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Donald Joseph Meiggs
Sep 27, 2018
Donald Joseph Meiggs, 59, of Moyock, NC, died Thursday, September 27, 2018.
Mr. Meiggs was born in Pasquotank County on October 9, 1958, and was the son of Joyce Riggs Meiggs of Moyock and the late Ralph Burfoot Meiggs. A graduate of Currituck County High School, he retired from Ford Motor Company. In addition to his father, he was...
Mellisa Dawson Winslow
Sep 27, 2018
Mellisa Dawson Winslow, 53, of 143 Lawrence Lane, Gates, NC, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018.
Mrs. Winslow was born in Craven County on December 17, 1964, and was the daughter of Dorothy Toler Dawson and the late Jake Allie Dawson.
Surviving in addition to her mother are her husband, Murray; her three children, Josh, Allie, and Kallie; two sisters,...
Gary William Farmer, Sr.
Sep 26, 2018
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Gary William Farmer, Sr., 70, of 1650 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, in his home.
Mr. Farmer was born in Chowan County on October 24, 1947, and was the son of the late William Frederick and Kathleen Ward Farmer. The owner and operator of Farmer’s Auto Repair for 40 years, in earlier...
Taylor Elaina Jethro
Sep 26, 2018
Taylor Elaina Jethro, 26, of 1218 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, left this world a little less bright on Wednesday, September 26, 2018.
Born in Chowan County on July 30, 1992, she was the daughter of Carol Tarkington Lane of Edenton and the late David Wayne Jethro. As a former dental assistant, she was employed with Martin Tyrrell Washington Dental...
Mary Hollowell Taylor
Sep 21, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Hollowell “Teenie” Taylor, 86, formerly of Drum Hill Road, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Taylor was born in Chowan County on May 1, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Bernice and Ica Byrum Hollowell. A homemaker, for many years she also owned and operated the Drum Hill...
Martha Louise Bateman
Sep 21, 2018
Martha Louise Bateman, 100, formerly of Laura Lee Street, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Miss Bateman was born in Pasquotank County on May 6, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Leondious Burfoot and Margaret Corbett Bateman. Retired from hotel management having been employed in the Washington D.C. area...
Carol Faye Pennington Gellatly
Sep 20, 2018
Carol Faye Pennington Gellatly, 69, of 543 Merrimac Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, September 20, 2018 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mrs. Gellatly was born in Fayette County, WV and was the daughter of the late George Gether Stephenson and Cora Belle Pennington Campbell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Newhouse. Surviving...
Paul Alan Cherry, Sr.
Sep 17, 2018
Paul Alan Cherry, Sr., 65, of 418 Wickham Road, Shiloh, NC, passed away Monday, September 17, 2018, following a short battle with cancer.
Born in Columbus, OH on March 18, 1953, he was the son of the late Norman Doyle and Dorothy Ohlinger Cherry, and one of nine children in the family. A Navy man to all who knew...
Wilma S. Humphries
Sep 16, 2018
Wilma S. Humphries, 91, of 111 North River Drive, Jarvisburg, NC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 16, 2018.
Mrs. Humphries was born in Camden County on June 24, 1927, and was the daughter of the late John and Katie Riggs. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Humphries,...
Floyd Herman Albertson, Jr.
Sep 14, 2018
Floyd Herman "Doodie" Albertson, Jr., 81, of 186 Nosay Road, South Mills, NC, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Albertson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 8, 1937, and was the only child of Floyd H., Sr. and Bernice Zimmerman Albertson. A retired barber and...
Evelyn Marie Alford Arnold
Sep 14, 2018
Evelyn Marie Alford Arnold, 74, of 152 Rainbow Drive in the Holiday Island community of Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018, in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Mrs. Arnold was born in Cabell County, West Virginia, on September 30, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Cecil and Vada Chaney Alford. A homemaker, Navy wife,...
Joyce Mitchell Williams
Sep 13, 2018
Joyce Mitchell Williams, 75, of Edenton Prime Time Assisted Living, Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018, in Martin General Hospital, Williamston.
Mrs. Williams was born in Chowan County on December 28, 1942, and was the only child of the late John Clifton and Mary Ella Twiddy Mitchell. Retired from the Winding Room of Edenton...
Darden Moran Askew
Sep 12, 2018
Darden Moran Askew, 88, of 129 White Oak Road, Eure, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, in his home where he was surrounded by his family.
Mr. Askew was born in Gates County on March 10, 1930, and was the son of the late John Irvin and Nellie Mary Askew. A retired farmer, carpenter, and...
Julian Ray "J.R." Hendricks
Sep 7, 2018
Julian Ray “J.R.” Hendricks, 71, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, in WakeMed Cary Hospital.
Mr. Hendricks was born in Richmond, VA on November 25, 1946, and was the son of the late Raymond and Edna Murphy Hendricks. A NC Highway Patrolman for many years, he later transferred to the State Information Processing Systems division, (now known as the...
Beulah Chappell Phthisic
Sep 4, 2018
Beulah Chappell Phthisic, 96, of 389 Hunter’s Fork Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, in her home.
Mrs. Phthisic was born in Chowan County on September 20, 1921, and was the last surviving of six children born to the late Herbert James and Sarah Bunch Chappell. A homemaker and farmer’s wife, she was a member...
Elva Lane Wheeler
Sep 4, 2018
Elva Lane Wheeler, 60, of 140 Lester Lane Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Wheeler was a life-long resident of Chowan County, born on May 6, 1958, the daughter of Faye Ward Lane of Tyner, and the late Lester Lane. Retired from George C. Moore Company, she later...
Julia Mitchell Dixon
Sep 2, 2018
Julia Caramae Mitchell Dixon, 68, passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Dixon was born in the St. John community of Hertford County on June 4, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Percy Lee and Margaret Wilson Williford Mitchell. In earlier years she had worked at the West Point factory, and later,...
Lela Winslow Bundy
Sep 2, 2018
During the course of our lives we have certain goals that we all aim to achieve. For 2018, Lela had two goals left to complete. The first was to reach her 90th birthday, which she accomplished on June 16th where she was surrounded by close friends and family. The second was to join her husband Calvin, who preceded her in...
Sara Kemp Wood Wickham
Aug 31, 2018
Sara Kemp (née Wood) Wickham died on Friday August 31 at home in Edenton, NC after a long illness.
Sara was born on February 5, 1934 to Ann Langhorne(née Kemp) Wood and James Edward Wood in Norfolk, VA, completing the trio that will forever be known as the inimitably artistic, charming, and witty Wood Sisters of Edenton, NC;...
McCoy Hill, Jr.
Aug 30, 2018
Fentress McCoy Hill Jr, 64, passed away peacefully at his Walnut Cove, NC, home on Thursday, August 30, 2018. McCoy was born on December 21, 1953 in Suffolk, Virginia, the son of Fentress M. Hill, Sr. and Mildred Blanchard Hill. He graduated from Gates County High School in 1972 and Wake Forest University in 1976. McCoy was the sales manager...
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