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Patsy Adair Taylor

Patsy Adair Taylor

Dec 10, 2018

   Patsy Adair Taylor, 87, of 205 South Oakum Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2018, in her home.

   Miss Taylor was born in Beaufort County on November 2, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Walter John and Lois Adair Winslow Taylor. A longtime resident of Greensboro, she retired in 1996 as a Travel Consultant and...

Jimmy Otis Pernell

Jimmy Otis Pernell

Dec 9, 2018

   Jimmy Otis Pernell, 71, of 1349 NC 137, Eure, NC, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

   Mr. Pernell was born in Vance County on March 25, 1947, and was the son of the late Marcenas Otis Pernell and Annie Pearl Strum Pernell Jordan. Retired from the sheet finishing department of International Paper in...

Earl Glenn Askew

Earl Glenn Askew

Dec 9, 2018

   Earl Glenn Askew, 99, of 238 Horton’s Church Road, Aulander, NC, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018, in his home.

   Mr. Askew was born in Hertford County on July 7, 1919, and was the son of the late William David and Rhennie Early Askew. A retired farmer, he managed the Gulf Service Center in Aulander for 20 years, and...

Susanne Tompkins Taylor

Susanne Tompkins Taylor

Dec 8, 2018

   Susanne Tompkins “Sue” Taylor, 72, of 804 Craig Drive, Suffolk, VA, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018, in Autumn Care of Suffolk.

   Mrs. Taylor was born in Port Chester, New York, on October 4, 1946, and was the daughter of the late George M. and Geraldine Geilhard Tompkins. A Licensed Practical Nurse, the work she loved most was that of...

Frank Ainsley Brown, Sr.

Frank Ainsley Brown, Sr.

Dec 6, 2018

   Franklin Ainsley “Frank” Brown, Sr., 75, of 507 Edenton Road Street, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018, in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford.

   Mr. Brown was born in Perquimans County on July 10, 1943, and was the son of the late Young Lee and Hazel Ainsley Brown. The owner and operator of Brown’s Land Clearing, he was a member...

Heidi Patrick Spear

Heidi Patrick Spear

Dec 6, 2018

   Heidi Patrick Spear, 43, of 417 Old Beach House Road, Columbia, NC, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018, in her home.

   Born in Chowan County on June 23, 1975, she was the daughter of Sherry Phelps Warren of Edenton and the late Abie John “Johnny” Patrick, Jr. Employed as a retail manager with both Wilco Hess and Cato Fashions, she...

Mary Lou Peele Belch

Mary Lou Peele Belch

Dec 5, 2018

   Mary Lou Peele Belch, 81, of 1734 Rocky Hock Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mrs. Belch was born in Chowan County on August 4, 1937, and was the daughter of the late George Thomas and Virginia Ruth Jordan Peele. Employed for many years as a sales representative with Roses, she was...

Robert Cecil Turner, Jr.

Robert Cecil Turner, Jr.

Dec 2, 2018

   Robert Cecil Turner, Jr., 63, of 403 Eugene Freeman Road, Colerain, NC, died Sunday, December 2, 2018, in his home.

   Mr. Turner was born in Hertford County on October 20, 1955, and was the son of Edna Perry Turner of Colerain and the late Robert Cecil Turner, Sr. A retired crane operator with Easco Aluminum in Winton, he was an...

Rebecca Bunch

Rebecca Bunch

Dec 2, 2018

   Fannie Rebecca “Becky” Bunch, 64, of 425 S. Broad Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Becky was born in Burlington, NC, on October 20, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Raymond Browning Bunch, Sr. and Tressie Hughes Bunch. A journalist, she worked with, and formerly served as the Editor...

Stephen Revern Woodley

Stephen Revern Woodley

Dec 1, 2018

   Stephen Revern “Steve” Woodley, 70, of 626 Spruill Road, Roper, NC, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018, in his home.

   Mr. Woodley was born in Chowan County on August 30, 1948, and was the son of the late Joe Thomas and Marie Phelps Woodley. Retired as a self-employed truck driver, he was a veteran of the Marine Corps. In addition...

Lisa Ashley Eure

Lisa Ashley Eure

Nov 29, 2018

   Lisa Pearl Ashley Eure, 57, of 230 Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 29, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

   Lisa was born in Chowan County on July 12, 1961, and was the daughter of Lois Harrell Ashley of Edenton, and the late Thurman Leon Ashley. A former contract specialist with A.R. Chesson Construction Company, she was a...

Angela Louise Elliott

Angela Louise Elliott

Nov 29, 2018

   Angela Louise “Angie” Elliott, 52, of 206 Oakridge Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, November 29, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Born in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 1966, she was the daughter of William “Bill” and Jacqueline Frost Williams of Windsor. An Accounts Receivable Specialist, she had retired from United Rentals. She was preceded in death by a grandson,...

Frances McCollister Duncan

Frances McCollister Duncan

Nov 29, 2018

   Frances Mae McCollister Duncan, 79, of 803 West Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018, in her home.

   Born in Canton ME on February 23, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Rodney McCollister and Lillian Barrows. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Mercer Long, Jr. and Joseph...

Lois Parrish Owens

Lois Parrish Owens

Nov 25, 2018

   Lois Parrish Owens, of 1002 Sound Shore Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018, following an extended illness.

   Lois was born in Henderson, NC, on March 6, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Lexi William and Blanche Hughes Parrish. Retired from Sprint Telephone after 30 years as the Business Office Manager, she was a member...

Earl Lee Spence

Earl Lee Spence

Nov 24, 2018

   Earl Lee Spence, 62, of 1451 US 13 South, Ahoskie, NC, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2018, in his home.

   Earl was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on January 31, 1956, and was the son of the late Howard Alden “Pete” Spence and Olivia Byrd Spence. An equipment operator with Lewis Lumber Company in Gatesville, he was a member of...

Marguerite Jenson Crippen

Marguerite Jenson Crippen

Nov 24, 2018

   Marguerite Geniel Jenson Anschutz Crippen, 87, of Ahoskie, NC, passed away Friday, November 24, 2018, in her home, with her son Alan by her side.

   Born in Portsmouth, VA on May 9, 1931, she was the daughter of the late James Garfield and Mildred Eva Diggs Jenson. She was a member of the Ahoskie Branch of The Church of Jesus...

Lillian Hendren Winslow

Lillian Hendren Winslow

Nov 24, 2018

   Lillian Hendren Winslow, 102, of 973 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2018, in her home.

   Mrs. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on July 22, 1916, and was the daughter of the late John R. and Olive Smith Hendren. A homemaker and farmer's wife, she was a faithful member of Piney Woods Friends Meeting where...

Scooter Smith

Scooter Smith

Nov 23, 2018

   Melbourne Boyd “Scooter” Smith, 67, of 1101 East Main Street, Plymouth, NC, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018, in his home.

   Scooter was born in Plymouth on December 12, 1950, and was the son of the late Raymond Boyd Smith and Anna Bowen Smith Goodwin. A Merchant Marine, he was a Captain with Moran Towing, and retired after his...

Jimmy Ray Roberts

Jimmy Ray Roberts

Nov 23, 2018

   Jimmy Ray Roberts, 76, of 1451 NC 37 North, Gates, NC, died Friday, November 23, 2018, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

   Mr. Roberts was born in Chesapeake, VA on February 11, 1942, and was the son of the late Zenas Post, Jr. and Elsie Roberta Louvett Roberts.  A retired sheet metal mechanic, he was an Army veteran.  In addition...

Nancy Bragg Dawson Rascoe

Nancy Bragg Dawson Rascoe

Nov 22, 2018

   Nancy Bragg Dawson Rascoe, 86, of 1014 Rivershore Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018.

   Mrs. Rascoe was born in Pasquotank County on February 18, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Braxton Bragg Dawson, Sr. and Edna Jones Nixon Dawson. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabeth City. Attending...

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