Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Quincy Riddick
Sep 11, 2019
John Quincy Riddick, 94, of 115 Hickory Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019, in The Gates House, Gatesville.
Mr. Riddick was born in Perquimans County on October 9, 1924, and was the son of the late George Robert, Sr. and Margaret Louise Winslow Riddick. A retired farmer, he later worked for many years as a US Postal...
Myrna Marlene Weiske Shafer
Sep 10, 2019
Myrna Marlene Weiske Shafer, 84, of 160 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton, NC, died peacefully in her home on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.
A much-loved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, Myrna was born in Kossuth County, IA on July 12, 1935 and raised in Burt, IA along with seven siblings. Her parents, Edwin Richard and Helen Marie Ollum Weiske, three...
Carolyn Lane Parker
Sep 10, 2019
Carolyn Ann Lane Parker, 81, of 65 Folly Road, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday morning, September 10, 2019, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Parker was born in Chowan County on August 28, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward “Tommy” and Daisy Hurdle Lane. In earlier years, she had worked at Lipton Tea in Suffolk, but...
Ann Jane Meads
Sep 10, 2019
Ann Jane Meads, 69, formerly of Meadstown Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, September 10, 2019, in Heritage Care of Elizabeth City.
Born in Pasquotank County on November 2, 1949, she was the daughter of the late John Luton and Lillian Markham Meads. A retired insurance agent, she had been employed for many years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
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Michael Eugene Copeland
Sep 9, 2019
Michael Eugene Copeland, 59, of 101 Oakdale Drive, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 9, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Copeland was born in Richmond, Virginia on October 4, 1959, and was the son of Sylvia W. Morgan of Edenton, and the late Carlton Eugene Copeland. Employed with All-In-One Mechanical, he was an HVAC installation and repair technician. An avid hunter,...
A.D. Lowman
Sep 7, 2019
Aithes Denver “A.D.” Lowman, SCPO, US Navy Ret., 92, of Horton Lane, Eure, NC, died Saturday, September 7, 2019, in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Lowman was born in Burke County on July 25, 1927, and was the son of the late Alvin Lester and Annie Mae Lowman. A retired Senior Chief Petty Officer, he served for 30 years in...
Hugh Robert Maxwell
Sep 7, 2019
Hugh Robert Maxwell, 84, of 2595 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC, died Saturday, September 7, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Maxwell was born in Champaign, IL on June 16, 1935, and was the son of the late Rolland and Catherine Rife Maxwell. The retired owner and operator of both Double M. Seed Co. and Somerset Equipment Co., he was a...
Pamela Ann Stevens d'Emery
Sep 6, 2019
Pamela Ann Stevens d'Emery, 73, of Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. She was born on April 24, 1946 in South Orange, NJ to Matthew and Mary Louis Stevens and grew up in Irvington, NJ. She is predeceased by her parents and older brother Jan.
Pam attended St Leo's grammar school, Archbishop Walsh High School and then...
Sam Cox
Sep 4, 2019
Graham Samuel Cox, 82, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, in his home in Edenton, NC.
Mr. Cox was born in Onslow County on November 26, 1936, and was the son of the late Willie Crawford Cox, a farmer, and Sadie Kellum Cox, a schoolteacher. The youngest of four children, he grew up working on the family farm near...
Annette Hollowell Downum
Sep 2, 2019
Annette Hollowell Downum, 83, of Queen Anne Drive, Edenton, NC, died Monday, September 2, 2019, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Downum was born in Gates County on January 7, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Frelian and Virgie Parks Hollowell. A retired receptionist, she had worked with her husband, the late Dr. Allen F. Downum,...
Flora Ward Hurdle
Sep 2, 2019
Flora Ward Hurdle, 92, of Belvidere, NC, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019 in her son's home in Belvidere, where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Hurdle was born in Perquimans County on April 15, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and Mattie Twine Ward. A homemaker, loving wife, and caring mother, she devoted her...
Mark Edward Collins
Sep 2, 2019
Mark Edward Collins, 64, of 113 River Cove Lane, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019.
Born in Washington D.C. on November 13, 1954, he was the son of the late Leroy and Barbara Jean Lodovichetti Collins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth Harris.
Surviving are his wife of 27 years,...
Willard Blanchard Nixon
Sep 1, 2019
Willard Blanchard Nixon, 72, of 695 Saunders Road, Gates, NC, died Sunday, September 1, 2019, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County on April 3, 1947, and was the son of the late H. Lloyd and Virginia Lee Blanchard Nixon. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received...
J. Pressley "Jack" Byrd, Jr.
Aug 30, 2019
J. Pressley “Jack” Byrd, Jr., 90, of the Twin Lakes Community in Burlington, NC, and formerly a longtime resident of Sunbury, NC, died Friday, August 30, 2019.
Mr. Byrd was born in Nansemond County, Virginia on November 27, 1928, and was the oldest son of the late J. Pressley Byrd, Sr. and Dorothy Lamb Byrd. Retired from the Gates County...
Charles William Bradshaw
Aug 29, 2019
Charles William Bradshaw, 88, of the Pea Ridge community, Roper, NC, and formally of The Villages, Florida, died at home with family on Thursday, August 29, 2019. He left us as he lived, quietly and gently.
He was the sixth child of the late Sperrell H. and Alma B. Bradshaw. He was also preceded in death by brothers Ralph, James,...
Madeline "Lena" Habit Griffin
Aug 29, 2019
Madeline “Lena” Habit Griffin, 97, died at her home on Thursday, August 29, 2019. Mrs. Griffin was born in the historic Joseph Hewes house in Edenton, NC on November 17, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Edward and Najla Habit.
For many years Lena assisted her husband as they operated Griffin Music Center on Broad Street in Edenton....
Charlie Morgan Umphlett
Aug 29, 2019
Charlie Morgan Umphlett, 81, of 320 Old US Highway 17, Hertford, NC, in the Woodville community, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.
Born on November 24, 1937 in the Winfall township of Perquimans County, he was the son of the late Charlie Jasper and Imogene Morgan Umphlett. A graduate of Perquimans County High...
Raymond Alexis Winslow, Jr.
Aug 28, 2019
Raymond Alexis Winslow, Jr., 78, of South Edenton Road Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Mr. Winslow was born in Pasquotank County on February 21, 1941, and was the son of the late Raymond Alexis, Sr. and Sara Virginia Linson Winslow. Educated at Perquimans County Schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was...
Georgina Robbins Robison
Aug 27, 2019
Georgina Ferguson Robbins Robison, “Geordie” to family and friends, of 124 Bayview Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, August 27, 2019, in her home.
Born on February 7, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Georgena Drake and William H. Robbins, Jr. of Bay Shore, New York. Mrs. Robison’s parents divorced when she was eight years old and her mother...
Billy Williams
Aug 27, 2019
William Herbert "Billy" Williams, 73, of Tyner, NC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 from his home where he was surrounded by his family, following a short battle with ALS.
Born on November 20, 1945, he was a lifelong resident of Perquimans County, and the son of the late Carroll Rupert and Kathryn Lamb Williams....
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