Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Margaret Dorton
Mar 18, 2022
Margaret Anne Jones Dorton, 81, of Danville, Va. died March 18, 2022 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born on July 13, 1940 in Buchanan County, Va. to the late Blane Jones and Bertha Shrader Jones. Mrs. Dorton graduated from Averett College and was a teacher in the Danville elementary schools for a number of years. She was a...
James Brown
Mar 16, 2022
James Herbert Brown, 84 of Danville VA passed away peacefully March 16, 2022. He is survived by his wife of the home, Etta Brown, and son, James Herbert Brown Jr. of Greenville NC as well as many beloved family members. Herbert was an avid church and family man. God blessed him with a beautiful singing voice. He enjoyed singing gospel...
Nancy Crane
Mar 13, 2022
Nancy Carolyn Crane of Hampton, Virginia passed away on March 13, 2022. She was born August 11, 1942, to the late Joseph (Jimmy) Elton Crane and the late Doris Allen Crane Benazzi. She was preceded in death by her sister Linda Gayle C. Kaplan, stepfather Tony Benazzi, Jr., and nephew Joshua Redd. She is survived by her sister Susan B....
Bessie White
Mar 3, 2022
Bessie Bailey White, 83, of Danville, wife of Lonnie Leroy White, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Born on October 16, 1938, she was the daughter of the late George Daniel and Hester Strader Bailey. Bessie worked at J.C. Penney for over 30 years where she enjoyed conversations with everyone she met. She loved to spend time at the...
Laurence Shelton
Mar 1, 2022
Laurence “Larry” Compton Shelton, age 58, passed away Monday, January 3, 2022 at SOVAH Health-Danville. Mr. Shelton was born on May 22, 1963 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Mary Gravely and James Compton Shelton. He graduated from George Washington High School (1981) and earned an associate's degree in Graphic Arts from Danville Community College (1984). On May...
Elizabeth Turner
Feb 23, 2022
Elizabeth Ann Hobbs Turner, 82, of Danville, the wife of Marvin Jimmy Turner, Jr., went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. She was born on November 20, 1939, a daughter of the late James and Beatrice Worley Hobbs. Elizabeth, along with her husband Jimmy, were members of The Tabernacle in Danville. Her greatest enjoyment were...
Clara Bowman
Feb 22, 2022
Clara Bowman died at SOVAH Danville on February 22, 2022. Born in Danville on February 4, 1929, Clara was the daughter of Carl and Lura Wimmer. She was 93 wonderful years old and she was something else! Clara was a sweet, kind, compassionate daughter, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt. She was predeceased by her parents, husband Godfrey, 8...
Robert Bendall
Feb 21, 2022
Robert Paschal Bendall III, 73, took his last breath February 21, 2022 at his home in Santa Monica, California surrounded by his close family. Born on October 1, 1948 in Danville, Virginia, “Bobby” was predeceased by his mother and father, Lucy Charles Bendall and Robert Paschal Bendall Jr. Robert was a remarkable man who had a profound impact on those...
Kristen Cox
Feb 20, 2022
Kristen “Kris” Swanson Gibson Cox, age 55, was ushered into the arms of our Heavenly Father on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Kris was born on August 27, 1966 in Danville, VA, the daughter of Gerald Alden Gibson and Kathryn “Kitty” Swanson Gibson. Kris grew up in Danville, VA and attended George Washington High School. After graduating in 1984, Kris earned...
Paula Lea
Feb 16, 2022
Paula “Sue” Reeves Lea, 79, passed away suddenly at her home on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Sue was born on December 24, 1942, in Macon, Georgia to the late Byron Eugene Reeves and Pauline Blizzard Reeves. Sue was a model for two years for the Ann Zior Modeling School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Campbell University in...
Jean Scott
Feb 14, 2022
On Monday, February 14th, Emily Jean Bradsher Scott died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. Jean was born July 18,1925 in Denver, Colorado, the fourth of seven children of Mary Emily Jones and Jacob Thompson Bradsher. When she was five years old her family returned to Milton, the place she loved and called home for more than 90...
Elmer Alderson
Feb 7, 2022
Elmer Jefferson (Bob) Alderson was born September 8, 1924 in Danville to Alice Wingfield Alderson and Grover C. Alderson. He had two brothers James Edward Alderson 1917-2017, Harry C. Alderson 1919-2005 and one sister Eleanor A. Herndon 1921-2005. Bob was married in 1946 to Evelyn L. Mangrum 1927-1991. He is survived by one son, David A. Alderson of Danville, VA....
Ray Jennings
Feb 6, 2022
Junior Ray Jennings, May 14, 1933-June 2, 2022, passed away after a lengthy period of declining health. He was predeceased by his wife of 44 years (Shirley Dewberry Jennings), his mother and father (Stanley and Gertrude Jennings), brother (Bobby Jennings), sister (Betty Jean Jennings) and daughter and son-in-law (Teresa and Glen Garner). He is survived by his five sisters (Dorothy...
Eleanor Cuthrell
Feb 2, 2022
Eleanor Johnson Cuthrell (28 May 1937- 2 February 2022) Born in Melrose, Mass., the daughter of Maynard Stickney Johnson and Arlene Howland Pike Johnson, Eleanor spent her early years growing up in the wilds of Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge, NC, where her father, a college professor of zoology and entomology, had taken a job as Refuge Manager during the Great...
Danny Knight
Feb 1, 2022
Danny Herman Knight, age 71, passed away Sunday morning, January 2nd just in time to make his Tee Time. Born in Danville, VA on October 4, 1950 he was the son of the late Herman Knight and Vera Knight who survives. Danny is survived by his devoted wife Anne, whom he married in 1971. Over their 50 years together they...
Curtis Murphy
Jan 29, 2022
Curtis Fields Murphy went to be with the Lord on January 29, 2022 at the age of 89. He was born in Providence, N.C. on April 1, 1932, to the late King Solomon Murphy, Sr. and Sadie Hudgins Murphy. Curtis was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Curtis was a Veteran of The United States Army. He was...
Johnathan Breedlove
Jan 25, 2022
Johnathan Breedlove, 50, entered his heavenly home unexpectedly early Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Sovah in Danville, VA. He is survived by his parents, George H. Breedlove, Jr. & Janice H. Breedlove, grandmother, Helen M. Haskins, sisters Melodi B. Irving (Daniel), April B. Ball (Jonathan), brother, Jeremy S. Breedlove (Jennifer), and 5 nieces and 3 nephews that he loved dearly....
Nathan Denning
Jan 16, 2022
Nathan Junious Denning died peacefully in his sleep at home on January 16, 2022. He was 84. Born on October 30, 1937 in Sampson County, North Carolina to the late George Calhoun Denning and the late Flora Fields Denning. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 58 years, Harriett Abbott Denning. Also predeceased by his sisters Edna Denning, Hilda...
Mary Stoddart
Jan 15, 2022
Mary Haley Stoddart, 79, of Ringgold, VA passed away suddenly at Sovah Health Hospital on January 15, 2022. Mary was born on June 3, 1942 to the late Forrest and Nellie Haley in Newark, AR. After graduating from Batesville High School in 1959, she went on to study at Harding University, Arkansas College, and in 1990 earned a B.S. in...
James Burgess
Jan 12, 2022
James Thomas Burgess, 71, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at the Wilton Manor Health and Rehabilitation in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He was born in Danville, Va. on October 22, 1950 to the late J. T. Burgess and Mildred Burton Burgess. James was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Private entombment will be held in Danville Memorial...
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