Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Walter Roland Gregory
May 2, 2020
Walter Roland Gregory, 76, of 575 Ownley Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020, in his home.
Mr. Gregory was born in Pasquotank County on October 31, 1943, and was the son of the late John Napoleon and Eva Mae Cartwright Gregory. A veteran, he had served in the Army National Guard. For many years he was...
Harold (Shaf) Lawrence Shafer
May 2, 2020
Harold (Shaf) Lawrence Shafer, 86, of 160 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, May 2, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.
Mr. Shafer was born in Sioux Falls, SD on November 6, 1933. The son of the late Harold N. Shafer and Laura M. Sunderman Shafer, he was raised with his three...
Bernadette Lavoie Johnson
Apr 30, 2020
Marie Bernadette Augustine Lavoie Johnson, 94, formerly of Edenton, and more recently of Kill Devil Hills, died Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on Memorial Day, May 30, 1925, and lived her life telling everyone that the parades held were in her honor. The daughter of the late W. Gerard and Georgianna Desrosiers Lavoie,...
Thomas Gene McCready
Apr 28, 2020
Thomas Gene McCready, 64, of 143 Wildwood Drive, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in his home.
Mr. McCready was born in Portsmouth, VA on January 24, 1956, and was the son of the late Fontaine Lee "Tinnie" and Mildred Elizabeth Carter McCready. A light equipment operator, he retired from the City of Portsmouth.
Surviving are his longtime companion,...
Sharon Hofler Jones
Apr 21, 2020
Sharon Hofler Jones, 73, of 1084 Carters Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Jones was a lifelong resident of Gates County and was the daughter of the late William Hertel Hofler and Bessie Carter Hofler. A homemaker, she had formerly owned and operated Foxmoore Plantation,...
Barbara Byrum Wall
Apr 20, 2020
Barbara Lee Byrum Wall, 77, of 105 Bruce Farmer Road, Aulander, NC, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Wall was born in Chowan County on May 3, 1942, and was the daughter of Ora Lee Byrum of Hobbsville and the step-daughter of the late Les Jones. A member of Ahoskie Free Will Baptist Church,...
Sharon Lynn Williams
Apr 17, 2020
Sharon Lynn Barnes Williams, 67, of 1004 Hwy 305, Aulander, NC, past away Friday, April 17, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Williams was born in Burbank, CA on April 19, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Frank Edward Barnes and Zoa Marie Martin Barnes. Earlier in her career she was a Police Officer with the Los...
Vera Boyce Wallace
Apr 17, 2020
Vera Boyce “Teenie” Wallace, 89, died Friday, April 17, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Wallace was born in Chowan County on December 12, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Baker Boyce and Janie Elizabeth Byrum Boyce. A retired financial counselor with General Motors in Atlanta, GA, she was a faithful member of Edenton First Assembly of...
Carolyn Chappell Layden
Apr 16, 2020
Carolyn Chappell Layden, 77, of 401 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, April 16, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Layden was born in Perquimans County on March 21, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Romes and Reba Mae Ward Chappell. A homemaker, she had worked at Chappell’s Slaughter House,...
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...
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