Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
Jimmy Thompson
Sep 25, 2021
James Edwin “Jimmy” Thompson, 76, of 279 Hazelton Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, September 25, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Thompson was born in Bladen County on May 20, 1945, and was the son of the late Oscar Edwin and Esther Mae Weeks Thompson. A retired self-employed carpenter, he had previously been...
Billy Lee Owens
Sep 24, 2021
Billy Lee Owens, 69, of 207 W. Grubb Street, Hertford, NC, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
A native of Gates County, Mr. Owens was born on December 11, 1951, and was one of ten children born to the late Bennie and Ethel King Owens. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Martin Elbert Trueblood, Jr.
Sep 20, 2021
Martin Elbert Trueblood, Jr., 83, of Elizabeth City, NC, died Monday, September 20, 2021 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Trueblood was born in Pasquotank County on November 12, 1937, and was the son of late Martin Elbert Trueblood, Sr. and Lola Mae Hewitt Trueblood Barnard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Rella Evans Elliott
Sep 20, 2021
Rella Victoria Evans Elliott, 97, of 116 Sign Pine Road, Tyner, NC, died Monday, September 20, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Chesapeake where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Elliott was born in Chowan County on September 29, 1923, and was the daughter of the late George Walter and Sarah Elizabeth Boyce Evans. In addition to her...
Dorothy Brooks Baker
Sep 18, 2021
Dorothy Evelyn Brooks Baker, 94, of Ledrew Perry Road, Merry Hill, NC, died Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Three Rivers Health & Rehabilitation, Windsor.
Mrs. Baker was born in Jones County on April 7, 1927, and was the daughter of the late John Henry and Ludie Holland Brooks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Deborah Lilly Saunders
Sep 18, 2021
Deborah Lynn Lilly “Debbie” Saunders, 56, of Edenton, NC, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2021.
Born in Norfolk, VA on April 16, 1965, she was the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt Lilly, Jr. of California and Thelma Rose Peach of Edenton. A kind and gentle person, she cared deeply for her family and always went out of her way to help...
Deanna Holt Iverson Eure
Sep 17, 2021
Deanna Holt Iverson Eure, 83, of 110 Silver Springs Road, Sunbury, NC, passed into the arms of the Lord on Friday, September 17, 2021.
Born in Norfolk, VA on August 3, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Mason and Gustava Huff Holt. She lived most of her life in Norfolk, where she graduated from Granby High School,...
Betty Jane Leary Brock
Sep 17, 2021
Betty Jane Leary Brock, 89, of Camden, NC, went to her Heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, September 17, 2021.
Mrs. Brock was born in Camden County on March 26, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Wilson Kenneth "W.K." Leary and Fannie Louise Seymour Leary. In addition to her parents, she...
Glenda Kraus Hobbs
Sep 17, 2021
Glenda Kraus Hobbs, 81, of Desert Road, Corapeake, NC, stepped into glory Friday, September 17th, 2021, from the Elizabeth City Health and Rehab facility.
Mrs. Hobbs was born in Norfolk, VA on July 2, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Peter Jacob and Bernice Rood Kraus. Glenda was known for her kind spirit, the ability to find the...
Debra Zick Williams
Sep 17, 2021
Debra Joann Zick Williams, 70, of 483 Paige Riddick Road, Gates, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 17, 2021.
Mrs. Williams was born in Michigan on February 9, 1951, and was the daughter of the late Verl Clifford Zick and Joan Pearl Guy Zick Hubble. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Stephanie Nicole Moore
Sep 15, 2021
Stephanie Nicole Moore, 29, of Gates, NC, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in Holland Cemetery, 6668 O'Kelly Road, Suffolk, VA, and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Wayne Proctor.
Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main Street, Gatesville, is assisting the family with arrangements, and...
Linda Owens Alligood
Sep 14, 2021
Linda Gail Owens Alligood, 63, of 137 Shannonhouse Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Alligood was born in Washington County on July 12, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Johnny Lockford Owens, Sr. and Hazel Olean Vanhorn Owens. A homemaker, she was raised in the fellowship of Edenton Church of...
Sheryl Nelson Mizelle
Sep 13, 2021
Sheryl Ann Nelson Mizelle, 50, of 300-B West Queen Street, died Monday, September 13, 2021.
Sheryl was born in Norfolk, VA on September 29, 1970, and was the daughter of the late Norman Denver Nelson and Julia Faye Skinner Nelson. For several years she worked in healthcare as a Registered Nurse, later owned and operated her own business cleaning Condos...
Kenneth Dean Byrum
Sep 13, 2021
Kenneth Dean "Kenny" Byrum, 58, of 1203 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Born in Pasquotank County on June 24, 1963, he was the son of Peggy Sawyer Byrum of Hertford and the late Kelford Lyonel Byrum. He was employed with the Christian Broadcasting Network based in Virginia...
Bobby Lee Brinkley, Sr.
Sep 12, 2021
Bobby Lee "Poor Boy" Brinkley, Sr., 66, of 197 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, passed away very peacefully on Sunday, September 12, 2021, in his home with his family at his side.
Mr. Brinkley was born in Camden County on February 11, 1955, and was the son of the late Otis Robertson Brinkley, Jr. and Thelma Virginia McDonald Brinkley. In...
Roy Junior Byrum
Sep 12, 2021
Roy Junior Byrum, 79, of 3944 Virginia Road, Tyner, NC, died Sunday, September 12, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mr. Byrum was born in Williamsburg, VA on August 28, 1942, and was the son of the late James Andrew and Lola Marie Ashley Byrum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Garland Anne...
Christopher Eugene "Tank" Mansfield
Sep 11, 2021
Christopher Eugene “Tank” Mansfield, 30, of 315 Manteo Trail, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, September 11, 2021 in Tyner.
Born on February 26, 1991 in Chowan County, he was a professional Tattoo Artist, and had attended Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his parents, Lisa Shockley Bunch (husband, Jonathan) of Edenton, and Eugene Nixon Mansfield, Jr. (wife, Glenda) of Onion Lake,...
Clara Small Hollowell
Sep 9, 2021
Clara Small Hollowell, 79, of 232 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville, NC, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Hollowell was born in Perquimans County on November 11, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Haywood and Lessie Small. An active member of Hobbsville Baptist Church, she had served the church in various capacities...
Larry Kenneth Melvin
Sep 8, 2021
Larry Kenneth Melvin, 71, of Camden, NC, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in his home.
Mr. Melvin was born in Carteret County on January 16, 1950, and was the son of the late Edward James Melvin, Jr. and Agnes Louise Pipkin Melvin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Wheeler, and by...
Anne Barnes Owens
Sep 8, 2021
Anne Elaine Barnes Owens, 90, formerly of Small Drive, Elizabeth City, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Windsor House.
Mrs. Owens was born in Norfolk, VA on April 4, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Charles Marion Adams and Wilhelmina Coppersmith Adams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Walter...
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