Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Carol Brown Wyatt
Jul 17, 2022
Carol Elliott Brown Wyatt, 77, of Henderson, NC, died Sunday, July 17, 2022 in Duke Regional Hospital, Durham.
Mrs. Wyatt was born in Suffolk, Virginia on May 25, 1945 and was raised in Gates County by her parents, the late William Emmett Brown, Sr. and Helen Chaney Brown. With her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Helen...
Ruby Eggen Cherry
Jul 16, 2022
A beautiful life filled with love, strength, resilience, courage, and faith. On July 16, 2022, Ruby Margaret Eggen Cherry took God's hand and followed Him home. The loving arms of her mother, Doris Anderson Eggen, her father, Rudolph Eggen, loving husband, William Welton Cherry, infant son, William, and beloved brother, Robert Eggen, welcomed her into Heaven.
Her memories will remain...
Lou Ellen Crowder Creech
Jul 15, 2022
Lou Ellen Crowder Creech, 78, of 108 Pike Dive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, July 15, 2022 in her home.
Mrs. Creech was born in Greenville, SC on September 25, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Marcus Gordon Crowder and Eva Frances King Crowder. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall...
Evelyn Harrell Boyce
Jul 14, 2022
Evelyn Harrell Boyce, 94, of 107 South Oakum Street, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Boyce was born in Chowan County on July 23, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Erie A. and Mary Bass Harrell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll...
Anne Rogerson White
Jul 14, 2022
Elizabeth “Anne” Rogerson White, 91, of 1228 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022 surrounded by her family.
Mrs. White was born in Chowan County on August 23, 1930, the daughter of the late Joseph Elmer Rogerson and Violet Carrie Hollowell Rogerson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe...
Pickett Wright, Jr.
Jul 14, 2022
Joseph Martin Pickett Wright, Jr. Capt. USN (Ret), of Edenton, NC passed away on July 14, 2022 at the age of 88. He was born in Long Beach, CA on August 10, 1933, to Joseph M P Wright and Anne St. Clair Smith Wright.
Pickett spent most of youth in Annapolis MD and attended St. Mary’s High School in...
Patrick Lewis Connors, Sr.
Jul 14, 2022
Patrick Lewis “Pat” Connors, Sr., 67, of 119 Johnson Street, Jarvisburg, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in his home.
Pat was born in Macon County, Illinois on March 1, 1955, and was the son of the late Joseph Michael Connors, Sr. and Mary Theresa Kennedy Connors. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister,...
Virginia Whitt Wehner
Jul 14, 2022
Virginia Ruth Whitt Wehner, 79, of Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 in her home.
Mrs. Wehner was born in Bluefield, Virginia on July 10, 1943, and was one of 14 children born to the late Alonzo and Gladys Virginia Thompson Whitt.
Employed for many years in the restaurant business, many will remember her for her years...
Yvonne Macdonald Belch
Jul 13, 2022
Yvonne Macdonald Belch, 67, of Sanford, NC, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Mrs. Belch was born in Washington County on April 13, 1955, and was the daughter of the late John Alexander Macdonald and Joyce Faye Oliver Simons (husband, Henry, deceased). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda...
Thomas Francis McBride
Jul 13, 2022
AEC Thomas Francis "Tom" McBride, Jr. U.S. Coast Guard Retired, 66, of Camden, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. McBride was born in Pensacola, FL on September 15, 1955, and was the son of Daisy Peddle Reese (husband, Jeff Reese) and the late Thomas Francis McBride, Sr....
John Thomas Long, Jr.
Jul 12, 2022
John Thomas Long, Jr., 86, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in his home.
Mr. Long was born in Pasquotank County on March 5, 1936, and was the son of the late John Thomas, Sr. and Sarah Marie Frue Long. A retired Production Manager with Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, he was a Master Mason, a...
Joseph Benedict Brucia
Jul 12, 2022
Joseph Benedict Brucia, 91, of 98 Pembroke Circle, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Brucia was born on Long Island in New York, and was the son of the late Benedict and Marion Blasso Brucia.
Before retirement and moving from Long Island, he worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.
A veteran...
Ruth Davenport Basham
Jul 12, 2022
Ruth Estelle Davenport Basham, 88, of 233 Bakertown Road, Windsor, NC, died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in ECU Health, Greenville.
Mrs. Basham was born in Chowan County on September 29, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Guilford and Alice Lane Davenport. In addition to parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Paul J....
Mary Jane Crockett Blakemore Bunch
Jul 11, 2022
Mary Jane Crockett Blakemore Bunch, 65, of Hobbsville, NC, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 in Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Bunch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 18, 1957, and was the daughter of the late William Stephen Blakemore, Sr., M.D. and Elaine Hooven Blakemore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Lillian Eure Taylor
Jul 7, 2022
Lillian Eure Taylor, 99, of 020 Corner High Road, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Gates County on April 13, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Charlie B. and Linda Arlene Felton Eure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Doris Bass Bunch
Jul 7, 2022
Doris Jean Bass Bunch, 82, of 366 Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, July 7, 2022 in ECU Health, Greenville.
Ms. Bunch was born in Chowan County on August 20, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Lindsey Bass and Lena Holmes Bass White. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carolyn Yvonne...
James B. Archer
Jul 6, 2022
James Belmont Archer, 88, of 129 Perkins Road, Gatesville, NC, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mr. Archer was born in Norfolk, VA on January 22, 1934, and was the last surviving of nine children born to the late George Addison and Alice Virginia Davis Archer. In addition to his parents and siblings, in...
Margaret Parrin Lampke
Jul 5, 2022
Margaret Mary Parrin Lampke, 96, of Water Lilly Loop, Cape Colony community of Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in ECU Health Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Lampke was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on October 23, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Archie Guerdin Parrin and Elizabeth Catherine Wheeler Parrin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Joyce Spruill Bell
Jul 4, 2022
Joyce Spruill Bell, 72, of 112 Ridge Road, died Monday, July 4, 2022 in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Bell was born in Tyrrell County on January 3, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Elwood and Emily Adine Clifton Spruill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, James “Dick” Spruill.
Retired as...
Denise Elaine Riddick
Jul 4, 2022
Denise Elaine Riddick, 64, of 478 Sandy Cross Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Monday, July 4, 2022 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Denise was born in Chowan County on March 11, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Jimmie and Jessie Kelley Riddick. A secretary and bookkeeper with Griffin Oil & Propane in Suffolk,...
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