Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
John Wood Miller, Jr.
Jun 16, 2015
John Wood "Bubba" Miller, Jr., formerly of the Weeksville community, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City, NC. Born on February 23, 1942, he was the son of the late John Wood, Sr. and Ruth James Miller. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Carolyn Miller Gurganus Sawyer,...
Stancil Van Davenport, Sr.
Jun 16, 2015
Stancil Van Davenport, Sr., 87, of 1522 Glen Eagles Court, Nashville, NC, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Davenport was born in Chowan County on June 15, 1928, and was the last surviving of 21 children born to the late James Alton and Mary Brickhouse Davenport. The retired owner and operator of Stancil's Bi-Rite Market...
A. Paige Hobbs
Jun 16, 2015
Alton Paige Hobbs, 85, of Hertford, NC, passed away, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in his home where he was surrounded by his family. Paige was born August 25, 1929 in Hobbsville, NC, and was the son of the late Dozier and Beulah Hollowell Hobbs. A 1948 graduate of Hobbsville High School, he joined the United States Air Force in 1950...
John Pearce Chilcoat, III
Jun 15, 2015
John Pearce Chilcoat, III, 73, of 113 Robin Lane, Edenton, NC, died Monday, June 15, 2015 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Chilcoat was born in Baltimore, MD on January 2, 1942, and was the son of the late John Pearce Chilcoat, Jr. and Anne McCrary Chilcoat. The retired manager of Food Lion of Edenton, he was a member of...
John Stuart Graham
Jun 14, 2015
John Stuart "Jack" Graham, 68, of Roanoke Dr., Hertford, NC died Sunday, June 14, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Jack was born in Cambridge, Maryland on August 27, 1946 and was the second eldest son of the late Donald Mumford and Frances Loretta Graham. Jack served in the United States Army and went on to receive his...
Veronica Besso Shank
Jun 13, 2015
Veronica Jean Besso Shank, 52, of 1417 Lambs Grove Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, June 13, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Shank was born in Portsmouth, VA on May 17, 1963, and was the daughter of Ronald Besso of Chesapeake, VA and the late Maxine Thompson Besso. A homemaker, she was a member of Bagley Swamp Wesleyan Church. In...
Cheryl Abell-Kennedy
Jun 13, 2015
Cheryl Lyn "Mama K." Abell-Kennedy, 48, of 1145 NC Hwy 32 South, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, June 13, 2015. Cheryl was born in St. Mary's County, MD on January 9, 1967, and was the daughter of Robert W. Abell of Mechanicsville, MD and the late Lois Owens Abell. A homemaker, she attended St. Anne Catholic Church in Edenton. Active in...
Thomas Franklin Hollowell
Jun 11, 2015
Thomas Franklin Hollowell, 86, formerly of Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on November 3, 1928, and was the son of the late Willie Franklin and Nannie Elizabeth Umphlett Hollowell. A retired self-employed residential painter, he was a member of Sandy Cross...
T. Gilbert Johnson, Jr.
Jun 11, 2015
Thomas Gilbert "Slick Willie" Johnson, Jr., 76, of 730 River Cottage Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at his son's home in Virginia Beach, VA. Mr. Johnson was born in Bertie County on November 28, 1938, and was the son of the late Thomas Gilbert, Sr. and Hattie Mae Byrum Johnson. Retired from Sheet Metal Workers Local #87,...
Eddie White
Jun 10, 2015
Starkey Edward "Eddie" White, 72, of Cherry Meadow Lane, Rock Hill, SC, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Edenton, NC. Mr. White was born in Bertie County, NC on December 27, 1942, and was the son of the late John and Susie Edwards White. Retiring in 1981 after serving in the United States Navy for 20 years, he then went...
Rachel Whitehurst Savage
Jun 10, 2015
Rachel Whitehurst Savage, 92, of 555 Drum Hill Road, Gates, NC, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Autumn Care of Suffolk, VA. Mrs. Savage was born in Gates County on July 20, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Joseph Bonnie and Margaret Howell Whitehurst. A homemaker, she was a member of Savage's United Methodist Church and had formerly...
Myra Hunter Hobbs
Jun 10, 2015
Myra Hunter Hobbs, 95, of Ulster Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Brookdale Assisted Living, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Hobbs was born in Perquimans County on October 27, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Watson Herbert and Isa Dail Hunter. Known by many in her community for her work as a seamstress, she and her...
Preston Elliott
Jun 7, 2015
Thomas Preston Elliott, 76, 613 Four Mile Desert Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, June 7, 2015 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City. Mr. Elliott was born in Perquimans County on March 21, 1939, and was the son of the late Anthony Benjamin and Gladys Jordan Elliott. A life-long farmer, he was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church and...
Clifford Stanley Winslow
Jun 7, 2015
Clifford Stanley Winslow, 85, of 202 Community Building Road, Belvidere, NC, died Sunday, June 7, 2015 in North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill. Mr. Winslow was born in Perquimans County on September 28, 1929, and was the son of the late George Benjamin and Sybil Winslow. A 1947 graduate of Perquimans County High School where he had served as his...
Peanie Wade Smith Lee
Jun 6, 2015
Peanie Wade Smith Lee, 89, of 933 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA, died Saturday, June 6, 2015 in her home. Mrs. Lee was born in Perquimans County, NC on January 10, 1926, and was the daughter of the late George William and Mary Arabelle Mansfield Smith. A retired bookkeeper in the payroll department of Old Dominion Stevedoring Company, she was a...
Harry William Esterley, Jr.
Jun 6, 2015
Harry W. Esterley, Jr., died quietly and peacefully in his home on June 6, 2015 in Hertford, NC due to complications following a long illness. He was 82. A Mass of Resurrection will be held Wednesday, June 10, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Anne Catholic Parish Hall Church. A reception will be held immediately following the Mass. All are welcome...
Elwood David Harrell
Jun 5, 2015
Elwood David Harrell, 87, of Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, and formerly of Virginia Beach, VA, died Friday, June 5, 2015 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation, Edenton. Mr. Harrell was born in Chowan County on October 1, 1927 and was the son of the late Clarence Parker and Ora Outland Harrell. A retired salesman, he was a member of Macedonia...
Dallas Lee Jethro, Jr.
Jun 3, 2015
Dallas Lee Jethro, Jr., 85, of 834 Drummond's Point Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Mr. Jethro was born in Chowan County on October 27, 1929, and was the son of the late Dallas Lee, Sr. and Helen Baker Jethro. Retiring in 1996 after serving as the Chowan County Tax Administrator for 25 years, he also...
Daniel Douglas Sherman
Jun 2, 2015
Daniel Douglas "Dan D." Sherman, Sr., 68, of 1001 Stacie Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Sherman was born in Grand Rapids, MI on May 10, 1947 and was the son of the late James Frederick, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Knowlton Sherman. Retired as a Senior Chief Petty Officer from the...
Janet Gray Agar
Jun 2, 2015
Janet Faye Gray Agar, 63, of Lexington Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City. Janet was born in Perquimans County on June 4, 1951 and was the daughter of the late Johnie and Marguarete Cartwright Gray. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant daughter,...
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