Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Emerson Milroy Cullings, Jr.
Feb 7, 2019
Emerson Milroy Cullings, Jr., 83, of 203 Evergreen Drive, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, February 7, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Cullings was born in Rochester, NY, on August 1, 1935, and was the son of the late Emerson Milroy, Sr. and Carolyn Sutphin Cullings. Employed in the trucking industry for many years, he started his career as a truck driver...
William Earl Twiddy
Feb 5, 2019
William Earl “Billy” Twiddy, 73, of 9208 Crutchfield Court, Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, in Grand Strand Medical Center.
Billy was born in Tyrrell County, NC on December 29, 1945, and was the son of the late Franklin E. and Leone Rose Twiddy. A retired Station Manager with US Airways, he had worked in the...
Doris Roberson Toppin
Feb 4, 2019
Doris Roberson Toppin, 70, of 2454 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Toppin was born in Bertie County on July 16, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Alphonza Elliott Robertson and Mary Elizabeth Byrum Roberson. A homemaker, she was a member of Center Hill Baptist...
James Lee Haskett
Feb 2, 2019
James Lee “Jim” Haskett, 88, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019.
Mr. Haskett was born in Portsmouth, VA on September 15, 1930, and was the son of the late James B. and Ruth Stokes Haskett. A retired engineer technician with Norfolk Naval Base, he had served in the Army during the Korean War, was a member...
Joshua Allen Rea
Feb 1, 2019
Joshua Allen Rea, 29, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2019.
Born June 14, 1989, in Chowan County, he was the son of Robert S. “Bobby” Rea of Edenton and Rita Dawn Layton of Cordele, Georgia. He was employed in construction.
Surviving in addition to his parents are a daughter, Madison Danielle Rea; two brothers, Jason Reagan...
Edward Griffin, Jr.
Jan 30, 2019
William Edward Griffin, Jr., 98, of Hertford, NC, died peacefully in his home January 30, 2019.
Born in Elizabeth City, July 30, 1920, he was the son of the late William Edward Griffin and Huyla Hughes Griffin.
Edward graduated from Elizabeth City High School, Marion Military Academy, and the United States Naval Academy, class of 1942. As a career naval...
James Preston Morgan
Jan 29, 2019
James Preston Morgan, 86, of Hertford, died Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Morgan was born in Perquimans County on January 15, 1933, and was the son of the late James Clifton and Hazel Umphlett Morgan. A retired farmer, he had owned and operated the former Morgan's Rest Home. A lifelong member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, he...
Madge Bass Fleetwood
Jan 29, 2019
Madeline Bass “Madge” Fleetwood, 93, formerly of Hopewell Road, Edenton, NC, died on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, surrounded by her family.
Born in the Rocky Hock community of Chowan County on February 16, 1925, she was the daughter of the late John Quinton “Jack” and Elizabeth Smith “Lizzie” Bass.
After graduation from Chowan High School in 1943, she entered Norfolk...
Richard Ellery Rose
Jan 26, 2019
Richard Ellery "Ricky" Rose, 54, of 120 Brammer Lane, Hertford, NC, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, January 26, 2019, after a battle with cancer.
Mr. Rose was born in Hopewell, VA on May 4, 1964, and was the son of Jo Ella Collins Rose Brammer and her husband, Karl, of Hertford, and the late Grover Cleveland Rose. ...
F. Earl White
Jan 26, 2019
Francis Earl White, 87, of 930 Chambers Ferry Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2019, in his home.
Mr. White was born in Halifax County on December 17, 1931, and was the son of the late David George and Sarah Marie Spruill White. Retired as the General Foreman of Aircraft Repair at the US Coast Guard Air...
Elizabeth Dail Ashley
Jan 25, 2019
Elizabeth Irene Dail Ashley, 98, of 101 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019, in her home.
Born in Chowan County on October 1, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Luther Cleveland and Minnie Griffin Dail. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Perlie C....
Cherlene Turner Harrell Head
Jan 25, 2019
Cherlene Ann Turner Harrell Head, 72, of 202 Shannonhouse Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Head was born in McDonough County, Illinois, and was the daughter of the late Cecil Edward and Margaret Turner. A missionary in Brazil for 48 years, she was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Elizabeth...
Jeanette Stahusky Hargett
Jan 23, 2019
Jeanette Marie Stahusky Hargett, 75, of 403 Daniels Road, Corapeake, NC, died Wednesday, January 23, 2019, in her home.
Mrs. Hargett was born in Norfolk, VA on April 19, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Eugene Stanley and Lora Bernice Morton Stahusky. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Owen Wayne Hargett;...
Mary Helen Rountree Brinkley
Jan 23, 2019
Mary Helen Rountree Brinkley, 80, of Suffolk, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in East Pavilion at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, VA.
Mrs. Brinkley was born in Suffolk on February 23, 1938, and was the daughter of the late William Jackson and Bessie Luvenia Rountree. A retired Admissions Supervisor from Sentara Obici Hospital, she was a member of Somerton...
Dorothy Friar Kunkel
Jan 16, 2019
Dorothy Friar Kunkel, 84, of Cypress Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019, in Hertford Manor.
Mrs. Kunkel was born in Middlesboro, KY on March 20, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Irene Collingsworth Friar. A retired payroll supervisor from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, she was an active member of Bethel Baptist Church where...
Franklin Leroy Parsons
Jan 16, 2019
Franklin Leroy Parsons, 77, of 107 Kickapoo Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Parsons was born in Norfolk, VA, on December 18, 1941, and was the son of the late Robert L. and Elsie Davis Parsons. Retired from Norfolk Naval Base, he worked in automotive body repair for many years, and...
James Thomas Yarborough, Jr.
Jan 13, 2019
James Thomas "Butch" Yarborough, Jr., 74, of 104 Powhatan Trail, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, January 13, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Yarborough was born in Charlotte on August 22, 1944, and was the son of the late James Thomas, Sr. and Desiree Vinsen Yarborough. A retired long-distance truck driver, he had also been employed in the tour bus industry. An...
Ray Smith
Jan 11, 2019
Kermit Ray Smith, 79, of 729 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Smith was born in Bertie County on January 24, 1939, and was the son of the late Kermit William Smith and Josephine Baker Smith Newbern. He was retired from Planters Peanuts in Suffolk, VA.
In addition...
Charles Edwin Smith
Jan 8, 2019
Charles Edwin Smith, 82, of 254 Fowler Fork Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, in his home.
Mr. Smith was born in Perquimans County on October 22, 1936, and was the son of the late Roy Winslow Smith and Irma Jane Morris Smith. A graduate of Perquimans County High School, he retired from Shop 52, Norfolk...
Janice Wright Barber
Jan 8, 2019
Janice Wright Barber, 84, of 1313 Yeadon Road, Chesapeake, VA, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Barber was born in Chowan County, NC, on November 30, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Kenneth H. and Annie Wheeler Wright. Retired after 26 years as a Teacher’s Assistant with the Chesapeake Public School...
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