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Richard Felton Elliott, Jr.
Apr 28, 2021
Richard Felton Elliott Jr., 92, of Granville Street, Edenton, NC, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
Mr. Elliott was born in Edenton on November 27, 1928, and was the son of the late Richard Felton Elliott Sr. and Ruth Rea Holmes Elliott.
A 1949 graduate of Edenton High School, prior to his graduation and through the 1950’s, he worked...
Jean Case Powell
Apr 27, 2021
Jean Harrell Case Powell, 92, of 119 Savage Road, Corapeake, NC, died Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville.
Mrs. Powell was born in Wayne County on May 1, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Case and Louise Walton Harrell Case. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Darrell James Thompson
Apr 27, 2021
Darrell James Thompson, 65, of Gates, NC, died Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Thompson was born in Roswell, New Mexico on November 6, 1955, and was the son of the late Raymond Everett Thompson and Mary Griego Thompson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Debra Flowers; and...
Jimmie Sylvester Ballance
Apr 23, 2021
Jimmie Sylvester Ballance, 91, of 1179 Lynchs Corner Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, April 23, 2021 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Ballance was born in Pasquotank County on August 25, 1929 and was the son of the late Grady Wilson Ballance and Sally Ann Parker Ballance. In addition to his parents, he...
Aaron Lycurgus Lilley, Jr.
Apr 22, 2021
Major General Aaron Lycurgus Lilley, Jr., USA, Ret., 87, of Commodore Lane, Smithfield, VA, died Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Born in Gatesville, NC on May 7, 1933, he was the son of the late Aaron L. and Gladys Baines Lilley. He retired after serving in the Army for 32 years. He was a veteran of two tours in Vietnam, along...
James Robert Hartman
Apr 22, 2021
James Robert “Jim” Hartman, 79, of 115 Morris Circle, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 22, 2021 in his home where he was being cared for by family.
Mr. Hartman was born in Greensboro on February 18, 1942 and was the son of the late Clarence Leary and Hannah Bunch Hartman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Mary Ann Jones Hollowell Parker
Apr 21, 2021
Mary Ann Jones Hollowell Parker, 86, of 201 Luke Street, Apt. 1, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Parker was born in Gates County on March 18, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Riddick and Lillian Hayes Jones. A homemaker, for many years while living in Hobbsville she was a member of...
Ann Madre Berry
Apr 21, 2021
Ann Madre Berry, 88, of 121 Nixon Street, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in her home.
Mrs. Berry was born in Perquimans County on July 26, 1932, and was the daughter of the late William Francis Madre and Pauline Bunch Madre. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Leland Berry, and...
John Vivian Matthews, Jr.
Apr 20, 2021
John Vivian Matthews, Jr., 79, of Hertford, NC, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2021.
He was born in Hertford, North Carolina on September 12, 1941 and chose to make his life and living in that town and along the nearby Perquimans River. John graduated from Perquimans County High School in 1959. During high school, John played football and basketball...
Mary Ann Simpson Greene
Apr 19, 2021
Mary Ann Simpson Greene, 77, of 61 Gates Bank Road, Gates, NC, died Monday, April 19, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mrs. Greene was born in Suffolk on December 22, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Marvin Gritman and Annie Lee Lassiter Simpson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Joel Bond Eaton
Apr 19, 2021
Joel Bond Eaton, 86, of 141 Greenwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021 in Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.
Mr. Eaton was born in Claremore, OK on August 23, 1934, and was the son of the late George Merritt Eaton and Margaret Robinson Small. After 30 years of service with IBM, Joel retired in 1990. He and Ardie...
Gregory Winslow
Apr 18, 2021
Robert Gregory Winslow, 64, of 4250 Virginia Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 in Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro.
Mr. Winslow was born in Norfolk, Virginia on February 11, 1957, and was the son of the late Robert Ray and Nathalie N. Winslow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie.
Proud...
Blanche Eure Rountree
Apr 18, 2021
Blanche Eure Rountree, a resident of the River Point community in Suffolk, VA, and formerly of Corapeake, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home.
Mrs. Rountree was born in Eure, NC on July 12, 1928, to the late Wilbur L. and Lucy Parker Eure. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Phyllis...
Roger Lee Vann
Apr 18, 2021
Roger Lee Vann, 65, of Dorchester Street, Franklin, VA, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA.
Mr. Vann was born in Suffolk on December 17, 1955, and was the son of the late Walter Edward Vann, Sr. and Ollie Grace Bundy Vann. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Jeanett...
Carol Eason Lang
Apr 18, 2021
Carol Ann Eason Lang, 76, of 539 Benthall Bridge Road, Murfreesboro, NC, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home.
Carol was born in Forsyth County on June 20, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Hubert Thurston and Hortense Long Eason. A retired educator, she was a teacher at Bayside Elementary School, and the librarian at Williams Elementary...
Wendell Holmes Hobbs
Apr 17, 2021
Wendell Holmes Hobbs, 96, of 126 Spivey Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 in his home where he was cared for by his family.
Mr. Hobbs was born in Gates County on July 10, 1924, and was one of six children born to the late George Ambrose and Anna Parks Hobbs. In addition to his parents, he was...
Horace Eugene Finley
Apr 17, 2021
Horace Eugene Finley, 89, of 206 Reedy Creek Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 in his home with his children at his side.
Mr. Finley was born in Madison County, OH on January 12, 1932, and was the son of the late Faye Wood Finley and Norma Tarpening Finley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Amy Knox Wright
Apr 16, 2021
Amy Lou Knox Wright, 56, of 203 White Oak Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 16, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Amy was born in Chowan County on September 24, 1964, and was the daughter of Annie Woolard Knox of Edenton and the late Benjamin Larry Knox, Sr. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by...
Peggy Parker Hampton
Apr 15, 2021
Peggy Parker Hampton, 90, of Arrowhead Trail, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Vidant Chowan Hospital
Mrs. Hampton was born in Gates County on October 31, 1930, and was one of eleven children born to the late Abram Levy and Maude Harrell Parker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wynn E....
Joseph Elton Harrell
Apr 15, 2021
Joseph Elton "Joe Boy" Harrell, 88, of Burnt Mill Road, Edenton, NC, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, as the result of injuries received from an automobile accident in Perquimans County that involved both he and his wife, Rose Harrell, this past Sunday.
Mr. Harrell was born in Perquimans County on October 20, 1932, and...
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