Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
John Leo Wilburn
Nov 18, 2015
John Leo Wilburn, 67, of 1637 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. John was born in Portsmouth, VA on March 27, 1948, and was the son of Harriett Wilburn of Portsmouth and the late John Wilburn, Sr. He worked as a general contractor who was mostly known for his skills as a...
Frederick John Bloemer
Nov 16, 2015
Frederick John Bloemer, 76, of Sunset Circle, Hertford, NC, died Monday, November 16, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Bloemer was born in Omaha, NE on May 24, 1939, and was the son of the late Frederick John and Mary Victoria Crum Bloemer. A veteran, he retired from the US Navy after more than 20 years of service and...
Eva Neth Spavin
Nov 15, 2015
Eva Annie Neth Spavin, 100, of Randolph Loop North, Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2015. Mrs. Spavin was born in Boston, MA on August 17, 1915, and was the last surviving of 10 children born to the late George M. and Debbie Delaney Neth. Before moving to Hertford some 10 years ago to live with...
Robert Holton Cumbia
Nov 14, 2015
Robert Holton Cumbia, of 900 Mohave Trail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Mr. Cumbia was born in Portsmouth, VA on September 16, 1929, and was the last surviving of seven children born to the late George Burnice and Bertha Holton Cumbia. A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School,...
Michael Lee Rowe
Nov 13, 2015
Michael Lee Rowe, 69, of 1946 Tara Court, #102, Greenville, NC, and formerly of Edenton, died Friday, November 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Rowe was born on January 25, 1946 in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Alfonzo "Fonzie" and Estelle Lamm Rowe. A retired Systems Analyst with the federal government, he had after his retirement...
Leslie Yates Kirby
Nov 13, 2015
Leslie Yates Kirby, 80, of 100 South Oakum Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, November 13, 2015 in his home. Mr. Kirby was born in Perquimans County on December 17, 1934, and was the son of the late Tracy Roscoe and Elizabeth Yates Kirby. A licensed electrical contractor, he owned and operated Kirby’s Electrical, and had taught Electrical Courses at The...
Donald B. Bunch, Sr.
Nov 10, 2015
Donald Branch Bunch, Sr., 81, of 674 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Bunch was born in Chowan County on July 20, 1934, and was the son of the late Lonnie and Gertrude Bass Bunch. A retired police officer, he was an Army veteran. In addition to his...
Shirley Lowe Crabtree
Nov 10, 2015
Shirley Ann Lowe Crabtree, 80, of Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Crabtree was born in Cleveland, OH on May 24, 1935, and was the daughter of the late William Clyde and Mary Louise Hamm Lowe. A retired nurse, she was a Lutheran by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Anna Holak Billek
Nov 10, 2015
Anna Holak Billek, formerly of Kingston, PA, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in W.R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City, NC, where she had been a guest. Born April 12, 1918, in Edwardsville, PA, Anna was the second oldest child of five children of the late Michael and Eva Susaraba Holak. She attended local grade schools and was a graduate...
Edward O. Smith
Nov 10, 2015
Edward O. Smith, 81, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at his home in Pasadena, California with his wife of 56 years, Anne, and his only child, Becky, by his side. Ed, as he was known by his friends, was born in Tacoma, Washington on June 16, 1934, and was the son of the late Ray and Margaret...
Scott Van Cayton
Nov 8, 2015
Scott Van Cayton, 61, of Main Street Extended, Elizabeth City, NC, died Sunday, November 8, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Scott was born in Pasquotank County on July 28, 1954, and was the son of the late William "Little Bud" and Elizabeth Trueblood Cayton. He had been employed for many years as a brick mason. In addition...
Paul Donald Townsend
Nov 7, 2015
Paul Donald Townsend, 87, of Edenton, NC, husband of 58 years to Kathleen (Kitty) Bell Townsend, died peacefully November 7, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born December 1, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, son of Paul Donald Townsend, Sr. and Helen Lindahl Townsend. His parents, a brother, and a son preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife, three...
Wayne Carr
Nov 7, 2015
Robert Wayne Carr, 68, of 1155 Drum Hill Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 in his home. Mr. Carr was born in Suffolk, VA on February 17, 1947, and was the son of the late James Matthew and Audrey Rountree Carr. Employed for many years as an iron rigger in the construction industry, he also owned and operated...
William Jones
Nov 6, 2015
William “Mate” Jones, 71, of W. Fearing Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Jones was born in Guilford County on November 4, 1944, and was the son of the late Lowell Stancil and Octavia Whitson Spence Jones. Retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 36 years of employment, he was also a...
Johnnie Alton Myers
Nov 6, 2015
Johnnie Alton "John" Myers, 83, of 305 Hi-Land Park, Hertford, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 in his home. Mr. Myers was born in Greene County on April 8, 1932, and was the son of the late Johnnie F. and Louie Del Dail Myers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Eugene and Jake...
Rene' Raper Riddick
Nov 3, 2015
Marlene Rene' Raper Riddick, 55, of Garden Street, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Riddick was born in Pasquotank County on April 28, 1960, and was the daughter of Madeline Gray Ausherman of Elizabeth City and the late Jimmy Ray Raper, Sr. Surviving in addition to her mother are her son, George Riddick and...
Johnnie Ray Smithson
Nov 3, 2015
Johnnie Ray Smithson, 58, of 722 East Ridge Road, Shawboro, NC, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Smithson was born in Currituck County on October 16, 1957, and was the son of the late Phillip and Elizabeth Sawyer Smithson. A retired housekeeping supervisor, for many years he had been employed with Southern Shores...
Roxie Chrisman Toti
Nov 1, 2015
Roxie Chrisman Toti, 88, of 311 Main Street, Gatesville, NC, died Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Down East Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gatesville. Mrs. Toti was born in Bevier, Missouri on October 10, 1927, and was the oldest of 10 children born to the late Roscoe Riley and Ruth Isabelle Reginald Chrisman. A homemaker, she was a member of St....
Debbie Rea Pierce
Oct 30, 2015
Debbie Rea Pierce, 60, of 316 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Pierce was born in Chowan County on May 14, 1955 and was the daughter of the late William D. Rea, Jr. and Myrtis Downs Rea Stallings. She had formerly worked as the manager of both the Apricot Sewing...
Herbert Nicholas Mace, III
Oct 30, 2015
Herbert Nicholas Mace, III, 67, of 140 Long Beach Drive, Hertford, NC, died Friday, October 30, 2015 in his home. Mr. Mace was born in Pottawattamie County, IA on December 12, 1947. A veteran, he retired from the US Navy after 23 years of service. He was preceded in death by his mother, Arlene Sonner Draper, and by his son,...
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