Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Alice Ziegel Elliott
May 19, 2020
Alice Ruth Ziegel Elliott, 69, of 2044 Caratoke Highway, Moyock, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Elliott was born in New Orleans, LA, on June 29, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Wilma Adeline Disotell Ziegel. Among her many enjoyments in life included cooking, canning and spending time with her...
Margaret Ogle Huskey Lilly
May 18, 2020
Margaret Ogle Huskey Lilly, 83, of W. Main Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 in her home.
Mrs. Lilly was born in Sevier County, TN, on August 21, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Archie Nelson and Hattie Mae King Ogle. A loving mother and "Nanny" to her family, she attended Symons Creek Tabernacle,...
Marco Antonio Pacheco Matias
May 17, 2020
Marco Antonio Pacheco Matias, 26, of 701 Cabarrus Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, May 17, 2020.
Born in Comanja, Michoacan, de Ocampo, Mexico, on October 22, 1993, he was employed with Greenleaf Plant Farm.
Among his survivors are his mother, Gloria Matias Gonzalez, and his father, Fidel Pacheco Valdez, of Edenton.
Visitation will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from...
Frank J. Mizak
May 17, 2020
Frank J. Mizak, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 17, 2020 in his home at Albemarle Plantation in Hertford, NC. Frank is survived by his loving wife of nearly 30 years, Dorothy Tasca Mizak; his daughters, Alicia Kidd and her husband Ken of Berlin, CT, and Allison McDonald and her husband Kevin of Ellington, CT; and his sister, Carole Bogardus of...
William "Billy" Edward Blowe
May 16, 2020
William Edward "Billy" Blowe, 51, died on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Billy grew up in Elizabeth City, NC where he lived until recently moving to Greenville, NC. Billy attended public school in Pasquotank County, Albemarle Academy and completed high school at Fork Union Military Academy. He excelled in football in high school and...
Brian Clifton Myers
May 16, 2020
Brian Clifton Myers, 47, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Brian was born in Richmond, VA on April 9, 1973, and was the son of Cecil Myers of Edenton, NC and the late Susan Lollar Myers. He thrived in the outdoors enjoying both bodyboarding and fishing. A true waterman, following in his father’s footsteps,...
Byron Tillman Paul, Jr.
May 15, 2020
Byron Tillman "Pete" Paul, Jr., 81, of 901 Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, May 15, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Paul was born in Norfolk, VA, on December 20, 1938, and was the son of the late Byron Tillman, Sr. and Lula Sparrow Paul. Retired from United Piece & Dye Works in Edenton, he...
Carol Sawyer Watson
May 15, 2020
Carol Eason Sawyer Watson, 98, died Friday, May 15, 2020 in Brookdale of Elizabeth City. She had a strong Christian faith and lived a remarkable life as a Naval officer during World War II and as a career nurse, wife, mother, and cherished friend to many.
Mrs. Watson was born in Salley, SC on July 29, 1921, and was the...
Patrick Marco Phillips
May 14, 2020
Patrick Marco Phillips, 26, of 300 Breezy Banks Road, Roper, NC, died Thursday, May 14, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Patrick was born in Chowan County on July 1, 1993, and was the son of Brian Marco Phillips of Edenton and Tracy Patrick Phillips-Berk of Roper. Before health issues disabled him, he had...
Clyde Carlton Lane
May 14, 2020
Clyde Carlton Lane, 86, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Edenton House.
Mr. Lane was born in Perquimans County on January 18, 1934, and was the son of the late John Martin and Martha Ann Alexander "Annie" Lane. A machinist, he retired from NASA, LANGLEY, VA. He was a member of Hertford Baptist Church, and also...
Christobel Phelps Pierce
May 14, 2020
Christobel Phelps Pierce, 96, of 937 Old US Hwy 17 North, Windsor, NC, died Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Bertie County on February 24, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Charlie David and Hattie Bell Harden Phelps. A homemaker, she was a member of Windsor Assembly of...
Jeffrey Allen Matthews
May 12, 2020
Jeffrey Allen “Bodean” Matthews, 56, of 742 Nowell Farm Road, Colerain, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in his home.
Born in Bertie County on December 21, 1963, he was the son of the late Jesse Allen and Edna Rae Morris Matthews. The owner and operator of J & J Farms, he was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting,...
Norman Douglas Sawyer
May 11, 2020
Norman Douglas "Shorty" Sawyer, 55, of 409 White Hat Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 in his home.
Born in Pasquotank County on September 6, 1964, he was the son of William Douglas Sawyer (Marcia) of Hertford and the late Brenda Orlean Twine Sawyer. A carpenter by trade, he was a member of Berea Church of Christ,...
Irving Holland Perry
May 10, 2020
Irving Holland Perry, 93, of 320 NC 32 North, Sunbury, NC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Perry was born in Gates County on April 25, 1927, and was the son of the late Benjamin and Fleda Askew Perry. The retired owner and operator of Perry’s Texaco in Sunbury, he served the community...
John Larry Denson, Sr.
May 10, 2020
John Larry Denson Sr., 75, of 1642 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020 in his home following a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.
Born in Norfolk, VA on March 4, 1945, he worked as a sheet metal mechanic as a young man. He became a fighter...
Cleo Jurney Griffin
May 7, 2020
Cleo Edwina Jurney Griffin, 85, of 108 Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Griffin was born in Washington, DC on August 16, 1934, and was the daughter of the late John and Cleo Paxton Jurney. A homemaker, in earlier years she had worked as a bookkeeper with various retail businesses. She...
Linda Arlene Eure
May 6, 2020
Linda Arlene Eure, age 95, better known to many as “Sugar,” “Miss Sugar,” “Grandma Sugar,” and simply “Mama,” peacefully went to be with Jesus May 6, 2020. She was a lifelong resident of Eure, North Carolina.
Born to Linda Arlene and Charlie B. Eure on September 27, 1924, she was one of four other siblings---predeceased brothers, Hunter and John and...
Eugene Harley "Buddy" Batton
May 6, 2020
Eugene Harley “Buddy” Batton, 83, a longtime resident of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
Mr. Batton was born on May 19, 1936 in Chowan County and was raised in Edenton by his parents, the late Harley and Ila Poole Batton. A retired brick mason, he loved the ocean and spent most of his life on...
Terry Breisch
May 4, 2020
Terrance Carl "Terry" Breisch, 82, of 537 Okisko Road, Elizabeth City, NC, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, May 4, 2020.
Mr. Breisch was born in Catasauqua, PA on April 14, 1938, and was the son of the late Carl George and Francis Emma Breisch. In 1956 he graduated from Catasauqua High School and immediately made a...
Aidan Joseph Foster
May 4, 2020
Aidan Joseph “A.J.” Foster, 10 years old, of 74 Hunt Club Lane, Gates, NC, died Monday, May 4, 2020, in the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA.
Aidan was born on May 8, 2009 in Suffolk, VA and was the son of Timothy Roy Foster and Crystal Leigh Dowdy Foster. A 5th grade student at Buckland Elementary School,...
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