J. Peter Rascoe Jr.

Hertford resident

John Peter Rascoe Jr., 78, of 385 Old Neck Road, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, May 16, 2011. Mr. Rascoe was born July 13, 1932 in Bertie County, and was the son of the late John Peter Rascoe Sr. and May Belle Perry Rascoe. A graduate of Windsor High School, he was a post graduate of the Darlington School in Rome, Ga., and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. A US Navy veteran of the Korean War era from 1952 to 1956, he served with Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-22 and was deployed with US aircraft carriers Valley Forge, Block Island, Salerno Bay, Tarawa, and Siboney. A farmer, he was president of Chowatic Lands, Inc., manager of Gates County Peanut Company, and with his wife was the co-founder of both the 1812 on the Perquimans Bed and Breakfast Inn and Miss Nancy's Etiquette School. A member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Windsor, he had served as a Cubmaster, Pack 104 in Windsor and was the recipient of the BSA Green Arm Band Award for adult volunteerism. He was a member of the William Paul Stallings Post 126 of the American Legion in Hertford, a charter member of the Albemarle Chapter of the NC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was a volunteer foster boarder for the US Equine Rescue League. Surviving are his wife, Nancy Bragg Dawson Rascoe; his sister, Martha Perry Rascoe Gillam of Windsor; three sons, John Peter Rascoe III and wife, Dianne Daniels, of Southern Shores, Braxton Bragg Dawson Rascoe Sr. and wife, Gina Stone Rascoe, of Windsor, and Francis Edward Nixon Rascoe Sr. and wife, Elisabeth Beale Joyner Rascoe, of Windsor; and six grandchildren, Braxton Bragg Dawson Rascoe Jr., Hunter Aaron Spivey Rascoe, Lucy Mae Holliday Rascoe, Katherine Granbery Rascoe, Francis Edward Nixon Rascoe, Jr. and Elisabeth Joyner Rascoe. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Windsor, by the Rev. Thomas Rickenbaker. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, is assisting the family with arrangements. Friends may join the family Wednesday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Dawson and Gina Rascoe's home, 2627 Indian Woods Road, in the Grabtown community outside of Windsor. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to either St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Windsor, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Edenton, or to one's favorite charity. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.