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SAMUEL ELWOOD MERCER, 89, of RFD 2 in Columbia died November 6, 2000 in Chowan Hospital. He was born in Washington County and was the son of the late William and Lucinda N. Mercer. He was a former employee of Norfolk Southern Railroad. He is survived by his wife: Annie Mercer; two daughters: Hester Harris and Deborah A. Mercer; two sons: James W.D.L. Mercer and Stephen A. Mercer; 15 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Zion Grove Disciples Church and burial followed in the church cemetery.
DORCUS REYNOLDS MOORE ARNOLD, 92, died on November 1, 2000 at Washington County Hospital. She was the daughter of the late James Henry and Mary Jane Alexander Reynolds of Tyrrell County. She was a homemaker and member of Cabin Swamp Church of Christ in Cross Landing. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Sammy F. Moore. She is survived by her husband: Joseph A. Arnold; one daughter: Elva Rae Basnight; one son: James F. Moore; five grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandchild. A graveside service was held at Cabin Swamp Church of Christ Church Cemetery in the Cross Landing community of Tyrrell County.
GORDON DWIGHT "DJ" FENNER, 19, of Columbia died on October 31, 2000 at Albemarle Hospital. He was born on April 1, 1981 and was the son of Dwight and Precilla Fenner. He was a recent graduate of Columbia High School and was attending Elizabeth City State University. In addition to his parents he is survived by one sister: Malika Fenner; his grandmother: Linea A. Fenner; and grandfather: Emanuel Swain. A funeral service was held at Chapel Hill Baptist Church and burial followed in the church cemetery.
BILLY RAY SPRUILL, 58, of Creswell died October 28, 2000 at Chowan Hospital. He was born February 21, 1942 and was the son of Blanche and Otto Spruill Sr. He was employed at Atlantic Forestry. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife: Ernestine A. Spruill; four sons: Kenneth Spruill, Timothy Spruill, Billy J.Spruill, Michael Alexander; two daughters: Sonya Basnight and Jaleena Spruill; six sisters: Lucy Spruill, Linda Moore, Carolyn Childress, Betty Spruill, Shirley Spencer, and Peggy Spruill; four brothers: Otto Jr, Bobby M., Tony M., and David Spruill; and eleven grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Salem Missionary Baptist Church.
JAMES WILLIAM BASNIGHT, 67, of New York died October 30, 2000. He was born in Tyrrell County on May 1, 1933. He is survived by his wife: Laverne Basnight; one son: Quillicy C. Basnight; daughters: Valerie G. Phelps and Marchelle Basnight; step-daughter: Peggy Spencer; three brothers: Mack Basnight, Steenie Basnight, and Leo Basnight; four sisters: Rosetta Burwell, Daisy McGruder, Virginia Basnight, and Lillie Basnight; and five grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Salem Missionary Baptist Church and burial followed at Zion Grove Cemetery.
MARY ALEXANDER SPENCER, 100, formerly of Columbia died on December 18, 2000 at Winslow Memorial Home in Elizabeth City. She was born in Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late Jim and Sally Alexander. She was the oldest living member of Malachi Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Gilliam Spencer. She is survived by a daughter: Bernice S. Fleming; a son: William E. "Billy" Spencer; and five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Malachi's Chapel Church and burial followed in the church cemetery.
FENTRESS L. SIMMONS, 78, of Creswell died December 17, 2000 at Washington County Hospital. He was born in Tyrrell County and was the son of the late Leondias and Dora Simmons. He was retired from the NC Department of Transportation Maintenance Department and a veteran of the US Navy. He is survived by his wife Doris; sons: L. Craig Simmons and Freddie L. Simmons; one daugher: Rose Mohler; one sister: Maxine Godwin; and two brothers: Wilbert Simmons and Grady Simmons; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter: Katherine L. Simmons. A funeral service was held at MT. Tabor Free Will Baptist Church where he served as Deacon for 50 years and burial followed in the church cemetery.
MARY SNELL VANHORN, 81, of Creswell died December 9, 2000 at her home. She was born in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Willie and Hattie Snell. She was retired from the Washington County Hospital Housekeeping Department. She is survived by her sons: Harlan, Emory, and Sidney Vanhorn; her daughter: Sharon V. Spruill; sisters: Hattie Spear, Alice Barnes, and Violet Jewell; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Cherry Church of God where she had been a Sunday School teacher for 28 years and burial followed at St. David's Episcopal Cemetery in Creswell.
IVA SUTTON CULLIPHER, 94, formerly of Columbia died on December 8, 2000 in Texas. She was born in Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late James and Matilda A. Sutton. She is survived by her sons: Dennis and Juddie Cullipher; one daughter: Iona Holt; one sister: Ina Simmons; sixteen grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband: Benjamin H. Cullipher. A funeral service was held at Malachi's Chapel Church and burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
RUTH OWENS ARMSTRONG, 80, of Columbia died on December 1, 2000 at her home on Godfrey Avenue. She was born in Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late John and Anne B. Owens. She is survived by her husband: Raymond Armstrong Sr; two daughters: Delores A. Wood and Rosa A. Harris; two sons: Raymond and Claud Armstrong; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son: Dallas R. Armstrong. A funeral service was held at Columbia Christian Church of which she was a member and burial followed at Sound Side Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
ELIZABETH BAUM COLLINS, 92, of Columbia died on November 22, 2000. She was born on January 1, 1908 in Washington County and was the daughter of the late Minnie and Madison Baum. She is survived by her son: William H. Baum; a brother: Chester Baum; and one grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband: Harry Collins. A funeral service was held at Zion Grove Church of Christ and burial followed at the church cemetery.
GREGORY TAYLOR DAVIS, 41, of Portsmouth, VA died November 19, 2000. He was born in Tyrrell County and was the son of Peggy Davis and the late William J. Davis. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his fiance': Rachel P. Richey; two sisters: Shari Roughton and Misty Adams; and two brothers: William J. Davis and Preston J. Davis. A graveside service was held at Oakwood Cemetery in Columbia.
WILLIE ALBERT BASNIGHT, 88, of Columbia died January 19, 2001. He was born in Tyrrell County on April 4, 1912 and was the son of the late Zacharia C. and Henrietta Brickhouse Basnight. He worked with Georgia-Pacific as a forester and surveyor and helped originate helicopter logging in the southeast. He was married
to Mae Woodley Griffin Basnight who preceded him in death. He is survived by one daughter: Margaret Ann "Peggy" Griffin; one son: F. Michael Griffin; and one brother: Jessie Basnight. A grave side service was held at Oakwood Cemetery in Columbia.
GLADYS COOPER ROUGHTON, 77, of Columbia died January 13, 2001 at Washington County Hospital. She was born in Tyrrell County on May 20, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Swain Cooper. She was married
to Herbert B. Roughton who preceded her in death. She is survived by one daughter: Janet R. Swain; one son: Pat Roughton; one sister: Margaret C. Sanford; 6 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Walker Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia and burial followed at Azalea Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
CHARLIE WOODROW PERKINS, 66, of Columbia died January 11, 2001 at his home. He was born June 30, 1934 in Tyrrell County and was the son of the late Josephine and Cornelius Perkins. He is survived by one adopted daughter: Annie Colman; and two sisters: Gloria and Ida Perkins. A funeral service was held at Alligator Chapel Baptist Church and burial followed at Alligator Community Cemetery.
RALPH VERNON TWIDDY, 84, of Creswell died on January 2, 2001 at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City. He was born in Buffalo City, Dare County, and was the son of the late Nathan Pinter and Annie Twiford Twiddy. He was a US Army veteran of WW II and a retired tanker man with Gulf Atlantic Towing Corp. He is survived by his wife: Myra Farrow Twiddy; on son: Ralph V. Twiddy Jr; one sister: Annie Lee Jenson; 7 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at the Assembly of Praise Church in Columbia and burial followed at the East Lake United Methodist Church Cemetery in East Lake.
MARTHA MARIAH ARNOLD SWAIN, 95, of Ambrose Road near Creswell died December 31, 2000 at Britthaven Nursing Home in Edenton. She was born on September 12, 1905 in Washington County and was the daughter of the late James and Betty Brown Arnold. She is survived by her daughter: Elizabeth O. Pritchett; sons: James, Frederick, and Richard A. Swain; 10 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Philippi Church of Christ in Cherry and burial followed in the church cemetery.
MARY PHELPS MANN, 88, died December 24, 2000 at Plumblee Nursing Center in Plymouth. She was born in Washington County and was the daughter of the late James W. and Mary Snell Phelps. She was preceded in death by her husband: David Moses Mann and a son: Jennings R. Mann. She is survived by her daughters: Dorothy M. Davenport, Mary M. Spear, Starlyn M. Ambrose, Katie M. Phelps, and Shirley M. Walker; one son: John M. Mann; 32 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Philippi Church of Christ in Cherry and burial followed at the Davenport Family Cemetery.
RUBY LEE PARISHER TARKENTON, 81, of Henderson died February 10, 2001 in Britthaven Nursing Home. She was a native of Tyrrell County and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Amanda Jones Parisher of Gum Neck. She is survived by her husband: Henry Leroy Tarkenton; one daughter: Jean Finch; one son: Jeffery Tarkenton; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister: Ruth Parisher Everton and a grandson: Benjamin Chadwick Tarkenton. A funeral service was held at First Baptist Church and burial was in Sunset Gardens Cemetery.
CLARENCE EDDIE ROUGHTON,SR, 76, of Sound Side died February 9, 2001 at Chowan Hospital. He was born in Tyrrell County and was the son of the late Ed and Sarah Swain Roughton. He was a veteran of the US Navy in WW II and a retired commercial fisherman. He is survived by his wife: Janie Roughton; one daughter: Faye R. Hemilright; one son: Clarence Eddie Roughton,Jr; one brother: Cecil Roughton; one sister: Stella Rhodes; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. A funeral service was held at Sound Side Missionary Baptist Church and burial followed in the church cemetery.
TERRY ROMERO SKINNER,SR, 49, of Brooklyn, NY died on January 25, 2001. He was born in Tyrrell County on August 1, 1951. He was employed as a truck driver and had served in the US Army. He is survived by a son: Terry R. Skinner Jr; five sisters: Shirley Mercer, Pattie Wilson, Lynette Skinner, Audrey Franklin, and Dora Wilson; and one brother: Thomas Skinner. A funeral service was held at Zion Grove Church of Christ in Columbia and burial followed in the church cemetery.
FLOYD ULYSSES PLEDGER, 39, died January 23, 2001 at Albemarle Hospital. He was born in Tyrrell County on March 24, 1961 and was the son of Floyd W. and Lula S. Pledger. In addition to his parents he is survived by a daughter: Mary Gore; a son: Dustin Leary; a brother: Gary Pledger; four sisters: Shiron Pledger, Shelia Pledger, Mary Nixon, and Gail Tatem; and his maternal grandmother: Lucille Spruill. A funeral service was held at Alligator Chapel Baptist Church and burial followed in the Alligator Community Cemetery.
MARTIN FLAY KEMP, 90, died on March 12, 2001 at his home in South Boston, VA. He was born on November 3, 1910 in Gum Neck, Tyrrell County and was the son of the late Charles F. and Mary Frances Armstrong Kemp. He was a US Army veteran of WW II and a retired heavy equipment operator. He is survived by his wife: Melva Jones Kemp; two daughters: Mary Fay Kemp-Korb and Frances Kay Gilbert; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo and burial followed at Mt Carmel United Methodist Cemetery in Manns Harbor.
