GenealogyBuff.com - Hertford County, North Carolina Obituary Collection - 42
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Emma Dean Edmonds Hawkins
LITTLETON -- Emma Dean Edmonds Hawkins was called home by God to eternal rest and peace on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., after a brief illness.
She was born on April 20, 1937, in Littleton, the daughter of Rebecca Edmonds Fields and the late Willie Edmonds.
During her early life, she confessed Christ and sought spiritual guidance as a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Littleton.
She was united in Holy Matrimony to Ernest Hawkins.
God blessed this union with five children, two of which preceded her in death.
After relocating to Norfolk, Va., she became employed with Dobb International Service Inc. and retired in 1999, with over 30 years of service.
She was a loving, caring person who never met a stranger, and was also a devoted mother, grandmother and friend.
Her spirit lives today and forever more in the hearts of her mother, Rebecca Fields of Littleton; her five children, Carolyn Sherley of Louisville, Ky., and Ella (Man) Owens, Brenda and Kettrel Hawkins, and David Jones, all of Norfolk, Va.; three sisters, Lizzie Fields and Ernestine (Robert) Copeland of Littleton, and Lillie (Eddie) Perry of Roanoke Rapids; five brothers, Fred Fields Jr. of Roanoke Rapids, and Charlie Lee, John Henry, James Perkins and Oswell Calvin Fields, all of Littleton; 21 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Littleton, with the Rev. Jimmie Lowe, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Robinson Funeral Home in Littleton is handling the arrangements, where the body will repose until 8:30 p.m., today, Sept. 25, and then for one hour prior to the funeral service at the church.
Chase Channing Rhodes
Loving son, brother and grandson
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- Chase Channing Rhodes, 18, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
Chase was born on June 27, 1983, in Roanoke Rapids.
He graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School and was attending Halifax Community College as a full-time student and also worked at Texas Steakhouse.
He was a member of Rosemary United Methodist Church.
His love of life and concern for people endeared him to all that knew him.
Our community is blessed and is a much better place because he was a part of it.
He is survived by his parents, David Bryan Rhodes and A. Dee Driver Rhodes of the home; his brothers, Hayes and Bryce Rhodes, both of the home; his paternal grandparents, David and Sue Rhodes of Roanoke Rapids; his maternal grandparents, M.C. and Barbara Driver of Emporia, Va.; his great-grandmother, Billie Barksdale of Tarboro; his uncles, Earl Driver and his wife, Susan, of Midlothian, Va., Morris Driver and his wife, Lynn, of Capron, Va., Glenn Driver and his wife, Gina, of Roanoke Rapids, and Greg Driver of Emporia, Va.; an aunt, Leslie Ezzelle and her husband, Glenn, of Roanoke Rapids; many cousins; and a dear special person in his life, Heather Mariner of Jackson.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Rosemary United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Thomas Sweeley officiating.
Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Sweeley and the Rev. Sam Dixon officiating.
Wrenn Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids is handling the arrangements, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m., today, Sept. 24.
Contributions may be made in the name of Chase Rhodes to Rosemary United Methodist Church, 900 Jackson St., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.
Ernest Clarence Morris Sr.
AHOSKIE -- Mr. Ernest Clarence Morris Sr., 80, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., today, Sept. 24 at Earlys Baptist Church in Ahoskie, with the Rev. Ronald McSwain officiating.
Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens in Ahoskie.
Massey Funeral Home in Aulander is handing the arrangements.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., today, Sept. 24 at Pine Chapel Baptist Church in Hollister, with the Rev. Robert Hedgepeth officiating.
Burial will follow in the Lynch Family Cemetery in Enfield.
Hilliard Funeral Home in Whitakers is handling the arrangements.
Troy Wilson Cox Sr.
AULANDER -- Mr. Troy Wilson Cox Sr., 73, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, at the Veterans Hospital in Durham.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25 at St. John's Baptist Church.
Burial will follow in the Aulander Cemetery in Aulander.
Massey Funeral Home in Aulander is handling the arrangements, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m., today, Sept. 24.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Baptist Church.
Johnie Wade
HALIFAX -- Johnie Wade, 97, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Smith Chapel Baptist Church in Enfield, with the Rev. Robert C. Farmer officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
J.L. Williams and Son Funeral Home in Enfield is handling the arrangements, where a viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m., and where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Herbert M. Butler
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Wrenn Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids, for Herbert M. Butler, 74, of Zoo Rd., Roanoke Rapids, who died today, Sept. 24, 2001, at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids.
John A. Kee
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mr. John A. Kee, 82, of Staten Island, N.Y., departed this earthly life Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Kee Family Cemetery in Garysburg.
Faison Funeral Home in Seaboard, is handling the arrangements.
Thelma Edwards
JACKSON -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Faison Funeral Home in Seaboard, for Mrs. Thelma Edwards, 76, of Jackson, who departed her earthly life Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001, at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids.
Charles Whitaker
ENFIELD -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Branch Funeral Home in Enfield, for Mr. Charles Whitaker of Enfield, who died today, Sept. 24, 2001, at Britthaven Nursing Home in Enfield.
Daisy Draughn
TARBORO -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Hemby-Willoughby Mortuary in Tarboro, for Mrs. Daisy Draughn, who died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001.
Clinton Earl Pippen
TARBORO -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Hemby-Willoughby Mortuary in Tarboro, for Mr. Clinton Earl Pippen, 55, who died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001.
Hattie Freeman
PINETOPS -- Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Hemby-Willoughby Mortuary in Tarboro, for Mrs. Hattie Freeman, who died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001.
