CHARLES DONALD EDWARDS, 58, of Waves, NC died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 in a Chesapeake, VA hospital. Mr. Edwards was born on the Blimp Base in Weeksville, NC and was retired from the NCDOT, Ferry Division. He was a member of the Fairhaven United Methodist Church, the Cape Hatteras Masonic Lodge #698, the Hatteras Island Chapter 303 of the Order... [read more]

Edwin Ferebee Aydlett, Jr. Pasquotank County Native Edwin Ferebee Aydlett, Jr., age 82 of 1504 Parkview Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Wednesday, July 16, 2003, in Elizabeth City. A native of Pasquotank County, NC, he was the widower of Mary Blane Justus Aydlett and the son of the late Edwin Ferebee Aydlett and Essie Poag Aydlett. He was a Baptist,... [read more]

Maple, NC Catherine Rita Sessler Hiney, age 81 of 113 Hasty’s Point Lane, Maple, NC 27956 died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at her residence. She was born in Onodaga County, NY; daughter of the late Luke and Nellie Furlong Sessler and was the widow of Tod Hiney. She was a registered nurse, a member of St. Katherine’s of Drexel in... [read more]

Nags Head, NC Elizabeth Thompson Gauss, 95, formerly of Elizabeth City, NC, passed on July 13, 2003 after a brief stay at the Britthaven Nursing Home in Nags Head, NC. Born in Elizabeth City, NC on February 20, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Judge Charles Everett Thompson and the late Sarah Bartlett Thompson and was the widow... [read more]

Moyock, NC Bruce Frank Atkinson, Jr., 53, of 181 Chatman Etheridge Road, Moyock, NC, died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at Albemarle Hospital. He was born in Columbia, SC to Harriet Cunningham Atkinson of Concord, NC and the late Bruce Frank Atkinson, Sr., and was the husband of Dianne Harris Atkinson of the residence. He was an electrician. Besides his wife... [read more]

Florence Lee Staples CHESAPEAKE- FLORENCE LEE STAPLES, 80, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, July 7, 2003. Born Jan. 21, 1923, in Fork Union, VA., she was the beloved daughter of William Richard ‘Bill Dick’ Pettit and Rosa Compton Norvell Pettit. Florence Lee was a graduate of Farmville College and especially proud of her service in the... [read more]

CHARLES DOERR, JR., 61, of Manteo, died Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at his residence. Mr. Doerr, born in Washington, DC, was a retired Mapping Engineer for the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was an active member of the NC Beach Buggy Association and an avid fisherman. He was the son of the late Charles Doerr, Sr. and Anita Ulircuis Doerr.... [read more]

Moyock, NC Milburn Amon Guard, Jr. age 62, of 203 Dozier Road, Moyock, NC, died Monday, July 7, 2003 in Chesapeake General Hospital. He was a native of Norfolk, VA, the son of late Milburn A. Guard, Sr. and Marie Dozier Guard of Moyock, NC. He was a retired manager for M.A. Guard Oil Company, a member of the National... [read more]

Katherine Scott McPherson, 91 of 901 Parsonage Street, Elizabeth City, NC died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 in the Guardian Care Nursing Home. She was born in Pasquotank County to the late John and Louie Stafford Scott and was the widow of the late Grady Glenn McPherson. Mrs. McPherson was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survived by... [read more]

Kathleen Hagan Zeiss Evanston, IL native Kathleen Hagan Zeiss, age 55, of 257 Neck Road, Shiloh, NC, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at her residence. Mrs. Zeiss, was the wife of Fred Ralph Zeiss, Jr., of the residence and the daughter of Ellen Sennett Hagan of the residence and the late Elmer E. Hagan. She was the owner and manager... [read more]