Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Earl Spruill, Jr.
May 27, 2020
Lindsey Earl Spruill, Jr., 91, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and more recently of the NC State Veterans Home in Salisbury, died there on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
Mr. Spruill was born in Washington County on May 3, 1929, and was the son of the late Lindsey Earl Spruill, Sr. and Emma Jones Spruill Clifton. A retired Boatswains Mate First Class...
Virginia "Jenny" Brown Chavis
May 24, 2020
Virginia Dare “Jenny” Brown Chavis, 65, of 102 Sunset Street, Harrellsville, NC, died Sunday, May 24, 2020 in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Jenny was born in Hertford County on January 15, 1955, and was the daughter of the late William Warren Brown, Sr. and Maggie Elizabeth Terry Brown. For several years she owned...
Grover Franklin Morton, Sr.
May 23, 2020
Grover Franklin Morton, Sr., 88, of 111 Skinner Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020 in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Morton was born in Onslow County on September 23, 1931, and was the son of the late Major Evans and Ada Dixon Morton. A retired supervisor from the Harvey Point Special Testing...
Michael Earl Lane
May 22, 2020
Michael Earl “Mike” Lane, 60, of 1218 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, May 22, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Lane was born in Chowan County on December 14, 1959, and was the son of the late Norman Earl, Jr. and Virginia Owens Lane. A retired Lieutenant from the NC Department of Corrections following 30 years of employment, he later...
Kent Westley Knore
May 22, 2020
Kent Westley Knore, 72, formerly of Minford, OH, and more recently of 217 Golden Lane, Roper, NC, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Knore was born in Scioto County, OH on July 24, 1947, and was the son of the late Eugene and Martha Matilda White Knore. Retired from...
Garland Cleon Speight, Jr.
May 22, 2020
Garland Cleon Speight, Jr., 70, of Harmony Drive, Parksley, VA, died Friday, May 22, 2020 in Virginia Beach.
Mr. Speight was born in Norfolk on December 9, 1949 and was the son of the late Garland Cleon Speight, Sr. and Joan Bellamy Speight. Retired after 50 years with the IBEW Union, he later worked as a private contractor with Public...
James Edward Sparkman
May 21, 2020
James Edward “Jimmy” Sparkman, 76, of 679 Taylor Mill Road, Eure, NC, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Sparkman was born in Norfolk, VA on December 12, 1943, and was the son of the late William Mills, Jr. and Julia Louise Johnson Sparkman. A retired manager, he had been employed with an electrical supply...
Alice Ziegel Elliott
May 19, 2020
Alice Ruth Ziegel Elliott, 69, of 2044 Caratoke Highway, Moyock, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Elliott was born in New Orleans, LA, on June 29, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Wilma Adeline Disotell Ziegel. Among her many enjoyments in life included cooking, canning and spending time with her...
Margaret Ogle Huskey Lilly
May 18, 2020
Margaret Ogle Huskey Lilly, 83, of W. Main Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Lilly was born in Sevier County, TN, on August 21, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Archie Nelson and Hattie Mae King Ogle. A loving mother and "Nanny" to her family, she attended Symons Creek Tabernacle,...
Marco Antonio Pacheco Matias
May 17, 2020
Marco Antonio Pacheco Matias, 26, of 701 Cabarrus Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, May 17, 2020.
Born in Comanja, Michoacan, de Ocampo, Mexico, on October 22, 1993, he was employed with Greenleaf Plant Farm.
Among his survivors are his mother, Gloria Matias Gonzalez, and his father, Fidel Pacheco Valdez, of Edenton.
Visitation will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from...
Frank J. Mizak
May 17, 2020
Frank J. Mizak, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 17, 2020 in his home at Albemarle Plantation in Hertford, NC. Frank is survived by his loving wife of nearly 30 years, Dorothy Tasca Mizak; his daughters, Alicia Kidd and her husband Ken of Berlin, CT, and Allison McDonald and her husband Kevin of Ellington, CT; and his sister, Carole Bogardus of...
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