Harriette Dail

Hertford resident

Harriette Lou Layden Dail, 82, of the 500 block of Edenton Road Street, Hertford, died Saturday, June 19, in her home. Mrs. Dail was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Clyde J. and Iola Mae Madre Dail. She attended both Louisburg College and East Carolina Teachers College before teaching in the Gates County School System and working with the former Hertford Banking Company. She then worked in the N.C. Judicial System, serving 28 years in the Perquimans County Clerk of Superior Court Office before retiring as an assistant clerk. A member of Hertford United Methodist Church, she was a faithful member of its Mary Martha Circle. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter, Donna Dail Mertz; and her sister, Margaret Boyce Winslow. Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Broughton T. Dail Sr.; her son, B.T. Dail Jr. and wife Teresa of Hertford; four grandchildren, James R. Mertz III of The Bronx, N.Y., Tim L. Dail of Hattiesburg, Miss., Greg T. Dail and wife Heather of Tyner, and Sara O. Dail of Hertford; a great-granddaughter, Adrienne V. McDonald of Hertford; and two nieces, Rachel Lamm and husband Dwight of Nashville, N.C., and Jane Abbott and husband Keith of Rocky Mount. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Gayla Collins. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Friends may join the family at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to Hertford United Methodist Church, 200 Dobbs St., Hertford, N.C. 27944. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.