“Bobby” Downes entered this world on August 23, 1970 and departed on August 12, 2019. Predeceased by his father, Robert Downes, Jr., he is survived by his mother, Sharon Bundy Morrison, and her husband, Theodore Morrison, Jr. of Richmond, VA. Also remaining to mourn his passing are his brother, Matthew Patrick Morrison, and Matthew’s fiancée, Jennifer van Gelder, of Orlando,... [read more]

William “Grant” Hall, Jr., age 66, of 811 Morgan St., Elizabeth City, NC died Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center. Born in Pasquotank County, NC on November 21, 1952 to the late William Grant Hall and Mary Antoinette Winslow Hall, he was the husband of Brenda Godfrey Hall of the residence. Grant enjoyed the water, loved auto... [read more]

Elizabeth White Barnes Midgett, 89, of the 400 block of West Colonial Avenue, Elizabeth City, NC died Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation. She was born December 28, 1929 in Edenton, NC to the late Charlie Edward White and Bessie Wright White and was the widow of Marvin Midgett and the father of her children, Cecil... [read more]

Friends, family and colleagues of Walter Barnard mourn his passing on July 25, 2019, six days shy of his eighty-ninth birthday. A sharecropper’s son, he was a man of culture, a creature of humble piety and soaring spirit; a storyteller, a wit, a librarian and a man of wisdom. As bibliographer of the general libraries of Columbia University for thirty-five... [read more]