All Obituaries

Our beloved, Carrie L. Spence, (100) of Elizabeth City, NC departed from this earthly life on July 19, 2021.  ​Life Celebration Services will take place on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, NC. A viewing will take place at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church on Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m Carrie met her beau Melvin in North Carolina and united in holy matrimony on November 19, 1938. From...

Our beloved, Catherine Simpson, 67 departed from this earthly life on July 13, 2021.  Life Celebration Service will take place on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Weeping Mary COCDOC, Moyock, NC. Interment will follow in the Seymore Family Cemetery. A viewing will take at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Simpson family with excellence and care during their time of bereavement.

Our beloved , Bertha M. Vickers departed from this earthly life on July 7, 2021. Life Celebration Service will take place on Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m at Stallings Funeral Home. She will lie in state from 1:00 p.m until time of service.  Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Vickers family with excellence and care during their time of bereavement.  

Mary Elessie Hughes, of 385 Neck Road, Shiloh NC died on Saturday, July 3, 2021 surrounded by family. A funeral service will be held at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday July 10, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Wade Staten, Sr. officiating. Viewing will take place at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Burial will be at the Hughes Family Cemetery. Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Hughes  family with excellence and...

Celebration of life for Melvin L. Turner will be Saturday July 10,2021 at Mt. Lebenon AME Zion Church Elizabeth City NC, at 12 noon. Rev Ernest Cole eulogist. Visitation will be Friday July 9, 2021 at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church from 5 pm to 7 pm. Melvin was the son of the late William and Katie Turner. He was a memeber of St. James AME Zion Church. He graduated from Northern high school in 1976 he later became a teacher aide and a retired Medical Recall specialist.  He...

Our beloved, Merriel M. Winslow departed this life on Friday, June 25, 2021. Life Celebration Services will take place Sunday July 4, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Stallings Funeral Home. Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Winslow family with excellence and care during their time of bereavement.

A Private Service will be held for Rayelle T. Hughes. Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Hughes family with excellence and care during their time of bereavement.  

Our beloved, Rufus A. Cole departed this life on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Life Celebration Services will take place on Sunday June 20, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Stallings Funeral Home. Viewing will take place at the funeral home on Saturday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Stallings Funeral Home will be assisting the Cole family with excellence and care during their time of bereavement.

Lorraine lost her 30 year battle with a disease/illness noone understood. She was predeceased by her father, Jenro. He once remarked to her future husband, “ Don’t let her think too much.” She is survived by her mother, Evelyn; brothers, Jenro Jr. of Florida, and Michael of Virginia Beach, her husband Frank Heath, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.  ​Lorraine was a self-titled Cradle Catholic. She grew up in Virginia Beach, attending Christ...

Our beloved Patricia Mitchell of Elizabeth City, NC departed from this earthly life on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.  Life Celebration Service will take place on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 1:00 PM at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church with  Rev. Dr. Ricky L. Banks, officiating. A viewing will take place at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00...