All Obituaries

Our beloved, William Michael Gregory, age 68, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Thursday, March 12, 2026.  Life Celebration Services will be held Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Elizabeth City, NC, with Pastor Ernest Cole, Jr., Officiating. Interment will follow in Dove's Landing Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.  Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations is ...

Our beloved, George Daniel Griffin, Sr., age 91, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Sunday, March 8, 2026.  Life Celebration Services will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, NC. Rev. Oscar Butts will deliver the words of comfort.  Entombment will be held at the Griffin Estate, 1470 Turnpike Road, Elizabeth City, NC.  Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations will be assisting the ...

Deacon Henry Louis Felton, Sr., age 78, of Hertford, NC, departed from this earthly life on Friday, February 27, 2026.  Life Celebration Service will be held on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the Greater Saunders Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hertford, NC, with Rev. Nicole Jordan Spencer, Officiating and Bishop Landon B. Mason, Sr., delivering the eulogy. The family will receive friends at the home of the deceased, 115 Sharp's Lane, Hertford, NC.  Deacon Henry Louis ...

Our beloved, William Isaac Cornelius, age 74, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.  Life Celebration Services will be held on Monday, March 2, 2026, at 12:00 noon at Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion Church, Belvidere, NC. Rev. Dr. Joseph Walton will officiate and Rev. John Cornelius, will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in Piney Grove A. M. E. Zion Church Cemetery, Tyner, NC. He will lie in repose from 11:00 a.m. until the time of ...

Our beloved, Ernest Lee Commander, age 81, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.  Life Celebration Services will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations Chapel. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery.  He will lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. The family will also receive friends at the home of the deceased, 1314 Highland Avenue, Elizabeth City, ...

Our beloved, Roger Anthony Jones, age 65, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.  A Life Celebration Service will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. at Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremation Chapel.  The family is receiving friends at the home of the deceased, 817 Park Street, Elizabeth City, NC, 27909.  Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations is assisting the Jones family. 

Our beloved, Earl Lee Johnson, age 67, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Monday, February 16, 2026.  Life Celebration Service will be held on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations Chapel. Pastor Frederick Z. Godfrey will officiate and Pastor Virgle Wilder will deliver the words of comfort.  Military honors will follow.  The family will receive friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Rev. Ray and ...

Our beloved Daphine Bobbitt Blackwell, age 83, of Elizabeth City, NC, entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 13, 2026. Life Celebration Services will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, NC, with Rev. Dr. Ricky L. Banks officiating and Rev. Dr. Melvin T. Blackwell, delivering the eulogy. Interment will follow in Dove’s Landing Cemetery, Elizabeth City, NC. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on ...

Our beloved, Earl White, Jr., age 87, of Elizabeth City, NC entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.  Life Celebration Services will be held on Monday, February 16, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, NC, with Pastor Frederick Z. Godfrey, Officiating. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Elizabeth City, NC. He will lie in state on Monday, from noon until time of service.  Earl leaves to cherish his memory his ...

Our beloved, Lindsey Golden Barnard, age 87, of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. Life Celebration Service will be held on Monday, February 16, 2026, at 12 noon, at Samuel Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church, Moyock, NC, with Bishop Marcus Etheridge, Sr., Officiating. Interment will follow in the Barnard Family Cemetery, A viewing and wake service will be held on Sunday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.  at Weeping Mary Church of Christ ...