OBITUARIES

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Julian Shelton Umphlett

Julian Shelton Umphlett

Jul 10, 2012

Julian Shelton "Buddy" Umphlett, 51, of W. Main Street Extd., Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Heritage Care. Buddy was born in Pasquotank County and was the son of Vilma Bright Umphlett of Elizabeth City and the late Shelton Umphlett. Passionate about driving a wrecker service truck, he worked most of his career with Robert Sawyer's Service...

B. Larry Knox

B. Larry Knox

Jul 10, 2012

Benjamin Larry Knox, Sr., 83, of 324 Hickory Fork Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mr. Knox was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Ben Louis and Annie Sue Shaw Knox. Retired as Superintendent of Postal Operations at the Edenton Post Office, he was a member of Faith Pentecostal...

Edward Lee Horton

Edward Lee Horton

Jul 8, 2012

Edward Lee Horton, 81, of 201 West Mulberry St., Winton, NC, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation, Windsor, NC. Mr. Horton was born in Gates County, NC and was the son of the late Oscar Lee Horton and Cora Lee Lassiter Horton Twine. A retired foreman in the shipping department with Georgia Pacific in Ahoskie,...

Leroy Peterson Pratt

Leroy Peterson Pratt

Jul 8, 2012

Leroy Pratt, 92, of the Rocky Hock community, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Vidant Bertie Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Wed., July 18th, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 4785 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA. Miller Funeral Home and Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, is assiting the family with arrangements.

Fay Hughes Randolph

Fay Hughes Randolph

Jul 6, 2012

Fay Hughes Randolph, 72, of 135 Fat Man Lane, Hertford, NC, died Friday, July 6, 2012 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Mrs. Randolph was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late George Wallace and Margaret Trueblood Hughes. She was employed as a supervisor with Jimbo's Jumbos in Edenton. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Doris Hassell Spear

Doris Hassell Spear

Jul 5, 2012

Doris Hassell Spear, 81, of 4071 Pea Ridge Road, Roper, NC, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC. Mrs. Spear was born in Washington County, NC and was the daughter of the late Rupert Lyle and Bertha Lee Hufton Hassell. Formerly employed with Walker's Egg Farm, Plymouth Garment Factory, and as a teacher's assistant in the...

Iris Jeanette Bunch

Iris Jeanette Bunch

Jul 5, 2012

Iris Jeanette Bunch, 69, of 208 Apache Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton. Ms. Bunch was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Clyde Elbert and Ruth Copeland Bunch. Retired from United Piece & Dye Works, she was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church. In addition to her...

Elizabeth Jane Bogertman Van Der Have

Elizabeth Jane Bogertman Van Der Have

Jul 5, 2012

Elizabeth Jane Bogertman Van Der Have, 85, of 585 Ellis Road, Belhaven, NC, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Autumnfield of Belhaven. Mrs. Van Der Have was born in Hawthorne, NJ and was the daughter of the late Abraham and Sadie Kooistra Bogertman. A retired unit clerk with Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, she was a member of Covenant United...

Stuart Marshall Anderson

Stuart Marshall Anderson

Jul 3, 2012

Stuart Marshall Anderson, 86, of 1245 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in his home. Mr. Anderson was born in Eveleth, MN and was the son of the late Albert A. Anderson and Lillian Joupala Carlson. Employed for many years as a consultant with U.S.A.I.D., he had also served as Vice President with the former Don...

Shelby Hardy Wilkinson

Shelby Hardy Wilkinson

Jul 2, 2012

Shelby Hardy Wilkinson, 43, of 84 Whitehurst Road, Gates, NC, died Monday, July 2, 2012 in Giles Community Hospital, Pearisburg, VA. Shelby was born in Columbus, GA, was the daughter of Joan Lee Hardy of Salem, AL and Joe Hardy of Norfolk, VA, and the wife of Mike Wilkinson of Gates. A homemaker, she was a member of the Gates...

Jesse Lee Hobbs, Sr.

Jesse Lee Hobbs, Sr.

Jul 2, 2012

Jesse Lee Hobbs, Sr., 45, of 126 Tipton St., Apt. 2, Erwin, TN, died Monday, July 2, 2012 in Washington County, TN as the result of an automobile accident. Mr. Hobbs was born in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Rufus Philip Lee and Virginia Nixon Hobbs. A heavy equipment operator with Builders FirstSource in Piney Flats,...

Tracy Cram, Jr.

Tracy Cram, Jr.

Jun 26, 2012

Tracy Cram, Jr., 74, of 204 Mic Mac Trail, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in his home. Mr. Cram was born in Falls, NY and was the son of the late Tracy and Muriel E. Barker Cram. A retired welding supervisor from Newport News Shipbuilding, he was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church and had served in...

Franklin Wayne Squires

Franklin Wayne Squires

Jun 24, 2012

Franklin Wayne "Frank" Squires, 48, of 725 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., Apt.51, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Frank was born in Craven County and was the son of Jean Gatton Squires of Edenton and the late Howard Earl Squires. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. Surviving along with his mother...

Ann Hines Caneup

Ann Hines Caneup

Jun 22, 2012

Ann Hines Caneup, 85, of 1300 Don Juan Road, Hertford, NC, died Friday, June 22, 2012 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Caneup was born in Carolina Beach, NC and was the daughter of the late Benjamin Bailey and Iredell Ross Hines. A homemaker, she was a member of Snug Harbor Community Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Donald Thomas McNulty

Donald Thomas McNulty

Jun 20, 2012

Donald Thomas McNulty (LCDR, USCG, Ret.), of 143 Cottonwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed on to his reward on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in his home. Born on July 20, 1938 in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of the late Donald Alfred and Agnes Catherine Cole McNulty. Donald grew up on a farm, loved country music, and enjoyed woodworking and...

Weldon Lee Hobbs

Weldon Lee Hobbs

Jun 19, 2012

Weldon Lee Hobbs, 79, of 225 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in his home. Mr. Hobbs was born in Gates County and was the son of the late Junius Alfred and Lillie Mae White Hobbs. A retired shipping supervisor from Vigoro Corporation, he was a US Army veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Elise Ward Alexander Walker

Elise Ward Alexander Walker

Jun 18, 2012

Elsie Ward Alexander Walker, 91, of 2362 Delia Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, and formerly of Columbia, died Monday, June 18, 2012 in Winslow Memorial Home, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Walker was born in Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late John Lewis and Cordeliah Sawyer Ward. A retired spooler from Edenton Cotton Mill where she worked for over 25...

Kathleen Barrow Skiles

Kathleen Barrow Skiles

Jun 17, 2012

Kathleen Barrow Skiles, of 301 E. King Street, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, June 17, 2012 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, just two days after celebrating her 100th birthday. Mrs. Skiles was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Theophilous and Lula Clara Daniels Barrow. The former co-owner of Barrow Bottling Works, Inc., she was a member of...

George Melvin Gilbert, Sr.

George Melvin Gilbert, Sr.

Jun 16, 2012

George Melvin Gilbert, Sr., 84, of 1412 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC, and formerly of Fredericksburg, VA, died Saturday, June 16, 2012 in his home. Mr. Gilbert was born in Winston-Salem, NC and was the son of the late George Robert and Flora Olive Grubbs Gilbert. A career law enforcement officer, he had worked with the Winston-Salem Police Dept., as...

M. Douglas Earley

M. Douglas Earley

Jun 14, 2012

Marion Douglas Earley, 69, of 1218 US Hwy 258 N., Como, NC, died Thursday, June 14, 2012 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Earley was born in Hertford County and was the son of the late Herman Thomas and Ruby Viola Perry Earley. A veteran of the US Army, he had retired as a Staff Sergeant after more than 26...

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