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Iris Lee Walsh Fairfield

Iris Lee Walsh Fairfield

Jun 17, 2013

Iris Lee Walsh Fairfield, 100, of 117 Taylor Lane, Hertford, NC, died Monday, June 17, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Fairfield was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Willie Mae Walsh. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three husbands, a daughter, a son, two...

Kristie Kay Westbrook

Kristie Kay Westbrook

Jun 16, 2013

Kristie Kay Westbrook, 44, of Fort Mill, SC, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 in her home. Kristie was raised in Chowan County, NC, and was the daughter of Charlie E. "Chuck" and Dianne Modlin Westbrook. A graduate of John A. Holmes High School in Edenton, and Meredith College in Raleigh, she was a Dedicated Service...

Dennis Walter Willie

Dennis Walter Willie

Jun 16, 2013

Dennis W. Willie, 91, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Kings Grant House, Virginia Beach, VA. Mr. Willie was born November 15, 1921, in Frankfort, SD, and was the son of the late Walter Frank and Catherine Meier Willie. After graduating from high school in Webster, SD, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served as a pilot and...

Laverne Leroy Baker, Sr.

Laverne Leroy Baker, Sr.

Jun 16, 2013

Laverne Leroy Baker, Sr., 64, of Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 in the Palliative Care Unit at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. Mr. Baker was born in Carlisle, PA, and was the son of the late Jacob H. and Virginia Pearl Adams Baker. He was a retired operations manager with Royal Freight Company in McAllen, TX....

Delta Ramey Diakostamatis

Delta Ramey Diakostamatis

Jun 14, 2013

Delta Ramey Diakostamatis, 65, of 248 Clark Street, Hertford, NC, died Friday, June 14, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Diakostamatis was born in McDowell County, WV. A retired dental assistant, she was Greek Orthodox by faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Panagiotis Diakostamatis. Surviving is her son, Nathaniel Diakostamatis and fiancée Zacarriah Collins of Hertford....

Charles James Smyth

Charles James Smyth

Jun 14, 2013

Charles James Smyth, 75, of 898 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, NC, went home to be with the Lord, on Friday, June 14, 2013, from Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Mr. Smyth was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Charles Marshall Smith and Frances Smiecienski Smith Davenport. Employed with the Norfolk Police Dept. for over 34...

Donald D. Forehand, Sr.

Donald D. Forehand, Sr.

Jun 10, 2013

Donald Dail "Donnie" Forehand, Sr., 70, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, June 10, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mr. Forehand was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Curtis Oliver and Elsie Dail Forehand. Retired from Carter's Ink, later Pelican Corp., he was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, and loved...

Alice Jennette Johnson

Alice Jennette Johnson

Jun 9, 2013

Alice Jennette Johnson, 90, of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, and formerly of the Arrowhead community, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Johnson was born in Beaufort County and was the daughter of the late Ivy T., Sr. and Apply Jane Alligood Jennette. Retired from Montgomery Wards in Suffolk, VA, she was a member of...

Mae Elizabeth Elsea Hall

Mae Elizabeth Elsea Hall

Jun 8, 2013

Mae Elizabeth "Betty" Elsea Hall, 81, of 2911 Leggett Mill Road, Williamston, NC, died Saturday, June 8, 2013. Mrs. Hall was born in Fauquier County, VA, and was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Alice Delight Chappelle Elsea. Retired from Carr Lowery Glass Company, she was a member of both The Order of the Eastern Star and the...

D. Wayne Ward

D. Wayne Ward

Jun 7, 2013

Donald Wayne Ward, 64, of 4003 Virginia Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, June 7, 2013 in his home. Mr. Ward was born in Chowan County, and was the son of the late Elton Claxton and Mary Elizabeth Layden Ward. A retired self-employed dump truck operator, he had served in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to his parents, he...

Lana Trammel Woods

Lana Trammel Woods

Jun 3, 2013

Lana Trammel Woods, 70, of 162 Riverside Drive, Hertford, NC, died Monday, June 3, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Woods was born in Lincoln County and was the daughter of the late Leland and Inez Reep Trammel. Retired as co-owner and operator of Catawba Valley Catering and Vending in Denver, NC, more recently while living in Hertford she co-owned and...

Bobby Lee Barnette

Bobby Lee Barnette

Jun 3, 2013

Bobby Lee Barnette, 75, formerly of Edenton, NC, and more recently of Windsor House, died Monday, June 3, 2013. Mr. Barnette was born in Granville County and was the son of the late Claude Edison Barnette and Monnie Coppedge Barnette Bunch. A member of Cape Colony Church of Christ, he had a great love for bluegrass and country music. Surviving...

Paul Michael Riddick

Paul Michael Riddick

May 30, 2013

Paul Michael Riddick, 53, of 355 Taylor Mill Road, Eure, NC, died Thursday, May 30, 2013 in his home. Mr. Riddick was born in Suffolk, VA and was the son of the late Alonza Mack, Jr. and Elnora Eure Riddick. Employed for many years as a heavy equipment operator with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, he was a member...

Claudie Britt Dixon

Claudie Britt Dixon

May 26, 2013

Claudie Marie Britt Dixon, 92, formerly of Murfreesboro, NC, and more recently of Sterling House in Greenville, died Sunday, May 26, 2013. Mrs. Dixon was born in Northampton County, and was the daughter of the late Claudie Roy and Bernice Johnson Britt. A homemaker, she was a longtime member of Meherrin Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, and after moving to Greenville...

Doris Small Lane

Doris Small Lane

May 24, 2013

Doris Small Lane, 94, formerly of East Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Friday, May 24, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Lane was born in Chowan County, and was the daughter of the late William Bonner and Virginia Small. A retired cashier, she had worked with Colonial Store, Phthisic's Supermarket, A & P, and Rose's, and was a...

Christopher Steven Sidwell, Sr.

Christopher Steven Sidwell, Sr.

May 23, 2013

Christopher Steven Sidwell, Sr., 55, of 2240 Holland Corner Road, Suffolk, VA, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 in his home. Mr. Sidwell was born in Virginia Beach and was the son of Dorcus Ann Perry Sidwell of Virginia Beach and the late Melvin Lyle Sidwell. He was employed for many years as a mechanic/welder. Surviving are his wife of 27...

Betty Winslow Beers

Betty Winslow Beers

May 23, 2013

Betty Jean Winslow Beers, 80, of 212 Woodland Circle, Hertford, NC died Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Beers was born in Perquimans County on May 25, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Lindsay C. and Myrta White Winslow. A retired clerk with the Perquimans County Tax Dept., she was also a co-owner of...

Willie Mae Basnight Freeman

Willie Mae Basnight Freeman

May 23, 2013

Willie Mae Basnight Freeman, 90, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Kindred Care of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Freeman was born in Pasquotank County and was the daughter of the late William Franklin, Sr. and Dora Butts Basnight. A retired cook with the Circle Restaurant, she had also formerly been employed at the Colonial Restaurant and...

Barbara White Stillman

Barbara White Stillman

May 23, 2013

Barbara White Stillman, 74, of 212 Tynch Town Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, in her home. Mrs. Stillman was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Watson B. and Isa Bunch White. A retired bookkeeper from Albemarle Motor Company after 37 years of employment, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. In...

Lawrence Francis McGrogan, Jr.

Lawrence Francis McGrogan, Jr.

May 22, 2013

Lawrence Francis McGrogan, Jr., 78, of 205 Rockfish St., Edenton, NC, went home to his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation, Hertford. Mr. McGrogan was born May 15, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Lawrence Francis McGrogan, Sr. and Dorothy Ann Quinn McGrogan Clark. He was also preceded in death by...

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