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Jorgen Harald Jorgensen

Jorgen Harald Jorgensen

Dec 23, 2016

   Jorgen Harald Jorgensen, 79, of Blackfoot Trail, Edenton, NC, died Friday, December 23, 2016.

 

   Mr. Jorgensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 14, 1937, and was the son of the late Earling Laurits Rasmus and Edith Agnes Jorgensen. A retired tool and die maker, he was a veteran of the Danish Defense.

 

   Surviving are his wife, Joyce...

Robert Wayne Halsey

Robert Wayne Halsey

Dec 22, 2016

   Robert Wayne Halsey, 74, of 237 Country Club Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.

 

   Mr. Halsey was born in Chowan County on June 12, 1942, and was the son of the late Edgar Leon, Sr. and Mary Pierce Halsey. While a student at John A. Holmes High School, he played...

Bobby Harrell

Bobby Harrell

Dec 22, 2016

   Robert Louis “Bobby” Harrell, Sr., 82, of 1292 NC Hwy 137, Eure, NC, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 in his home.

 

   Mr. Harrell was born in Gates County on November 27, 1934, and was the son of the late Jewel Randolph and Nellie Mullen Harrell. Raised in the fellowship of Cool Spring Baptist Church, in the 1950’s he pitched...

Vilma Bright Umphlett

Vilma Bright Umphlett

Dec 21, 2016

   Vilma Bright Umphlett, 85, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City.

 

   Mrs. Umphlett was born in Pasquotank County on May 21, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Christine Bright. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Jeanne Harrison Weaver

Jeanne Harrison Weaver

Dec 19, 2016

   Jeanne Harrison Weaver, of Plymouth, NC, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 in her home.

 

   Mrs. Weaver was born in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Henry Eugene “H.E.”, Sr. and Neva Bateman Harrison. A graduate of Plymouth High School and Salem College, she was employed as a bookkeeper for many years with H.E. Harrison Wholesale...

Anne Curran Chappell

Anne Curran Chappell

Dec 19, 2016

   Anne Curran Chappell, 93, of Sycamore Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 in her home.      Anne was born in Chowan County on June 10, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Russell Aubrey Chappell and Mariah Jane Curran Chappell. A homemaker, she had formerly worked at both Chowan Medical Center and Carter’s Ink. A member...

Wayne Evans

Wayne Evans

Dec 19, 2016

   George Wayne Evans, 61, of 102 Tip Toe Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 19, 2016 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

 

   Mr. Evans was born in Chowan County on October 13, 1955, and was the son of the late George Wayland Evans and Mabel Boyce Evans Lane, and the step-son of the late Thomas Earl Lane. A self-employed contractor and...

Billie Reed Sloop

Billie Reed Sloop

Dec 17, 2016

   Billie Reed Sloop, 71, formerly of Winfall, NC, and for the past 10 years a resident of Needham Adult Care Home in Shiloh, passed away, Saturday, December 17, 2016 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

 

   Ms. Sloop was born in Pasquotank County on January 8, 1945 (her true love, Elvis' birthday), and was the daughter of Katherine Hollowell...

Russell Wheeler, Sr.

Russell Wheeler, Sr.

Dec 15, 2016

   Russell Wheeler, Sr., 89, formerly of Edenton, NC, and more recently of the North Carolina State Veterans Home in Kinston, died there on Thursday, December 15, 2016.

 

   Mr. Wheeler was born in Chowan County on October 18, 1927, and was one of ten children born to the late Doppie and Lillie Wheeler. A retired clerk with Byrum Hardware Company,...

Reby Winslow Stallings

Reby Winslow Stallings

Dec 15, 2016

   Reby Winslow Stallings, 100, of Belvidere, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 in Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro.

 

   Mrs. Stallings was born in Perquimans County, NC on September 15, 1916, and was the daughter of the late Lucious and Mary S. Winslow, having spent nearly her whole life in the Up River community. A loving wife, daughter, sister...

William Patrick Lewis

William Patrick Lewis

Dec 13, 2016

   William Patrick “Pat” Lewis, 73, formerly of Lake Road, Hertford, NC and more recently of Tyner Manor, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Pat was born in Perquimans County on May 23, 1943, and was the son of the late William Talmadge and Callie Patrick Lewis.  He was raised in the fellowship of Oak Grove...

Esther Lee Brabble

Esther Lee Brabble

Dec 13, 2016

   Esther Lee Williams Brabble, 93, formerly of Soundside Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

   Mrs. Brabble was born in Edgecombe County on July 24, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Percy Lee and Zannie Lucas Williams.  A homemaker, she had formerly worked as an operator with Bell Telephone &...

Warner Lee Little

Warner Lee Little

Dec 12, 2016

   Warner Lee Little, 87, of Sycamore Street, Hertford, NC, died Monday, December 12, 2016 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.

 

   Mr. Little was born in Greene County on November 10, 1929, and was the son of the late William Travis and Lela Gertrude Harris Little. He was a retired auto body repairman. In addition to his parents, he was...

Lucille Kathleen Atwell Parr Edmonds

Lucille Kathleen Atwell Parr Edmonds

Dec 12, 2016

   Lucille Kathleen Atwell Parr Edmonds, 96, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 12, 2016 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.      Mrs. Edmonds was born in Burt, Michigan on March 3, 1920, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Mabel Cowell Atwell. A homemaker, she was a member of Albemarle Baptist Church, Mt. Morris Chapter...

Ralph Milford VanPelt, Jr.

Ralph Milford VanPelt, Jr.

Dec 12, 2016

   Ralph Milford VanPelt, Jr., 70, of 116 Old Rail Bed, Gates, NC, died Moday, December 12, 2016 in Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

 

   Mr. VanPelt was born in Sullivan County, NY on January 9, 1946, and was the son of the late Ralph Milford, Sr. and Goldie Davis VanPelt. A retired auto mechanic, he was an Army veteran of...

Billy Nixon

Billy Nixon

Dec 11, 2016

   William Alton “Billy” Nixon, 85, of 1696 Hwy 37 South, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gatesville.

 

   Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County on August 15, 1931, and was the son of the late William A. and Bera Wilson Nixon. Retired from Planters Peanuts in Suffolk, VA after...

Cynthia Hardy Maupin

Cynthia Hardy Maupin

Dec 10, 2016

   Cynthia Hardy Maupin, 45, of 210 Creek Trail, Edenton, NC, and formerly of Chesapeake, VA passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at home.

 

   Cindy was born in Portsmouth, VA on February 9, 1971, and was the daughter of Shirley Lassiter Hardy of Edenton, and the late Garrie Lee Hardy. Until her illness became severe, she resided in Wakefield,...

H.S. "Buddy" Reynolds

H.S. "Buddy" Reynolds

Dec 10, 2016

    H. S. "Buddy" Reynolds, 85, of 612 Bethany Church Road, Belvidere, NC, died Saturday, December 10, 2016 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford.      Mr. Reynolds was born in Patrick County, VA on July 25, 1931, and was the son of the late H. T. and Mildred Fulcher Reynolds. A retired farmer, he was a member of Bethany United Methodist...

Joyce Lynch Lindly

Joyce Lynch Lindly

Dec 9, 2016

   Joyce Dorothy Lynch Lindly, 76, of Hemlock St., Hertford, NC, died Friday, December 9, 2016 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.

 

   Mrs. Lindly was born in Billings, MT on January 18, 1940, and was the daughter of the late John Joseph and Dorothy Olinger Lynch. She was a member of Snug Harbor Community Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Grace Privott Blanchard

Grace Privott Blanchard

Dec 8, 2016

   Grace Virginia Privott Blanchard, 93, of 1721 Ocean Highway South, Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016.

 

   Mrs. Blanchard was born in Chowan County on June 19, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Daniel Privott and Mary Jane Harrell Privott. A homemaker and farmer’s wife, she was a faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church...

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