Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Ramona Chappell Jones
Mar 3, 2025
Ramona Chappell Jones, 90, of 644 Happy Home Road, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Jones was born in Chowan County on February 3, 1935, and was the daughter of the late James Freeland and Alpine Dail Chappell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Catherine "Cathie" Hoskins Thompson
Mar 1, 2025
Catherine “Cathie” Hoskins Thompson passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Cathie was born December 24, 1951 in High Point, NC to Daniel Vernon Hoskins and Lula Hinton Hoskins. Cathie was a loving wife, mother and sister, and is survived by her husband of over 40 years, Raymond “Mark” Thompson.
Cathie graduated from High Point College (now High Point...
Robert Ray Griffin, Sr.
Mar 1, 2025
Robert Ray Griffin, Sr., 87, of 213 Hawthorne Road, died Saturday, March 1, 2025, in ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Griffin was born in Chowan County on November 30, 1937, and was the son of the late James William “Jim” and Karene Toppin Griffin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Debbie Perry, sisters,...
Betty Bromley West White
Feb 28, 2025
Betty Bromley West White, 99, of Greensboro, NC, passed away on February 28, 2025.
Betty was born on May 15, 1925, in Louisa, KY to the late Perry A. West and Alice Pinson West and was the youngest of eight children. She was married to William C. White for 54 years until his death in 2011.
Betty spent her...
David Michael "Mike" Tatem
Feb 28, 2025
David Michael “Mike” Tatem, 71, of 831 Dillard’s Mill Rd., Tyner, NC, passed away Friday, February 28, 2025, in his home.
Mr. Tatem was born in Norfolk, VA on January 23, 1954, and was the son of the late Wilson Prike Tatem and Vera Mae Tatem. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters,...
Arthur Martin "Art" Slaughter
Feb 28, 2025
Arthur Martin “Art” Slaughter, 67, of Edenton, NC, passed away Friday, February 28, 2025, at ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC.
Arthur was the son of the late Clarence Bratcher Slaughter and Virginia Dare Sumerell and was born March 8, 1957 in New Bern, NC. Arthur is survived by his wife, Deborah Lilley “Debbie” Slaughter; brother, Michael Thomas Slaughter;...
Jesse Leroy Johnson
Feb 21, 2025
Jesse Leroy “Roy” Johnson, 84, of 1066 Four Forks Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025, in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Johnson was born in Pasquotank County on December 17, 1940, and was the son of the late Jesse Latham and Nellie Ralph Johnson. In addition to his parents, he was...
Connie Jean Overton
Feb 20, 2025
Connie Jean Overton, 74, of Edenton, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior in Paradise on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Born in Chowan County on September 23, 1950, Connie was the daughter of the late Lloyd Edward and Mary Pascoe White Overton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Willie Mae Butler Rose
Feb 20, 2025
Willie Mae Butler Rose, 84, of 216 Riverwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025, in her home.
Mrs. Rose was born in Burlington on September 19, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Chester McGlenn and Annie Inez Hamm Butler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, Carl “Hoot” Rose and Donald...
Joseph Lawrence Winslow
Feb 20, 2025
Joseph Lawrence Winslow, 76, of 587 Beech Springs Road, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025, in ECU Health Inpatient Hospice House, Greenville.
Mr. Winslow was born in Pasquotank County on July 5, 1948, and was the son of the late John Lawrence and Elizabeth Marie Gay Winslow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Linda...
Patsy Owens Plyler
Feb 20, 2025
Patsy Jean Owens Plyler, 70, of 104 Zion Road, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Plyler was born in Chowan County on October 5, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Julian Wood “Boot” and Hattie Ruth Bass Owens. Retired from the Gates County Board of Elections following...
Ida Grizzelle "Ianne" Smyer
Feb 19, 2025
Ida Grizzelle “Ianne” Smyer, born in Edenton, NC on July 17, 1942, passed away in Seattle, WA on February 19, 2025, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Ida spent her childhood partially in Edenton with her grandmother, Ida Mae Roberson and in Maryland with her mother, Grizzelle Garwood, stepfather, Bob Garwood and her siblings.
Surviving is her...
David Scott Schwarm, Sr.
Feb 19, 2025
David Scott Schwarm, Sr., 59, of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in his home.
Mr. Schwarm was born in Pasquotank County on May 18, 1965, and was the son of Carolyn Hudson Schwarm of Edenton and the late Arthur Henry Schwarm. Retired as a heavy equipment mechanic and operator with Harsco Metals & Minerals, among his many enjoyments in...
Hazel Annette Pierce Corprew
Feb 14, 2025
Hazel Annette Pierce Corprew of 1270 Ocean Hwy. N., Hertford, NC passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025.
Mrs. Corprew was born on March 7, 1945 to the late James Pierce and Hazel Mae Smith Pierce. She was a life-long resident of Perquimans County. Mrs. Corprew is survived by her loving husband, John Lawrence “Larry” Corprew. They were married for 61...
Esther Ferrell Morrow
Feb 14, 2025
Dorothy Esther Ferrell Morrow, 85, a longtime resident of Utah, and more recently of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 14, 2025, in her home where she was being cared for by family.
Mrs. Morrow was born in Perquimans County on November 19, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Tony Octavious and Alice Lamb Ferrell. In addition to...
Edward Asa Harrell
Feb 13, 2025
Edward Asa Harrell, 91, of 160 Byrum Road, died Thursday, February 13, 2025, in his home.
Mr. Harrell was born in Gates County on May 8, 1933, and was the son of the late Louise Smith Harrell Howell. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his wife, Winifred Sessoms “Winky” Harrell, an infant son, Keith Tyrone Harrell,...
Lula Earlene Bembridge Mason
Feb 12, 2025
Lula Earlene Bembridge Mason,82, of Edenton, NC passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at her residence.
Mrs. Mason was born on October 18, 1942, and was the daughter of the late William Frank Bembridge, Sr. and Virginia Smith Bembridge and was the wife of the late Robert Mason. In addition to her husband and parents, Lula was preceded in...
Rochelle Ullom Hendrix
Feb 9, 2025
Rochelle Jeanette Ullom Hendrix, 66, of Edenton, NC, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2025, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hendrix was born in Portsmouth, VA on March 15, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Charles Michael “Charlie” and Paticia Smith “Patty” Ullom. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, William...
Lucille Anne Warwick Lambert
Feb 6, 2025
Lucille Anne Warwick “LuAnne” Lambert, 68, of Williamston, NC, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, in her home.
LuAnne was born in Johnson City, NY, on May 2, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Avery C. and Dorothy Laverne Llewellyn Warwick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Kenneth David...
Mary Grace Mills
Feb 5, 2025
Mary Grace Mills, 78, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025, in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation, Edenton.
Mrs. Mills was born in Summerfield, MA on April 11, 1946. Her husband, Jack Allen Mills, Sr., preceded her in death. A homemaker, she was a loving mother and grandmother.
Surviving are her two daughters, Deborah Buenviaje (Yancy) of San Marcos,...
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