Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Selma Asbell Chappell
Apr 15, 2013
Selma Asbell Chappell, 62, of 201 Woodland Circle, Hertford, NC, died Monday, April 15, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Ms. Chappell was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Archie Ray, Sr. and Annie Laura Byrum Asbell. Employed for many years at Wal-Mart in Elizabeth City, she attended New Hope Christian Fellowship. Surviving are her...
Leona Hux Umphlett
Apr 14, 2013
Leona Hux Umphlett, 92, of Chesapeake, VA, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Sentara Nursing Home. Mrs. Umphlett was born in Halifax County, NC, and was the daughter of the late Claude H. and Laura Fountain Hux. A retired clerk from Smith & Welton Department Store, she was a member of Enfield Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she...
Louise Beals Stone
Apr 13, 2013
Louise Beals Stone, 67, of 406 Hog Neck Road, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Stone was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late Ervin Roosevelt and Gladys Sawyer Beals. Employed for many years at Hardee's in Elizabeth City, she was a member of First Christian Church, also in Elizabeth City....
Anne Mathias Sexton
Apr 12, 2013
Anne Mathias Sexton, 91, of 20 Medical Center Road, Gates, NC, died Friday, April 12, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Sexton was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Paul and Elizabeth Dale Mathias. She and her husband, the late Joseph Jordan "J.J." Sexton, were the owners and operators of County Market at Eason's Crossroads for...
Joyce Winslow Hobbs
Apr 12, 2013
Joyce Winslow Hobbs, 85, of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, April 12, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Hobbs was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Benjamin L. and Elizabeth Chappell Winslow. A homemaker, farmer's wife, and craftsperson, she was an accomplished basket weaver and seamstress. Prior to her recent declining health, she was...
Clyde Branch Briggs
Apr 11, 2013
Clyde Branch Briggs, 84, of 2250 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mr. Briggs was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Allen Luke, Sr. and Elsie Mae Turner Briggs. A retired farmer, he was a member of Warwick Baptist Church, in earlier years had played semi-pro baseball...
Rebecca Heflin Reese
Apr 11, 2013
Rebecca Heflin Reese, 83, of Waterbrooke of Elizabeth City, 143 Rosedale Drive, died there Thursday, April 11, 2013. A native of Shreveport, LA, she retired from various jobs (waitressing to elder care) and was a former Cub Scout Den Mother while in Louisiana. She was also a loving and devoted mother who sacrificed much to raise her three children alone....
Louise Banks Barber
Apr 10, 2013
Louise Banks Barber, 84, of 434 Swing Gate Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Barber was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Elmer G. and Mabel Saunders Banks. A retired clerk with the Perquimans County Health Department where she was employed for 30 years, she was a faithful member...
Gilbert Lawrence Riddick
Apr 10, 2013
Gilbert Lawrence Riddick, 73, of 1081 Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from his home while surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Riddick was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Emory Judson and Mary Ward Riddick. A retired construction supervisor with the North Carolina Department of Transportation...
Michael Anderson deCamp
Apr 9, 2013
Michael Anderson deCamp, 85, of 417 S. Broad St, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in his home. His life was a clear path; no regrets, no guilt, no complications. He was a powerful force that will be missed. Mr. deCamp was born in New York City, NY, and was a son of the late Jesse Albert and Margaret...
Joseph Kermit Barber
Apr 9, 2013
Joseph Kermit Barber, 79, of 311 Main Street, Winfall, NC, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mr. Barber was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Durwood Leigh, Sr. and Ruth Godwin Barber. Working in the lumber business for most of his life, he retired as a salesman with Albemarle Builders Supply...
Cleveland Casper
Apr 9, 2013
Clyde Cleveland Casper, 65, of 221 West Liberty Spring Road, Suffolk, VA, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Nansemond Point, Suffolk. Mr. Casper was born in Gates County, NC and was the son of the late Richard Norman and Geneva White Casper. A retired farmer, he was a member of Reynoldson Baptist Church. In addition...
Corey Wallace Matthews, Jr.
Apr 9, 2013
Infant Corey Wallace Matthews, Jr., son of Corey W. Matthews, Sr. and Nancy Van De Walker, was born and died on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. In addition to his parents, surviving are a sister, Isabella; brothers, Oliver and Branson; and paternal grandparents, William and Tina Matthews. Private services were held. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral...
Ronald Earl Taylor
Apr 7, 2013
Ronald Earl Taylor, 60, of 1339 Center Hill Highway, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, April 7, 2013 in his home. Mr. Taylor was born in Pitt County and was the son of the late Mark Wesley and Thelma Gibbs Taylor. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Joyce Owens Taylor; a daughter, Rachel Taylor; six step-children; two sisters, Pat Medlin and...
D. Scott Maxwell, Sr.
Apr 6, 2013
Derwood Scott Maxwell, Sr., USMC, Retired, 83, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, April 6, 2013 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Mr. Maxwell was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Thomas Francis Maxwell and Lavenia Joynes Maxwell Hogg. A retired Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Marine Corps having served in the Koran War, he...
A. Lee Welsh
Apr 5, 2013
A. Lee Welsh, 88, of 228 Cowpen Neck Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 5, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mr. Welsh was born in Ridgeley, WV, and was the son of the late Altie Lee, Sr. and Lacy Ann Harrison Welsh. A retired engineer from A.T. & T., he was a 1942 graduate of Allegany High School...
Evelyn Luton Hurdle
Apr 4, 2013
Evelyn Louise Luton Hurdle, 91, of 653 Craney Island Road, Belvidere, NC, died Thursday, April 4, 2013 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor, NC. Mrs. Hurdle was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late Ursey Morris and Renia White Luton. A homemaker, she was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she...
Vera McCotter Blanchard Hollowell
Apr 4, 2013
Vera McCotter Blanchard Hollowell, 92, of 879 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, in her home. Mrs. Hollowell was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Charlie T. and Agnes Russell McCotter. Retired from the cafeteria of the former Sunbury Elementary School, she was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church. In...
Roxie Ora Dail
Apr 4, 2013
Roxie Ora Dail, 105, formerly of Creek Drive, Hertford, NC, died Thursday evening, April 4, 2013 in W. R. Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Dail was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Ira F. and Barbara Ellen Lassiter Dail. A retired seamstress from Don Juan Manufacturing Co., she was the oldest member of Great...
Donna Hoysradt Cross
Apr 3, 2013
Donna Lynn Hoysradt Cross, 55, of 30 Crosstown Road, Gates, NC, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Cross was born in Rhinebeck, NY and was the daughter of the late George Harmon and Anna Elizabeth Miles Hoysradt. A homemaker, she was also a certified nursing assistant and while living in New York had been employed with area...
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