Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
David Paul Sorey, Sr.
Feb 14, 2020
David Paul Sorey, Sr., 67, of Hertford, NC, died Friday, February 14, 2020, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Sorey was born in Virginia Beach, VA on September 18, 1952, and was the son of Margaret Sykes Sorey and the late Irvin Wilson Sorey, Sr. A retired landscaper, he had been employed with Davis Brothers in Virginia Beach.
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Haurice Ray Toppin
Feb 13, 2020
Haurice Ray Toppin, SFC, US Army Retired, 83, of 128 Cisco Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, February 13, 2020, in his home where he was cared for by his wife and children.
Mr. Toppin was born in Chowan County on June 5, 1936, and was one of 12 children born to the late Nolan B. and Jennie Parker Toppin. A...
Herbert Floyd Greene, Jr.
Feb 12, 2020
Herbert Floyd Greene, Jr., 70, of 487 Winslow Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Greene was born in Roaring Spring, PA on February 25, 1949, and was the son of the late Herbert Floyd, Sr. and Mary Frances Wright Greene. A graduate of Penn State University,...
Teddy Sablon
Feb 12, 2020
Edwin Blake "Teddy" Sablon, 38, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in his home.
Born in Essex County, NJ on August 22, 1981, he was the son of William Allen Sablon and Edwina Wright Lane. A self-taught and talented musician, he was a founding member of the band, Guta. Teddy moved to eastern North Carolina in 1992,...
Alan Wade Lowe
Feb 11, 2020
Alan Wade Lowe, 58, of 56 Lowe Road, Gatesville, NC, died Tuesday, February 11, 2020, in his home.
Alan was born in Hertford County on April 5, 1961, and was the son of Harrell Randolph Lowe, Sr. of Gatesville and the late Myrna Johnson Lowe. A pipefitter with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he was a member of Middle Swamp Baptist Church,...
McCarthy Minick Hobbs
Feb 10, 2020
McCarthy Lee Minick Hobbs, 88, of 104 Sea Gull Lane, Winton, NC, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Hobbs was born in Louisa County, VA on December 19, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Purdie Wilmore and Louis McCarthy Johnson Minick. A homemaker, she was a Baptist...
Elizabeth Waidelich Will
Feb 7, 2020
Elizabeth Waidelich "Liz" Will, 92, of 200 East King Street, Edenton, NC, passed away Friday, February 7, 2020, in her home.
Mrs. Will was born in Columbus, OH on December 14, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Bernard and Alberta Waidelich.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Allen "Bob" Will,...
Roland Allan Brooks
Feb 4, 2020
Roland Allan Brooks, 93, of 302 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in his home.
Mr. Brooks was born in Boston, MA on October 23, 1926, and was the son of the late Ezra Whitaker, Sr. and Alice Evelyn Wilder Brooks. A retired Chief Petty Officer with the US Navy having served 21 years, he was a...
Brenda Phelps Bateman
Feb 3, 2020
Brenda Winnette Phelps “B.B.” Bateman, 69, of 2334 Weston Road, Creswell, NC, died Monday, February 3, 2020, in the Palliative Care Unit of the Vidant Cancer Center in Greenville.
Mrs. Bateman was born in Washington County on June 28, 1950, and was the daughter of Robert E. “Bobby” Phelps, Sr. of Creswell and the late Juanita Ambrose Phelps. Retired after...
Bobby Ashley
Feb 2, 2020
Robert Earl “Bobby” Ashley, Sr., 80, of 204 E. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, February 2, 2020, in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mr. Ashley was born in Chowan County on September 2, 1939, and was the son of the late Murray D. and Virginia Phipps Ashley. Retired from Union Camp/International Paper after 38 years, he then worked with the...
Joyce Beacham Jackson
Feb 2, 2020
Joyce Beacham Jackson, 91, of 304 Kaitlyn Way, Elizabeth City, NC, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, February 2, 2020, from Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Dare County on October 2, 1928, and was the daughter of the late John Leland, Sr. and Ruth Dough Beacham. A pastor's wife, loving homemaker...
Clarence Britt Goodman
Jan 31, 2020
Clarence Britt “Clyde” Goodman, 68, of 1651 Ocean Highway South, Edenton, NC, died Friday, January 31, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Goodman was born in Chowan County on January 9, 1952. His parents, the late E.A. “Chub” Goodman and Audrey Stanton Goodman, made their home and raised their four children in Perquimans County. Retired from the boat building industry,...
Edna Casper Thomas-Harrell
Jan 29, 2020
Edna Mae Casper Thomas-Harrell, 84, formerly of 227 Tynch Town Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Willow Spring, where she had lived for the last two and a half years.
Mrs. Thomas-Harrell was born in Gates County on September 10, 1935, and was one of five children born to the late...
Tammy Gallop Story
Jan 27, 2020
Tammy Gallop Story, 60, of 913 Four Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020, in her home.
Mrs. Story was born in Pasquotank County on April 16, 1959, and was the daughter of Bertha Jane Moore Gallop of Elizabeth City and the late Norman Earl Gallop. For many years she was self-employed in the house cleaning...
Dennis Lee Shortridge
Jan 25, 2020
Dennis Lee Shortridge, 73, of 101 River Cove Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020, in his home.
Mr. Shortridge was born in Norfolk, VA on August 7, 1946, and was the son of Frances Talmadge Leet Shortridge of Chesapeake, VA and the late Taulby Shortridge.
Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife, Bessie Casper Shortridge;...
"Teeny Man" Monds
Jan 24, 2020
James Oliver “Teeny Man” Monds, 83, of Center Hill Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, January 24, 2020, in Martin County General Hospital, Williamston.
“Teeny Man” was born in Perquimans County on July 25, 1936, and was the son of the late Bennie P. and Ruth Perry Monds. A retired farmer, he was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church.
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Jimmy Modlin
Jan 23, 2020
James Edward “Jimmy” Modlin, MSgt., US Air Force Retired, 89, of Blue Ridge Trail, Windsor, VA, died Thursday, January 23, 2020, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Modlin was born in Hertford County, NC on March 24, 1930, and was the son of the late Clarence Elmer and Lula Caroline Hughson Modlin. A 1949 graduate of Gatesville High School,...
Epenetus Curle
Jan 23, 2020
Epenetus “Bo” Curle, 88, formerly of Whaleyville Blvd., Suffolk, VA, joined his wife in heaven on Thursday, January 23, 2020, from Roanoke Landing Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Plymouth, NC.
Mr. Curle was born in Hertford County, NC on December 15, 1931, and was the son of the late Ernest Polk and Eva Parker Curle. A retired mechanic from Ford Motor...
Charles Scott Cale, Sr.
Jan 22, 2020
Charles Scott Cale, Sr., 72, of 8353 Longstreet Lane, Suffolk, VA, died Wednesday afternoon, January 22, 2020, in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Cale was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, on March 24, 1947, and was the son of the late Thomas Charlie and Vivian Hoggard Cale. A retired Controller with DaiEi Papers...
Gene Asbill
Jan 21, 2020
The Reverend Autrey Eugene “Gene” Asbill, 75, of Stoneridge Gracious Retirement Living, 105 Convention Drive, Cary, NC, departed this life on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, in Raleigh.
Rev. Asbill was born in Lexington, SC on June 13, 1944, and was the son of the late Richard and Ottie Lee Wood Asbill. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
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