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Edna Elizabeth Winslow

Edna Elizabeth Winslow

Jul 16, 2013

Edna Elizabeth Winslow, 96, of 296 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation, Edenton. Mrs. Winslow was born in Perquimans County, and was the daughter of the late John DeWitt and Sabra Allen White Winslow. A homemaker, she was a member of Up River Friends Meeting and its Elizabeth White Missionary Circle....

James Preston Cayton

James Preston Cayton

Jul 15, 2013

James Preston Cayton, 75, of 592 Body Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, July 15, 2013 in his home. Mr. Cayton was born in Chowan County to the late Rev. Preston and Estelle Van Horn Cayton. A retired insurance agent, he was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church, the River City Lions Club of Elizabeth City and served his country...

Hattie Ruth Bass Owens

Hattie Ruth Bass Owens

Jul 15, 2013

Hattie Ruth Bass Owens, 86, of 114 Zion Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, July 15, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Owens was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Quinton Trotman and Bessie Virginia Pierce Bass. A homemaker, she was a member of Zion United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women. In addition to her...

George Joseph Dion

George Joseph Dion

Jul 12, 2013

Lieutenant Colonel George Joseph Dion, US Army Retired, 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully Friday, July 12, 2013 in Portsmouth Naval Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Passaic, NJ, he was the son of the late George Rosario and Delia Kelly Dion. Minutes after receiving his B.S. degree from St. Peter's College on June 7,...

Thomas Cecil Nixon, Sr.

Thomas Cecil Nixon, Sr.

Jul 12, 2013

Thomas Cecil Nixon, Sr., 89, of 147 Nixon Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, July 12, 2013 in his home. Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Joel Cecil, Sr. and Mary Lou Nixon. A retired farmer and commercial fisherman, he was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church, and was a Navy veteran...

Garland Toppin

Garland Toppin

Jul 12, 2013

Garland Toppin, 79, of 2938 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, July 12, 2013 in his home. Mr. Toppin was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Nolan Bunch and Jennie Parker Toppin. A retired farmer, he was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and the Oak Grove Hunting Club. In addition to his parents,...

Betty Jane Askew Chappell

Betty Jane Askew Chappell

Jul 10, 2013

Betty Jane Askew Chappell, 85, of Winston-Salem, NC, and formerly of Gatesville, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Springwood Nursing Home. Mrs. Chappell was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Willie Bryant and Bettie Eure Askew. A Certified Nursing Assistant, with a specialty in working with cancer patients, she had also, in years past, worked...

Peggy Jane Hobbs Wyatt

Peggy Jane Hobbs Wyatt

Jul 7, 2013

Peggy Jane Hobbs Wyatt, 79, of 503 Spivey Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, July 7, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Wyatt was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Linwood Wilson and Sarah Ida Winslow Hobbs. An LPN, she was employed at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk for over 40 years. In addition to her...

Ronald Eugene Liebig

Ronald Eugene Liebig

Jul 4, 2013

Ronald Eugene Liebig, 59, of 1417 Middle Swamp Road, Corapeake, NC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013 in his home. RonE was born April 7, 1954, in Newport Beach, CA, and was the son of the late Walter and Iris Banner Liebig. The owner/manager of Shadow Gardens, he was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Sunbury, and was an...

Lester Hobbs Simpson

Lester Hobbs Simpson

Jul 4, 2013

Lester Hobbs Simpson, 84, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, surrounded by his loving family, following a brief illness. Mr. Simpson was born in Durants Neck on December 4, 1928, and was the son of the late Daniel Webster and Ruth Hobbs Simpson. A lifelong resident of Perquimans County, he was employed by Scott and Halstead Trucking firm in Weeksville, and...

Charles Turner Skinner, Jr.

Charles Turner Skinner, Jr.

Jul 4, 2013

Charles Turner Skinner, Jr., 85, of 724 Whedbee Drive, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mr. Skinner was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Charles T., Sr. and Mary Helen Newbold Skinner. A retired manpower advisor with the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, he was a member of Hertford...

Mary Frances Winslow Cobb

Mary Frances Winslow Cobb

Jul 3, 2013

Mary Frances Winslow Cobb, 77, of 106 E. Academy Street, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Cobb was born in Perquimans County on June 29, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Cecil Calvert and Lucille Brothers Winslow. She had retired after more than 30 years of service with the North Carolina Department of...

Clyde Winford Overton, Sr.

Clyde Winford Overton, Sr.

Jul 3, 2013

Clyde Winford Overton, Sr., 72, of 1883 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, in his home. Mr. Overton was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Ed and Ever Lilley Overton. A retired logging foreman with Weyerhauser Corp., he was a member of Burgess Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he...

Susan Joyner Brooks

Susan Joyner Brooks

Jul 2, 2013

Susan Joyner Brooks, 66 of Middleburg, FL died Tuesday evening, July 2, 2013. Mrs. Brooks was a native of Miami, FL and moved to Clay County in 1988. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Middleburg where she taught pre-school children and volunteered her time with the Agape House. Her employment included teaching special need students at...

Charles William Moritz

Charles William Moritz

Jul 2, 2013

Charles William Moritz, 67, of 105 Yeates Lane, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mr. Moritz was born in Kings County, NY and was the son of the late Albert and Helen Mary Haff Moritz. A retired water plant manager from the Water Authority of Western Nassau County, NY, he was an Army veteran...

Mary Sexton Smith

Mary Sexton Smith

Jun 27, 2013

Mary Sexton Smith, 62, of 408 Greenhall Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Chowan County, and was the daughter of the late William A. and Maybelle Parks Sexton. A graduate of John A. Holmes High School, she later earned a BA in Performing Arts, and a BS in Music...

Dellar Rose Forehand

Dellar Rose Forehand

Jun 27, 2013

Dellar Rose "Nina" Forehand, 51, of 106A Lea Lumber Company Road, Windsor, NC, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mrs. Forehand was born in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Charlie Jackson and Dorothy Keel Rose. Employed for many years as a waitress with Tarheel Barbeque, she was a member of Windsor Assembly...

Edna Marie Bunch Croom

Edna Marie Bunch Croom

Jun 24, 2013

Edna Marie Bunch Croom, 86, of W. Health Center Drive, Nags Head, NC, died Monday, June 24, 2013, in Colony Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Croom was born in Portsmouth, VA, and was the daughter of the late Richard Edward and Myrtle Marriner Bunch. A retired cashier with Colonial Stores, later Big Star, in Portsmouth, with 23 years of...

Richard Blount Davis

Richard Blount Davis

Jun 18, 2013

Richard Blount Davis, 60, of 133 Joppa Road, Belvidere, NC, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mr. Davis was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Richard B. Davis and Sallie Marie Riddick Howe. Retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire Dept. in Aberdeen, MD, he also volunteered with the Bel Air,...

Lovey Dail Bunch

Lovey Dail Bunch

Jun 17, 2013

Lovey Dail Bunch, 98, of 141 Evans-Bass Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, June 17, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late John C. and Arelia Byrum Dail. A homemaker, she was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

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