Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Goosie Chappell
May 6, 2019
Melvin Elmer Chappell, 85, of Hertford, NC, affectionately known as "Goosie", of 138 Goosie Lane, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, May 6, 2019, in his home where he was surrounded by his loving family.
Born on October 1, 1933, in the farming community of Belvidere, he was the fourth child of the late Elmer Eroy and Nellie Baccus Chappell....
Thomas Hoskins Shepard, Sr.
May 3, 2019
Thomas Hoskins Shepard, Sr., 94, of 155 Bowden Lane, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Shepard was born in Chowan County on March 16, 1925, and was the son of the late William Blount Shepard and Bessie Coke Hoskins Shepard. A graduate of East Carolina Teacher’s College, now East Carolina University, he had served as...
Martin Lewis White
May 1, 2019
Martin Lewis White, 73, of 112 Cypress Road, Merry Hill, NC, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in his home where he was surrounded by family.
Mr. White was born in Bertie County on February 27, 1946, and was the son of the late Louis Chesley and Josie Evans White. Retired from Robertson Ceco Corp. where he designed and built...
Audrey Lassiter Copeland
May 1, 2019
Audrey Lassiter Copeland, 91, formerly of Ryland Road, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center in Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Copeland was born May 5, 1927 in Aulander, NC , the daughter of the late Emlis Tearthur Lassiter and Clyde Smith Lassiter. A homemaker, she was...
Deane Modlin Perry
Apr 29, 2019
Elvin Deane “Deanie” Modlin Perry, 86, of 076 Hill Lane Road, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, April 29, 2019.
Mrs. Perry was born in Hertford County on July 3, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Elmer and Lula Caroline “Carrie” Hughson Modlin. After moving to Gates County as a teenager, she was a 1950...
Janis Comer Jordan
Apr 27, 2019
Janis Comer Jordan, 81, of Edenton, NC, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Jordan was born in Edenton on February 6, 1938, and was the daughter of the late George Washington and Ira Ruth Burns Comer. She was a retired owner and operator of a Montgomery Ward franchise and a J.C. Penney Catalog Store...
Betty Lou Cartwright Boyce
Apr 27, 2019
Betty Lou Cartwright Boyce, 76, of 192 Mill Road, Hertford, NC, passed from this life on Saturday, April 27, 2019 in the comfort of her home, where she was surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on March 22, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Docky Cartwright and Fannie Dail Cartwright Stallings, and...
Richard Frances Bittner
Apr 27, 2019
Richard Frances Bittner, 86, of 160 Sunset Circle, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 27, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Bittner was born in Baltimore, MD on April 2, 1933, and was the son of the late Anton and Agnes Baburek Bittner. A retired merchandise manager from Montgomery Ward, he was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church. He was a...
Deborah Wypasek Palmer
Apr 26, 2019
Deborah Kay Wypasek Palmer, 61, of 110 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2019 in Autumn Care of Chesapeake, VA.
Mrs. Palmer was born in Richmond, Virginia on February 25, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Andrew V. and Victoria Kowalski Wypasek. She was homemaker and a seamstress.
In addition to her parents, she...
Shirley Smith Marshall
Apr 25, 2019
Shirley Ann Smith Marshall, 72, of Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 25, 2019, in her son’s home in Portsmouth, VA.
Mrs. Marshall was born in Portsmouth on August 15, 1946, and was the daughter of the late James and Gladys Pearl Smith. A retired mold operator from General Electric in Suffolk, VA, she was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church...
Jerry Bradford DuBois
Apr 25, 2019
Jerry Bradford DuBois, 49, of 798 Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 in his home.
Jerry was born in Pasquotank County on October 23, 1969, and was the son of Cary Wilson DuBois of Hertford and Linda Monds DuBois of Hobbsville. He was an electrician.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by...
Allen LaRue Brickhouse
Apr 25, 2019
Allen LaRue Brickhouse, 64, of 113 Liverman Court Drive, Ahoskie, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Brickhouse was born in Carteret County, NC on August 15, 1954, and was the son of the late Silas Gibbs Brickhouse and Cora Lawrence Vaughan. He was a retired saw operator with EASCO Aluminum in the Ahoskie plant.
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James FitzPatrick
Apr 24, 2019
James Thomas FitzPatrick “Fitz”, age 70, of Hertford, NC, passed away at home on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. He is survived by his wife of nearly 47 years, Paula FitzPatrick, and his two children, Megan (Sean) of Milwaukee and Brendon of Raleigh.
Fitz was born in 1948 in Cleveland, OH, to the late Thomas and Margaret FitzPatrick. Fitz is survived...
Virginia King Chappell
Apr 24, 2019
Virginia Mae King Chappell, 88, of 1141 County Line Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.
Mrs. Chappell was born in Norfolk on January 2, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Douglas McIlwaine "Buck", Sr. and Ida Mae Mizzell King. A homemaker, she was a member of St. Anne Catholic...
Etta Jernigan Jones
Apr 23, 2019
Etta Olivia Jernigan Jones, 89, of 147 Hazelton Road, Gates, NC, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Jones was born in Gates County on October 31, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Albert B. and Ada Smith Jernigan. A homemaker and farmer’s wife, she was a member of Savage’s United...
Tracy Ann Hocutt Spruill
Apr 22, 2019
Tracy Ann Hocutt Spruill, 49, of Plymouth, NC, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, in her home.
Born in Pasquotank County on February 16, 1970, she was the daughter of Jeffery Ferrel Spruill of Creswell and Sandra Russell Spruill of Plymouth. Employed with Regulator Marine for many years, she attended Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by...
Roy Clarence Bunch
Apr 20, 2019
Roy Clarence Bunch, 93, of 442 Selwin Road, Belvidere, NC, died Saturday, April 20, 2019 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Bunch was born in Chowan County on June 5, 1925, and was the son of the late Warner C. and Lena Mae Bunch. A Navy veteran, once he completed his military service he returned home and served...
Emory Judson Riddick, Jr.
Apr 20, 2019
Emory Judson Riddick, Jr., 89, of 332 Sugar Run Road, Sunbury, NC, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Riddick was born in Perquimans County on May 12, 1929, and was the son of the late Emory Judson, Sr. and Mary Ward Riddick. A retired certified mechanic from the former Byrum Ford Motor Company, he was a member...
Mary Rhea Spivey Jones
Apr 19, 2019
Mary Rhea Spivey Jones, 83, of 105 West Gale Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 19, 2019, in her home.
Born on July 17, 1935 in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Oswald Lafayette and Virginia Rhea Spivey and grew up in Windsor, NC, Bertie County. She graduated from Windsor High School in 1953 and from St....
Mary Davies White
Apr 19, 2019
Mary Christeen Davies White, 67, of 221 Goodwin Mill Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, April 19, 2019, in her home.
Born in Portsmouth, VA on February 4, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Art Lee and Shirley Jean Rose Davies. The owner and operator of both Wishing Well and Heritage House, she was a member of the Belvidere...
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