Essie M. McCarter, 88, of 225 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, died Saturday, March 2, 2019. A wake will be held Friday, March 8, 2019, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Warren Chapel Church, 92 Warren Chapel Church Road, Chocowinity. A funeral service will be Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Deeper Life Ministries, 4477 U.S. Highway 264, Washington. Arrangements are by Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home.