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Broughton Thomas Dail, Sr.

Broughton Thomas Dail, Sr.

Apr 5, 2020

   Broughton Thomas Dail, Sr., 92, of 500 Edenton Road Street, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 5, 2020 in his home.

   Mr. Dail was born in Perquimans County on April 16, 1927 and was the son of the late Milton, Sr. and Evie Broughton Dail. The owner of Hertford Supply Company, Inc. for 60 years where he worked daily until his...

Sidney Edward Stallings

Sidney Edward Stallings

Apr 4, 2020

   Sidney Edward Stallings, 95, of 1800 Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mr. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on October 21, 1924, and was the son of the late Edward Thomas and Sallie King Stallings. A retired poultry farmer, he was a member of Christ's Sanctified Holy Church. In...

Joe Thomas Woodley, Jr.

Joe Thomas Woodley, Jr.

Apr 4, 2020

   Joe Thomas Woodley, Jr., 68, of 1649 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020 in his home.

   Mr. Woodley was born in Tyrrell County on February 8, 1952, and was the son of the late Joe Thomas Woodley, Sr. and Marie Phelps Woodley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Della; and...

Estelle Perry Wesley

Estelle Perry Wesley

Apr 4, 2020

   Estelle Perry Wesley, 82, of 1329 English Cottage Lane, Cary, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020.

   Mrs. Wesley was born in Chowan County on December 27, 1937, and was the daughter of the late James Oliver Perry, Sr. and Lula Copeland Perry. Soon after graduating high school, she was recruited along with other area girls to work with the FBI...

Susan Cox Burnett

Susan Cox Burnett

Apr 4, 2020

   Susan Cox Burnett, 81, formerly of Sailway Court, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 4, 2020 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Edenton.

   Mrs. Burnett was born in Suffolk County, NY on June 29, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Harry Ward and Anne Marie Heede Cox. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

John Richard Godfrey, Sr.

John Richard Godfrey, Sr.

Apr 4, 2020

   John Richard Godfrey, Sr., 69, of Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, peacefully at home with his beloved wife Donna by his side.

   Mr. Godfrey was born in Perquimans County on December 16, 1950, and was the son of the late Braxton Young Godfrey, Sr. and Onella Trueblood Morton. A veteran, he proudly served in the U.S. Army...

Deloris Thompson Shaddeau

Deloris Thompson Shaddeau

Apr 3, 2020

   Deloris Thompson Shaddeau, 77, of 164 Sunset Circle, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020, in her home.

   Mrs. Shaddeau was born in Johnston County on November 25, 1942, and was the daughter of the late James Walter and Lucille Baker Thompson. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church.

   In addition to her parents, she...

Denise Byrum

Denise Byrum

Apr 2, 2020

   Carol Denise Byrum, 50, of 1340 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, in her home.

   Born in Pasquotank County on July 17, 1969, she was the daughter of Louise Chappell Byrum of Belvidere and the late Johnny Wayland Byrum, Jr. A homemaker, she grew up in the fellowship of Piney Woods Friends Meeting.

   In addition to...

Thelma Cayton Nixon

Thelma Cayton Nixon

Apr 1, 2020

   Thelma Cayton Nixon, 88, of 202 Desert Road, Corapeake, NC, and formerly of both Suffolk, VA and the Macedonia community of Chowan County, NC, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Nixon was born in Chowan County on October 25, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Seth Alason and Maggie Warren Cayton. A homemaker, she had...

James Franklin Scott, Jr.

James Franklin Scott, Jr.

Apr 1, 2020

      Major James Franklin "Jim" Scott, Jr., US Air Force Retired, 87, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in his home.

      A private service will be held. Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.

      Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.

Lee Brown, Jr.

Lee Brown, Jr.

Mar 30, 2020

   Obed Lee Brown, Jr., of Cherokee Trail, Edenton, NC, died Monday, March 30, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mr. Brown was born in Bertie County on January 4, 1946, and was the son of the late Obed Lee Brown, Sr. and Pauline Sutton Brown. He had retired as the Director of Modernization for the Housing Commission of...

Mary Fiber MacKnight

Mary Fiber MacKnight

Mar 30, 2020

   Mary Ruth Fiber MacKnight, 89, of 115 Currituck Sound Drive, Currituck, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in The Currituck House, Moyock.

   Mrs. MacKnight was born in West Virginia on June 26, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Rev. Winnie Irvin and Nellie Baker Fiber. A graduate of Marshall University, she was a retired elementary teacher having...

Jerry Walton Jordan

Jerry Walton Jordan

Mar 30, 2020

   Jerry Walton Jordan, 72, of 701 Bayside Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

   Mr. Jordan was born in Chowan County on September 3, 1947, and was the son of the late Joseph Clarence and Myra White Jordan. A service technician, he had been employed with Coca-Cola Company for over 30 years....

David White

David White

Mar 29, 2020

   William David White, 66, of Eure, NC, died Sunday, March 29, 2020.

   Mr. White was born in Bertie County on July 5, 1953, and was the son of J. Tyler White of Askewville and the late Joy Byrd White. Retired after 32 years with the Hertford County School System, he taught Carpentry and was the Advisor for the Hunter Safety...

Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell

Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell

Mar 29, 2020

   Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell, 77, of Meadowbrook Lane, Washington, NC, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Mitchell was born in Delaware on April 5, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Roger J. and Maggie Allison. She had worked as a seamstress in clothing manufacturing.

   In accordance with her wishes, no services are planned.

   Miller Funeral...

Jerry Casey Hobbs

Jerry Casey Hobbs

Mar 27, 2020

   Jerry Casey Hobbs, 73, of 319 Acorn Hill Road, Sunbury, NC, died Friday, March 27, 2020, in the Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA.

   Mr. Hobbs was a lifelong resident of Gates County, raised in Hobbsville by his parents, Raleigh O. and Emma Hollowell Hobbs, and with his brothers, Alton, Ronald, and Billy Hobbs. All of them preceded him in death.

  ...

Cheryl Shuey Glascoe

Cheryl Shuey Glascoe

Mar 24, 2020

   Cheryl Shuey Glascoe, 62, of 186 Hemlock Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Glascoe was born in Pasquotank County on November 28, 1957, and was the daughter of the late Warren C. Shuey and Lorraine Murphy Shuey Lamb. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, she...

Ricky Ricks, Jr.

Ricky Ricks, Jr.

Mar 24, 2020

   John William “Ricky” Ricks, Jr., 67, of 805 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

   Mr. Ricks was born in Edgecombe County on January 2, 1953, and was the son of the late John William “Billy” Ricks, Sr. and Carolyn Stancil Ricks. A retired freight driver, he worked with Midwest Transit for 15...

Betty Hamilton Knight

Betty Hamilton Knight

Mar 24, 2020

   Betty Louise Hamilton Knight, 78, of 455 B Wingfield Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Knight was born in Charlotte on May 5, 1941 and was the daughter of the late James Marion and Helen King Hamilton. Retired from the Golden Corral Restaurant chain, since moving to...

Kathy Hughes

Kathy Hughes

Mar 23, 2020

   Kathryn Mary "Kathy" Hughes, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020, in her home.

   Born in Providence, RI on February 18, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Robert Allen and Eleanor Laura Studer Hughes. A retired truck driver, she was a member of the National Genealogical Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

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