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Joshua William Wehner

Joshua William Wehner

Jul 4, 2022

   Joshua William Wehner, 41, of 2222 Keller Avenue, died Monday, July 4, 2022 while spending time with family and friends on the Yeopim River in Perquimans County, NC.

   Josh was born in Norfolk on December 4, 1980, and was the son of Carmen Pierce Wehner of Norfolk and the late Terry Dean Wehner. In addition to his father he was...

Eldridge Henry Baker

Eldridge Henry Baker

Jul 2, 2022

   Eldridge Henry Baker, 89, of 1626 US 17 North, Windsor, NC, died Saturday, July 2, 2022 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Baker was born in Bertie County on November 20, 1932, and was the son of the late Jesse S. and Grethel Perry Baker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Billy Lee Winslow

Billy Lee Winslow

Jul 2, 2022

   Billy Lee Winslow peacefully passed away early in the morning, Saturday, July 2, 2022, at his home on Crescent Drive in Hertford. He lived a full life for 91 years in Perquimans County.

   Billy was born in Whiteston to Elmer and Bessie White Winslow on June 29, 1931, the sixth of nine children. His brothers and sisters, all deceased, were...

Virginia Flora Hall Wood

Virginia Flora Hall Wood

Jun 30, 2022

   Virginia Flora Hall Wood departed this life on June 30, 2022 at her home, Greenfield in Edenton, NC.

   Virginia was born on December 13, 1930 in Elizabeth City, NC to the late John Hubbard Hall, Sr. and Alice Virginia Flora Hall. She was the wife of the late Thomas Benbury Haughton Wood, Sr. and the sister of the late John...

Suzanne Spencer Haid

Suzanne Spencer Haid

Jun 25, 2022

   We regret to announce that on Saturday, June 25, 2022, Suzanne Lynn Spencer "Sue" Haid, 62, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away in Norfolk, VA.

   Sue was born in St. Louis, MO on September 1, 1959, and was the second of six children born to Janet Lloyd Spencer and the late William Homer Spencer.

   In her youth, she loved to...

Earl Owens

Earl Owens

Jun 24, 2022

   Benjamin Earl Owens, 79, of Hurdletown Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022 in Perquimans County as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident.

   Mr. Owens was born in Perquimans County on December 1, 1942, and was the son of the late Benjamin Octavius Owens and Marie Forehand Owens Anderson. In addition to his parents, he...

Elizabeth Barclift Layden

Elizabeth Barclift Layden

Jun 24, 2022

   Elizabeth Ann Barclift Layden, 81, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022 in her sister's home in Elizabeth City where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Layden was born in Pasquotank County on November 6, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Richard Elidure and Mable Burcher Barclift. In addition to her parents, she was...

Dorothy Ramona Long Mizelle

Dorothy Ramona Long Mizelle

Jun 23, 2022

   Dorothy Ramona Long Mizelle, 92, of 27001 Walters Highway, Windsor, VA, and formerly of the Arrowhead Beach community in Chowan County, NC, died Thursday, June 23, 2022.

   Mrs. Mizelle was born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 8, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Stephen H., Sr. and Pauline Ambrose “Polly” Long. In addition to her parents, she was...

Mary Ann Barton Wise

Mary Ann Barton Wise

Jun 20, 2022

   Mary Ann Barton Wise, 78, of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, NC, died Monday, June 20, 2022 in Currituck House, Moyock.

   Mrs. Wise was born in Virginia Beach, VA on December 19, 1943, and was the daughter of the late James, Sr. and Edithe Mae Davis Barton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Earl...

Esther Joynes Kuhn

Esther Joynes Kuhn

Jun 19, 2022

   Esther Joynes Kuhn, 97, of Hemlock Street, Woodland, NC, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 in Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville.

   Mrs. Kuhn was born on April 3, 1925, and was one of seven children born to the late John N. and Jennie Taylor Joynes. In addition to her parents and siblings, she was preceded in death by her husband, James...

Teresa Colombo Bass

Teresa Colombo Bass

Jun 17, 2022

   Teresa Kay Colombo Bass, 68, of 2247 US Highway 17 North, Merry Hill, NC, died Friday, June 17, 2022 in her home.

   Teresa was born in Chowan County on May 23, 1954, and was the daughter of the late Holly Jacinto Colombo and Shirley Lee Williams Colombo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother,...

Paul Jewell Spear

Paul Jewell Spear

Jun 17, 2022

   Paul Jewell Spear, 91, of 1133 Cherry Road, Creswell, NC, died Friday, June 17, 2022 in The Landings of the Albemarle, Hertford.

   Mr. Spear was born in Washington County on January 22, 1931, and was the son of the late Jacob R. and Dessie Phelps Spear. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife...

Alyce Snell Phelps

Alyce Snell Phelps

Jun 16, 2022

   Alyce Snell Phelps 80 of Roper, NC, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022.

   Born February 18, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Roosevelt Snell and Helen Louise (Spruill) Snell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Louis Phelps Jr., a sister, Robbie Snell, a brother, Roy Snell, a grandson, Stacy...

William L. Sawyer, Jr.

William L. Sawyer, Jr.

Jun 15, 2022

   William L. "Bill" Sawyer, Jr., 91, of Hertford, NC, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at ECU Health in Greenville, NC.

   Born in Edenton on December 30, 1930, he was the son of the late William L. "Ranzy" Sawyer, Sr. and Etta Twiddy Sawyer. A longtime resident of Hertford, Bill was a Navy veteran, having...

Mickey Stansell Johnson

Mickey Stansell Johnson

Jun 15, 2022

   Mickey Lynn Stansell Johnson, 70, of Eure, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in her home.

   A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, surviving are her four children, William Greene, SGM Tommy Borton, US Army, Retired (Christina), Melissa Walker (Keith), Dennis Greene (Cheryl); eight grandchildren, Gage, Cody, Jacob, and Ethan Borton, Megan and Cameron Walker, Alexandria Greene (Justin)...

Sean Michael Carroll

Sean Michael Carroll

Jun 14, 2022

   Sean Michael Carroll, 58, of 409 Seaview Drive, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in his home.

   Sean was born in Elgin, Illinois on October 22, 1963, and was the son of the late John Thomas Carroll and Cecelia Morton Carroll Grote.

   Surviving are four sisters, Deborah Klug, Pam Sanchez, Susan Carroll-Vera and Anne Carroll; three brothers, Gary, Ray,...

William Earl Dail, Jr.

William Earl Dail, Jr.

Jun 13, 2022

   William Earl Dail, Jr., 56, of Grimesland, NC, passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 in his home.

   He was born July 31, 1965. Those who knew him appreciated and loved him for his generosity, humor, and heart of gold. A graduate of East Carolina University, he was dedicated to his profession having been employed in a laboratory at Vidant Medical...

Gerald John Atkinson

Gerald John Atkinson

Jun 13, 2022

   Gerald John Atkinson, 90, died Monday, June 13, 2022 in his home surrounded by family.

   “Jerry” was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 21, 1931. He was the son of the late Adam John and Mary Helen Dilworth Atkinson.

   He was the retired National Sales Manager for Columbus McKinnon where he worked for 26 years. An Air Force veteran of...

Kenneth Robert Cross

Kenneth Robert Cross

Jun 13, 2022

   Kenneth Robert Cross, 58, a longtime resident of Wilmington, NC, died Monday, June 13, 2022 in Gatesville, NC.

   Mr. Cross was born in on July 12, 1963 in Jefferson County, MO and was the son of Gillian Smook of Roanoke, Virginia and the late Ralph Edward Cross.

   In addition to his mother, surviving are his children, Sarah Elizabeth Holcombe (husband,...

Pamela Lynch Jenkins

Pamela Lynch Jenkins

Jun 12, 2022

   Pamela Lynch Jenkins, 70, of Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022 in her home where she was being cared for by family.

   Mrs. Jenkins was born in Greensburg, PA on August 31, 1951, and was the daughter of the late Raphiel Sylvester Lynch and Ruth Grace Becker Lynch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

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