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THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,2019 A3 Obituaries Elton W. Askew, Jr. EDENTON - Elton Washington Askew, Jr., 93, formerly of Hewes Street, Edenton, died Sunday, July 14, 2019, in Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, Zebulon. Mr. Askew was born in the family farmhouse, between Rich Square and Jackson, and was the son of the late El ton Washington, Sr. and Gladys Cook Askew. A veteran of World War II, he served in the Eu ropean Theatre in Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army, and was a squad leader of a .30 caliber water-cooled machine-gun outfit in the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment. A retired civil engineering technician, he worked with the Soil Conservation Service for 30 years, and was known for his self-reliance, work ethic, and ingenuity. He was a member of Edenton Baptist Church and the Lloyd Griffin Men’s Bible class. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Lawrence “L.C.” Askew, and by his beloved wife of 47 years, Sandra Freeman Askew. Surviving are his three sons, Elton Jesse Askew (Kathy) of Raleigh, Paul Freeman Askew (Julie) of Smithfield, and David Thomas Askew of Washing ton, DC; and five grandchildren, Daniel, Emily, Lau ren, Katelyn, and Paula Ann Askew. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in Beaver Hill Cemetery and will be con ducted by Dr. Jesse Croom. Friends may join the family in Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, prior to the service from 11:30 to 12:30. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Edenton-Chowan Senior Center, 204 East Church Street, Edenton, NC 27932. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com. Carlton Ray Nixon EDENTON - Carlton Ray Nixon, 94, of200 Crest wood Lane, died Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Eden ton Primetime Assisted Living. Mr. Nixon was born in Chowan County on Au gust 30, 1924, and was the last surviving of nine children bom to the late Henry L. and Martha Re becca Harrell Nixon. Retired from the North Caro lina Marine Fisheries, he was a District Supervisor, serving 14 coastal counties. A member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon, he also enjoyed membership in the Rocky Hock Ruritan Club through which he had served as District Chaplain, on the Board of Directors, and as District Governor. In later years he was active in the Senior Olympics, winning 170 medals, 100 of which were Gold, in sports such as track, golf, bowling, and others. A Navy veteran of World War II, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater, seeing action in Okinawa, Japan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Evans Nixon, to whom he was married for 52 years; his adult siblings, sis ters, Elsie Bunch, Cora Harrell, Eva Chesson, and Pearl Sawyer; brothers, Lloyd and Percy Nixon, and two child siblings, sister Emmer Nixon, and brother, Rodney Nixon; and a step-daughter, Pam Virzi. Surviving are his wife, Anne King Nixon; his daughter, Charlotte Baker and husband, Cullen, of Edenton; his son, Billy Nixon and wife, Mary, of Tyner; four grandchildren, Jonathan Nixon, Jim Nixon (Jennifer), Eric Baker (Courtney), and Adam Baker (Brooke); and four great-grandchil dren, Autumn Baker, Seth Nixon, Berkeley Baker, and Jake Willis. Also surviving are Anne’s daugh ters, Jane Warlick and husband, Ronald, and Kathy Cale, all of the Outer Banks, and their families. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in Rocky Hock Baptist Church and will be conducted by The Rev. Bob Young. A private burial will follow in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Friends may join the family in the Family Life Center of the church immediately following the service. All oth er times they will gather at Charlotte and Cullen’s home, 715 Poplar Neck Road, Edenton. The family wishes to express their deep appre ciation to both Edenton Primetime and Amedisys Hospice for the care provided their loved one. Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virgin ia Road, Edenton, is handling arrangements, and online condolences may be made by visiting www. millerfhc.com. William F. Bembridge, Jr. EDENTON - William Frank “Junior” Bembridge, Jr., 71, of 144 Emperor Landing Road, died Tues day, July 9, 2019, in his home. Mr. Bembridge was born in Chowan County on June 23, 1948, and was the son of the late William F, Sr. and Virginia Smith Bembridge. The owner of Bembridge Roofing, he attended Edenton Church of God. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Harriett Brannan and Mary Ann Silverthorne. Surviving are his wife of nearly 52 years, Virginia Owens Bembridge; his son, Steven L. Bembridge (Shelly) and their daughters, Erin, Megan, and Rea- : gan, of Edenton; and five sisters, Lula Mason of Edenton, Margaret Hughes (Carlyle) of Stem, Miri am Clay (David) of Kitty Hawk, Frances Jenkins of Wilmington, and Faye Bembridge of Oxford. Funeral services were held Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home & Cremato ry, 735 Virginia Road, and were conducted by his pastor, The Rev. Donald Sawyer. Burial followed in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Friends joined the family : Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the funeral home and : other times at the residence. Online condolences may be made by visiting . www.millerfhc.com. Submit news to nlayton@ncweeklies.com Stephen Thomas Dail HERTFORD - Stephen Thomas “Steve” Dail, 63, of 271 Riverwood Drive, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019, in his home. Bom in Huntington, WV, on January 8, 1956, and raised in Perquim ans County, he was the son of the late Thom as Alexander and Eliz abeth Langdon Dail. A graduate of Perquimans County High School and College of The Albemar le, he retired from Xerox Corp, after 33 years of employment. Following retirement he worked part-time with Vector-CSP and was currently em ployed with the Strike Group. A member of White ville Grove Baptist Church, he was a motorcycle enthusiast, enjoyed hunting and fishing, and was a member of B & N Hunt Club where he had served in various capacities. A loving husband, father, “Paw Paw” and friend, surviving are his wife of 41 years, Brenda Layden Dail; a son, Michael Dail and wife, Ingrid; a daugh ter, Lisa Sawyer and husband, Michael; six grand children, Kursten, Xander, Jaden, and Aniston Saw yer, and Langdon and Benjamin Dail; and many loving extended family members and friends. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 p.m. in Whiteville Grove Baptist Church, and will be conducted by the Revs. Randy Ward and Wil- ham Byrum. Friends may join the family Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Home, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, and all other times at the residence. Flowers are welcomed, or memorial contribu tions may be made either to the Perquimans Coun ty Hunter Safety Team, 1744 Belvidere Road, Belvi dere, NC 27919, or to a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com. OBITUARY POLICY For information on sub mitting obituaries or death notices, call 329-9505 or email obits@apgenc.com between 8:30 a.m. and 5 J p.m. Monday through Fri- | day, and specify that you are interested in obituary infor mation for The Chowan Her ald. On weekends and holi days, email obits @apgenc.com. Obituaries must be re ceived, processed and ap proved by 8 a.m. Tuesday to appear in print in the Wed nesday edition. Death notices can include the name and age of the dece dent; funeral and visitation or viewing information; and the name of the funeral home. Man sentenced in post office theft case Ashiri Stallings pleaded guilty to 2015 burglaries SUBMITTED REPORT RALEIGH — United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. announced that on June 24, in fed eral court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sen tenced Ashiri Shari Stallings, 22, of Edenton, to 16 months’ imprison ment, followed by three years of supervised re lease. Stallings was named in an indictment filed on Note: CrimeWatch informa tion is provided by local law enforcement agencies. Due to the nature of the charges, all suspects are considered adults in a court of law. They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. t Edenton RD Incidents Police are investigating a June 11 report of larceny on West Queen Street. According to the report, the suspect took goods — paper towels, household goods and as sorted clothing —“that were on display outside of the Dol lar General. Investigating offi cer, Opl. D.A. Smith. Police are investigating a June 6 report of larceny at CVS, North Broad Street. Ac cording to the report, the sus pect took a 18-can pack of March 28, 2018, charging him with receipt of stolen government money or property ex ceeding $1,000. On Jan. 2, 2019, Stallings pleaded guilty. Stallings participated in a plot to burglarize the Edenton Post Office in Edenton five times in 2015. The post office lost $26,190.91 in cash or other property as a re sult of the burglaries. Investigation'of this case was conducted by the United States Postal Inspection Service. CrimeWatck Miller Lite beer and didn’t pay for it. Investigating officer, Offi cer C.N. Skorupa. Police are investigating a June 30 report of assault with a deadly weapon on Tyler Run 1, Edenton. According to the report, the suspect hit the vic tim in the head with a ratchet wrench. Investigating officer, Sgt. J.F. Simpson Sr. Chowan Perquimans Habitat for Humanity” Restore Open Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm We pick- up large donations! only Rat Screen TVs will be accepted. liO Paint is accepted 1370 N. Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 POETRY READING AND BOOK SIGNING C.D. Weaver* at The Garden of Readin’ 103 E King St. Edenton, NC Saturday Afternoon, July 20th 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Reading poems from his book “The Cafe without Coffee” Man gets jail time for selling fake pills King: Case show dangers of counterfeit pills By NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON Editor RALEIGH — A Rocky Mount man pleaded guilty to selling coun terfeit pills Monday in United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in Raleigh. Jamal Yousef Aqel, 66, was sentence to 12 months, one day in fed eral prison and three years’ federal proba tion by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. Special Assistant United States Attorney Tamika Moses prose cuted the case. The in vestigation started in May 2016 when Rocky Mount Police Lt. Henry A. King Jr., now Chief of Police for Edenton Police Department re ceived information that Aqel, also known as Jimmy, was selling counterfeit Viagra pills in Rocky Mount. After requesting as sistance from both fed eral and state agencies — Homeland Security Investigation and North Carolina Secre tary of State’s Office, respectively — King conducted several un dercover purchases from Aqel. Aqel was responsible for selling and or pos sessing over 7,000 counterfeit Viagra and Cialis pills with a retail value price of $42 per pill (Pfizer cost), total sum $294,000. Both medications are for male enhancement and require a prescription. Aqel purchased these pills from his supplier at 50 cent or $1 per pill, but would then turn around and sell them to stores in Rocky Mount, Tarboro and Pinetops that he supplied for $2.85 per pill. These, stores would turn around and sell these pills for $7 to $10 per pill to citizens who knew that they could purchase these types of pills from stores in the community rather than from a pharmacy. Pfizer Lab tested the pills and determined they were counterfeit. The report indicated, AQEL based on these observa tions, the sub ject sam ples is deter mined to consist of counterfeit drug prod uct packaging and coun terfeit drug product tablets containing silde nafil and chlorampheni col, both drugs used to treat male en-hance- ment and pulmonary ar terial hypertension. It is illegal to buy either drug without a prescription. These kind of sales can cause major harm to communities, said King after the sentence was handed down. “This could cause major harm in our com munities from pills that are coming from China. Please be aware of this and please do not buy these types of pills at your neighborhood store,” he said. “Please contact your local po lice, the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Of fice or Homeland Secu rity Investigation if someone is selling counterfeit Viagra or Cialis in your commu nity.” If given counterfeit medication, people can die, King noted. “This is not a harm- less crime, people could die, for example suffer from a heart attack,” he said. “Law enforcement would not have any idea that the cause of death could have been related to the person taking a counterfeit Via gra or Cialis pill. “I hope that this sends a clear message to all the counterfeiters that are dealing in Via gra and Cialis pills that you too are subject to both federal and state prosecution. You are no different than the person who is selling real drugs,” King said. 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