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Lucy Alderman Bunch

Lucy Alderman Bunch

May 11, 2019

   Lucy Alderman “Sunshine” Bunch, 90, of Spring Arbor Assisted Living in Rocky Mount, NC, and formerly of Edenton, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

   Mrs. Bunch was born in Orange County on November 16, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Jacob L. and Mary Goodwin Alderman. A homemaker, in later years after her sons were of age,...

Betty East Johnson

Betty East Johnson

May 9, 2019

   Betty Sue East Johnson, 77, of 306 Bosley Road, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

   Mrs. Johnson was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on June 19, 1941, and was the daughter of the late George W. and Sue Lee Ziegenhein East. A homemaker, in earlier years she was employed in Nutrition Services...

Dennis Michael O'Neill

Dennis Michael O'Neill

May 7, 2019

   Dennis Michael O’Neill, 75, of Edenton, NC, formerly of Morristown, NJ, ended his hard fought battle with a rare cancer on early Tuesday morning, May 7, 2019. He passed away in his wonderful home library, surrounded by his loving family and the books he treasured. He was born on December 8, 1943 in Washington, IN, to Timothy James and Mary...

Goosie Chappell

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....

Doris Brown Rodormer

Doris Brown Rodormer

May 6, 2019

   Doris Brown Rodormer, 94, of Lighthouse Point, Florida, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2019, in Pompano Beach, Florida.

   Mrs. Rodormer was born on October 22, 1924, in Greenville, NC, to Nannie Hudson Brown, (deceased December 1976), and Oscar Hubert Brown, (deceased February 1939). She was raised in Edenton and Greenville, NC with her two younger brothers, Oscar Hubert Brown,...

Thomas Hoskins Shepard, Sr.

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

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

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

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...

Betty Lou Cartwright Boyce

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...

Janis Comer Jordan

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...

Richard Frances Bittner

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

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

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...

Allen LaRue Brickhouse

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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Jerry Bradford DuBois

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...

Virginia King Chappell

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...

James FitzPatrick

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...

Etta Jernigan Jones

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

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...

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