Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Dorothy Connell Cooke Lavoie
Dec 29, 2019
Dorothy Connell Cooke Lavoie, 89, of 640 Chambers Ferry Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 29, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Lavoie was born in Mecklenburg County on September 2, 1930, and was the daughter of the late David Arthur and Mae Bostic Connell.
A “stay at home mom”, when her youngest child went to school, so did she, becoming...
Kathleen Wildrick Farrell
Dec 29, 2019
Kathleen Ann Wildrick Farrell, 79, of Medical Arts Drive, Edenton, NC, and a former resident of the Arrowhead community, died Sunday, December 29, 2019, in Edenton House Assisted Living.
Mrs. Farrell was born in Syracuse, New York on August 1, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Francis and Dorothy Fern Goettel Wildrick. A homemaker, she had been a...
Wayne Stallings
Dec 26, 2019
Delton Wayne Stallings, 68, of Cary, NC, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Stallings was born in Chowan County on September 14, 1951, and was the son of Faye Symons Stallings of Hertford, and the late Delton "Bake" Stallings. The owner and operator of Stallings Construction Company, he was a member of Whiteville Grove Baptist Church...
Jimmy Charles Darnell
Dec 26, 2019
Jimmy Charles Darnell, 47, of 276 Deep Creek Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019.
Born in Pasquotank County on January 2, 1972, he was the son of Carolyn Dail Darnell of Hertford and the late James Earl Darnell. A wonderful son, husband, father, and brother, he was a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and had...
Gladys Welch Motley
Dec 23, 2019
Gladys Mae Welch Motley, 87, of 203 Ballahack Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019, in Edenton House.
Mrs. Motley was born in Perquimans County on September 8, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Archie and Linnie Hudson Welch. A homemaker, she was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Winfall. In addition...
Morton Downey
Dec 22, 2019
Morton Downey, 92, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 22, 2019, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Downey was born in Clay County, Kentucky on October 8, 1927, and was the son of the late Henry Downey and Lucy Witt Downey McDaniel. A retired cook in Tug Boat Operations, he had served in both the US...
Carolyn Jane Gray Jernigan
Dec 22, 2019
Carolyn Jane Gray Jernigan, 82, of 820 US Hwy 13 North, Gates, NC, died Sunday, December 22, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Jernigan was born in Franklin, Virginia, on October 23, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Bennie Charles and Minnie Story Gray. A homemaker, she had worked for many years at Woody’s Used Cars in Chesapeake, VA,...
Bobby Lee Grimes, Jr.
Dec 20, 2019
Bobby Lee Grimes, Jr., 66, of 311 South Broad Street, Apt. 1, Edenton, NC, died Friday, December 20, 2019, while playing golf with his buddies.
Bobby was born in Forsyth County on April 10, 1953, and was the son of the late Bobby Lee Grimes, Sr. and Peggy Ann Cox Grimes. A retired electrician from the Elizabeth City Coast Guard...
Beulah Lane Rountree
Dec 19, 2019
Beulah Lane Rountree, 91, of 746 Okisko Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Rountree was born in Perquimans County on December 22, 1927, and was the daughter of the late James Louis and Queen Elizabeth Trueblood Lane. Retired from the Elizabeth City Cotton Mill, she attended Parksville Pentecostal Holiness Church as long...
James Earl Hollis
Dec 18, 2019
James Earl Hollis, 45, of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 18, 2019, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Hollis was born on July 10, 1974, in Warren County. He had worked in the construction industry.
Surviving are his mother, Anne Hutchins Sawyer and husband, Thomas, of Elizabeth City; his father, Arnold Lee Hollis and wife, Barbara, of Columbia, SC; his...
Donnie Langston
Dec 18, 2019
Donald Wayne “Donnie” Langston, 80, of 600 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, and formerly of Suffolk, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Langston was born in Suffolk on April 2, 1939, and was the son of the late J. Wardell and Clio Pearl Hill Langston. A retired pipefitter from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he grew up...
Elaine Hughes Smyth
Dec 16, 2019
Joyce Elaine Hughes Smyth, 74, of 258 Drum Hill Road, Corapeake, NC, died Monday, December 16, 2019, in her home.
Elaine was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on August 30, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Charles Evans Hughes and Ruth Wilkins Hughes. A Licensed Practical Nurse, she worked for over 30 years, and retired after suffering a stroke...
Judith Ann Bailey Wells
Dec 15, 2019
Judith Ann Bailey Wells, 79, of 102 Terry Avenue, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 15, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Wells was born in Akron, Ohio, on September 11, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Harold W. and Martha Eleanor Olson Bailey. A June 1962 graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science degree, she...
Brenda Johnson Byrum
Dec 15, 2019
Brenda Kay Johnson Byrum, 62, of 214A River Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, December 15, 2019, in her home.
Brenda was born in Hertford County on June 7, 1957, and was the daughter of Jacqueline Kay Weeks of Chesapeake, VA and the late Thomas Gilbert “Slick Willie” Johnson, Jr. and his wife, the late Rosa Louise Byrum Johnson. Employed with...
Ann Carter Harris
Dec 13, 2019
Harriet Ann Carter Harris, 82, of 416 N. Mitchell Street, Ahoskie, NC, died Friday, December 13, 2019, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Harris was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 24, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Marvin Besserick Carter and Lillian Lucille Powell Carter. A Greeter at Walmart of Ahoskie for over 20 years, she was known...
Brian Aaron Blanchard
Dec 13, 2019
Brian Aaron Blanchard, 48, of Hobbsville, NC, died Friday, December 13, 2019, at his residence.
Born in Chowan County on August 14, 1971, he was the son of Dorothy Ann Asbell Blanchard of Hobbsville and the late John Gilbert Blanchard. He grew up in the fellowship of Hobbsville Baptist Church, and loved the outdoors.
In addition to his mother,...
Shirley Lassiter Speight
Dec 12, 2019
Shirley Jane Lassiter Speight, 72, of 501 US Hwy 158 W, Gates, NC, died Thursday, December 12, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Speight was born in Bertie County on September 11, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Cleophus “Okey” Lassiter and Irene Hoggard Lassiter Bryant. A graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she received her...
Wayne Bazemore
Dec 10, 2019
Ernest Wayne Bazemore, 68, of 206 West Wynn Street, Winton, NC, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Wayne was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 21, 1951, and was the son of Frances Vaughan Bazemore of Potecasi and the late Virgil S. “Buddy” Bazemore. He was the retired owner and operator...
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...
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...
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