Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Barbara Ann Chappell Davenport
Oct 7, 2013
Barbara Ann Chappell Davenport, 81, of 1522 Glen Eagles Court, Nashville, NC, died Monday, October 7, 2013 in Universal Health Care, Nashville. Mrs. Davenport was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Arthur R. and Hattie Bateman Chappell. Formerly employed as a beautician, she and her husband also for many years owned and operated Bi-Rite Grocery...
Bernard Emmanuel Eanes
Oct 3, 2013
Bernard Emmanuel Eanes, 71, of 566 Davenport's Lane, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 3, 2013 in his home. Mr. Eanes was born in Petersburg, VA and was the son of the late Joseph Berry and Mary Ellen Walker Eanes. He was a retired draftsman with Carter Steel & Iron, and was an avid fisherman. Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Eanes;...
James Edward Byrum, Sr.
Oct 3, 2013
James Edward "Jimmy" Byrum, Sr., 75, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, October 3, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mr. Byrum was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late James Andrew and Marie Ashley Byrum. A retired auto body repairman, he had served in the United States Navy. In addition to his...
Garland Courtney Jennings, Sr.
Oct 2, 2013
Garland Courtney Jennings, Sr., 75, of 1824 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in his home. Mr. Jennings was born in Richmond, VA and was the son of the late Murrill Thaxton Jennings and Alva Rowuvenia Jones Clarke. Retired as an Aviation Machinist's Mate (Jet Engine Mechanic) Chief Petty Officer from the US Navy after 20 years...
Worth Hippensteel Hare, Sr.
Sep 29, 2013
Worth Hippensteel Hare, Sr., 91, passed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, September 29, 2013, in his home in Edenton, NC. Born January 3, 1922 in Chowan County to the late Brady Clarence and Sarah Roach Hare, he was a World War II veteran, having served both as an enlisted soldier in the US Army National Guard and as a...
Judith Umphlett Berryman
Sep 29, 2013
Judith Umphlett Berryman, of Hobbsville, NC, succumbed to the cancer that had become a part of her life for four and a half years. She left behind her loving husband, Dewey H. Berryman. Born in Chowan County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Myrtle White Umphlett. Award winning Artist in watercolor and acrylic, Judith started painting at...
Cecelia Morton Grote
Sep 28, 2013
Cecelia Morton Grote, 87, 409 Seaview Drive, Edenton, NC, came to rest on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Mrs. Grote was born in Manchester, England on August 10, 1926 and was the daughter of the late James and Anne Ingham Morton. A homemaker, she was a member of Albemarle Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Johnny Michael Hora
Sep 28, 2013
Johnny Michael Hora, 65, of 840 NC 137, Eure, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA. Mr. Hora was born in Bertie County and was the son of the late Anthony Michael Hora, and Lonnie Ray and Clora Dunlow Newbern. A retired controller from International Paper in Franklin, VA after nearly 40 years of...
Althea Kettelle Greenwood
Sep 28, 2013
Althea Kettelle Greenwood, 82, of 047 Middle Swamp Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Greenwood was born in Manchester, NH, and was the daughter of the late John D. and Martha Chadborne Kettelle. A retired mortgage vault attendant in the banking industry, she was a former member of McKendrie United Methodist Church in Norfolk,...
Caroline McClenney Pratt
Sep 28, 2013
Caroline McClenney Pratt, 68, of 1435 NC Hwy 45, Merry Hill, NC, died Saturday, September 28, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Pratt was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Wilbert Jennings and Dannie Perry McClenney. Retired after 16 years as the retail market manager with Perry-Wynns Fish Company, she had taught quilting at Roanoke-Chowan Community...
Brenda Julian Williams
Sep 28, 2013
Brenda Julian Williams, 72, of 139 Mic Mac Trail, Hertford, NC, passed from her home on this earth to her heavenly home at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2013 surrounded by family who loved her deeply. Brenda was a giving person who will most be remembered for her love of God and children. As her daughter, I can tell...
David Clarence Davenport
Sep 27, 2013
David Clarence Davenport, 81, of 1285 Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, passed from his worldly home to his heavenly home, Friday, September 27, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Columbia, North Carolina on May 23, 1932, he was the son of the late Joseph and Sarah Whitehead Davenport. David married his sweetheart, Dolores Anne Julian, in Norfolk, Virginia...
Ertia Mae Ashley Lane
Sep 27, 2013
Ertia Mae Ashley Lane, 88, of 242 Lowe's Lane, Hertford, NC, died Friday, September 27, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Lane was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late John Francis and Myrtle Williams Ashley. Employed with Don Juan Manufacturing for 17 years, she was a member of Olivet Lakes Pentecostal Holiness Church and had also...
Reta Leggett Shaw
Sep 26, 2013
Reta Leggett Shaw, 73, of 751 Macedonia Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Shaw was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Ernest B. and Addie Hoggard Leggett. Employed in the Food Service Dept. at White Oak Elementary School, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, and loved her...
Rebecca Walker Shepard
Sep 25, 2013
Rebecca Jane Walker Shepard, 86, the wife of Thomas Hoskins Shepard, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Shepard was born in Burlington, NC, May 4, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Daniel Joshua and Annie Hurdle Walker. A 1948 graduate of Women's College of Greensboro, she moved to Edenton that same year and taught math...
Dorothy Griffin Lepley
Sep 24, 2013
Dorothy Griffin Lepley, 86, of 314 Cayuga Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mrs. Lepley was born in Elloree, SC and was the daughter of the late Charlie Marion and Maggie Lou Wiles Griffin. A homemaker and member of Bandon Chapel Church, she was an avid gardener and nature lover, a beloved...
Patricia Powers Mersinger
Sep 24, 2013
Patricia Powers Mersinger, 86, of 122 Creek Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Mersinger was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late Northern Leslie and Lila Dougherty Powers. She was a homemaker and a long-time resident of Virginia Beach before moving to Edenton nearly 25 years ago. In addition...
Wm. Clinton Copeland
Sep 24, 2013
William Clinton "Bill" Copeland, 81, of 1031 W. Bear Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Copeland was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Alvin and Christine Ellis Copeland. A retired heavy equipment operator from the Harvey Point Special Testing Activity Base after 30 years of...
John Larry Hill
Sep 24, 2013
John Larry Hill, 76, of 1406 Woodwind Drive, Greenville, NC, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in the Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice. Mr. Hill was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late John Richard and Evelyn Rountree Hill. A supervisor with the Federal Aviation Administration, he retired from the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New...
Gloria Umphlett Johnson
Sep 23, 2013
Gloria Umphlett Johnson, 67, of 1154 NC Hwy 343 North, South Mills, NC, died Monday, September 23, 2013 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake, VA. Mrs. Johnson was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Santos William and Una Lee Small Umphlett. She had formerly worked as a teacher's assistant. In addition to her parents, she...
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