Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Frances Swain Eason
Jan 17, 2017
Frances Ruth Swain Eason, 73, of 118 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Eason was born in Chowan County on April 16, 1943, and was the daughter of the late George Swain and Grace Davenport Hendrix. A retired inspector from George C. Moore Corp. after 36 years of employment,...
Felbert Gill Lamb
Jan 17, 2017
Felbert Gill Lamb, 80, longtime resident of Murfreesboro, NC, and more recently of Elizabeth City, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Lamb was born in Camden County on May 8, 1936, and was the son of the late Jacob Judson and Grace Lorraine Munden Lamb. A retired x-ray technician, he was a member...
Carolyn Matthews Lane
Jan 15, 2017
Carolyn Matthews Lane, 82, of 903 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Lane was born in Perquimans County on October 18, 1934, and was the daughter of the late John Moody, Sr. and Mattie Blanchard Matthews. A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church...
Legion Owens Britton
Jan 12, 2017
Legion Owens Britton, 81, of Edenton, NC died Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Britton was born in Chowan County on September 3, 1935, and was the daughter of the late William Charles and Edith Alexander Owens. A retired administrative assistant from the Chowan County ASCS office, she was the first woman in North Carolina to...
Donald Wayne Latham
Jan 9, 2017
Donald Wayne “Agitator” Latham, 69, of 3011 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, January 9, 2017 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Mr. Latham was born in Halifax County on August 6, 1947. He was a retired plant engineer from Edenton Cotton Mill, was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, and had served in the United States Marine...
Barbara G. Lynch
Jan 8, 2017
Barbara G. Lynch, 54, of Morgan's Corner Road, Elizabeth City, NC passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Lynch was born in Portsmouth, VA on June 20, 1962, and was the daughter of Loretta Ann Richards of St. Louis, MO and the late Carlos Gene Richards, Sr. She was employed as a people...
Marvin Dan De Witte
Jan 8, 2017
Marvin Dan De Witte, 69, of 303 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. De Witte was born in Bergen County, NJ on April 13, 1947, and was the son of Grace Balkema De Witte of Isle of Palms, SC and the late Marinus De Witte. Retired from the Textile...
Etheleen Matthews Ward
Jan 8, 2017
Etheleen Matthews Ward, 91, of 3908 Cannon Point Drive, Chesapeake, VA, died Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth.
Mrs. Ward was born in Gates County on January 22, 1925, and was one of seven children of the late John Thomas and Donnie Smith Matthews. A retired data programmer with Dominion Power, she was a...
Archie Madison "Jay" Bowen, Jr.
Jan 7, 2017
Archie Madison "Jay" Bowen, Jr., 65, of 123 Davis Road, Windsor, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 in his home.
Mr. Bowen was born in Bertie County on September 23, 1951, and was the son of the late Archie M., Sr. and Madeline Taylor Bowen. Retired from Perdue Farms, he more recently had worked with Bertie Ambulance...
Susan Mohr Hassell
Jan 7, 2017
Susan Jane Mohr Hassell, 60, of Shoshone Trail, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in her home.
Mrs. Hassell was born in Suffolk County, NY on March 27, 1956, and was the daughter of the late John Schurmann and Jane Elizabeth Barker Mohr. She had been employed as a nursing assistant for many years.
Surviving are...
Jerry Wayne Whedbee
Jan 7, 2017
Jerry Wayne Whedbee, 71, of 101 Russell Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Whedbee was born in Perquimans County on May 8, 1945, and was the son of the late Elsberry and Catherine Smith Whedbee. Retired after serving 22 years in the United States Coast Guard, he...
Thomas Leon Butler
Jan 4, 2017
Thomas Leon Butler, 54, of 324 Hwy 305, Windsor, NC, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mr. Butler was born in Suffolk, VA and was the son of Mary Alice Barnes of Windsor and the late Elmo Jackson Butler. He was a designer with J.C. Penney.
In addition to his mother, he is survived...
Pennaritta Tayloe Thompson
Jan 1, 2017
Pennaritta Tayloe “Penny” Thompson, 74, of Robert Street, Windsor, NC, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Mrs. Thompson was born in Edgecombe County on May 9, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Walter Sidney and Lena Moore Rawls Tayloe. A retired high school teacher from Bertie High School having taught for 32...
Kelly Raymond Hare
Dec 31, 2016
Kelly Raymond Hare, 90, of 3032 Kelly’s Beach Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Hare was born in Chowan County on July 15, 1926, and was the son of the late David Richard and Mamie McClenney Hare. A retired farmer, he will long be remembered by his...
Martin Roger Brady, Jr.
Dec 29, 2016
Martin Roger Brady, Jr., of Beech Point Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Brady, born in New York City on November 17, 1938, was the son of the late Martin Roger, Sr. and Evelyn Silkman Brady. A graduate of Fordham University, he retired as the Senior Director of...
Teddie Richard Wright
Dec 29, 2016
Teddie Richard “Ted” Wright, 80, of 225 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Wright was born in Chowan County on July 5, 1936, and was the son of the late Rupert Edgar and Elizabeth Rogerson Wright. A retired Senior Master Sergeant with the US Air Force, he later had...
The Rev. Dr. Walter G. Byrum, Sr.
Dec 26, 2016
The Rev. Dr. Walter Graham Byrum, Sr., 61, of Winterville, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 26, 2016 with his family by his side.
Walter, better known as “Mr. B.”, was born in Chowan County on March 31, 1955, and was the son of the late Murray Forehand Byrum and Grace Wilkins Byrum....
Ann Turnage Hill
Dec 25, 2016
Mary Ann Turnage Hill, 89, of Hwy 158 E, Sunbury, NC, died on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hill was born in Pitt County on June 25, 1927, was the daughter of the late Lester Earl and Wesley Laughinghouse Turnage, and the wife of the late John Darius Hill, Sr....
Rhonda Nichols Fleetwood
Dec 25, 2016
Rhonda Elaine Nichols Fleetwood, 56, of 123 Creek Trail, Hertford, NC, passed away on Christmas morning, December 25, 2016, in her home.
Rhonda was born in Columbus, OH on January 29, 1960, and was the daughter of Carol Lane Nichols of Johnstown, OH and the late Lawrence Leslie Nichols. The retired manager of The Chicken Kitchen in Edenton, she...
Glenn Huylett Perry, Sr.
Dec 23, 2016
Glenn Huylett Perry, Sr., 92, of 213 West Eden Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016 at his home.
Born on October 5, 1924 in Cannon’s Ferry, Chowan County, he was the third oldest of ten children born to John Elmer, Sr. and Mattie Amanda Knight Perry.
An Army veteran of World War II, he...
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