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James Melvin Russell

James Melvin Russell

Dec 9, 2023

   James Melvin Russell, 63, of 124 Coffield Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, December 9, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.

   Mr. Russell was born on August 27, 1960 in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of the late Andrew and Barbara Smith Russell. Formerly employed as a groundsman with Norfolk Southern Railway, he was a member of Faith Fellowship Baptist...

Floyd Edward Benton

Floyd Edward Benton

Dec 9, 2023

   Floyd Edward Benton, 95, of Hertford, NC, died Saturday, December 9, 2023 in Edenton Primetime Assisted Living.

   Mr. Benton was born in Perquimans County on October 1, 1928, and was the son of the late George Edward and Mary Elizabeth Keaton Benton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy Ward Benton, and the...

Rusty Stallings

Rusty Stallings

Dec 9, 2023

   Louis Richard “Rusty” Stallings, IV, entered eternal rest at his residence in Belvidere, NC on Saturday, December 9, 2023.

   Rusty was born in Elizabeth City on November 16, 1997 to Louis Richard “Ricky” Stallings, III and Ann Denise Winslow Stallings. He resided in Belvidere for his entire life and leaves behind a large family and numerous friends to cherish his...

Diane Ainsley Outlaw

Diane Ainsley Outlaw

Dec 9, 2023

   Evelyn Diane Ainsley Outlaw, 78, of Aulander, NC, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 in Windsor House.

   Mrs. Outlaw was born in Tyrrell County on July 11, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Thomas Howard, Sr. and Ima Jeanette Phelps Ainsley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Outlaw, a brother,...

Margie Ward Stallings

Margie Ward Stallings

Dec 9, 2023

   Margie Ward Stallings, 90, of Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of Belvidere, NC, died at home Saturday, December 9, 2023. Because of her faith, she is now in heaven with Jesus.

   Mrs. Stallings was born in Gates County, NC on June 12, 1933; the daughter of the late Julian and Beulah Nixon Ward. In addition to her parents, she was...

Joan Cobb Boswell

Joan Cobb Boswell

Dec 9, 2023

   Joan Cobb Boswell, 89, of Chowan Garden Apartments, Edenton, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.

   Born in Chowan County on February 9, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Clyde C. Cobb, Sr. and Dasie Lee Davis Cobb. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...

Mary Smith Watson

Mary Smith Watson

Dec 8, 2023

   Mary Ellen Smith Watson, 79, of Memory Lane, Chocowinity, NC, and a former longtime resident of Edenton, died Friday, December 8, 2023 in her home.   Mary was born in Chowan County on July 5, 1944 and was the daughter of the late Robert Wilson and Mary Lois Todd Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Dara Gwen Harrell

Dara Gwen Harrell

Dec 7, 2023

   Dara Gwen Harrell, 52, of 215 East Palmetto Street, Kill Devil Hills, NC, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in her home.

   Dara was born in Hertford County on August 19, 1971. A graduate of Ridgecroft School in Ahoskie, she attended College of The Albemarle and Mitchell’s Academy in Greenville, obtaining her degree in Cosmetology. Later after working in private practice,...

William Love Carr

William Love Carr

Dec 7, 2023

   William Love “Bill” Carr, 71, of 575 Paige Riddick Road, Gates, NC, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

   Bill was born in Nansemond County, VA on April 18, 1952 and was the son of the late Charles Brosia Carr, Jr. and Dolly Belle Watson Carr and was raised in the fellowship of Main Street United...

Mack Fletcher Brinkley

Mack Fletcher Brinkley

Dec 7, 2023

   Mack Fletcher Brinkley, 90, of 4763 Carolina Road, Suffolk, VA, died Thursday, December 7, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital.

   Mr. Brinkley was born in Nansemond County on November 17, 1933 and was the son of the late Elmer Carson Sr. and Eunice Virginia Horton Brinkley. Raised on the family farm with his sister, Betty Brinkley Parks, and brother, Elmer Carson...

Roger Copeland Spivey

Roger Copeland Spivey

Dec 3, 2023

   Roger Copeland Spivey, 87, of 345 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, December 3, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mr. Spivey was born in Chowan County on April 29, 1936 and was the son of the late Jacob Saunders Spivey and Oscar Copeland “Ossie” Spivey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death just 10 days...

Roy Victor Thompson, III

Roy Victor Thompson, III

Dec 1, 2023

   Roy Victor Thompson III, of 301 South King Street, Windsor, NC, died Friday, December 1, 2023 in his home where he was cared for by his girls.

   Roy was born in Bertie County on August 20, 1966 and was the son of Faye Johnson Thompson of Windsor and the late Roy Victor Thompson, Jr.

   A graduate of Atlantic Christian College...

Jean Ann Shelby Charron

Jean Ann Shelby Charron

Nov 30, 2023

   Jean Ann Shelby Charron, 61, of Edenton, NC passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.

   Mrs. Charron was born in Niles, Michigan on July 10, 1962 and was the daughter of the late Archie Clifton Shelby and Eulalia Wetmore Joo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth Shelby...

Lois Faye Benton White

Lois Faye Benton White

Nov 29, 2023

   Lois Faye Benton White, 91, of 264 Ridge Road, Belvidere, NC, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mrs. White was born in Perquimans County on August 18, 1932 and was the daughter of the late John T. “Jack” and Mary Evelyn Lane Benton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Joan Smith Collins

Joan Smith Collins

Nov 29, 2023

   Joan Marie Smith Collins, 90, of 223 Nixon’s Beach Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Collins was born in Hampton, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Joseph J., Jr. and Marie Church Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Sonja Davis Bazemore

Sonja Davis Bazemore

Nov 28, 2023

   Sonja Davis Bazemore, 77, of 56 Little Island Road, Eure, NC, died Tuesday, November 28, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Bazemore was born in Northampton County on August 20, 1946 and was the daughter of the late Robert H. “Major” Davis and Johnnie Mae Stancil Davis. In addition to her parents, she...

Mae Boyce Spivey

Mae Boyce Spivey

Nov 23, 2023

   Mae Boyce Spivey, 87, of 345 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Thursday, November 23, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family. It had been her prayer to “go home”, to see her mother and loved ones gone before and God answered that prayer on Thanksgiving night.

   Born on September 27, 1936, and raised on Rocky...

Patricia Lutzio Richards

Patricia Lutzio Richards

Nov 23, 2023

   Patricia Lutzio “Patti” Richards, 83, of 186 Skinner Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023 in her home.

   Mrs. Richards was born in Chester County, PA on March 17, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Nicholas Joseph Lutzio and Ann Dorothy Mammarella Lutzio. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Dr. Robert Worden "Bobby" Dougherty, Jr.

Dr. Robert Worden "Bobby" Dougherty, Jr.

Nov 22, 2023

   Dr. Robert Worden “Bobby” Dougherty, Jr., 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Dr. Dougherty was born in Baton Rouge, LA on April 9, 1944, and was the son of the late Robert Worden Dougherty, Sr. and Katharine Medora Butler Dougherty. Raised on a dairy farm in Louisiana, he graduated from...

Dorothy Hollowell Liles

Dorothy Hollowell Liles

Nov 20, 2023

   Dorothy Mae Hollowell “Dot” Liles, 84, of 144 Folly Road, Sunbury, NC, died Monday, November 20, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Liles was born in Gates County on October 28, 1939 and was the only daughter of the late Glavin W. “Dick” and Mary Gray Hollowell. In addition to her parents, she...

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