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Barney Harrell Rountree

Barney Harrell Rountree

Jul 24, 2018

   Barney Harrell Rountree, 60, of 1079 US 158 West, Gates, NC, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.

 

   Mr. Rountree was born in Chowan County on May 20, 1958, and was the son of the late Walter Wiggins “Monk” Rountree and JoAnne Harrell Rountree. Formerly employed with Bundy Logging in Gatesville, he was...

Billy Hollowell

Billy Hollowell

Jul 23, 2018

   William Baker “Billy” Hollowell, 74, of 535 Cannon’s Ferry Road, Tyner, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

 

   Born on March 14, 1944, he was a lifelong resident of Chowan County and was the son of the late Thomas Raymond and Vera...

Roger Franklin Riddick

Roger Franklin Riddick

Jul 21, 2018

   Roger Franklin Riddick, 69, of 391 Spivey Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in his home.   Mr. Riddick was born on October 22, 1948, in Suffolk, VA, and was the son of the late Thomas Blanchard and Myrtle Stallings Riddick. After farming for many years, he later retired from Amadas Industries in Suffolk. A member and...

Florine Wright Needham

Florine Wright Needham

Jul 21, 2018

   Florine Wright Needham, 77, of 916 Sandy Hook Road, Shiloh, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

 

   Mrs. Needham was born on December 13, 1940, and was a lifelong resident of the Old Trap and Shiloh communities. One of nine daughters born to the late Haywood and Pearl...

Ann Agnew Morgan

Ann Agnew Morgan

Jul 21, 2018

   Ann Agnew Morgan, 84, of 112 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mrs. Morgan was born in Dallas, Texas on November 25, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Julius D Agnew and Helen Faye Houston Agnew Headen. A retired secretary from Edenton Cotton Mill, she also assisted...

Avril Davenport McCoy

Avril Davenport McCoy

Jul 17, 2018

   Avril Ann Davenport McCoy, 80, of South Mills, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in her home.      Mrs. McCoy was born in Norfolk, VA on November 9, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Andrew Wilson and Della Ann Phelps Davenport. A retired office administrator, she was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the Elizabeth City Chapter...

Buddy Harrell

Buddy Harrell

Jul 13, 2018

   Fleetwood Linwood “Buddy” Harrell, Jr., 57, of 329 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Friday, July 13, 2018.

   Buddy was a lifelong resident of Chowan County, born July 21, 1960, and was the son of Betty Jane Chappell Harrell of Tyner, and the late Fleetwood L. Harrell, Sr. Employed with the Department of Defense Testing Facility at Harvey...

Charlie Joseph Wilkins

Charlie Joseph Wilkins

Jul 8, 2018

   Charlie Joseph Wilkins, 90, formerly of Savage Road in the Corapeake, NC community, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018, in Accordius Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gatesville.

 

   Mr. Wilkins was born in Gates County on September 21, 1927, and was the son of the late Owen Frank and Florine Betty Greene Wilkins. A retired farmer, he worked for many...

Lucy Mae Askew

Lucy Mae Askew

Jul 8, 2018

   Lucy Mae Askew, 86, formerly of Parker’s Fork Road, Corapeake, NC, and more recently of Nansemond Pointe Assisting Living in Suffolk, VA, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018.

 

   Miss Askew was born in Gates County on November 8, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Marvin Paul Askew, Sr. and Nellie Pierce Askew. A retired receptionist, she...

Alfred Franklin Stallings, Jr.

Alfred Franklin Stallings, Jr.

Jul 7, 2018



   Alfred Franklin “June Bug” Stallings, Jr., 94, of 521 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.   Mr. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on February 15, 1924, and was the son of the late Alfred F., Sr. and Allie Bunch Stallings. His family moved to Gates County...

Helen Quidley Godfrey

Helen Quidley Godfrey

Jul 6, 2018

   Helen Quidley Godfrey, 84, of 1372 Woodville Road, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, July 6, 2018, at her home.

 

   Mrs. Godfrey was born in Hyde County on June 8, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Harry Walton and Allie Pugh Quidley. A homemaker, she also worked at Captain Bob’s Restaurant, and was a longtime member of...

Dolly Wright Pate

Dolly Wright Pate

Jul 6, 2018

   Ruth Elizabeth Wright “Dolly” Pate, 76, of Palm Bay, Florida, and formerly a longtime resident of Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, July 6, 2018, in Palm Bay.

 

   Dolly was born in Chowan County on December 3, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Alfred Washington Wright, Sr. and Ruth Helen Twiddy Wright. As a child, she was...

Thomas Joseph Johnson

Thomas Joseph Johnson

Jul 5, 2018



   Thomas Joseph Johnson, 64, of Keough Street, Burlington, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018, in his home.

 

   Mr. Johnson was born in Portsmouth, VA, and was the son of the late Calvin Middleton and Helen Hennessey Johnson. Retired from Commercial Levin, he was a graduate of Elon College, and was raised in the fellowship of St....

Luther Gray Chesson

Luther Gray Chesson

Jul 5, 2018

   Luther Gray Chesson, 86, of 711 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hertford, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

 

   Mr. Chesson was born in Perquimans County on November 9, 1931, and was the son of the late Jesse Pyron and Martha Parker Chesson. A retired supervisor with George C. Moore Company, he was a member of...

Dorothy Boyce White

Dorothy Boyce White

Jul 5, 2018

   Dorothy Lee Boyce White, 84, of 1515 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mrs. White was born in Chowan County on December 19, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Charles Frank “Charlie” Boyce and Bessie Layton Boyce. The retired office manager of Western Gas, she was a...

Catherine Booker Nixon

Catherine Booker Nixon

Jul 4, 2018

   Catherine Booker Nixon, 102, of Hertford, NC, died peacefully in her sleep at Brookdale of Elizabeth City on July 4, 2018.

 

   She was born in 1915 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was the daughter of the late Mary Hicks Booker and William Alfred Booker. She and her brother, the late Robert Alfred Booker, grew up in Jackson, Tennessee, where...

Estelle Branton Byrum

Estelle Branton Byrum

Jul 3, 2018

   Estelle Elizabeth Branton Byrum, 102, formerly of Sunbury, NC, and more recently of Lake Prince Woods Retirement Community in Suffolk, VA, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.

 

   Mrs. Byrum was born in Gates County, NC on December 15, 1915, and was the daughter of the late Robert Francis and Mattie Collier Branton. At an...

Patty Street Hale

Patty Street Hale

Jul 2, 2018

   Patty Street Hale, 73, of Drum Hill Road, Corapeake, NC, passed from this earthly life to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 2, 2018, following a brief illness.   Mrs. Hale was born in Buchanan County, VA on November 4, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Floyd and Lona Blankenship Street. A...

Vivian Riddick Jones

Vivian Riddick Jones

Jul 2, 2018

  

   Vivian Ward Riddick Jones, 86, formerly of New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, July 2, 2018 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.   Mrs. Jones was born in Perquimans County on March 19, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Emory Judson, Sr. and Mary Ward Riddick.  A retired seamstress, she grew up in the fellowship of...

Vera Johnson MacConnell

Vera Johnson MacConnell

Jul 2, 2018

   Vera Johnson MacConnell, 77, of Ainsley Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, July 2, 2018 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.   Mrs. MacConnell was born in Perquimans County on January 7, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Mary Lucille Broughton Johnson. A retired fifth grade teacher having taught in both public and private schools, she was...

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