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Evelyn White Swanner

Evelyn White Swanner

Mar 13, 2018

   Evelyn White Swanner, 87, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mrs. Swanner was born in Bertie County on February 1, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Solomon Perry and Rosa Etta Dunlow White. A retired supervisor with Don Juan Manufacturing, in earlier years she worked at...

J.D. Rountree

J.D. Rountree

Mar 12, 2018

   James Dallas Rountree, USN (Ret), 70, of 549 Taylor Mill Road, Eure, NC, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018, in his home.

 

   Mr. Rountree was born in Norfolk, VA, on June 17, 1947, and was the son of the late Walter Dallas and Thelma Greene Rountree. Retired from the United States Navy after 23 years of service, he...

Addie Bright Chalk

Addie Bright Chalk

Mar 11, 2018

   Addie Lois Bright Chalk, 85, of Morris Ford Road, Colerain, NC, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Accordius Health at Creekside, Ahoskie.

   Mrs. Chalk was born in Prince George County, VA on May 10, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Gordon Sylvester and Thelma Balance Bright.  Retired as a computer operator, she had been employed with Civil...

Charles Thomas Hofler, Sr.

Charles Thomas Hofler, Sr.

Mar 9, 2018

   Charles Thomas Hofler, Sr., 74, of 491 NC 32 South, Sunbury, NC, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2018.

 

   Mr. Hofler was born Gates County on April 14, 1943, and was the son of the late Forest Riddick and Alice Hurdle Hofler. The President of Hofler Logging, Inc., he was a member of Beulah Baptist Church, and was a...

John Herman Whitesell

John Herman Whitesell

Mar 8, 2018

   John Herman Whitesell, 82 , of Laurel Street, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Edenton House.

      Mr. Whitesell was born in Oakdale, PA on March 30, 1935, and was the son of the late Herman Flecher and Grace Knight Whitesell.  A retired truck driver from Delaware Valley Scrap Metal in Bristol, PA after 30 years of employment, he...

Toni Smith Kuykendall

Toni Smith Kuykendall

Mar 6, 2018

   Toni Smith Kuykendall, 64, of 12005 Curry Creek Drive, Frisco, TX, and a former resident of both Edenton and Elizabeth City, NC, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

 

   Toni was born in Chowan County on December 1, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Tony Wilburn and Gwendolyn “Pete” Sutton Smith. While living in Elizabeth City, she...

David Alvin Fleetwood

David Alvin Fleetwood

Mar 5, 2018

   David Alvin Fleetwood, USN (Ret), 78, of 121 Bateman’s Beach Road, Roper, NC, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018, in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

 

   Mr. Fleetwood was born in Jefferson, Texas on September 11, 1939, and was the son of the late Donnie Allen and Ethel Lorane McKinney Fleetwood. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served in...

Lee Ann Bryan Ruscoe

Lee Ann Bryan Ruscoe

Mar 3, 2018

   Lee Ann Bryan Ruscoe, 58, of 1369B NC Hwy 343 North, South Mills, NC, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in her home.

 

   Mrs. Ruscoe was born in Sumter, SC on November 11, 1959, and was the daughter of the late Delano Ray and Glenna Cook Bryan. Formerly employed with both Bank of America, and The Bank of...

Michael Mark Jordan

Michael Mark Jordan

Mar 2, 2018

   Michael Mark Jordan, 57, of Ocracoke, NC, and formerly of Edenton, NC passed away peacefully on Friday, March 2, 2018, in Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, MD after a long battle with Cancer.

 

   Mike was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 11, 1960, and was the son of the late Robert and Bernadette Gallagher Jordan. He grew...

Raymond Earl Baker

Raymond Earl Baker

Feb 28, 2018

   Raymond Earl Baker, 94, of 103 Driftwood Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in his home.

 

   Mr. Baker was born in Pitt County, NC on December 2, 1923, and was the son of the late Jesse O. and Beulah Jones Baker. A retired supervisor having been employed in the Maintenance Department of the A/C and Refrigeration Systems...

Terry Facey

Terry Facey

Feb 27, 2018

   Terence Aubrey "Terry" Facey, 75, of 108 Santee Circle, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in his home.

 

   Mr. Facey was born in Bedford, England on October 21, 1942, and was the eldest son of the late Leonard and Elsie Facey, formerly of England and Australia. Educated in England, he graduated from Borough Polytechnic, London with a...

Ray Stallings

Ray Stallings

Feb 27, 2018



   Shelton Ray Stallings, 90, of 208 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

 

   Mr. Stallings was born Perquimans County on August 5, 1927, and was the last surviving of 10 children born to the late Joseph Herbert and Lethia Rountree Stallings. A 1945 graduate of Hobbsville High School, he...

Roger James Miller

Roger James Miller

Feb 26, 2018

   Roger James Miller, 76, of 121 Navajo Trail, Hertford, NC, died Monday, February 26, 2018.

 

   Mr. Miller was born in Matagorda County, TX on December 17, 1941, and was the son of the late Alexander P. and Nellie Jones Miller. Retired as a Petty Officer First Class from the US Navy after more than 20 years of service, following...

J.C. Stillman

J.C. Stillman

Feb 26, 2018

   James Clyde "J.C." Stillman, 60, of 7 Tanglewood Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Monday, February 26, 2018 in his home.

 

   Mr. Stillman was born in Chowan County on December 19, 1957, and was the son of the late James Basil and Dora Mae Yount Stillman. A retired electrician, he was raised in the fellowship of Edenton Baptist Church. An...

Louise Lassiter Gurganus

Louise Lassiter Gurganus

Feb 26, 2018

   Maxie Louise Lassiter Gurganus, 83, of 098 Catherine’s Creek Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018, in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

 

   Mrs. Gurganus was born in Gates County on November 24, 1934, and was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Maxie Louvenia Piland Lassiter. A retired supervisor from Seabrook Blanching Corp., she was a...

Iris Harrell Doughtie

Iris Harrell Doughtie

Feb 25, 2018

   Nell Iris Harrell Doughtie, 80, of 205 Brinkleyville Road, Ahoskie, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville.

 

   Mrs. Doughtie was born in the Eure community on July 13, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Jewell R., Sr. and Nellie Erma Harrell. A retired cosmetologist, she was a member of Cool...

Eleanor Millard Christian

Eleanor Millard Christian

Feb 23, 2018

   Eleanor Jane Millard Christian, 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 23, 2018. Prior to moving to Parsons Residential Care Center in Chesapeake, VA, she was a resident of the Arrowhead Beach community of Chowan County, NC.

 

   Mrs. Christian was born in Williamson, Mingo County, WV, on January 4, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Elias H....

Sy Hoying

Sy Hoying

Feb 22, 2018

   John Sylvester "Sy" Hoying, 68, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 in his home.

 

   Mr. Hoying was born in Sidney, OH on April 9, 1949, and was the son of the late Sylvester and Ruth Kirner Hoying. A graduate of Ohio State University, he owned and operated his own business in Pittsburgh, PA, working in the...

Donald Erastus Brannon

Donald Erastus Brannon

Feb 21, 2018

   Donald Erastus Brannon, 51, of Cypress Road, Livingston, TX, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018.

 

   Mr. Brannon was born in Greenville, NC on September 22, 1966, and was the son of the late Willie Lee Brannon, Sr. and Retha Braxton Brannon. He was employed with United Airlines.

 

   Surviving are his brother, Bryan Brannon and wife, Teresa, of Holly Springs,...

Sam Trueblood, Jr.

Sam Trueblood, Jr.

Feb 20, 2018

   George David "Sam" Trueblood, Jr., 80, of 729 Wynne Fork Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, February 20, 2018 in his home.      Mr. Trueblood was born in Hertford County on October 11, 1937, and was the son of the late George David, Sr. and Geneva Smith Trueblood. A retired truck driver having been employed with L. R. Foreman & Son and...

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