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James Franklin Scott, Jr.

James Franklin Scott, Jr.

Apr 1, 2020

      Major James Franklin "Jim" Scott, Jr., US Air Force Retired, 87, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in his home.

      A private service will be held. Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.

      Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.

Lee Brown, Jr.

Lee Brown, Jr.

Mar 30, 2020

   Obed Lee Brown, Jr., of Cherokee Trail, Edenton, NC, died Monday, March 30, 2020 in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Elizabeth City.

   Mr. Brown was born in Bertie County on January 4, 1946, and was the son of the late Obed Lee Brown, Sr. and Pauline Sutton Brown. He had retired as the Director of Modernization for the Housing Commission of...

Mary Fiber MacKnight

Mary Fiber MacKnight

Mar 30, 2020

   Mary Ruth Fiber MacKnight, 89, of 115 Currituck Sound Drive, Currituck, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in The Currituck House, Moyock.

   Mrs. MacKnight was born in West Virginia on June 26, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Rev. Winnie Irvin and Nellie Baker Fiber. A graduate of Marshall University, she was a retired elementary teacher having...

Jerry Walton Jordan

Jerry Walton Jordan

Mar 30, 2020

   Jerry Walton Jordan, 72, of 701 Bayside Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

   Mr. Jordan was born in Chowan County on September 3, 1947, and was the son of the late Joseph Clarence and Myra White Jordan. A service technician, he had been employed with Coca-Cola Company for over 30 years....

David White

David White

Mar 29, 2020

   William David White, 66, of Eure, NC, died Sunday, March 29, 2020.

   Mr. White was born in Bertie County on July 5, 1953, and was the son of J. Tyler White of Askewville and the late Joy Byrd White. Retired after 32 years with the Hertford County School System, he taught Carpentry and was the Advisor for the Hunter Safety...

Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell

Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell

Mar 29, 2020

   Helen Catherine Allison Mitchell, 77, of Meadowbrook Lane, Washington, NC, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 in her home.

   Mrs. Mitchell was born in Delaware on April 5, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Roger J. and Maggie Allison. She had worked as a seamstress in clothing manufacturing.

   In accordance with her wishes, no services are planned.

   Miller Funeral...

Jerry Casey Hobbs

Jerry Casey Hobbs

Mar 27, 2020

   Jerry Casey Hobbs, 73, of 319 Acorn Hill Road, Sunbury, NC, died Friday, March 27, 2020, in the Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA.

   Mr. Hobbs was a lifelong resident of Gates County, raised in Hobbsville by his parents, Raleigh O. and Emma Hollowell Hobbs, and with his brothers, Alton, Ronald, and Billy Hobbs. All of them preceded him in death.

  ...

Cheryl Shuey Glascoe

Cheryl Shuey Glascoe

Mar 24, 2020

   Cheryl Shuey Glascoe, 62, of 186 Hemlock Street, Hertford, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Glascoe was born in Pasquotank County on November 28, 1957, and was the daughter of the late Warren C. Shuey and Lorraine Murphy Shuey Lamb. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, she...

Ricky Ricks, Jr.

Ricky Ricks, Jr.

Mar 24, 2020

   John William “Ricky” Ricks, Jr., 67, of 805 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Vidant Chowan Hospital.

   Mr. Ricks was born in Edgecombe County on January 2, 1953, and was the son of the late John William “Billy” Ricks, Sr. and Carolyn Stancil Ricks. A retired freight driver, he worked with Midwest Transit for 15...

Betty Hamilton Knight

Betty Hamilton Knight

Mar 24, 2020

   Betty Louise Hamilton Knight, 78, of 455 B Wingfield Road, Tyner, NC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in her home where she was surrounded by her family.

   Mrs. Knight was born in Charlotte on May 5, 1941 and was the daughter of the late James Marion and Helen King Hamilton. Retired from the Golden Corral Restaurant chain, since moving to...

Kathy Hughes

Kathy Hughes

Mar 23, 2020

   Kathryn Mary "Kathy" Hughes, of Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020, in her home.

   Born in Providence, RI on February 18, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Robert Allen and Eleanor Laura Studer Hughes. A retired truck driver, she was a member of the National Genealogical Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Leslie Stallings

Leslie Stallings

Mar 20, 2020

   James Leslie “Les” Stallings, 86, of 311 Westwood Drive, Suffolk, VA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his wife and daughter.

   Mr. Stallings was born in Gates County, NC on October 17, 1933, was the son of the late Cam and Jessie Mae Taylor Stallings, the maternal grandson of...

Nathan Spencer Hollowell

Nathan Spencer Hollowell

Mar 19, 2020

   Nathan Spencer Hollowell, TSgt, US Air Force Retired, 92, of 10 Fort Island Road, Eure, NC, died Thursday, March 19, 2020 in his home.

   Mr. Hollowell was born in Beaufort County on July 31, 1927, and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland Hollowell and Sallie Swain Hollowell. Retired from the US Air Force after 20 years of service,...

Anda Jeanette Williams

Anda Jeanette Williams

Mar 18, 2020

   Anda Jeanette Williams, 70, of Walker Avenue, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in her home.

   Born in Dare County, NC on December 4, 1949, she was the daughter of the late William Francis, Jr. and Ella Nora Dickerson Williams. A retired secretary, she was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in...

Rose Shaw Riddick

Rose Shaw Riddick

Mar 18, 2020

   Rose Ann Shaw Riddick, of 1077 Belvidere Road, Belvidere, NC, went to meet her Master on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 after a long battle with cancer.

   Born in Orange County on January 1, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Stephen Jerome Shaw and Madeline Rhodes Shaw Garner.

   A graduate of Meredith College in Raleigh, Rose taught school for...

Dale Gordon Hunter

Dale Gordon Hunter

Mar 18, 2020

     Dale Gordon Hunter, 73, of 579 Turnpike Road, Belvidere, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in his home.

   Mr. Hunter was born in Pittsburgh, PA on July 15, 1946, and was the son of the late Gordon H. and Laverne Taylor Hunter.  A Navy veteran, he was a member of the special-purpose Underwater Demolition Teams during the Vietnam War. ...

Tommy Dail, Jr.

Tommy Dail, Jr.

Mar 17, 2020

   Thomas Dean "Tommy" Dail, Jr., 59, of South Mills, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in his home.

   Born in Pasquotank County on April 10, 1960, he was the son of Carolyn Dozier Dail of South Mills and the late Thomas Dean Dail, Sr. A lifelong farmer, he had also been employed for several years with the U.S. Army...

Grady Woodfen Sumner, Jr.

Grady Woodfen Sumner, Jr.

Mar 15, 2020

   Grady Woodfen Sumner, Jr., 92, of 921 Liberty Street, Ahoskie, NC, died Sunday, March 15, 2020 in his home.

   Mr. Sumner was born in Hertford County on August 13, 1927, and was the son of the late Grady W., Sr. and Mary Gatling Sumner. A retired sales representative with North State Provision Company, he was a member of First Baptist...

Doris Lane Maillet

Doris Lane Maillet

Mar 15, 2020

   Doris Lane Maillet, 93, formerly of Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020, in The Gates House, Gatesville.

   Mrs. Maillet was born in Perquimans County on December 2, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Jadie Robert and Alethia White Lane. A homemaker, she was a member of Hertford Pentecostal Church. In addition to her...

Patsy Humphlett White

Patsy Humphlett White

Mar 14, 2020

   Patsy Humphlett White, 78, of 2356 Delia Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center.

   Mrs. White was born in Pasquotank County on December 6, 1941, was the daughter of the late Walter Lee Humphlett, Sr. and Gladys Winslow Humphlett, and grew up with her brother in the Winfall community of Perquimans...

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