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Sidney Lee "Bud" Perry

Sidney Lee "Bud" Perry

Aug 26, 2022

   Sidney Lee “Bud” Perry, 84, of 4104 Virginia Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Friday, August 26, 2022.

   Mr. Perry was born in Chowan County on March 7, 1938, and was the son of the late Conroy Alvis and Catherine Hofler Perry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son; by a grandson, Troy Lee Parks;...

Thomas Frederick "Fred" Winslow

Thomas Frederick "Fred" Winslow

Aug 26, 2022

   Thomas Frederick “Fred” Winslow, 88, of 112 Gliden Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022.

   Fred was born in Chowan County on March 25, 1934, and was the son of the late J. Roy and Mabel Chappell Winslow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Ann Winslow, and by his...

Linwood Earl Futrell

Linwood Earl Futrell

Aug 25, 2022

   Linwood Earl Futrell, 73, a resident of Eure, NC, for 50 years passed away and joined his beloved mother on Thursday, August 25, 2022 from ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mr. Futrell was born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on January 11, 1949, and was the son of the late Adron Bob Futrell and Mavis Katherine Wheeler Futrell. In addition to...

Juanita Hayman Cozzens Godwin

Juanita Hayman Cozzens Godwin

Aug 25, 2022

   Juanita Hayman Cozzens Godwin, 99, of Edenton, NC, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

   Mrs. Godwin was born in Dare County on August 6, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Cage W. and Myra Davis Hayman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, James E. Cozzens and F. Marne Godwin; and by...

Emile Joseph Lapierre

Emile Joseph Lapierre

Aug 23, 2022

   Emile Joseph Lapierre, 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mr. Lapierre was born in Woonsocket, RI on October 15, 1942, and was the son of the late Dennis Joseph Lapierre and Bernadette Bell Lapierre. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Carl Desilets, and...

Rod Stephen Mumma

Rod Stephen Mumma

Aug 21, 2022

   Rodney Stephen “Rod” Mumma, 78, of 2625 US 17 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Sunday, August 21, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Mumma was born in Tansboro, NJ on July 29, 1944, and was the son of the late Harry and Edna Mae Dudley Mumma.

   A Real Estate Broker while living in New Jersey, after moving to the Merry Hill...

Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Aug 19, 2022

   Robert Edward Lee, of 502 High Street, died peacefully on Friday, August 19, 2022, in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Robert was born on November 24, 1933 and was the son of the late Obed and Minnie Clark Lee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Olivia Lee Brabble;...

Annette Stevenson Morgan

Annette Stevenson Morgan

Aug 18, 2022

   Margaret Annette Stevenson Morgan, 84, born April 6, 1938, a native of Pasquotank County, NC, and daughter of the late Marshall Holmes Stevenson, Sr. and Margaret Camilla Morris Stevenson, continued her journey to be with her Lord and Savior on August 18, 2022.

   She is survived by her son, Kevin Lee Morgan (Debra) of Perquimans County; her brother, Marshall Holmes...

Blanche Rae Skinner Decker

Blanche Rae Skinner Decker

Aug 18, 2022

   Blanche Rae Skinner Decker, of Hertford, NC, passed from this life Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the age of 97.

   Mrs. Decker was born November 29, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Raymond Carlton Skinner, Sr. and Blanche Lucinda Sawyer Skinner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, Sr.; eldest son,...

Carolyn Walker Akers

Carolyn Walker Akers

Aug 17, 2022

   Carolyn Armecia Walker Akers, 83, of 10 Albany Drive, Hampton, VA, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Akers was born in Gates County on February 13, 1939, and was the daughter of the late George Virginus Walker, Sr. and Elsie Florine White Walker. In addition to her parents, she...

Novella Rountree Spivey

Novella Rountree Spivey

Aug 16, 2022

   Novella Elizabeth Rountree Spivey, 82, of Bosley Road, Sunbury, NC, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.

   Mrs. Spivey was born on September 11, 1939, and was the daughter of the late G. Emory and Evelyn White Rountree. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick Doughtie Spivey; two...

LeRoy Griffith White

LeRoy Griffith White

Aug 16, 2022

   LeRoy Griffith White, 78, of Princess Anne Circle, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mr. White was born in Norfolk, VA on July 7, 1944, and was the son of the late Graham Paul White and Jeanne Marie Griffith White.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Cherry Wiggins Powell

Cherry Wiggins Powell

Aug 12, 2022

   Emma Cherry Wiggins Powell, 89, of Soundside Road, Edenton, NC, died Friday, August 12, 2022 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

   Mrs. Powell was born in Bertie County on May 29, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Wiggins and Mary Elizabeth Newsome Laughbon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Jane Goodwin Bunch

Jane Goodwin Bunch

Aug 11, 2022

   A fierce admirer and servant of the Lord traded her worldly wings for her heavenly ones on August 11, 2022. Clara “Jane” Goodwin Bunch was born on January 2, 1934 to Ralph and Emmie Goodwin of Center Hill. Her beautiful curls and resolute personality were two traits she embodied from childhood onward.

   Jane married her high school sweetheart, Carl Bunch...

Ruth Boyce Mansfield

Ruth Boyce Mansfield

Aug 11, 2022

   On Thursday, August 11, 2022, Ruth Jeanette Boyce Mansfield, 89, of Tyner, NC, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family.

   Born in Chowan County on August 4, 1933, she was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Anna Mae Lane Boyce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant sister, Miriam Missouri...

Gloria Davis Wilson

Gloria Davis Wilson

Aug 10, 2022

   Gloria Jean Davis Wilson, 80, of Edenton, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Edenton Primetime Assisted Living.

   Mrs. Wilson was born in Prince George County, VA on December 18, 1941, and was the daughter of the late James L. and Gladys May Edwards Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her son, James E....

Austin Ray Ennis

Austin Ray Ennis

Aug 9, 2022

   Austin Ray Ennis, 24, of Acorn Hill Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in his home.

   No services are planned at this time.

   Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Regina Kavchak Skitka

Regina Kavchak Skitka

Aug 6, 2022

   Regina Kavchak Skitka, 80, of Hertford, NC passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022 in her home.

   Regina was born in Middlesex County, NJ on December 16, 1941, and was the daughter of the late John and Regina Diken Kavchak.

   She married her love, James A. Skitka, 54 years ago and raised two sons: James and John, while working in the...

Walter Aleck Ward, Jr.

Walter Aleck Ward, Jr.

Aug 4, 2022

   Walter Aleck Ward, Jr., 89, of Suffolk, VA, died Thursday, August 4, 2022, in Northern Cardinal Rehabilitation and Nursing, Suffolk.

   Mr. Ward was born in Gates County on November 12, 1932, was the son of the late Walter Aleck and Margaret Emily Rountree Ward. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Etheleen Matthews Ward,...

Brigitte Lee Allen Layne

Brigitte Lee Allen Layne

Aug 3, 2022

   Brigitte Lee Allen Layne, 62, of Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in her home where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Layne was born in Washington, Tennessee on March 22, 1960, and was the daughter of the late William Edward Allen and Carolyn Mae Murray Allen.

   A loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, surviving...

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