All Obituaries

Angela "Ann" Whitehurst entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 20, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 12:00 noon at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home, 310 E. Grice Street, Elizabeth City, NC.  You may view the service at www.beachrivers.com.  Viewing and visitation will take place on Friday from 4-6 pm with remarks starting at 5:00pm at the funeral home. At other times the family will receive friends at her residence,...

Mr. Connie Harris entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 6, 2020. Celebration of Life Service will take place on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 1:00pm at New Sawyers Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Camden, NC. Viewing will be held on Friday, November 13, 2020 , with the family receiving friends from 5-7 pm at the funeral home. The service will be streamed live on our website, www.beachrivers.com. Mr. Connie Harris leaves to cherish his memories; loving wife, Marguerite M....

Elder Randolph "Sand" Lee, Sr, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 1:00pm at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home, 310 E. Grice St., Elizabeth City, NC. Viewing will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2020 from 4-6 pm at the funeral home. Elder Randolph Lee, Sr. leaves to cherish his memories; loving wife, Queenie Lee; son, Troy F. Lee (Rebecca) of Massachusetts; daughter,...

Ivan Alphonso Harrell entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place on Saturday,  October 10, 2020 at 3:00 pm at the Chapel of Beach Funeral Home, 4456 Bonney  Road, Va. Beach,  Virginia.  Ivan leaves to cherish his memories: loving wife, Chevelle "Nikki" Harrell; two children,  Cierra Jones and Ivana Harrell; father, Alphonzo Harrell; sister, Elaine Harrell-Turner(James III); nephew,  James...

Jane Cannon Cox entered into eternal rest on Saturday,  September 26, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place on Sunday,  October 4, 2020  at 2:00pm at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home.   Service will be aired live at www.beachrivers.com.  Viewing will be held on Saturday from 3-6pm at the funeral home.  Jane leaves to cherish her: husband, James L. Cox; daughter, Keanna Cox; son, Quashun Cox; three sisters; two brothers; and a host of...

Marilynn P. Barcliff entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 19, 2020. Celebration of life service will take place on Friday, September 25, 2020 at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home, 310 E. Grice Street, Elizabeth City, NC. at 1:00 pm.  You may watch the service live at www.beachrivers.com. Viewing will take place on Thursday from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. Marilynn leaves to cherish her memories: two daughters, Eugenia Barcliff and Eureka Barcliff; three sisters,...

Al Freddie Boyd passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Service will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 1:00 by streaming live at www.beachrivers.com. Viewing will be held on Friday from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. Freddie leaves to cherish his memories: wife, Vernell (Niecy) Boyd; mother, Evelyn Boyd; two daughters, Ashley Boyd and Fredricka Butler; two sons, Demetrius Bowser and Roger Jermayne Boyd (Trina); stepchildren, Shameka Whidbee, Justin Whidbee, Quinton Roach and...

Willie Curley " Weenie" Overton, Sr. entered eternal rest on Monday, August 31, 2020. Celebration of Life will be Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the Beach Rivers Chapel, 310 E. Grice Street Elizabeth City, N.C.  We ask that you please call the funeral home for attendance. The service will be live streamed from the website. Viewing will be Saturday, September 5. 2020 from 4-7pm at  Beach Rivers Funeral Home. Willie is survived by: three...

Winfred Carroll Abbott entered eternal rest on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Celebration of life service will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home, 310 E. Grice Street, Elizabeth City, NC. We ask that you please call the funeral home for attendance.  The service will be streamed live from the website.  Viewing will take place on Friday from 6-8 pm at the funeral home. Carroll is survived by: son, Ricky Abbott(Ana) of...

George Lee Cox entered eternal rest on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place at 12:00 pm on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at the chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home viewing will be from 11:00 am until the time of the service.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, please contact the funeral home for attendance to the service.  You may watch the service live at www.beachrivers.com. Beach Rivers Funeral Home is expressing sympathy through sincere service to the Cox...

Baby Chasity Elizabeth Bentley went home to God's beautiful garden on Friday, July 25, 2020. She leaves to cherish her memories, parents; Latoya Wiggins and Brian Bentley, siblings; Constance, Clever, Champ, Cherish and Charity, and a host of family that loves her dearly. Services are pending. Beach rivers is expressing sympathy through sincere service to the Wiggins and Bentley families. O precious, tiny, sweet little one You will always be to me. So perfect, pure, and innocent Just...

Elsie Virginia Rogers entered eternal rest on Friday, July 24, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place at 1:00 pm on Monday, August 3, 2020 at the chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, please contact the funeral home for attendance to the service.  You may watch the service live at www.beachrivers.com. Viewing will be held on Sunday from 4-6 pm at the funeral home. Elsie Rogers leaves to cherish her memories, daughters;  Irene L...

James E. Smith, Jr.  died on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at his residence.  Memorial Service will be held Saturday,  June 27, 2020 at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home,  310 E. Grice Street, Elizabeth City, NC at 2:00 pm. The service will be aired live on our website www.beachrivers.com. Due to Covid 19 we ask you contact funeral home for attendance.  James is survived by: wife, Suella M. Smith; son, James Cartlon Smith (Patrece); brothers, Herbert...

Delsey Riddick entered into eternal rest on Saturday,  June 20, 2020.Celebration of Life service is pending. 

Cleveland McCoy Walston entered eternal rest peacefully at home on June 18th, 2020 at the age of 92.  Celebration of life will take place on Sunday June 21st , 2020 at 1pm at the Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home. The viewing will be open to the public on Saturday from 4pm-6pm. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the family has requested no visitors to the home. Restrictions are still in place, face mask/coverings are required.   Cleveland Walston leaves to cherish his...

Naomi Stallings Weeks entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Celebration of life services are pending. Mrs. Naomi Stallings Weeks leaves to cherish her memories: daughter, Avise Miller (James); three sons, Joseph Weeks (Joyce), James Weeks (Linnora), Jeffery Weeks (Julia); 12 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren;  siblings  Aldonia Griffin, Vanessa Brown,  Larry Brown (Gloria), James Brown ( Joyce), Cleophus Aydlett( Frances)a host of  cousins...

Willie Fonville transitioned peacefully at home on June 10, 2020 in Elizabeth City, NC at the age of 81. Willie was preceded in death by his beloved wife of fifty-one years, Elaine Lamb Fonville. Willie leaves to cherish his memory his daughter Joan Fonville of Elizabeth City, son David Fonville (Sau) of Virginia Beach, VA, four grandchildren: Alton Cain, Jathiyah Fonville, Vanessa Fonville, Candice Fonville; one great-granddaughter Tai Fonville and one remaining sister Mary Fonville Smith...

Brian Levonn Sawyer entered eternal rest on Monday, June 8, 2020. Celebration of life will take place on Friday. June 19, 2020 at 4:00 pm at Chapel of Beach Rivers. The service will be live on our website www.beachrivers.com. Viewing will take place on Friday from 2:00-until time of service. Brian leaves to cherish his memories, four children: Janice Teschner of Wiesbaden, Germany; Zoe, Immanuel, and Olivia Sawyer of Rocky Mount, NC, his parents, Ervin and Gloria Sawyer,...

Lonnie Davis, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Saturday,  June 6, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place on Wednesday,  June 10, 2020 at Chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home at 1:00 pm.  Lonnie leaves to cherish his memories: mother Artencie Marie Woodhouse; sisters, Patricia Davis Williams (Joseph) and Shirley Davis Freshwater (Robert); aunts, Charlotte Burton and Maryland Gibson; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, great nieces and great...

Florence H. Thatch entered into eternal rest on Tuesday,  June 2, 2020. Celebration of Life service will take place at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 13, 2020 at the chapel of Beach Rivers Funeral Home.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, please contact the funeral home for attendance to the service.  You may watch the service live at www.beachrivers.com. Viewing will be held on Friday from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. Florence leaves to cherish her memories: daughter,...