Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Teresa Oney Ray
Nov 12, 2018
Teresa Oney Ray, 67, formerly of Edenton, NC, passed away Monday, November 12, 2018.
Born in Roanoke, VA on October 19, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Floyd, Jr. and Arlene Goad Oney. Employed as a nurse for many years, she was a member of Berea Church of Christ, and had also enjoyed fellowship in Cape Colony Church...
Maizel Leary Dunlow
Nov 12, 2018
Maizel Leary “Sug” Dunlow, 81, of 353 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018, in her home.
Mrs. Dunlow was born in Chowan County on March 18, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Patrick Leary and Sadie Mae Mizelle Leary Davis. Retired as a Loom Operator from George C. Moore Company, she was...
Jackie Bunch Ward
Nov 11, 2018
Jacqueline Faye Bunch "Jackie" Ward, 75, of 355 Ryland Road, Tyner, NC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 11, 2018, from her home where she was surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Ward was born in Chowan County on November 8, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Otto Emmit Bunch and Novella Winslow Bunch Perry. A...
Bobby Ray Clifton
Nov 11, 2018
Bobby Ray Clifton, 70, of 4619 Pea Ridge Road, Roper, NC, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Clifton was born in Chowan County on October 18, 1948, and was the son of the late Edward Ray and Mable Sue Holton Clifton. Retired from the NC Dept. of Transportation,...
James Alton Eure, Jr.
Nov 10, 2018
James Alton “Mole” Eure, Jr., 60, of 300 Taylor Mill Road, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018, in his home.
Born May 28, 1958 in Ahoskie, he was a lifelong resident of Gates County. A carpenter, he was a member of Cool Spring Baptist Church, and had been active in the past with the White Oak Hunt Club, the...
Betty Godfrey Matthews
Nov 9, 2018
Alpha Betty Godfrey Matthews, 93, formerly of West Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Matthews was born in Perquimans County on October 10, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Abraham Lincoln "Abe" Godfrey, Sr. and Carra Ward Godfrey. A homemaker, she was a member of Cedar...
Katherine Ownley Godfrey
Nov 8, 2018
Katherine Ownley “Maw” Godfrey, 79, of 517 Castleton Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018.
Mrs. Godfrey was born in Elizabeth City on October 9, 1939, and was the daughter of the late David Cain and Beatrice Dail Ownley. Formerly employed as a Case Worker with the Department of Social Services, she had also owned Memory Dolls...
Ann Sawyer Dobbins
Nov 8, 2018
Ann Marie Sawyer Dobbins, 64, of 143 Tunis Road, Winton, NC, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018, in her home.
Mrs. Dobbins was born in Portsmouth, VA on December 30, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Phillip Preston and Trillis Peel Sawyer. A homemaker, she had formerly worked as a retail clerk. In addition to her parents,...
Jessie Winslow Williams
Nov 8, 2018
Jessie Mae Winslow Williams, 97, of 231 Ridge Road, Belvidere, NC, died peacefully at her residence on Thursday, November 8, 2018. A native of Perquimans County, she was born on November 6, 1921 and was the daughter of Jesse Thomas Winslow, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Chappell Winslow.
A beloved wife & mother and a doting grandmother & great-grandmother, Mrs. Williams...
Joseph Boyce
Nov 7, 2018
Melvin Joseph “Joe” Boyce, 71, of 1706F West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Boyce was born in Perquimans County on February 25, 1947, and was the son of the late Jepty and Martha Trueblood Boyce. A former long distance driver for Green Arrow Transport Corp., he...
Denney Ellis
Nov 5, 2018
Denise Mann Winslow “Denney” Ellis, 56, passed away on Monday, November 5, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital in Edenton, NC.
“Denney” was from Perquimans County, and was the daughter of Elva Mann Winslow of Hertford, and the late Cecil Edward Winslow. A graduate of Elizabeth City State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Education, she was a former teacher...
Michael Anthony Scalpi
Nov 4, 2018
Michael Anthony Scalpi, 75, of Arapahoe Trail, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Scalpi was born in Norfolk, VA on June 13, 1943, and was the son of the late Ernest and Julia Oakes Scalpi. An entrepreneur, he was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Windsor. He was an...
Rebecca Edwards Carter
Nov 4, 2018
Rebecca Edwards “Becky” Carter, age 89, of Powellsville, North Carolina died Sunday, November 4, 2018, at home, after a diagnosis of lung cancer in September.
Born in Franklin, VA on May 3, 1929, she was the eldest daughter of Ryland Thomas and Josie Rebecca Vaughan Edwards. She wed Ernest Rawls “Buck” Carter of Powellsville on August 19, 1956.
She was...
Elmer Jarvis Bunch
Oct 31, 2018
Elmer Jarvis Bunch, 97, formerly of NC 37 South, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, in Accordius Health & Rehabilitation, Gatesville.
Mr. Bunch was born in Chowan County on August 3, 1921, and was the son of the late Hurley C. and Darlie Spivey Bunch. A retired warehouse clerk with Lipton Tea in Suffolk, VA, he was...
George Thomas Huskey
Oct 31, 2018
George Thomas Huskey, 88, of 217 One Mill Road, Shiloh, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2018, in his home.
Mr. Huskey was born in Sevier County, TN on August 22, 1930, and was the son of the late Isaac Steve and Bessie Jane Cotter Huskey. Retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, he was an Army veteran. In addition to his...
Dorothy Post Edwards
Oct 30, 2018
Dorothy Iglehart Post Edwards, 97, formerly of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Born and raised in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Rockwell and Rosalie Harper Post. A graduate of Maury High School, she was a member of Central Baptist Church in Norfolk.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Billy Downs
Oct 28, 2018
William Talton “Billy” Downs, 61, of Pop’s Lane, Cofield, NC, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mr. Downs was born in Hertford County on September 23, 1957, and was the son of the late Linwood Talmadge “Pop” Downs, Sr. and Geraldine Brown Downs Ryder. Employed as a diesel mechanic, he was a member of Holly Springs...
Francis Michael Cassidy
Oct 27, 2018
Francis Michael "Mike" Cassidy, of Hertford, NC, passed away, Saturday, October 27, 2018, from complications of Parkinsons.
Born September 21, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he lived and travelled the US and Europe growing up as a military brat. Mike graduated from Louisiana Tech as a mechanical engineer, and received a commission in the Air Force having achieved the rank of...
Helen Asbell Elliott
Oct 26, 2018
Helen Marie Asbell Elliott, 94, of 1504 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Elliott was born in Chowan County on January 18, 1924, and was the daughter of the late John Henry Asbell, Sr. and Bertie Cobb Asbell. An office clerk with Pyrofax Gas Company in earlier years, she...
Henry Glavin Hollowell
Oct 26, 2018
Henry Glavin Hollowell, 73, of 1725½ North Road Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018, in his home.
Mr. Hollowell was born in Pasquotank County on August 7, 1945, and was the son of the late Glavin Whitt and Mary Rebecca Gray Hollowell. Retired from PA Chevrolet in Lawton, Oklahoma, he was an Army veteran of...
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