Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Blanche Reeves Berry
Dec 6, 2019
Blanche Reeves Berry, 87, of 133 Clipper Drive, Hertford, NC, died Friday, December 6, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Berry was born in Smyth County, Virginia, on June 19, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Dale and Rose Lambert Reeves. A homemaker, she had also worked in both retail and manufacturing employment. She was a member...
David Theodore Chappell, Sr.
Dec 6, 2019
David Theodore Chappell, Sr., 70, of 223 Jordan Loop Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, December 6, 2019.
Mr. Chappell was born in Norfolk, VA on December 6, 1949, and was the son of the late Lucius Theodore and Celia Rebecca Copeland Chappell. Retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he was a member of Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, and was an Army veteran...
Lester Julian Baker
Dec 6, 2019
Lester Julian Baker, 92, of 164 Community Building Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 6, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Baker was born in Perquimans County on August 19, 1927, and was the son of the late Charlie Francis and Mary Stallings Baker. A 1944 graduate of Perquimans County High School, as a farmer he tended...
Mary Ruth Overton Stallings
Dec 4, 2019
Mary Ruth Overton Stallings, 98, of the West Norfolk community, Portsmouth, VA, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, in her home.
Born in Perquimans County, NC on December 14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late William Martin Overton and Jessie Nellie Lilly Overton. A homemaker, she had also retired after 25 years as a bus driver for...
James Edwin Parks
Dec 3, 2019
James Edwin Parks, 75, of 446 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Clinton, NC.
Mr. Parks was born in Gates County on October 2, 1944, and was the son of the late Earl F. and Stella White Parks. A retired inspector with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he was an Army veteran of the...
Thomas Wayne Leary
Dec 2, 2019
Thomas Wayne “Tommy” Leary, 90, of 2209 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 2, 2019, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation.
Mr. Leary was born in Chowan County on March 30, 1929, and was the son of the late Thomas Stillman Leary and Delsie Perry Leary. A retired farmer, for many years he owned and operated both Green...
Lawrence Emmitt Shepard Wise
Dec 1, 2019
Lawrence Emmitt Shepard Wise, 94, died Sunday, December 1, 2019, in Accordius Health & Rehabilitation, Gatesville, NC.
Mr. Wise was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 15, 1925, and was the son of the late Lawrence Shepard Wise and Katie Rainey Wise. A retired heavy equipment operator with Gunter Construction, he had been a faithful member of Scott Memorial...
Lina Winslow Hobbs
Dec 1, 2019
Lina Leora Winslow Hobbs, 94, formerly of Center Hill Road in Tyner, NC, died Sunday, December 1, 2019, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Hobbs was born in Perquimans County on August 12, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Mary Alethia and Eugene Earl Winslow. A retired cafeteria worker with the Edenton-Chowan School System, she had been...
Peggy Stokely Tepper
Dec 1, 2019
Peggy Stokely Tepper, 85, of 718 Whedbee Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Tepper was born in Perquimans County on June 13, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Murden and Celtic White Stokely. A 1953 graduate of Perquimans County High School, it was quoted in her yearbook that she was "the...
Gene Alphonsa Roberson
Dec 1, 2019
Gene Alphonsa Roberson, 78, of 303 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, in his son's home in Hertford.
Mr. Roberson was born in Bertie County on July 14, 1941, and was the son of the late Alphonso Elliott "A.E." and Mary Elizabeth Byrum Roberson. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Center Hill-Crossroads...
Annie White Jethro
Nov 28, 2019
Annie Lee White Jethro passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019.
Born in Chowan County on October 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late James A. and Inez Boyce White. On December 20, 1952, she married Dallas Lee Jethro, Jr., who preceded her in death on June 3, 2015, after 63 years of marriage. Together they resided 52...
Thomas Edward Chappell
Nov 27, 2019
Thomas Edward Chappell, 80, of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, November 27, 2019, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Chappell was born in Perquimans County on July 2, 1939, and was the son of the late Roy Sammy Chappell, Sr. and Myrtle Rogerson Chappell. A retired farmer, he later worked with George C. Moore Company. Raised...
Earl Ray Morgan, Sr.
Nov 23, 2019
Earl Ray "Red" Morgan, Sr., 89, of 1540 Club House Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, November 23, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Morgan was born in Pasquotank County on December 31, 1929, and was the son of the late George Harvey Morgan and Thelma Cartwright Morgan. Retired from the Ford Assembly Plant in Norfolk, Virginia, he was a faithful...
Russell Dewey Chappell, Sr.
Nov 22, 2019
Russell Dewey Chappell, Sr., 88, of 346 Jordan Loop Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, November 22, 2019 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation, Hertford.
Mr. Chappell was born in Chowan County on August 28, 1931, and was the son of the late George and Pearl Ward Chappell. Retired from the Ford Assembly Plant in Norfolk, Virginia, he was a veteran,...
Paul Lonnie Jordan
Nov 20, 2019
Paul Lonnie Jordan, 78, of 703 W. Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Jordan was born in Chowan County on October 8, 1941, and was the son of the late Fernanda A. and Annie Clifton Jordan. A retired foreman from the N.C. Department of Transportation after 30 years of...
Elizabeth Faye Bray Perry
Nov 20, 2019
Elizabeth Faye Bray Perry, 75, formerly of Scott Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019, in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Perry was born in Pasquotank County on November 17, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Elbert Lindsay and Georgiana Ferrell Bray. A retired accounting technician from Albemarle Mental Health Center following 30 years...
Lenny Copeland
Nov 19, 2019
Leonard Rufus “Lenny” Copeland, 75, of Edenton, NC, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in Chowan River Health and Rehabilitation, Edenton.
Mr. Copeland was born in Chowan County on November 15, 1944, and was the son of the late Nathan Richard and Minnie Jackson Copeland. A retired supermarket manager having been employed with several area stores through the years, he...
Ray Keck
Nov 19, 2019
Harvey Ray Keck, 87, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, in his granddaughter's home in Hertford.
Mr. Keck was born in Guilford County on May 24, 1932, and was the son of the late Wade Eugene and Ida Pauline Capps Keck.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey...
Carolyn Bunch Rogerson
Nov 19, 2019
Lillian Carolyn Bunch Rogerson, 81, of 133 Wiggins Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in her home.
Mrs. Rogerson was born in Chowan County on December 14, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Dixie Harrell Bunch. A homemaker, she was a faithful member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...
Donald Andrew Scott
Nov 17, 2019
Donald Andrew Scott, 47, of 125 Boonetown Road, Gates, NC, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019 in his home.
Born in Monterey County, CA on December 11, 1971, he was the son of the late Roy Don and Margaret Hancock Scott. A self-employed carpenter for many years, more recently he had worked as an “over the road” truck driver. A...
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