Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Dorothy Whedbee Mathews
Oct 22, 2020
Dorothy Whedbee "Dot" Mathews, 101, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020, in The Edenton House.
Mrs. Mathews was born in Perquimans County on August 25, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Elsberry R. and Ola Bogue Whedbee. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Teresa Blanchard Ward
Oct 22, 2020
Teresa Blanchard Ward, 59, of 701 Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Duke University Hospital in Durham where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Ward, a lifelong resident of Chowan County, was born on January 31, 1961, and was the daughter of the late Leslie Earl and Lucille Darden Blanchard. Retired from White Oak Elementary...
Wanda Hawkins Patterson
Oct 21, 2020
Wanda Hawkins Patterson, 58, of Manteo Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Born in Chowan County on March 17, 1962, she was the daughter of Walter Raleigh Hawkins, Sr. of Kinston and the late Betty Lou Holmes Ward. Always having a heart of caring for others, she was a registered nurse having...
William Ernest Robertson
Oct 21, 2020
William E. Robertson, 94, of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Robertson was born in Montgomery County, VA on January 31, 1926, and was the son of the late Ernest M. Robertson and Corona Mae Lyons Robertson. A chemist with National Lead Company in Brooklyn, NY, after he retired he moved to Edenton. He...
Vicki Owens
Oct 19, 2020
Victoria Gordon "Vicki" Owens, 72, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 in The Edenton House.
Mrs. Owens was born in Fort Worth, TX on May 28, 1948, and was the daughter of the late William Howard, Sr. and Effie Juanita Carter Gordon. A homemaker, she was a Baptist by faith. In addition to her parents, she was...
Mary Wood Hurdle
Oct 19, 2020
Mary Wood Hurdle, 60, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Born in Pasquotank County on September 17, 1960, she was the daughter of the late John Elton, Sr. and Minnie Wilma Wood Hurdle. A physical therapist, for many years she had been employed in home health and more recently with Vidant Chowan...
Doris Barwick
Oct 18, 2020
Doris Josephine Winslow King Randolph Barwick, 87, formerly of Belvidere, NC and more recently of Virginia Beach, VA, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 18, 2020.
Born in Gates County on March 19, 1933, she was the daughter of the late John Lewis and Irene Parks Winslow and was raised by her adoptive parents, the late Joe...
Greg Solesbee
Oct 18, 2020
Earl Gregory Solesbee, 73, of Elizabeth City, NC, and formerly a longtime resident of Southern Shores, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Greg was born in Buncombe County on January 10, 1947, and was the son of the late Marion Stanley and Nora Ruth Greene Solesbee. A graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville,...
Murray Baker Williams, Sr.
Oct 17, 2020
Murray Baker Williams, Sr., 83, of Edenton Primetime, died there on Saturday, October 17, 2020.
Mr. Williams was born in Chowan County on October 11, 1937, and was the son of the late Ernest Baker Williams and Lottie Wilson Williams. A retired mechanic in the Spooler Room at the Edenton Cotton Mill, he was a member and deacon of Cape...
Cecil Daniel McPherson
Oct 17, 2020
Cecil Daniel McPherson, 58, of W. Queen Street Ext., Edenton, NC, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. McPherson was born in Chesapeake, VA on October 7, 1962, and was the son of the late Aubrey Earl, Sr. and Clara Lina Mae Overton McPherson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brothers,...
Arthur Taddei
Oct 17, 2020
Arthur Taddei died peacefully of natural causes on October 17, 2020 at his home in Edenton, NC. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, two children and six grandchildren as well as his sister. Arthur graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy, and began his Naval Engineering career on the United States Lines as one of the original crew...
Henry Garfield "Hank" Phelps, Jr.
Oct 13, 2020
Henry Garfield “Hank” Phelps, Jr., 73, of 18630 NC 32 North, Roper, NC, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 in Watauga Medical Center, Boone, NC.
Mr. Phelps was born in Washington County on October 23, 1946, and was the son of the late Henry Garfield Phelps, Sr. and Nancy Hassell Phelps. The retired owner of Brooksville Furniture Company in Brooksville, FL,...
Elizabeth Cannon Marshburn Smead
Oct 13, 2020
Elizabeth Cannon Marshburn Smead, 88, of 122 Powhatan Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Smead was born in the Green Sea community of Horry County, SC on January 4, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Walter Carl and Zula Belle White Cannon. A retired sales clerk, she was...
Mike Jordan
Oct 12, 2020
Michael Joseph “Mike” Jordan, of 279 Hunters Fork Road, Tyner, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 12, 2020 in his home where he was surrounded by his loved ones.
Born at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL, on January 7, 1945, he was the son of the late Edward Jordan and Betty Whitehead Jordan. In addition to his parents,...
Myrtle Boyce Enfield
Oct 11, 2020
Myrtle Gaye Boyce Enfield, 78, of N. Broad Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, October 11, 2020 in Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro.
Born in Perquimans County on November 1, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Jepty and Martha Ann Trueblood Boyce. Retired from the former Edenton Cotton Mill, she attended Edenton Church of God. In addition to her parents,...
Loretta Ward Stallings
Oct 10, 2020
Loretta Ann Ward Stallings, 84, of 919 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, October 10, 2020 at her daughter’s home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on October 18, 1935, and was one of three daughters born to the late Thomas David and Mattie Twine Ward. A homemaker, she had...
Robert John Blakeslee
Oct 10, 2020
Robert John Blakeslee, 69, of Montpelier Drive, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, October 10, 2020.
Born in New Jersey on December 28, 1950, he was the son of the late William Ralph and Anne Theresa McCarthy Blakeslee. A retired nurse, he was an Army veteran and loved music.
Surviving are his son, William R. “Billy” Blakeslee; two daughters, Lindsay Lineman and...
Eddie Burnice Penny
Oct 9, 2020
Eddie Burnice Penny, 66, of 111 Robin Lane, Edenton, NC, died Friday, October 9, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Penny was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on June 12, 1954, and was the son of the late Burnice Lee and Shirley Rose Hardee Penny. The retired owner and operator of Eddie’s Automotive Body Shop, he had also done contract mechanic work...
Emmett Knight Perry
Oct 9, 2020
Emmett Knight Perry, 82, of 1210B Rocky Hock Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, October 9, 2020, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Perry was born in Chowan County on May 29, 1938, and was one of ten children born to the late John Elmer Perry, Sr. and Mattie Amanda Knight Perry. After high school and marrying his high...
Keith Dail Forehand
Oct 8, 2020
Keith Dail Forehand, 38, of Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 8, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Keith was born in Chowan County on March 13, 1982, and was the son of Wanda Byrum Rogers (Richard) of Hertford and Dwayne Dail Forehand (Madeline, deceased) of Portsmouth, VA. A member of Macedonia Baptist Church, he had been employed with Regulator Marine.
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