CORAPEAKE – Vera Jane Owens Howell Amerson, 80, formerly of Hertford and more recently of Corapeake, died Sunday, December 20, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at the Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Chapel, Hertford, who is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery.