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Clyde Carlton Lane
May 14, 2020
Clyde Carlton Lane, 86, of Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Edenton House.
Mr. Lane was born in Perquimans County on January 18, 1934, and was the son of the late John Martin and Martha Ann Alexander "Annie" Lane. A machinist, he retired from NASA, LANGLEY, VA. He was a member of Hertford Baptist Church, and also...
Christobel Phelps Pierce
May 14, 2020
Christobel Phelps Pierce, 96, of 937 Old US Hwy 17 North, Windsor, NC, died Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Bertie County on February 24, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Charlie David and Hattie Bell Harden Phelps. A homemaker, she was a member of Windsor Assembly of...
Jeffrey Allen Matthews
May 12, 2020
Jeffrey Allen “Bodean” Matthews, 56, of 742 Nowell Farm Road, Colerain, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in his home.
Born in Bertie County on December 21, 1963, he was the son of the late Jesse Allen and Edna Rae Morris Matthews. The owner and operator of J & J Farms, he was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting,...
Norman Douglas Sawyer
May 11, 2020
Norman Douglas "Shorty" Sawyer, 55, of 409 White Hat Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 in his home.
Born in Pasquotank County on September 6, 1964, he was the son of William Douglas Sawyer (Marcia) of Hertford and the late Brenda Orlean Twine Sawyer. A carpenter by trade, he was a member of Berea Church of Christ,...
Irving Holland Perry
May 10, 2020
Irving Holland Perry, 93, of 320 NC 32 North, Sunbury, NC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Perry was born in Gates County on April 25, 1927, and was the son of the late Benjamin and Fleda Askew Perry. The retired owner and operator of Perry’s Texaco in Sunbury, he served the community...
John Larry Denson, Sr.
May 10, 2020
John Larry Denson Sr., 75, of 1642 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, May 10, 2020 in his home following a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.
Born in Norfolk, VA on March 4, 1945, he worked as a sheet metal mechanic as a young man. He became a fighter...
Cleo Jurney Griffin
May 7, 2020
Cleo Edwina Jurney Griffin, 85, of 108 Mark Drive, Edenton, NC, died Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Mrs. Griffin was born in Washington, DC on August 16, 1934, and was the daughter of the late John and Cleo Paxton Jurney. A homemaker, in earlier years she had worked as a bookkeeper with various retail businesses. She...
Linda Arlene Eure
May 6, 2020
Linda Arlene Eure, age 95, better known to many as “Sugar,” “Miss Sugar,” “Grandma Sugar,” and simply “Mama,” peacefully went to be with Jesus May 6, 2020. She was a lifelong resident of Eure, North Carolina.
Born to Linda Arlene and Charlie B. Eure on September 27, 1924, she was one of four other siblings---predeceased brothers, Hunter and John and...
Eugene Harley "Buddy" Batton
May 6, 2020
Eugene Harley “Buddy” Batton, 83, a longtime resident of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
Mr. Batton was born on May 19, 1936 in Chowan County and was raised in Edenton by his parents, the late Harley and Ila Poole Batton. A retired brick mason, he loved the ocean and spent most of his life on...
Terry Breisch
May 4, 2020
Terrance Carl "Terry" Breisch, 82, of 537 Okisko Road, Elizabeth City, NC, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, May 4, 2020.
Mr. Breisch was born in Catasauqua, PA on April 14, 1938, and was the son of the late Carl George and Francis Emma Breisch. In 1956 he graduated from Catasauqua High School and immediately made a...
Aidan Joseph Foster
May 4, 2020
Aidan Joseph “A.J.” Foster, 10 years old, of 74 Hunt Club Lane, Gates, NC, died Monday, May 4, 2020, in the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA.
Aidan was born on May 8, 2009 in Suffolk, VA and was the son of Timothy Roy Foster and Crystal Leigh Dowdy Foster. A 5th grade student at Buckland Elementary School,...
Joanna Schuldt McLemore
May 3, 2020
Joanna June Schuldt McLemore, 83, of Gatesville, NC, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Brookdale Assisted Living, Elizabeth City.
Mrs. McLemore was born in Will County, IL, on October 20, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Carrie Potts Schuldt. A homemaker and pastor's wife, she was a member of Calvary Independent Baptist Church. In addition...
Marie Smith Harrell
May 3, 2020
Marie Smith Harrell, 99, widow of William Carey Harrell, died peacefully at home on Sunday, May 3, 2020. She was born in Mebane, NC on June 29, 1920, to June Nelson Smith and Annie Sartin Smith.
Marie graduated from Mebane High School and attended East Carolina Teachers College. While practice teaching in Farmville, NC, she met her future husband...
Rita Webb Eure Foster
May 3, 2020
Rita Carolyn Webb Eure Foster, 89, formerly of Gates, NC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 3, 2020. She was a good and faithful servant and will be greeted in Heaven by many of her friends and loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Foster was born in Norfolk, VA on January 25, 1931, and was the daughter of...
Harold (Shaf) Lawrence Shafer
May 2, 2020
Harold (Shaf) Lawrence Shafer, 86, of 160 Schooner Landing Drive, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, May 2, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.
Mr. Shafer was born in Sioux Falls, SD on November 6, 1933. The son of the late Harold N. Shafer and Laura M. Sunderman Shafer, he was raised with his three...
Walter Roland Gregory
May 2, 2020
Walter Roland Gregory, 76, of 575 Ownley Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020, in his home.
Mr. Gregory was born in Pasquotank County on October 31, 1943, and was the son of the late John Napoleon and Eva Mae Cartwright Gregory. A veteran, he had served in the Army National Guard. For many years he was...
Jimmy Wayne Hufton, Sr.
May 2, 2020
Jimmy Wayne Hufton, Sr., 82, of Creek Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Hufton was born in Washington County on April 12, 1938, and was the son of the late James Andrew and Lona Dell Morris Hufton. A retired painting contractor, he was a member of Olivet Lakes Pentecostal Holiness Church. In...
Bernadette Lavoie Johnson
Apr 30, 2020
Marie Bernadette Augustine Lavoie Johnson, 94, formerly of Edenton, and more recently of Kill Devil Hills, died Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on Memorial Day, May 30, 1925, and lived her life telling everyone that the parades held were in her honor. The daughter of the late W. Gerard and Georgianna Desrosiers Lavoie,...
Thomas Gene McCready
Apr 28, 2020
Thomas Gene McCready, 64, of 143 Wildwood Drive, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in his home.
Mr. McCready was born in Portsmouth, VA on January 24, 1956, and was the son of the late Fontaine Lee "Tinnie" and Mildred Elizabeth Carter McCready. A light equipment operator, he retired from the City of Portsmouth.
Surviving are his longtime companion,...
Sharon Hofler Jones
Apr 21, 2020
Sharon Hofler Jones, 73, of 1084 Carters Road, Hobbsville, NC, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in her home where she was being cared for by her family.
Mrs. Jones was a lifelong resident of Gates County and was the daughter of the late William Hertel Hofler and Bessie Carter Hofler. A homemaker, she had formerly owned and operated Foxmoore Plantation,...
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