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Susan Ackerman Patrick

Susan Ackerman Patrick

Feb 22, 2022

   Susan Stephanie Ackerman Patrick, 71, of 209 Hawthorne Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mrs. Patrick was born in Rochester, New York on August 31, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Robert John “Bob” Ackerman and Frances Stephanie Saucuniac Ackerman.

   A lab analyst in the pharmaceutical industry, she was a homemaker...

Margaret Townsend Chappell

Margaret Townsend Chappell

Feb 22, 2022

   Margaret Faye Townsend Chappell, 71, of 811 Great Fork Road, Suffolk, VA, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in her home.

   Mrs. Chappell was born in Washington County, NC on May 31, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Melvin Floyd and Eunice Inez Jones Townsend. Retired from the Suffolk office of Verizon where she worked as a customer service...

Wilbur Lee Lane, Sr.

Wilbur Lee Lane, Sr.

Feb 21, 2022

   Wilbur Lee Lane, Sr., 82, of 5624 Whaleyville Blvd., Suffolk, VA, died Monday, February 21, 2022 in Sentara Obici Hospital.

   Mr. Lane was born in Chowan County on March 31, 1939 and was the son of the late Jesse M. and Elizabeth Driggs Lane. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Wayne Lane.

   A...

Norma Barnes Voliva

Norma Barnes Voliva

Feb 21, 2022

   Norma Earlene Barnes Voliva, 83, of 7454 NC 94 North, died Monday, February 21, 2022 in her home.

   Mrs. Voliva was born in Washington County on October 14, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Wilton Earl and Lillie Mae Patrick Barnes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Wayne Voliva; two...

Sharon Triplett Stutzman

Sharon Triplett Stutzman

Feb 20, 2022

   Sharon Alyce Triplett Stutzman, 65, of 217 Chepanoe Trail, Edenton, NC, died Sunday, February 20, 2022 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.

   Sharon was born in Norfolk, VA on September 2, 1956, and was the daughter of the late Paul Wesley Triplett, Sr. and Betty Jean Stamper Triplett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother,...

Donald Virgil Holcomb

Donald Virgil Holcomb

Feb 20, 2022

   Donald Virgil Holcomb, 72, of 46 Tinkham Road, Eure, NC, died Sunday, February 20, 2022 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Holcomb was born in Richwood, West Virginia on January 12, 1950, and was the son of the late John Paul and Bertha Workman Holcomb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Laura Streuli Rowell

Laura Streuli Rowell

Feb 19, 2022

   Laura Streuli Rowell, of Hertford, NC, quietly passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022 after a two year fight with cancer.

   Born in Norfolk, VA, on March 9, 1952, she was the oldest daughter of Cmdr. Joseph Streuli, Ret. and Dellinger Dailey Streuli. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, David, of Virginia Beach,...

Leo George Lavoie

Leo George Lavoie

Feb 16, 2022

   Leo George Lavoie, 90, of 640 Chambers Ferry Road, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Lavoie was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on February 22, 1931, and was the son of the late Gerard Joseph and Georgianna Desrosiers Lavoie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Ethel White...

Mike Waterfield

Mike Waterfield

Feb 16, 2022

   Michael Ray "Mike" Waterfield, Sr., 67, of 2432 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Waterfield was born in Norfolk, VA on April 23, 1954, and was the son of the late Elwood, Jr. and Mary Dee Muse Waterfield. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister,...

Dorothy Privott Jackson

Dorothy Privott Jackson

Feb 14, 2022

   Dorothy Privott “Dot” Jackson, 92, of 142 Landfill Road, Roper, NC, died Monday, February 14, 2022 in Edenton Primetime Assisted Living.

   Mrs. Jackson was born in Chowan County on January 9, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Lindsey William and Ruth Virginia Wiggins Privott. When Dot was a young child, her mother died and her father later married...

Sheri Martin Bonser

Sheri Martin Bonser

Feb 14, 2022

   Sheri Martin Bonser, 64, of 242 Cullen Road, Harrellsville, NC, died Monday, February 14, 2022 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Mrs. Bonser was born in Mt. Kisco, New York on April 10, 1957, and was the daughter of the late Paul Clifford and Louise Adriene Malmsjo Martin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother,...

J.D. Hollowell, Jr.

J.D. Hollowell, Jr.

Feb 12, 2022

   Johnnie Daniel "J.D." Hollowell, Jr., 79, of 769 W. Bear Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mr. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on December 6, 1942, and was the son of the late Johnnie Daniel, Sr. and Annie Dail Hollowell. A retired machinist from Norfolk Naval Shipyard Shop 31 following...

Chip Byrum

Chip Byrum

Feb 11, 2022

Curtis Briggs “Chip” Byrum, 88 of Grafton, Va., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 11, 2022 following a lingering illness. She was born in 1933 in Hobbsville, North Carolina to Curtis and Margaret (Riddick) Briggs. Named “Virginia” at birth, her father passed when she was only 3 months old and her name was changed...

Joyce Proctor Stallings

Joyce Proctor Stallings

Feb 11, 2022

   Joyce Proctor Stallings, 77, of 1265 Campground Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022 in her home where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Stallings was born in Perquimans County on December 6, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Edward, Sr. and Sybil Byrum Proctor. A retired customer service representative from Sprint,...

Grover Hollowell

Grover Hollowell

Feb 10, 2022

   Grover "Roadrunner" Hollowell, 79, of 110 Swamp Road, Hertford, NC, died Thursday, February 10, 2022 in his home where was cared for by his wife and daughters.

   Mr. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on February 20, 1942, and was the son of the late Joel F., Sr. and Elizabeth Whedbee Hollowell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Florence Winslow Nowell

Florence Winslow Nowell

Feb 8, 2022

   Florence Winslow Nowell, 98, of 1048 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, died Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in The Landings of The Albemarle in Hertford.

   Mrs. Nowell was born in Perquimans County on October 26, 1923, and was the daughter of the late John Luther and Esther Jane White Winslow. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Gloria Faye Ballance

Gloria Faye Ballance

Feb 8, 2022

   Gloria Faye Ballance, 60, of 1179 Lynch's Corner Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Born in Pasquotank County on April 2, 1961, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Sylvester Ballance and Hattie Piland Ballance. Employed with Jackson Hewitt Tax Service in Elizabeth City, she also worked with Avon and...

Ralph Fay Nixon

Ralph Fay Nixon

Feb 8, 2022

   Ralph Fay Nixon, 75, of 401 Sterlingworth Street, Windsor, NC, died Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

   Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County on February 3, 1947, and was the son of the late Archie Alfred and Evelyn Britton Nixon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Gail Johnson...

Henry Jackson Dilday

Henry Jackson Dilday

Feb 8, 2022

   Henry Jackson Dilday, 90, of 1310 US Hwy 13 South, Ahoskie, NC, died Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Dilday was born in Hertford County on March 28, 1931, and was the son of the late Clifton Henry and Martha Godwin Dilday.

   Retired from the Public Works Department of the...

Jay Cobb

Jay Cobb

Feb 7, 2022

   Earl Jackson “Jay” Cobb, 75, of 151 Sheep Landing Road, Merry Hill, NC, died Monday, February 7, 2022 in his home.

   Mr. Cobb was born in Norfolk, Virginia on September 9, 1946, and was one of 12 children born to the late Zeb Vance and Lillian Brown Cobb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...

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