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Kenneth Edwin Spruill

Kenneth Edwin Spruill

Apr 10, 2018

   Kenneth Edwin Spruill, 58, of Roper, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in his home.

   Born in Tyrrell County on September 10, 1959, he was the son of the late Elbert Duard and Beedie Ambrose Spruill. A retired farmer, he was a member of Scuppernong Church of Christ.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Juanita Griggs Winslow Daniels

Juanita Griggs Winslow Daniels

Apr 9, 2018

   Juanita Griggs Winslow Daniels, 87, of Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville, NC, passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018.

 

   Mrs. Daniels was born in Suffolk, VA on March 6, 1931, and was the last surviving of eight children born to the late Dudley James Griggs, Sr. and Hattie Powell Griggs. Retired from First Citizens Bank in Sunbury, she was...

Cecil Gordon Alston

Cecil Gordon Alston

Apr 9, 2018

   Cecil Gordon Alston, 71, of Ahoskie, NC, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018 in his home.

   Mr. Alston was born in Hertford County on February 19, 1947, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland “G.C.” and Millie Hughes Alston. A retired tobacco farmer, more recently he had been employed with Pierce Leaf Company. He was a member of...

Curtis Matthias Byrum, II

Curtis Matthias Byrum, II

Apr 8, 2018

   Curtis Matthias Byrum, II, 46, of 166 Lester Lane Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018, in his home.

 

   Curtis was a lifelong resident of Chowan County, born on March 20, 1972, and was the son of Curtis M. and Rose Lane Byrum of Tyner. A grower for Perdue and a farmer, he had received the...

Mary Forehand Partin

Mary Forehand Partin

Apr 7, 2018

  Mary Forehand Partin, 87, passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Mary was an innovative educator who used her boundless energy in compassionate educational outreach.

  Mary valued education and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University, Master of Arts from Duke University and completed many postgraduate courses at East Carolina University. Among her academic and other...

Elizabeth Ellen Edwards Morgan

Elizabeth Ellen Edwards Morgan

Mar 31, 2018

   Elizabeth Ellen Edwards Morgan, 88, of 160 NC 32 North, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018, in her home.

 

   Mrs. Morgan was a lifelong resident of Sunbury, born on September 27, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Chester Costen and Cathleen Estelle Muncy Edwards. She attended Greensboro College where she was a member of...

Calvin Vivian "Peter Pan" Casper

Calvin Vivian "Peter Pan" Casper

Mar 29, 2018

   Calvin Vivian “Peter Pan” Casper, 82, of 162 Eason Lane, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 in his home where he was surrounded by his family.

      Mr. Casper was born in Gates County on March 7, 1936, and was the son of the late Arthur Lee and Sally Mary Owens Casper. A retired truck driver, he worked for Allied...

John Donald "J.D." Parrish

John Donald "J.D." Parrish

Mar 27, 2018

   John Donald “J.D.” Parrish, 79, of 432 Nixon Road, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in his home.

   Mr. Parrish was born in Chowan County on November 15, 1938, and was the son of the late John L. and Beulah Nixon Parrish. Retired from the Edenton Police Department having served as the Chief of Police for over...

Arthur Boan, Jr.

Arthur Boan, Jr.

Mar 25, 2018

   Arthur Lemuel Boan, Jr., 47, of 305 Mohegan Trail, Edenton, NC, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 after a long and hard battle with cancer.

   Born in Doylestown, PA on November 28, 1970, he was the son of Arthur Lemuel, Sr. and Beverly Wilson Boan. Employed with the Chowan County Water Department, he was a member of Faith Pentecostal Holiness...

Herbert Elton Harrell, Jr.

Herbert Elton Harrell, Jr.

Mar 24, 2018

   Herbert Elton "Bush" Harrell, Jr., 64, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

   Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on November 17, 1953, and was the son of the late Herbert Elton, Sr. and The Rev. Eula Edla Copeland Harrell. A retired welder, he was raised in the fellowship of...

Jimmie Moore Parrish, Sr.

Jimmie Moore Parrish, Sr.

Mar 23, 2018

   Jimmie Moore Parrish, Sr., 89, of 410 Old Hertford Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Mr. Parrish was born in Chowan County on April 16, 1928, and was the son of the late Carey Yates, Sr. and Beulah Moore Parrish. A life-long farmer, he received the Chowan County Outstanding Young...

Julie Marie Brooks

Julie Marie Brooks

Mar 23, 2018

   Julie Marie Brooks, 33, of Coinjock Canal Road, Coinjock, NC, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 in her home.

 

   Born in Rochester, NY on September 19, 1984, she was the daughter of Robert Daniel "Bob" Earlandt and Dana Jean Brooks. A maintenance coordinator, she was employed with Carolina Design Realty in Harbinger. A veteran, she had served in the...

Linda Spencer Adams

Linda Spencer Adams

Mar 21, 2018

   Linda Blair Spencer Adams, 77, of 116 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

 

   Mrs. Adams was born in Hampton, VA, on February 10, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Worth Eugene and Esther Mae Hollowell Spencer. A homemaker, she had worked at the Edenton Bus...

William Allen Crummey

William Allen Crummey

Mar 20, 2018

   William Allen “Hawk” Crummey, 85, of 803 Bond Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

 

   Mr. Crummey was born in Chowan County on November 24, 1932, and was the son of the late William and Geraldine Sanford Crummey. Employed with the Town of Edenton for 52 years, he retired...

Kent Goodwin

Kent Goodwin

Mar 18, 2018

   A. Kent Goodwin, 65, of Elizabeth City, NC, entered Heaven's Gates on Sunday, March 18, 2018 from Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation following a short illness.  

   Born in Chowan County on July 28, 1952, he was the son of the late Alphonso and Louise Hassell Goodwin. A facility manager, he was a longtime employee of the Aviation Logistics Center...

Carl Fletcher Dail

Carl Fletcher Dail

Mar 17, 2018

   Carl Fletcher Dail, 89, of 13650 NC 94 North, Creswell, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Edenton.   Mr. Dail was born in Perquimans County on October 25, 1928, and was the son of the late Matthew B. and Isa Perry Dail. The retired owner and operator of Dail’s Auto Supply in...

Harry Lee Winslow

Harry Lee Winslow

Mar 15, 2018

   Harry Lee Winslow, 85, of 613 Gliden Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, in his home.

 

   Mr. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on September 17, 1932, and was the son of the late Oscar Roy and Sobelia Williams Winslow. As a young man he served his country in the US Army during the Korean...

Joan Burpee Mickey

Joan Burpee Mickey

Mar 14, 2018

   Joan Marie Burpee Mickey, 84, of 131 Windward Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

 

   Mrs. Mickey was born in Houlton, ME on November 24, 1933, and was the daughter of the late George Edward and Marion Ryder Burpee. She attended Bethel Baptist Church, and enjoyed bowling and playing Bingo....

Jacob Franklin Searcy

Jacob Franklin Searcy

Mar 14, 2018

   Jacob Franklin Searcy, 34, of 5297 Free Union Church Road, Pinetown, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Carolina East Medical Center, New Bern.

 

   Born in Halifax County on May 29, 1983, he was the son of Loraine Steinbeck Searcy of Halifax and the late Joseph Floyd Searcy, Jr. Employed as a Regional Agronomist with the North Carolina...

Jack Donald Bateman

Jack Donald Bateman

Mar 13, 2018

   Jack Donald Bateman, 74, of Chesapeake, VA, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

 

   Mr. Bateman was born in Chowan County, NC, on November 16, 1943, and was the son of the late Benjamin F. and Grace Cale Bateman. A graduate of East Carolina University, he was employed with Overnight Transportation for over 20...

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