All Obituaries

Our beloved, Beulah Bernice Mitchell Lassiter, 66 of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Monday, November 21, 2022, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA.  Her life will be celebrated on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Faith and Victory Christian Center, Elizabeth City, NC, with Rev. Dr. Larry Brown, Officiating. Interment will follow in Dove's Landing Cemetery. A viewing will take place at the funeral home on Friday, from 4:00 p.m. until...

Our beloved, Mr. James Henry "J.P." Parker, Sr., 73 of Belvidere, NC, departed from this earthly life on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at the Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.  Life Celebration Services will commence on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion Church, Belvidere, NC, with Rev. Dr. Joseph Walton, Officiating. Interment will follow in the Hurdle Family Cemetery, Belvidere, NC. He will lie in state at the church from 10:00 a.m....

Our beloved, Mary L. Harris "Cille" Stone, 90 of Elizabeth City, NC, departed from this earthly life on Saturday, November 19, 2022.  Life Celebration Services will take place on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at 2:30 P.M. at Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations, Elizabeth City, NC with Rev. Dr. Melvin T. Harris, Officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. A viewing will take place at the funeral home on Saturday, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.  The family is...

Our beloved, Jesse Gene Jones, Sr., age 64, of Powell's Point, NC, departed from this earthly life on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.  Life Celebration Services will take place on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at 12:00 noon at Currituck County Middle School, Barco, NC, with Elder David Lee, Officiating. Interment will follow at the Pleasant Branch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Powell's Point, NC. A viewing will take place at...

Our beloved, Lillian Lee Hurdle Farrow Butts, 94 of Browns Mills, New Jersey and formerly of Hertford, NC, departed this life on November 7, 2022. Her life will be celebrated on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Melton Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Winfall, NC, at 1:00 pm. She will lie in state from 12:00 noon until time of service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Remembering Her Life and Legacy Lillian Lee (Hurdle) Farrow Butts passed away peacefully at her home in...

Our beloved, Mollie Bailey, departed from this earthly life on Thursday, November 3, 2022.  Life Celebration Services will take place on Monday, November 14, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Whiteville Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, in the Nixonton township of Elizabeth City, NC. She will lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Entombment will follow in the church cemetery.    Mollie Bailey was one of the twins born to George and Blanch Bailey on July 11, 1931 in...

Our beloved, Lessie Burke Riddick, age 101, of Charlotte, NC and formerly of Belvidere, NC, departed from this earthly life on Thursday, November 3, 2022.  Life Celebration Services will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Riddick Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Belvidere, NC with Pastor Nicole Spencer, Officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She will lie in state on Saturday at the church from 1:00 p.m. until time of service.  Lessie...

Our beloved, Deacon Conwill Randolph Brumsey, age 90, departed from this earthly life on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at his son's residence in Charlotte, NC.  Life Celebration Services will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at New Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Shawboro, NC with Pastor Tavonda Fields, Officiating and Pastor Anita Hurdle, Eulogist. Interment will follow in the Barnard Family Cemetery in Shawboro, NC. He will lie in state from...

No services will be held for our beloved, Charlie Everett Felton, who departed from this earthly life on October 30, 2022.  Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers. 

Mr. Ernest L. Capehart, 92 of Merry Hill, NC, departed from this life on Thursday, October 27, 2022.  Life Celebration Service will take place on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Ashland Missionary Baptist Church, Merry Hill, NC with Pastor Willie J. Best, Jr., Officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A viewing will take place at the church on Saturday, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.   He was preceded in death by his wife, Essie Mae Capehart, a...