Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Edna Lassiter Harrell
Mar 12, 2025
Edna Lassiter Harrell, 91, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Harrell was born in Chowan County on April 4, 1933, and was the daughter of the late William Jackson Lassiter and Dora Smith Lassiter. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Edenton. Edna worked for many years...
Harvey Anderson Johnson
Mar 12, 2025
Harvey Anderson Johnson, 92, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Edenton House Assisted Living where he was surrounded by family and comforted by his loving wife.
A native of Elizabeth City, NC, Harvey was born on August 5, 1932 to Jennings Bryan Johnson and Sybil Layden Johnson and was the husband of Lucy Rae...
Melachi Lee Wilson
Mar 11, 2025
Melachi Lee Wilson, 72, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in Norfolk, VA after a brief illness.
The world just got a little quieter without Melachi Lee Wilson, but rest assured, the laughs, the fun, and the unmistakable boisterous personality he carried wherever he went will never be forgotten. Our Middle Buster, muddin’, truckin’, flirtin' farmer was a force of...
Melinda Elizabeth Brinkley
Mar 10, 2025
Melinda Elizabeth Brinkley, 56, of 4763 Carolina Road, died Monday, March 10, 2025, in her home where she was lovingly cared for by her family.
Melinda was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on October 10, 1968, and was the daughter of Mary Rountree Brinkley of the home and the late Mack Fletcher Brinkley. She attended Special Education classes at Idlewood School, later...
Summer Nicole Greene
Mar 10, 2025
Summer Nicole Greene, 26, of Gates, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 10, 2025, at the ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC.
A native of Gates, NC, Summer was born on May 16, 1998 and was the daughter of Orson Wayne Greene, Jr. and Susan Ellis Fritzinger. Summer received Jesus into her life at an early age. She...
Virginia White Cosner
Mar 10, 2025
Virginia White “Ms. Jenny” Cosner, 78, of 837 Simpson Ditch Road, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Ms. Jenny was born in Pasquotank County on September 15, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Dempsey Joseph “D.J.” and Mildred Webb “Monk” White. In addition to her parents, she was...
Colonel Lesley Lybron Kersey, U.S. Air Force, Retired
Mar 9, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Lesley Lybron “Les” Kersey, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and a distinguished officer in the United States Air Force who passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025 at the age of 82.
Born on January 9, 1943, in Clearwater, Fl, to Lesley L. and Doris M. Kersey, Les cultivated a...
James H. "Jimmy" Bunch
Mar 8, 2025
James Harris “Jimmy” Bunch, 85, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
Born on June 20, 1939, in Nansemond County, he was the son of the late Clyde Harris Bunch and Annie Mary Parker Bunch. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Anne Jordan.
Jimmy was a proud graduate of Whaleyville High School, Class of 1958,...
Mattie Cox Johnson
Mar 8, 2025
Mattie Elizabeth Cox Johnson, 90, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Pasquotank County on April 20, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Cox. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Johnnie Eugene Johnson,...
Margaret Ann Lee
Mar 6, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved Margaret Steed Lee, born October 25, 1954 in High Point, North Carolina, Margaret departed this life on March 6, 2025, peacefully at her home in Merry Hill, North Carolina. She was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, whose kindness and love touched the lives of all who knew...
Norma “Jean” Hall Peters
Mar 6, 2025
Norma “Jean” Hall Peters, 82, of Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in her home surrounded by family.
Jean was born in Story County, IA on August 18, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Melvin Ernest and Pearl May Mason Hall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Elsie Marshall Thornton
Mar 6, 2025
Elsie Marshall Thornton, 96, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
Mrs. Thornton was born in New Cumberland, WV in 1928. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Robert L. Thornton; and two daughters, Donna T. Leibel and Sheila T. Liles.
Surviving is her sister, Hope M. Carmines of Edenton; two sons, Terry Thornton (Karen)...
Nancy Trueblood Hendrix
Mar 4, 2025
Nancy Trueblood Hendrix, 81, of 242 Cannon’s Ferry Road, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Hendrix was born in Norfolk, Virginia on February 3, 1944, and was the daughter of the late John Wesley “Wes” Trueblood, III and Myrtle Stallings Trueblood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...
Charlie Mac Jackson
Mar 4, 2025
Charlie Mac Jackson, 95, of 715 Drum Hill Road, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Jackson was born in Gates County on February 7, 1930, and was the son of the late James Howard and Daisy Roberts Jackson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
James Robert Williams
Mar 3, 2025
James Robert “Bobby” Williams, 79, of 3010 Rocky Hock Road, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Williams was born in Chowan County on May 31, 1945, and was the son of the late Raymond Octavius Williams and Gladys Marie Phelps Williams Outlaw. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Annette Lee Stokes
Mar 3, 2025
Annette Lee Stokes, 85, of 1039 Pine Ridge Road, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Ms. Stokes was born in Bertie County on August 30, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Vernon Haste Lee and Ellen Earle Speller Lee. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Ramona Chappell Jones
Mar 3, 2025
Ramona Chappell Jones, 90, of 644 Happy Home Road, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Jones was born in Chowan County on February 3, 1935, and was the daughter of the late James Freeland and Alpine Dail Chappell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Catherine "Cathie" Hoskins Thompson
Mar 1, 2025
Catherine “Cathie” Hoskins Thompson passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Cathie was born December 24, 1951 in High Point, NC to Daniel Vernon Hoskins and Lula Hinton Hoskins. Cathie was a loving wife, mother and sister, and is survived by her husband of over 40 years, Raymond “Mark” Thompson.
Cathie graduated from High Point College (now High Point...
Robert Ray Griffin, Sr.
Mar 1, 2025
Robert Ray Griffin, Sr., 87, of 213 Hawthorne Road, died Saturday, March 1, 2025, in ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Griffin was born in Chowan County on November 30, 1937, and was the son of the late James William “Jim” and Karene Toppin Griffin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Debbie Perry, sisters,...
Betty Bromley West White
Feb 28, 2025
Betty Bromley West White, 99, of Greensboro, NC, passed away on February 28, 2025.
Betty was born on May 15, 1925, in Louisa, KY to the late Perry A. West and Alice Pinson West and was the youngest of eight children. She was married to William C. White for 54 years until his death in 2011.
Betty spent her...
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