Obituaries

May 12, 2019

Joyce M. Ballance July 21, 1933 – May 12, 2019

Joyce Mooney Ballance, 85, of Fairfield died, Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Cross Creek Health Care Center, Swan Quarter.

Born in Hyde County, July 7, 1933 she was the daughter of the late Dallas and Myrtle Cox Mooney. She was married to Allan...

May 12, 2019

NAOMI N. COX July 25, 1925 – May 12, 2019

Naomi Nelson (Nell) Cox, 93, of 1635 Goshen Road, The Middletown Community, Engelhard, died early Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Peak Resources Health Care and Rehabilitation at Nags Head after a lengthy illness.

Born in Fairfield on July 25, 1925, she was the...

May 3, 2019

Elizabeth A. Smith June 16, 1943 - May 3, 2019

Elizabeth Ann Smith, 75 of Virginia Beach, VA died May 3, 2019 in Crestwood, Kentucky surrounded by her loved ones.

Ann was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who devoted her life to her family. She was preceded in death by...

May 3, 2019

Lt. Col. (Ret) William "Billy" Farrow Williams January 17, 1929 – May 3, 2019

Born at home on Tiny Oak Road on January 17, 1929 to Effron Avery Williams, Sr. and Lucy Lee Farrow Williams. Slipped the surly bonds of earth on May 3, 2019.

Billy graduated from Swan Quarter High School in...

Apr 30, 2019

Michael Griffin September 28, 1939 – April 30, 2019

Mike Griffin, 79, of Columbia, died, Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

Mike was born September 28, 1939, to the late Frank and Margaret May Woodley Griffin. He was married to Suzanne Karisny Ehrlick Griffin  who survives.

He was...

Apr 23, 2019

Barbara D. Owens February 12, 1936 – April 23, 2019

Barbara Davis Owens, 83, of  Columbia died, Tuesday April 23, 2019 at UNC Lenoir Health Care.

Born in Tyrrell County, February 12, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Lillian Sawyer Davis. She was married to Raymond Edward Owens who...

Apr 21, 2019

John S. Phelps, Sr. June 19, 1948 – April 21, 2019

John Stephenson Phelps, Sr., 70, of Plymouth, died, unexpectedly Sunday, April 21, 2019, at his residence.

Born in Beaufort County, June 19, 1948, he was the son of the late  John W. and Mabel White Phelps. He was married to the former...

Apr 18, 2019

SIGRID C. (Chris) CAHOON March 20, 1939 – April 18, 2019

Sigrid Christa (Chris) Cahoon, 80, of 21179 N. C. Highway 94, Fairfield, died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at her residence.

Born in Kaiserlaturn, Germany on March 20, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Eduard and Alicia Ottenthal Guenthert. ...

Apr 17, 2019

Gayle P. Sadler August 6, 1952 – April 17, 2019

Linda Gayle Pegram Sadler, 66, of Engelhard, died, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington.

Gayle was born in Beaufort County, August 6, 1952 to the late Edward and Mattie Taylor Pegram. She was married to Sam S. Sadler who survives....

Apr 14, 2019

Irene P. Sawyer September 22, 1930 – April 14, 2019

Irene Phelps Sawyer, 88, of Plymouth died, Sunday, April 14, 2019 at her daughter's residence in Columbia.

Born in Washington County, September 22, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George and Reba Vail Phelps. She was married to William Riley Sawyer...

Apr 8, 2019

Bobby G. Brannon January 5, 1944 - April 8, 2019

It is with sadness that the family of Bobby Glenn Brannon shares that he passed away on April 8, 2019 at the age of 75 years.

Bobby's early years in Sanford and Cary were spent in athletics.  He later attended ECU and found...

Mar 25, 2019

Lemmie Dell Credle August 12, 1931 – March 25, 2019 Lemmie Dell Garrish Credle, 87, of the Rose Bay Community, died, Monday, March 25, 2019 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington.

Born in Hyde County, August 12, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Lynn and Carrie McKinney Garrish. She was married to Seth Bridgman...

Mar 12, 2019

Jean W. Smith May 20, 1930 – March 12, 2019

Jean Shavender Woolard Smith, 88, of Creswell, died, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

Mrs. Jean was born in Beaufort County, May 20, 1930 to the late Redden and Alice Gray Herrington Shavender. Following the death of her first husband...

Mar 7, 2019

Alfred G. Gibbs January 15, 1954 – March 7, 2019

Alfred Grandy Gibbs, 65, of Columbia, died, Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Vidant Hospital, Greenville.

Born in Chowan County, January 15, 1954, he was the son of the late Oriville and Mary Payne Gibbs. He was married to the former Beth Cooper who...

Mar 7, 2019

Mathew Y,. Clifton October 10, 1954 - March 7, 2019

Mathew Yates Clifton, 64, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019. Known to all as Yates, he was born on October 10, 1954 to Carl and Amanda Clifton. Yates was a kind man and friend to all he met. He embodied Micah 6:8 "He has shown...

Feb 24, 2019

Jo Ann B. Patrick December 2, 1950 – February 24, 2019 Jo Ann Roughton Basnight Patrick, 68, of Columbia, died, Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Vidant Chowan Hospital, Edenton.

Born in Tyrrell County, December 2, 1950, she was of the late Alver Roughton and Wilma Simmons Roughton who survives. She was married to Charles Basnight,...

Feb 23, 2019

Tanya V. Mallard January 17, 1947 – February 23, 2019

Tanya Doraine Vasquez Mallard, 72, of Plymouth, died, Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Vidant Bertie Hospital, Windsor.

Born in Tampa, FL, January 17, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Etheridge and Dorothy Meadows Sutton. She was married to Kenneth S. Mallard...

Feb 19, 2019

Hilda S. O'Neal February 8, 1943 – February 19, 2019

Hilda Sawyer O'Neal, 76, of Fairfield, died, Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Cross Creek Health Care Center, Swan Quarter.

Born on February 8, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Becton and Aleen Pegram Sawyer. She was married to Mr. Basil O'Neal...

Feb 15, 2019

BRAXTON J. CAHOON December 13, 1949 – February 15, 2019

Braxton Jarvis Cahoon, 69, of 494 Main Street, Swan Quarter died unexpectedly at his home on Friday, February 15, 2019.

Born in Beaufort County, N. C. on December 13, 1949, he was the son of the late Lewis Braxton and Zona Pearl Jarvis...

Feb 13, 2019

Eddie Basnight March 15, 1963 – February 13, 2019

Edward Gray "Eddie" Basnight, 55, of Swan Quarter, died, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.

Born March 15, 1963, he was the son of Linda Mooney Basnight and the late William Edward Basnight. He was married to the former Tina Berry...