Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Alice Mae Brinkley Austin
May 22, 2013
Alice Mae Brinkley Austin, 76, of 92 Hobbs Lane, Corapeake, NC, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in her home. Mrs. Austin was born in Craven County, NC, and was the daughter of the late Henry Brinkley and Ruby Edwards Brinkley Sample. A retired nurse's aid, she had worked in both nursing homes and in the private duty field, in the...
Inez S. Long
May 22, 2013
Edna Inez Stokely Long, 89, of 301 Sunset Drive, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford. Mrs. Long was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Murden and Celtic White Stokely. A homemaker, she was a member of Berea Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was...
H. Fretwell Miller
May 20, 2013
Harvey Fretwell "Fret" Miller, 94, of 1313 NC 45 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Monday, May 20, 2013 in his home. Mr. Miller was born in Bertie County, and was the son of the late Erasmus and Mary Lela Mizelle Miller. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are his wife of over 69 years, Cennie Phelps Miller; and several nieces,...
I. Alphonso Elliott, Sr.
May 17, 2013
Ivie Alphonso Elliott, Sr., 92, of 116 Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, May 17, 2013 in his home. Mr. Elliott was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Anthony Benjamin and Gladys Jordan Elliott. A retired farmer, he was a member of Happy Home Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition to his parents, he was...
Lee White Chory
May 15, 2013
Ida Lee White Chory, 86, of 700 Pennsylvania Ave., Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Chory was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Lawrence White and Edla Webb. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Sammie Bertram Sutton
May 15, 2013
Sammie Bertram Sutton, 80, of 1413 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mr. Sutton was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late Sammie and Antoinette Williams Sutton. A retired antique furniture restorer, he was a member of Hertford Baptist Church, and was an Army veteran of...
Allen Dale Briggs
May 14, 2013
Allen Dale Briggs, 60, went peacefully to be with our Lord on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Born in Norfolk, VA, and raised in Edenton, he lived his adult life in the Tidewater area of Virginia. By trade, he was UNIX systems administrator at Langley AFB, INRI, Symantec, and lastly, Northrup Grumman. In his heart and soul, Al was a musician...
Myrtis Downs Stallings
May 13, 2013
Myrtis Downs Stallings, 79, of 680 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Monday, May 13, 2013, in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Stallings was born in Martin County and was the daughter of the late Jason and Inez Cannon Downs. A retired clerk from Red Apple Markets, she was a member of Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...
George Washington Mordecai, Jr.
May 12, 2013
George Washington Mordecai, Jr., 93, of 310 S. Mosely Street Edenton, NC, (recently of 222 Hillcrest Rd. in Raleigh), died Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mr. Mordecai was born in Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC, and was the son of the late George Washington Mordecai Sr. and Mary Day Faison Mordecai. His birth was followed by his...
Mary Mortensen Colson
May 10, 2013
Mary Patricia Mortensen Colson, 42, of 135 Laurel Street, Hertford, NC, died Friday, May 10, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Colson was born in Westchester County, NY and was the daughter of Clare Boland Mortensen Fox of Davenport, FL and the late Robert Bruce Mortensen. Formerly employed as a clerk with Albemarle Hospital, she had volunteered as a...
Joey Davenport
May 9, 2013
Joseph "Joey" Charles Davenport, III, 20, of 79 S. River Road, Plymouth, NC, and formerly of Edenton and Creswell, died Thursday, May 9, 2013 in his home surrounded by his family. Joey was born in Chowan County on July 3, 1992. A volunteer and office assistant at Pettigrew State Park, he was a member of Hunters Helping Kids, The NC...
Byron Pascal Kehayes
May 8, 2013
Byron Pascal Kehayes, 79, of 11 Old Fish Hatchery Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. The son of the late Ernest P. and Antonie Kappes Kehayes, the family moved to Edenton when he was nine years old. Retiring as Executive Director of the Edenton Housing Authority, he also for many years owned and operated...
Lloyd Gene Reese
May 8, 2013
Lloyd Gene Reese, 90, of Ashe Street, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in his home. Mr. Reese was born in Pocatello, ID and was the son of the late Eugene and Loraine Reese. Retired as a master sergeant from the US Air Force after having served for more than 20 years, he was a veteran of World War...
Barry Ricky Watson
May 6, 2013
Barry Ricky Watson, 60, of Wickham Road, Shiloh, NC, died Monday, May 6, 2013 in his home. A memorial service will be held in New York at a later date. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Henry MacEwan Johnson, III
May 4, 2013
CDR Henry MacEwan "Hank" Johnson, III, USNR (Ret.), age 69, of Edenton, NC, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 in his home. Hank was born in Wilmington, DE, and was the son of the late Henry M., Jr. and Isabel Doris Althouse Johnson. A graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School, and later from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of...
Suzanne Speight Bunch
May 3, 2013
Suzanne Speight Bunch, 81, of 182 Lyons Lane, Hertford, NC, died Friday, May 3, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Bunch was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Will Edward and Mattie Brown Taylor Speight. A retired secretary and bookkeeper from Dr. Poston and Hunsberger in Elizabeth City, she enjoyed membership in the Albemarle Area Medical...
Irene Bright Moore
May 2, 2013
Irene Bright Moore, 92, of 922 NC Hwy 37 North, Gates, NC, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Moore was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Isaac Dever, Sr. and Allie Asbell Bright. A homemaker, she was a member of Zion United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Eula Winfree Williams
May 1, 2013
Eula Winfree Williams, 96, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Williams was born in Nash County and was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Martha Ann Johnson Winfree. A homemaker, she was a member of Snug Harbor Community Church. In...
Myrtle Minerva Smith
Apr 30, 2013
Myrtle Minerva Smith, 95, formerly of Bear Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, and more recently of Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Miss Smith was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late George William and Mary Arabelle Mansfield Smith. A homemaker, she was a member of Great Hope...
William Greene McSwain
Apr 28, 2013
William Greene McSwain, 63, of 218 Powhatan Trail, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, April 28, 2013 in his home. Mr. McSwain was born in Pahokee, FL, to the late George and Susan Cochran McSwain and worked as a heavy equipment operator. Surviving are his wife, Penny Pyle McSwain; three sons, William "Bill" McSwain and wife Shelia of Edenton, Steven McSwain and...
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