Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Gail Johnson Daneker
Nov 27, 2020
Gail Johnson Daneker, 76, of 100 N. Front St., Hertford, NC, died Friday, November 27, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Daneker was born in Hertford on September 19, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Mary Lucille Broughton Johnson. A retired nurse, she was in the first nursing class to graduate from the College of The...
Lyonel Byrum
Nov 27, 2020
Kelford Lyonel Byrum, 82, of 1227 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, November 27, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County on January 10, 1938, and was the son of the late Kelly Byrum and Beatrice Jordan Byrum Evans. Retired from the Norfolk, VA Assembly Plant of Ford Motor Company, he was a former member...
Sammy Eugene Girardi, Sr.
Nov 26, 2020
Samuel Eugene "Sammy" Girardi, Sr., 78, of 154 Russell Drive, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, November 26, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Girardi was born in Mingo County, West Virginia, on May 6, 1942, and was the son of the late Frank and Erma Ruth Ferrell Girardi. Retired in 1986 as an officer in the K-9 Unit of the Portsmouth, VA...
Jeffery Thomas Powell
Nov 24, 2020
Jeffery Thomas “Jeff” Powell, 62, of 170 Powell Lane, Eure, NC, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 in his home.
Jeff was a lifelong resident of Gates County, and was the son of Thomas Madison Powell, Sr. of Eure and the late Nellie Cahoon Powell. A carpenter and building contractor, his handiwork can be seen all over Gates County....
Louis Jude Martin
Nov 22, 2020
Louis Jude "Lou" Martin, 92, of 104 Virginia Court, Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, November 22, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Martin was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on September 7, 1928, and was the son of the late Frank B. and Jeannette Elizabeth Zeller Martin.
Mr. Martin attended West Virginia University as a Pre-Med...
Terry Alan Redenz
Nov 20, 2020
Terry Alan Redenz, 76, of 120 Whitetail Court, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Redenz was born in Milwaukee, WI on November 1, 1944, and was the son of the late Clarence P. Redenz and Ruth Holmes Redenz. A retired supervisor construction from Verizon, he was a US Navy veteran....
Blanche Russell Lane Davidson
Nov 20, 2020
Blanche Russell Lane Davidson, 97, of Cannon's Ferry Road, Tyner, NC, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mrs. Davidson was born in Perquimans County on November 8, 1923, and was the daughter of the late William D. "Will" Russell and Gertrude Smith "Gertie" Russell. A retired inspector with the former Elizabeth City Hosiery Mill, among...
Ida Campen Odom Miller
Nov 16, 2020
Ida Campen Odom Miller passed away on Monday, November 16, 2020, at age 76.
Born in Chowan County on February 18, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Henry Allison “Izzy” Campen and Catherine Pruden Campen of Edenton, North Carolina.
Ida graduated from Edenton High School, attended UNC-Greensboro for two years, and finished with a business degree from East...
Nina Braswell White Motzno
Nov 12, 2020
Nina Paige Braswell White Motzno died peacefully at the home of her daughter on November 12, 2020 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Nina was born in Northampton County, North Carolina on November 5, 1925. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Spivey Braswell and Willie Lewis Braswell, her brothers, Willie Lewis Braswell, Jr. and Robert "Bob" Ellis Braswell, and her...
Robert James Lawson
Nov 11, 2020
Robert James “Bob” Lawson, 71, of Hobbs Acre Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Lawson was born in Middlesex County, MA on November 16, 1948 and was the son of the late Kathryn I. Hartinger Lawson. The retired owner and operator of RJL Realty Trust, he was a strong supporter of law enforcement, a...
Kent Douglas Smith
Nov 11, 2020
Kent Douglas Smith, 78, of 250 No Say Lane, Cofield, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Smith was born in Suffolk, VA on February 9, 1942, and was the son of the late Lonnie G. Smith, Sr. and Sallie Bazemore Smith. A retired truck driver and supervisor with Britt Services, he was a member...
Jacqueline Williams Rowland
Nov 10, 2020
Jacqueline Williams "Jackie" Rowland, of Edenton, NC passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
Born in Portsmouth, VA, she was the daughter of the late Weems "Bud" and Clara Williams.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the love of her life, Fred Rowland, her husband of over 54 years.
Jackie loved being a homemaker and was...
Irvin Taylor
Nov 10, 2020
Irvin Taylor, 103, of Chesapeake, VA, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
A native of Gates County, NC, he was born on May 17, 1917 to the late Linwood and Tellie Speight Taylor. A graduate of Gates High School, Mr. Taylor retired from farming and also later from the Norfolk and Western Railroad. He was...
James Bean
Nov 8, 2020
James "Jim" Bean, 79, of Winfall, NC, a retired counselor and math instructor, passed on to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 8, 2020.
Jim loved giving and sharing of himself with his family, friends, and persons hoping for a better future.
At his request and for the love and care of others, he wished there not be a...
Evelyn Jernigan McCleney
Nov 8, 2020
Evelyn Jernigan McCleney, 98, a former longtime resident of Bennett Street in Washington, NC, and more recently of The Bayberry Inn in Roanoke Rapids, rejoined her husband, Carey, on Sunday, November 8, 2020.
Mrs. McCleney was born on March 19, 1922 in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Bessie Ellis Jernigan. The widow of...
Lottie Ann Leary Hobbs
Nov 8, 2020
Lottie Ann Leary Hobbs, 88, of 36 Sunbury Bank St., Sunbury, NC, passed away November 8, 2020, at Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville, NC.
Mrs. Hobbs was born in Chowan County on October 8, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Lee and Annie Leary. She worked as a cashier for Rountree and Riddick Mercantile in Sunbury, a teller...
June LaPointe Korbusieski
Nov 7, 2020
June LaPointe Korbusieski, 89, of 1003 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Korbusieski was born in Waterbury, CT on April 4, 1931, and was the only child of the late Hervey and Mildred Zuraw LaPointe. The head receptionist at Manchester High School in Manchester, CT, she retired after 20 years. She was...
Ethel Parker Plyler Newsome
Nov 7, 2020
Ethel Parker Plyler Newsome, 83, of Flat Branch Road, Gatesville, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Newsome was born in Gates County on April 27, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Timothy Beaurie Parker and Lillie Waff Smith Parker. A retired Registered Nurse, she had worked with her father-in-law, Dr. Plyler in his office...
Eleanor Evans Byrum
Nov 6, 2020
Eleanor White Evans Byrum, 95, of 241 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Byrum was born in Chowan County on December 23, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Zacharia Trotman and Effie Louise White Evans. As a child she attended Gum Pond...
Mary Bunch Barrow
Nov 5, 2020
Mary Bunch Barrow, 92, of Edenton, NC, died Thursday, November 5, 2020, in Edenton Primetime.
Mrs. Barrow was born in Chowan County on April 2, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Alexander and Callie Goodwin Bunch. A retired inspector with George C. Moore Company, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents,...
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