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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...

Evelyn Boyd Taylor

Evelyn Boyd Taylor

Nov 20, 2018

   Evelyn Boyd Taylor, 96, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

   Mrs. Taylor was born in Beaufort County on January 15, 1922, and was the daughter of the late Robert Nicholson and Lucille Pinkham Boyd. A homemaker, for many years she had been active in Hertford United Methodist Church.

   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Mona Christian Evick

Mona Christian Evick

Nov 19, 2018

   Mona Refa Christian Evick, 61, of 120 Powhatan Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2018, in VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA.

   Mrs. Evick was born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on August 28, 1957, and was the daughter of the late Loy Burman and Eleanor Jane Millard Christian. She was formerly employed in the Garden Shop at Leary...

Kathryne Ward Winslow

Kathryne Ward Winslow

Nov 19, 2018

   Kathryne Ann Ward Winslow, of 1584 County Line Road, Belvidere, NC, went peacefully to be with the Lord at 7:00 am on Monday, November 19, 2018, with her husband and children by her side.

   Kathryne was born January 11. 1936 to Charles R. and Lula Mae Mansfield Ward of Hertford. She was a longtime legal assistant with O. C. Abbott...

Myrtle Williams Perry

Myrtle Williams Perry

Nov 19, 2018

   Myrtle Gordon Williams Perry, 82, formerly of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, November 19, 2018, in Waterbrooke Assisted Living of Elizabeth City.

   Mrs. Perry was born in Perquimans County on March 26, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Claude Willis and Myrtle White Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Willis...

Jack Held

Jack Held

Nov 17, 2018

   John North “Jack” Held, 83, of 409 Surfside Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2018.

   Mr. Held was born in Bellevue, Ohio, on May 23, 1935, and was the son of the late Joseph and Vona Drinen Held. The retired owner of Bellevue Hardware in Richmond, VA, he had served in the United States Air Force, and...

Patricia Weikel Griffin

Patricia Weikel Griffin

Nov 15, 2018

   Patricia Weikel "Pat" Griffin, 81, of Edenton, NC, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 15, 2018, peacefully in her home.

   Mrs. Griffin was born in Lavelle, PA on June 25, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Melvin Samuel and Elsie Hepler Weikel. Having served in many accounting and financial roles for the last 60 years, she began her profession...

Jack A. Dickerson

Jack A. Dickerson

Nov 14, 2018

   Jack A. Dickerson, 85, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in his home.

   Born in Detroit, Michigan on June 5, 1933, he was the son of the late Dorris and Alice Dickerson. In 1951, Jack graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit and then followed his childhood love of electronics and attended the Electronics Institute...

Miriam Twine Byrum

Miriam Twine Byrum

Nov 14, 2018

   Miriam Clair Twine Byrum, 90, of 629 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in her home.

   Mrs. Byrum was born in Pitt County on January 10, 1928, and was the last surviving of six children born to the late Robert William “Bob” and Mary Eliza Twine. Both her high school and college educations were...

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