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Nina Braswell White Motzno

Nina Braswell White Motzno

Nov 12, 2020

   Nina Paige Braswell White Motzno died peacefully at the home of her daughter on November 12, 2020 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Nina was born in Northampton County, North Carolina on November 5, 1925. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Spivey Braswell and Willie Lewis Braswell, her brothers, Willie Lewis Braswell, Jr. and Robert "Bob" Ellis Braswell, and her...

Robert James Lawson

Robert James Lawson

Nov 11, 2020

   Robert James “Bob” Lawson, 71, of Hobbs Acre Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in his home.

   Mr. Lawson was born in Middlesex County, MA on November 16, 1948 and was the son of the late Kathryn I. Hartinger Lawson. The retired owner and operator of RJL Realty Trust, he was a strong supporter of law enforcement, a...

Kent Douglas Smith

Kent Douglas Smith

Nov 11, 2020

   Kent Douglas Smith, 78, of 250 No Say Lane, Cofield, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Mr. Smith was born in Suffolk, VA on February 9, 1942, and was the son of the late Lonnie G. Smith, Sr. and Sallie Bazemore Smith. A retired truck driver and supervisor with Britt Services, he was a member...

Jacqueline Williams Rowland

Jacqueline Williams Rowland

Nov 10, 2020

   Jacqueline Williams "Jackie" Rowland, of Edenton, NC passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

   Born in Portsmouth, VA, she was the daughter of the late Weems "Bud" and Clara Williams.

   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the love of her life, Fred Rowland, her husband of over 54 years.

   Jackie loved being a homemaker and was...

Irvin Taylor

Irvin Taylor

Nov 10, 2020

   Irvin Taylor, 103, of Chesapeake, VA, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

   A native of Gates County, NC, he was born on May 17, 1917 to the late Linwood and Tellie Speight Taylor.  A graduate of Gates High School, Mr. Taylor retired from farming and also later from the Norfolk and Western Railroad.  He was...

James Bean

James Bean

Nov 8, 2020

   James "Jim" Bean, 79, of Winfall, NC, a retired counselor and math instructor, passed on to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 8, 2020.

   Jim loved giving and sharing of himself with his family, friends, and persons hoping for a better future.

   At his request and for the love and care of others, he wished there not be a...

Evelyn Jernigan McCleney

Evelyn Jernigan McCleney

Nov 8, 2020

   Evelyn Jernigan McCleney, 98, a former longtime resident of Bennett Street in Washington, NC, and more recently of The Bayberry Inn in Roanoke Rapids, rejoined her husband, Carey, on Sunday, November 8, 2020.

   Mrs. McCleney was born on March 19, 1922 in Bertie County and was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Bessie Ellis Jernigan. The widow of...

Lottie Ann Leary Hobbs

Lottie Ann Leary Hobbs

Nov 8, 2020

   Lottie Ann Leary Hobbs, 88, of 36 Sunbury Bank St., Sunbury, NC, passed away November 8, 2020, at Gates House Assisted Living, Gatesville, NC.

   Mrs. Hobbs was born in Chowan County on October 8, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Lee and Annie Leary. She worked as a cashier for Rountree and Riddick Mercantile in Sunbury, a teller...

June LaPointe Korbusieski

June LaPointe Korbusieski

Nov 7, 2020

   June LaPointe Korbusieski, 89, of 1003 W. Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Korbusieski was born in Waterbury, CT on April 4, 1931, and was the only child of the late Hervey and Mildred Zuraw LaPointe. The head receptionist at Manchester High School in Manchester, CT, she retired after 20 years. She was...

Ethel Parker Plyler Newsome

Ethel Parker Plyler Newsome

Nov 7, 2020

   Ethel Parker Plyler Newsome, 83, of Flat Branch Road, Gatesville, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Newsome was born in Gates County on April 27, 1937, and was the daughter of the late Timothy Beaurie Parker and Lillie Waff Smith Parker. A retired Registered Nurse, she had worked with her father-in-law, Dr. Plyler in his office...

Eleanor Evans Byrum

Eleanor Evans Byrum

Nov 6, 2020

   Eleanor White Evans Byrum, 95, of 241 Yellow Hammer Road, Tyner, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.

   Mrs. Byrum was born in Chowan County on December 23, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Zacharia Trotman and Effie Louise White Evans. As a child she attended Gum Pond...

Mary Bunch Barrow

Mary Bunch Barrow

Nov 5, 2020

   Mary Bunch Barrow, 92, of Edenton, NC, died Thursday, November 5, 2020, in Edenton Primetime.

   Mrs. Barrow was born in Chowan County on April 2, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Alexander and Callie Goodwin Bunch. A retired inspector with George C. Moore Company, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church.

   In addition to her parents,...

Janette Felton Edwards

Janette Felton Edwards

Nov 5, 2020

   Janette Felton Edwards, 73, of 859 Taylor Mill Road, Eure, NC, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.

   Mrs. Edwards was born in Gates County on September 17, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Mills N. and Ellis Rountree Felton. A homemaker, she was a faithful member of Eure Christian Church where she had served...

Sandra Bunch Moore

Sandra Bunch Moore

Nov 4, 2020

   Sandra Faye Bunch Moore, 76, of 2022 NC Highway 37 South, Hobbsville, NC, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

   Mrs. Moore was born in Chowan County on October 30, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Elisha Timothy “Pete” Bunch and Beulah Modlin Bunch. The retired owner and operator of Rountree & Riddick General Merchandise...

William Homer Spencer

William Homer Spencer

Nov 4, 2020

   William Homer "Brother Bill" Spencer, 86, of Hertford, NC, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

   Born in St. Louis County, MO, on March 19, 1934, he was the son of the late Harry Franklin Spencer and Bessie Wilson Spencer. A graduate of Affton High School, he pursued his formal education at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where...

Harold Owsley

Harold Owsley

Nov 4, 2020

   Harold Owsley, 82, of Hertford, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA.

   Mr. Owsley was born in Vest, KY on October 12, 1938, and was the son of the late James and Rachel Risner Owsley. A retired supervisor from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, he was a member of Bethlehem Church of Christ where he had...

Gladys Martine Owens

Gladys Martine Owens

Nov 2, 2020

   Gladys Sunghee Martine Owens, 47, of Hobbsville, NC, passed away Monday, November 2, 2020 in Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, Virginia Beach, VA.

   Mrs. Owens was born on October 11, 1973 in Delaware, and was the daughter of Robert and Nancy Martine of Hobbsville.  Employed as District Secretary and Education Coordinator with USDA Soil and Water Conservation in Gates County, she...

Hubert Ambrose

Hubert Ambrose

Nov 1, 2020

   Alonza Hubert Ambrose, 89, of NC 32 North, Corapeake, NC, died Sunday, November 1, 2020 in his home where he was cared for by his family.

   Mr. Ambrose was born in Chowan County on September 5, 1931, and was the son of the late Alonza Herbert and Doris Ashley Ambrose. A retired mechanic from the John Deere Company in Sunbury,...

Betsy James Benton

Betsy James Benton

Nov 1, 2020

   Betsy Ross James Ward Benton, 90, formerly of the Chowan Beach community, Edenton, NC, and more recently of Ryland Road in Tyner, died Sunday, November 1, 2020.

   Betsy was born in Winston-Salem, NC on December 26, 1929, and was the daughter of the late J. Leonard and Warnie Novella Ross James. A homemaker, in earlier years she had worked as...

Thomas Anthony Koelzer

Thomas Anthony Koelzer

Nov 1, 2020

   Thomas Anthony Koelzer, 71, of Albemarle Plantation, Hertford, NC, passed away Sunday evening, November 1, 2020, in his home with his wife by his side, after a valiant four year fight against pancreatic cancer.

   Tom was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 29, 1949, and was the son of the late Gerald Louis and Mary Helen (Kaslik) Koelzer. He was...

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