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Douglas Wade Pike

Douglas Wade Pike

Mar 9, 2023

   Douglas Wade "Doug" Pike, 69, of 774 Halls Creek Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mr. Pike was born in Pasquotank County on October 7, 1953, and was the son of the late Carlton B. and Bernice Ownley Pike.

   A 1971 graduate of Northeastern High School, he retired as an...

Joseph Garland Asbell

Joseph Garland Asbell

Mar 8, 2023

   Joseph Garland Asbell, 77, of 922 Sandy Ridge Road, Tyner, NC, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Born on October 2, 1945, he was a lifelong resident of Chowan County, and was the oldest son of Garland Hollowell and Anne Byrum Asbell.

   A 1963 graduate of Chowan High School, he attended North...

Nan Harrell Hudgins

Nan Harrell Hudgins

Mar 6, 2023

   Nannie Harrell “Nan” Hudgins, 75, of 1895 NC 37 South, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, March 6, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Hudgins was born in Suffolk, VA on August 30, 1947 and was the youngest of three daughters born to the late Clyde Weldon and Ruth Lillian Evans Harrell. In addition to...

Rebecca Davenport Spear

Rebecca Davenport Spear

Mar 6, 2023

   Rebecca Ray Davenport Spear, 93, of 983 Old Cherry Road, Creswell, NC, died Monday, March 6, 2023 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton, surrounded by her loving family.

   Mrs. Spear was born in Washington County on July 26, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Richard Elwood and Janie Ernestine Davenport. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Debra Rogers Dykes

Debra Rogers Dykes

Mar 5, 2023

   Debra Jean Rogers Dykes, 67, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Windsor, NC.

   Mrs. Dykes was born in Currituck County on January 7, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Leroy, Sr. and Betty Sawyer Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Clinton Peele

Clinton Peele

Mar 4, 2023

   George Clinton Peele, 84, of 1714 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in his home.

   Mr. Peele was born in Chowan County on November 28, 1938, and was the son of the late George Thomas and Virginia Ruth Jordan Peele. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Judy Ann Davis Peele;...

Lucas Blair Savage

Lucas Blair Savage

Mar 4, 2023

   Lucas Blair Savage, 44, of 1640 Great Fork Road, Suffolk, VA, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in Sentara Obici Hospital.

   Lucas was born in Franklin, Virginia on January 31, 1979 and was the son of Walter Thomas “Tommy” Savage, Jr. of Suffolk and the late June Collier Savage.

   A member of Great Fork Baptist Church, he had been a member...

Phyllis Bunch Copeland

Phyllis Bunch Copeland

Mar 4, 2023

   Phyllis Faye Bunch Copeland, 76, of 801 Blackrock Road, Merry Hill, NC, died Saturday, March 4, 2023 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Copeland was born in Bertie County on February 7, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Leslie W. and Ruby Peele Bunch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Mike Hearn

Mike Hearn

Feb 25, 2023

   Stephen Michael “Mike” Hearn, 67, a longtime resident of Windsor, VA, died Saturday, February 25, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Eure, NC where he had been staying in his period of declining health.

   Mike was born in Franklin, Virginia on August 11, 1955, and was the son of the late Thomas Francis Hearn, Sr. and Hilda Pierce Hearn. In...

Martin Thaddeus "Bush" Hassell

Martin Thaddeus "Bush" Hassell

Feb 25, 2023

   Martin Thaddeus "Bush" Hassell, 59, formerly of Hertford, NC, and more recently of Edenton Primetime Retirement Center, passed away there on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

   Mr. Hassell was born in Saba, the Netherlands Antilles, on December 22, 1963, and was the son of Ambrose Leonard Hassell of Columbia, South America, and the late Hilda Patricia Hassell.

   In earlier years, Martin...

Cleveland Hubert "Cleve" Chappell, Jr.

Cleveland Hubert "Cleve" Chappell, Jr.

Feb 24, 2023

   Cleveland Hubert “Cleve” Chappell, Jr., 87, of Gates, NC, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2023 with family by his side.

   A lifelong resident of Gates County where he was born on May 10, 1935, he was the son of the late Cleveland H., Sr. and Annie Sue Harrell Chappell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Lee Meads

Lee Meads

Feb 24, 2023

   Allen Lee Meads, 28, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023.

   Lee was born in Pasquotank County on February 22, 1995. A graduate of Pasquotank High School, he worked as a freelance tattoo artist. Among his many enjoyments in life included his love of the beach and playing his guitar.

   Surviving are his father and mother, Keith...

Roy Lee "Dootsie" Ashley, Sr.

Roy Lee "Dootsie" Ashley, Sr.

Feb 22, 2023

   Roy Lee "Dootsie" Ashley, Sr., 76, of 227 Sandy Ridge Road, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in his home where he was being cared for by family.

   Mr. Ashley was born in Perquimans County on September 1, 1946, and was the son of the late Raleigh Edward, Sr. and Donnie Mae Monds Ashley. In addition to...

Edwin Rego Cabral

Edwin Rego Cabral

Feb 22, 2023

   Edwin Rego Cabral, 70, formerly of 310 Drum Hill Road, Corapeake, NC, and more recently resided at 106 Riverhaven Drive in Hertford, NC, died peacefully Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

   Mr. Cabral was born in Suffolk, VA on September 17, 1952, and was the son of the late Edmund Rego Cabral and Christine Elizabeth Odom Cabral. In addition to his parents,...

Shirley Stinedurf Woodward

Shirley Stinedurf Woodward

Feb 22, 2023

   Shirley Jean Stinedurf Woodward, 74, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in her home where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Woodward was born in New Castle, PA on December 2, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Martin Earl Stinedurf and Daisy Louise Cotton Stinedurf. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

George Ellis Jones

George Ellis Jones

Feb 21, 2023

   George Ellis Jones, 87, of 1103 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, in his home where he was being cared for by family.

   Mr. Jones was born in Chowan County on February 2, 1936, and was the son of the late James Earl and Ora Brown Jones. In addition to his parents, he...

Ellen Powell Carroll

Ellen Powell Carroll

Feb 21, 2023

   Ellen Powell Carroll, 97, formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, and since 2014 a resident of Anniston, Alabama, died Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

   Mrs. Carroll was born in Gates County, North Carolina, on January 6, 1926, and was the daughter of the late William Henry and Avie Lowe Powell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Carole Lee Bottenus Medford

Carole Lee Bottenus Medford

Feb 20, 2023

   Carole Lee Bottenus Medford, 80, of Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mrs. Medford was born in Queens, NY on February 20, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Alfred Raymond and Alice Edna Hanson Bottenus. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Arden...

Eddie Stallings

Eddie Stallings

Feb 20, 2023

   John Edward "Eddie" Stallings, 70, longtime resident of Belvidere, NC, and more recently of Washington, NC, died Monday, February 20, 2023 in ECU Health Beaufort Hospital.

   Mr. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on October 29, 1952, and was the son of the late Asa Elias and Mary Sue Stallings. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Jean Bailey Halsey

Jean Bailey Halsey

Feb 19, 2023

   Shelva Jean Bailey Halsey, 85, of Edenton, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2023 in Three Rivers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Windsor.

   Mrs. Halsey was born in Martin County on February 1, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Reuben, Sr. and Viola Whitehurst Bailey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank G....

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