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Barbara Lee Murphy Allen

Barbara Lee Murphy Allen

Apr 23, 2024

   Barbara Lee Murphy Allen, 80, of 331 Hazelton Road, Gates, NC died Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in her home.

   Mrs. Allen was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on June 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late George Murphy, Sr. and Mary Lee West Irving. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa Ann...

Randy Glenn Winslow, Sr.

Randy Glenn Winslow, Sr.

Apr 23, 2024

Randy Glenn Winslow, Sr., 61, of Hillsborough, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in the SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice House, Pittsboro, NC.

   Mr. Winslow was born in Hampton, VA on December 13, 1962, and was the son of the late Lawrence Neil and Kathryne Ann Ward Winslow. A graduate of Perquimans County High School, he later attended...

Eugene Elvin Byrum, Jr.

Eugene Elvin Byrum, Jr.

Apr 22, 2024

   Eugene Elvin “Gene” Byrum, Jr. 75, of 814 Happy Home Road, Tyner, NC, died Monday, April 22, 2024, in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Gene was born in Chowan County on January 25, 1949, and was the son of the late Eugene E., Sr. and Kathleen Waff Byrum.

   For many years Gene worked as the Shop Foreman at Winslow-Blanchard Ford...

Maxine B. Bunch

Maxine B. Bunch

Apr 21, 2024

   Maxine B. Bunch, 99, of 128 Gum Pond Road, Edenton, NC, and more recently of Edenton Prime Time, died on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

   Mrs. Bunch was born in Gates County on May 20, 1924, and was one of twelve children born to the late Osia and Sallie Stallings Bunch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Woodrow Slades, Jr.

Woodrow Slades, Jr.

Apr 21, 2024

   Clenton Woodrow Slades, Jr., 82, of 1756 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Sunday, April 21, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mr. Slades was born in Chowan County on February 17, 1942, and was the son of the late Clenton W., Sr. and Evelyn Parrish Slades. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Larry Gene Nobles

Larry Gene Nobles

Apr 21, 2024

   Larry Gene Nobles, 72, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024 in his home where he was being cared for by family.

   Mr. Nobles was born in Craven County on September 15, 1951, and was the son of the late Vernon Ryan and Lula Mae Clark Nobles. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

J.C. Felton

J.C. Felton

Apr 19, 2024

   James C. “J.C.” Felton, 90, of 108 Saddle Ridge Road, Chapel Hill, NC, died Friday, April 19, 2024, in UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.

   Mr. Felton was born in Gates County on July 25, 1933, and was the son of the late James Columbus and Meddie Greene Felton. An Army veteran of the Korean War, after his time in service,...

Kenneth Wade Cowper, Sr.

Kenneth Wade Cowper, Sr.

Apr 18, 2024

   Kenneth Wade “Kenny” Cowper, Sr., 73, of 883 NC 137, Eure, NC, died Thursday, April 18, 2024, in his home.

   Mr. Cowper was born in Gates County on December 1, 1950, and was the son of the late Lyman Vernon and Adell Doughtie Cowper.

   A Log Scaler, he was employed with Ashton Lewis Lumber Company in Gatesville for 52 years....

Ben Rinehart, Sr.

Ben Rinehart, Sr.

Apr 15, 2024

   Benny Dale Rinehart, Sr., Lt. Col., USMC, Ret., 87, of 912 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC  and more recently of The Landings of Albemarle, died there on Monday, April 15, 2024.

   Mr. Rinehart was born in Louisville, Illinois on August 29, 1936, and was the son of the late Delbert Lowell and Charlene Luceal Atchison Rinehart. In addition to his...

Robert Arthur Partridge

Robert Arthur Partridge

Apr 15, 2024

   Robert Arthur “Bobby” Partridge, 74, of Roper, passed away Monday, April 15, 2024 in his home.

   Mr. Partridge was born in Queens, NY on June 12, 1949, and was the son of the late Francis “Frank” and Edith Ryder Partridge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Lynda Wooley.

   Retired as a Sergeant from...

Timothy Allen Pierce

Timothy Allen Pierce

Apr 15, 2024

   Timothy Allen “Timmy” Pierce, 58, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 15, 2024, in the home of his beloved brother and sister-in-law, Jimmy and Linda Pierce, surrounded by his family, following a hard-fought battle with cancer.

   Mr. Pierce was born in Pasquotank County on April 8, 1966 and was the son of the late Clifton and...

Joyce Clements Williams

Joyce Clements Williams

Apr 14, 2024

   Joyce Clements Williams, 75, of 3010 Rocky Hock Road, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, April 14, 2024, in her home.

   Mrs. Williams was born in Lenoir County on November 27, 1948, and was the daughter of the late William S. and Jewell King Clements. Many will remember Joyce when she worked at Boswell’s Market at Small’s Crossroads, or as she worshipped...

Walter Schneider

Walter Schneider

Apr 14, 2024

   Walter “Walt” Schneider, 76, of Bangor, PA, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2024 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation, Elizabeth City, NC.

   Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements and online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.

Bruce Lane White

Bruce Lane White

Apr 14, 2024

   Bruce Lane White, 76, of 317 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, April 14, 2024, in his home.

   Mr. White was born in Perquimans County on February 2, 1948, and was the son of the late Wayland L. White, Jr. and Geraldine Lane White. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Clay White.

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Edward Lee Hawkins

Edward Lee Hawkins

Apr 13, 2024

   Edward Lee “Ed” Hawkins, 75, of Edenton, NC, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2024 in his home following a courageous battle with cancer.

   Mr. Hawkins was born in Clarksburg, WV on January 10, 1949 and was the son of the late James Edward Hawkins and Phyllis Maxine Morris Hawkins Barnes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Jean Stanley Crawford

Jean Stanley Crawford

Apr 11, 2024

   Jean Stanley Crawford, 91, formerly of Taylor Mill Road in Eure, NC and more recently of Winston-Salem, died on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Hospice of the Piedmont in High Point.

   Mrs. Crawford was born in Sampson County on December 29, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Lewis M. and Sallie Creel Stanley. In addition to her parents,...

Helen Evans Lowe

Helen Evans Lowe

Apr 10, 2024

   Helen Evans Lowe, a resident of the Village at Woods Edge in Franklin, VA, and a former longtime resident of the Great Fork community of Suffolk, died Wednesday, April 10, 2024. 

   Mrs. Lowe was born on July 19, 1926, in the Rocky Hock community of Chowan County, NC. She was the youngest daughter of the late Zacharia Trotman and...

Phyllis Bagley Thompson

Phyllis Bagley Thompson

Apr 10, 2024

   Phyllis Dianne Bagley Thompson, 83, of Martinsville, VA., peacefully passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at her residence.

   Mrs. Thompson was born in Winfall, NC on June 5, 1940 to the late William L. Bagley and Mary Elizabeth Byrum Bagley. A 1958 graduate of Perquimans County High School having won the Miss Perquimans Beauty Pageant that same year, she lived...

Ann Parks Fredd

Ann Parks Fredd

Apr 8, 2024

   Ann Killian Parks Fredd, 82, formerly of Richmond, VA, died Monday, April 8, 2024, in Edenton, NC.

   Mrs. Fredd was born in Gastonia, Gaston County, NC on December 14, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Harry Roberts Parks, Sr. and Evelyn Killian Parks.

   After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Richmond with a Bachelor of Science...

Lynn Gillingham

Lynn Gillingham

Apr 8, 2024

   Lynn Gillingham of Otego, NY departed from his Earthly life on Monday, April 8, 2024 at the age of 90. Lynn, more commonly known as “Gilly”, was born in Otego, NY on June 22, 1933 to Elizabeth May Gillingham (Wright) and Arthur William Gillingham. Gilly was a long-term resident of Otego, well known by the town for his pumpkins, Christmas...

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