Obituaries

Sep 3, 2017

Joe Don Sawyer, II May 14, 1976 – August 3, 2017

Joe Don Sawyer, II, 41, of Scranton, died, Sunday, September 3, 2017, at Vidant Greenville. Born in Belhaven, May 14, 1976, he was the son of the late Joe Don Sawyer and Phyllis Lee Sawyer who survives. He was a commercial fisherman...

Aug 28, 2017

Mary E. Cowan Cuthrell October 24, 1918 – August 28, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Cowan Cuthrell, 98, of Swan Quarter, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Cross Creek Health Care Center. Born in Hyde County, October 24, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Robert Samuel and Alice Virginia Spencer Cowan. She was...

Aug 22, 2017

Colden "Meatball" L. Bowden, Jr. May 7, 1944 – August 22, 2017

Colden "Meatball" Lee Bowden, Jr., 73, of Engelhard, died peacefully, Tuesday August 22, 2017 at his residence. Born in Hyde County, May 7, 1944, he was the son of the late Colden Lee, Sr. and Lovie Mae Howard Bowden. He was...

Aug 18, 2017

CYNTHIA S. PARRISH September 6, 1965 – August 18, 2017

Cynthia Ileta Soles Parrish, 51, of 174 Etheridge Road, Columbia, died on Friday, August 18, 2017, at her home.

Born in Fayetteville, September 6, 1965, she was the daughter of the late John Curtis and Margaret Bell Parker Soles. She was...

Aug 16, 2017

ARCHIE M. PAYNE June 5, 1927 – August 16,2017

Archie Melling Payne, 90, of the Gull Rock Community in Hyde County died in Washington on Wednesday evening, August 16, 2017 after a period of declining health. Born in Hyde County, June 5, 1927, he was the son of the late Warren Benjamin and...

Aug 7, 2017

John M. Herina September 6, 1945 – August 7, 2017

John Marc Herina, 71, of Fairfield, died, Monday August 7, 2017 at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA. Born in New Jersey, September 6, 1945, he was the son of the late John and Marie Pinnix Herina. He was married to the former...

Jul 29, 2017

Sidney L. Litchfield August 19, 1956 - July 29, 2017

Sidney Lee Litchfield, 60, of Columbia died, Saturday, July 29, 2017 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Born in Tyrrell County, August 19, 1956, he was the son of the late Clyde Fentress Litchfield and Nancy Elizabeth Simmons. He was a member...

Jul 27, 2017

Charlie T. Flowers February 24, 1948 – July 27, 2017

Charlie Tycious Flowers, 69, of 35236 Hwy 264, Engelhard, died, Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Vidant Greenville Hospital after a short illness. Born in Beaufort County, NC on February 24, 1948, he was the son of the late Ronald and Arlie Gibbs Flowers....

Jul 11, 2017

EXIE H. RHEM September 3, 1921 – July 11, 2017

Exie Pearl Hodges Rhem, 95, of Loxley Road, Portsmouth VA and a native of Hyde County, North Carolina, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Portsmouth Health and Rehabilitation Center in Portsmouth, VA. Born in Hyde County, N. C. on September 3, 1921, she...

Jul 10, 2017

Scott H. James February 18, 1944 – July 10, 2017

Scott Howard James, 73, of Plymouth, died, Monday July 10, 2017 at Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro. Born in Pasquotank County, February 18, 1944, he was the son of the late Selvie Harley and Hasseltine Sawyer James. He was a member of Salem Baptist...

Jul 9, 2017

Bonnie A. Cuthrell October 16, 1921 – July 9, 2017

Bonnie Armstrong Cuthrell, 95, of Fairfield, died, Sunday July 9, 2017 at Vidant Beaufort, Washington. Born in Hyde County, October 16, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Miranda Cutrell Armstrong. She is survived by her husband of seventy-four...

Jul 9, 2017

F. CARL ENNIS November 6, 1940 – July 9, 2017

Francis Carl Ennis, 76, of 146 Hunter Road, The Gum Neck Community, Columbia, died on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Born in Dover, Deleware on November 6, 1940, he was the son of the late Bradford and Elizabeth Gibbons Ennis. He was married to...

Jun 30, 2017

T.J. Mann January 25, 1930 -June 30, 2017 Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Mann passed away, June 30, 2017 at Vidant Hospital, Greenville after several years of declining health. He was a recent resident of Cypress Glenn Retirement Community. A native of Lake Landing, NC, he was born January 25, 1930 to the late Norfleet and Alese...

Jun 30, 2017

Major General Dwight Hernard Wheless November 16, 1940 - June 30, 2017

Major General Dwight Hernard Wheless, Civil Air Patrol. On June 30, 2017, Dwight, 76, passed peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family after aggressively and honorably fighting brain cancer for the last four months. He was a resident of Columbia,...

Jun 29, 2017

ROY F. MOORE April 21, 1933 - June 29, 2017

Roy Franklin Moore, 84, of Roper, died on June 29, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Born in Martin County, April 21, 1933, he was the son of the late Charlie W. and Roland H. Moore. He was married to the former Betty...

Jun 26, 2017

DON LEE BRICKHOUSE July 1, 1949 – June 26, 2017

Don Lee Brickhouse, 67, of 511 Reed Street, Cary, died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, June 26, 2017. Born in Columbia, Tyrrell County on July 1, 1949, he was the son of the late Ellis Moody and Naomi Liverman Brickhouse. He spent...

Jun 25, 2017

Mrs. Irene E. Wilson June 16, 1931 – June 25, 2017

Mrs. Irene Elizabeth Wilson, 86, was born June 16, 1931 in Plymouth, North Carolina to the late John Jethro and Essie Davenport Jethro. She went to her eternal home on June 25, 2017. Irene was a devoted wife, mother, and mammaw. She...

Jun 23, 2017

CLARA FAYE G. LANE November 12, 1949 – June 23, 2017

Clara Faye Gibbs Lane, 67, of 3703 Camp Leach Road, Washington, died at her home on Friday, June 23, 2017. Born in Beaufort County, she was the daughter of Vergie Williams Jones and the late Benjamin Alonzo Gibbs, Sr. She spent her...

Jun 20, 2017

Deloris A. Midgette-Gibbs January 31, 1945 – June 20, 2017

Deloris A. Midgette-Gibbs, 72, of 81 Lakeview, Engelhard, passed away peacefully on Tuesday June 20, 2017 at her residence. Born in Newport News, VA, January 31, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Bennie, Jr. and Meta Pearl Burrus Brown. She was...

Jun 19, 2017

JEANETTE S. DEAVER August 28, 1947 – June 19, 2017

Jeanette "Pobby" Smith Deaver, 69, of 3877 Riverneck Road, Columbia, died early Monday, June 19, 2017, at Vidant Chowan Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Tyrrell County, August 28, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Willie R. and...