OBITUARIES

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Frank Latimer Rice

Frank Latimer Rice

Apr 28, 2013

Frank Latimer Rice, 90, of 210 NC Hwy. 32 North, Sunbury, NC, went to be with the Lord from his home, on Sunday, April 28, 2013, following a brief illness. Mr. Rice was born and lived his entire life in Gates County, and was the last surviving of 10 children born to the late Hugh and Annie Byrum Rice. A...

Lillian Louise Byrum

Lillian Louise Byrum

Apr 26, 2013

Lillian Louise Byrum, 78, of 1341 Paradise Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 26, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Miss Byrum was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Ellie and Lillian Copeland Byrum. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Gladys Bray, and by brothers, Bertram, Melvin, E.D., and...

Glen Galen Bateman

Glen Galen Bateman

Apr 26, 2013

Glen Galen Bateman, Sr., 71, of Main Street, Winfall, NC, died Friday, April 26, 2013 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Bateman was born in Wytheville, VA and was the son of Martha Edith Pennington Bateman of Crozet, VA, (formerly of Charlottesville) and the late Glen Alfred Moody Bateman. The retired director of building and grounds for Piedmont Community College...

Alfred Abraham Cohen, Jr.

Alfred Abraham Cohen, Jr.

Apr 23, 2013

Alfred Abraham Cohen, Jr., 75, of 142 Spindrift Lane, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in his home. Mr. Cohen was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Alfred A., Sr. and Catherine Bipere Cohen. Retired as a staff sergeant from the Virginia Army National Guard's 229th Military Police Company after 24 years of service,...

Juanita Hendrix Trotman

Juanita Hendrix Trotman

Apr 21, 2013

Juanita Hendrix Trotman, 84, of 189 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Trotman was born in Gates County, and is the last surviving of 16 children born to Robert "Bob" and Lizzie Riddick Hendrix. A homemaker and farmer's wife, she was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church. In addition...

Elizabeth Nan Davenport Combs

Elizabeth Nan Davenport Combs

Apr 20, 2013

Elizabeth Nan Davenport Combs, 68, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Ms. Combs was born in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Ms. Combs enjoyed over 40 years as a cosmetologist, and was widely respected by her peers. As the owner of Hair Masters in Elizabeth City, she gained an abundance of friends and customers. She was preceded...

Iris Langston Hand

Iris Langston Hand

Apr 20, 2013

Iris Langston Hand, 90, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, in The Heritage of Raleigh. Mrs. Hand was born in Gates County on April 30, 1922, and was the seventh of 12 children born to Malcolm Eugene and Ruth Edney Langston. She attended East Carolina University and later graduated from Johnson and Johnson Business School in Norfolk, VA. In September of...

Graham Vance Byrum, MD

Graham Vance Byrum, MD

Apr 20, 2013

Graham Vance Byrum, MD, age 84, of 1832 Main Street, Scotland Neck, NC, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 in his home following a brief illness. Born December 2, 1928, he was the son of the late William Graham and Estelle Hooks Byrum. Raised in Sunbury, N.C., he graduated from Wake Forest College in 1949, and Bowman Gray School of Medicine...

Gene Ray Lane

Gene Ray Lane

Apr 19, 2013

Gene Ray Lane, 70, of 508 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, died Friday, April 19, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, after a stoic battle with cancer. Mr. Lane was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Norman and Essie Copeland Lane. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Earl Lane....

Andy Eure

Andy Eure

Apr 18, 2013

Walter Anderson "Andy" Eure, 49, of 323 Harrell's Church Road, Gatesville, NC, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Andy was a native of Gates County and was the son of the late Walter A., Sr. and Rita Brinkley Eure. A sales engineer with Electric Motor & Contracting of Chesapeake and Courtland, VA, he was a...

Alvah Roy Wiggins

Alvah Roy Wiggins

Apr 17, 2013

Alvah Roy Wiggins, 69, of 139 Gum Pond Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in his home. Mr. Wiggins was a native of Gates County and was the son of Kathleen Mathias Wiggins of Hobbsville and the late Gelon S. Wiggins. Retired from Newport News Shipbuilding after 37 years of employment, he was a member of Rocky Hock...

Earline Kimberlin Rea

Earline Kimberlin Rea

Apr 16, 2013

Earline Kimberlin Rea, 91, of 402 Surfside Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Rea was born in Indianapolis IN, to the late Richard and Cordelia Kimberlin and was the owner and operator of Rea Realty. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Meredith Rea and her son David Allen Rea. Surviving are...

Henry Walter Brown, Jr.

Henry Walter Brown, Jr.

Apr 15, 2013

Henry Walter Brown, Jr., 66, of 4709 Tulip Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, died Monday, April 15, 2013 in DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, VA. Mr. Brown was born in Norfolk and was the son of Ruby White Brown of Portsmouth and the late Henry Walter Brown, Sr. He retired as an Electrical Supervisor from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Surviving are his daughter,...

Selma Asbell Chappell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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