Local obituaries for Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory
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,...
Barbara Byrum Wall
Apr 20, 2020
Barbara Lee Byrum Wall, 77, of 105 Bruce Farmer Road, Aulander, NC, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Wall was born in Chowan County on May 3, 1942, and was the daughter of Ora Lee Byrum of Hobbsville and the step-daughter of the late Les Jones. A member of Ahoskie Free Will Baptist Church,...
Vera Boyce Wallace
Apr 17, 2020
Vera Boyce “Teenie” Wallace, 89, died Friday, April 17, 2020, in Vidant Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Wallace was born in Chowan County on December 12, 1930, and was the daughter of the late Charlie Baker Boyce and Janie Elizabeth Byrum Boyce. A retired financial counselor with General Motors in Atlanta, GA, she was a faithful member of Edenton First Assembly of...
Sharon Lynn Williams
Apr 17, 2020
Sharon Lynn Barnes Williams, 67, of 1004 Hwy 305, Aulander, NC, past away Friday, April 17, 2020 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
Mrs. Williams was born in Burbank, CA on April 19, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Frank Edward Barnes and Zoa Marie Martin Barnes. Earlier in her career she was a Police Officer with the Los...
Carolyn Chappell Layden
Apr 16, 2020
Carolyn Chappell Layden, 77, of 401 County Line Road, Tyner, NC, died Thursday, April 16, 2020 in her home where she was cared for by her family.
Mrs. Layden was born in Perquimans County on March 21, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Romes and Reba Mae Ward Chappell. A homemaker, she had worked at Chappell’s Slaughter House,...
Spurgeon Tynch, Jr.
Apr 14, 2020
Charles Spurgeon Tynch, Jr., 85, of 417 Harris Landing Road, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 in his home where he was being cared for by his family.
Mr. Tynch was born in Chowan County on October 3, 1934, and was the son of the late Charles Spurgeon Tynch, Sr. and Thelma Goodwin Tynch. A retired commercial fisherman and...
Alan Harvey Chappell
Apr 13, 2020
Alan Harvey Chappell, 63, of 1872 Belvidere Road, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Chappell was born in Chowan County on May 31, 1956, and was the son of the late Harvey Rountree and Virginia Mae King Chappell. An over-the-road truck driver, he was a member of Piney Woods Friends Meeting, and a former...
Theodore Frederick Boswell
Apr 13, 2020
Theodore Frederick Boswell, MCPO, US Navy Retired, 87, of 152 Dogwood Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020, in Commonwealth Memory Care in Chesapeake, VA.
Mr. Boswell was born in St. Louis, MO on July 31, 1932, and was the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Marvel Oberbeck Boswell. A retired Master Chief Petty Officer in the...
Richard Allen Taylor
Apr 10, 2020
Richard Allen Taylor, 60, of Woodland Drive, Edenton, NC, died Friday, April 10, 2020, in the Edenton House Assisted Living.
Richard was born in Chowan County on November 24, 1959, and was the son of the Edward W. Taylor, Jr. and Stella Esno Taylor of Edenton. Before his health forced retirement, he had worked as both a carpenter, and with...
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