belvidere Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Chappell was born in Chowan County on May 31, 1956, and was the son of the late Harvey Rountree and Virginia Mae King Chappell. An over-the-road truck driver, he was a member of Piney Woods Friends Meeting, and a former...
Theodore Frederick Boswell
Apr 13, 2020
Theodore Frederick Boswell, MCPO, US Navy Retired, 87, of 152 Dogwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020, in Commonwealth Memory Care in Chesapeake, VA.
Mr. Boswell was born in St. Louis, MO on July 31, 1932, and was the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Marvel Oberbeck Boswell. A retired Master Chief Petty Officer in the...
Carolyn Cofield Lightfoot
Apr 10, 2020
Carolyn Deloris Cofield Lightfoot, 54, of 3108 Hoskins Avenue, Edenton, NC, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Lightfoot was born in Chowan County on June 28, 1965, and was the daughter of Mae Bond Cofield of Edenton and the late Walter Louis Cofield, Sr. Employed for many years in Quality Control with Olam Edible Nuts, she...
Richard Allen Taylor
Apr 10, 2020
Richard Allen Taylor, 60, of Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 10, 2020, in the Edenton House Assisted Living.
Richard was born in Chowan County on November 24, 1959, and was the son of the Edward W. Taylor, Jr. and Stella Esno Taylor of Edenton. Before his health forced retirement, he had worked as both a carpenter, and with...
James Carroll Brabble
Apr 10, 2020
James Carroll Brabble, 73, of 109 Iredell Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 10, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Brabble was born in Chowan County on September 12, 1946, and was the son of the late James Thomas and Agnes Ward Brabble. In earlier years he tended the family farm with his father. Later retiring from Chowan County...
Richard John Korupp
Apr 7, 2020
Richard John Korupp, of Roper, North Carolina, and formerly of Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania and Duluth, Minnesota, died peacefully at home on April 7, 2020.
Richard was an avid Pilot, painter, wood carver, and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters of Duluth, and by his son Henry.
Surviving are...
Broughton Thomas Dail, Sr.
Apr 5, 2020
Broughton Thomas Dail, Sr., 92, of 500 Edenton Road Street, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 5, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Dail was born in Perquimans County on April 16, 1927 and was the son of the late Milton, Sr. and Evie Broughton Dail. The owner of Hertford Supply Company, Inc. for 60 years where he worked daily until his...
Susan Cox Burnett
Apr 4, 2020
Susan Cox Burnett, 81, formerly of Sailway Court, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Edenton.
Mrs. Burnett was born in Suffolk County, NY on June 29, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Harry Ward and Anne Marie Heede Cox. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Joe Thomas Woodley, Jr.
Apr 4, 2020
Joe Thomas Woodley, Jr., 68, of 1649 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Woodley was born in Tyrrell County on February 8, 1952, and was the son of the late Joe Thomas Woodley, Sr. and Marie Phelps Woodley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Della; and...
Sidney Edward Stallings
Apr 4, 2020
Sidney Edward Stallings, 95, of 1800 Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on October 21, 1924, and was the son of the late Edward Thomas and Sallie King Stallings. A retired poultry farmer, he was a member of Christ's Sanctified Holy Church. In...
Estelle Perry Wesley
Apr 4, 2020
Estelle Perry Wesley, 82, of 1329 English Cottage Lane, Cary, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020.
Mrs. Wesley was born in Chowan County on December 27, 1937, and was the daughter of the late James Oliver Perry, Sr. and Lula Copeland Perry. Soon after graduating high school, she was recruited along with other area girls to work with the FBI...
John Richard Godfrey, Sr.
Apr 4, 2020
John Richard Godfrey, Sr., 69, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, peacefully at home with his beloved wife Donna by his side.
Mr. Godfrey was born in Perquimans County on December 16, 1950, and was the son of the late Braxton Young Godfrey, Sr. and Onella Trueblood Morton. A veteran, he proudly served in the U.S. Army...
Deloris Thompson Shaddeau
Apr 3, 2020
Deloris Thompson Shaddeau, 77, of 164 Sunset Circle, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020, in her home.
Mrs. Shaddeau was born in Johnston County on November 25, 1942, and was the daughter of the late James Walter and Lucille Baker Thompson. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she...
Denise Byrum
Apr 2, 2020
Carol Denise Byrum, 50, of 1340 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, in her home.
Born in Pasquotank County on July 17, 1969, she was the daughter of Louise Chappell Byrum of Belvidere and the late Johnny Wayland Byrum, Jr. A homemaker, she grew up in the fellowship of Piney Woods Friends Meeting.
In addition to...
James Franklin Scott, Jr.
Apr 1, 2020
Major James Franklin "Jim" Scott, Jr., US Air Force Retired, 87, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in his home.
A private service will be held. Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
Thelma Cayton Nixon
Apr 1, 2020
Thelma Cayton Nixon, 88, of 202 Desert Road, Corapeake, NC, and formerly of both Suffolk, VA and the Macedonia community of Chowan County, NC, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Nixon was born in Chowan County on October 25, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Seth Alason and Maggie Warren Cayton. A homemaker, she had...
Jerry Walton Jordan
Mar 30, 2020
Jerry Walton Jordan, 72, of 701 Bayside Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Mr. Jordan was born in Chowan County on September 3, 1947, and was the son of the late Joseph Clarence and Myra White Jordan. A service technician, he had been employed with Coca-Cola Company for over 30 years....
Lee Brown, Jr.
Mar 30, 2020
Obed Lee Brown, Jr., of Cherokee Trail, Edenton, NC, died Monday, March 30, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Brown was born in Bertie County on January 4, 1946, and was the son of the late Obed Lee Brown, Sr. and Pauline Sutton Brown. He had retired as the Director of Modernization for the Housing Commission of...
Mary Fiber MacKnight
Mar 30, 2020
Mary Ruth Fiber MacKnight, 89, of 115 Currituck Sound Drive, Currituck, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in The Currituck House, Moyock.
Mrs. MacKnight was born in West Virginia on June 26, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Rev. Winnie Irvin and Nellie Baker Fiber. A graduate of Marshall University, she was a retired elementary teacher having...
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