Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
James Britton
Jan 18, 2020
James (Jimmy) Godwin Britton age 90, passed away on January 18, 2020 at Carilion Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. He was born March 25, 1929 to the late Gertie and Rufus Britton. He is predeceased by one brother Winfield Thomas Britton of Roanoke Rapids, NC. He grew up in Roanoke Rapids, was a veteran of The Korean War as...

Joel Gregory
Jan 15, 2020
Joel Patrick Gregory, 63, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Danville on August 19, 1956 to the late Andrew Harrison Gregory and Christine Burton Gregory. Joel was a graduate of Tunstall High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology at the College of William and Mary...
Ava Davis
Jan 12, 2020
Ava Davis, 102, of Danville VA, went home to heaven after a sudden illness on the 1st of December 2020, while at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 6, 1918 in Pittsylvania County and was the daughter of James Thomas Powell and Cora Mitchell Powell. She lived her entire life in Pittsylvania County, and Danville, VA. Ava...
Lillian Pappas
Jan 9, 2020
Lillian Demetrios Kalezis was born on October 27, 1928 on the Dodecanese Island of Halki, off the coast of Rhodes, in Greece. At 18 months of age, she boarded the Mauretania with her mother, Talina, to meet her father, Demetrios, in America to begin a new life. Lillian was the oldest of five children- brothers, Kal, Mike (Efrosene), Stat (Judy)...
Brenda Clark
Jan 1, 2020
Brenda Deaton Clark, age 77 of Keeling, VA went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 1, 2020. She was born to the late James Odus Deaton and Louise Childress Deaton on January 15, 1942 in Danville. She is survived by two brothers, James Deaton of Maryland and Vincent Deaton of Danville and one sister,...

Cynthia Ward
Dec 25, 2019
Cynthia Talley Ward passed away at her home on December, 25, 2019. She was born on February 27, 1925, in Danville, the daughter of the late John Holland Talley and Beulah Fitzgerald Talley. She was predeceased by her husband and forever love, Charles William Ward; and her sisters, Doris Talley Landrum and June Talley Gilbert Kiser. She is survived by...
Dorothy Smith
Dec 21, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Horak Smith of Danville died Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Sovah of Danville after a decline in health for the past two and one-half years. She was born in Colonial Heights, VA on July 30, 1928, a daughter of the late William Joseph Horak and Liddie Marie Kvasnicka Horak. Mrs. Smith was former District Manager of Field...

Dorothy Everett
Dec 18, 2019
Dorothy Jacks Everett, age 90, formerly of 15321 Franklin Turnpike, Dry Fork, VA, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. She was the daughter of the late Clara Hinton Jacks and Robert Davie Jacks. She was also predeceased by her husband, John “J. C.” Everett, Jr. and two brothers Robert “Bob” Jacks and...
Annie Willis
Dec 17, 2019
Annie Laurie Willis, 86 of Danville, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 She was born Annie Laurie Motley on February 17, 1933, she was the daughter of Bertha Wilkinson and Lindsey B. Motley. She grew up in the Glenwood Community. She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Hughes. Annie Laurie is survived by her loving husband of...
Goldie Keesee
Dec 13, 2019
Goldie Arnn Keesee passed away quietly on December 13, 2019, at the age of 103. Born in Eden, North Carolina on September 23, 1916, she was the second child and first daughter of the late George Shady Barnes and Ella Gunter Barnes. Goldie graduated from Averett University with an Associate’s Degree and from Longwood University with a B.S. in elementary...

Ruth Lawton
Dec 11, 2019
Ruth Myers Lawton, 98, resident of Bright Leaf Place in Danville, VA entered into eternal rest on November 12, 2019. She was born on February 24, 1921, the daughter of the late Charles Hayden Myers and Louise Sebring Myers. On June 15, 1945, she married Frank Bostick Lawton, Jr. who preceded her in death on February 17, 1986. She was...
Harold Henry
Dec 9, 2019
Harold Dean Henry, Ed.D, passed away on September 12, 2019, at Roman Eagle Rehab and Health Care Center. He was born December 22, 1933, in Danville, Virginia, a son of Noel David Henry and Willie Williams Henry. After graduating from George Washington High School, he served in the Navy as a medical corpsman. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration...
Charles Dorton
Dec 6, 2019
Charles Elmer Dorton, 80, of 115 Shannon Drive , Danville, died June 12, 2019 at SOVAH Health in Danville. He was born in October 24, 1938, at Jewel Ridge, VA to the late Carl L. Dorton and Leona Shell Dorton. Charlie grew up in Buchanan County, VA. He graduated from Garden High School and Bluefield Business College. After selling insurance...
Barbara Taylor
Dec 5, 2019
Barbara Haynes Taylor, 77, of Danville, Va., passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019, at her home, following a long illness and under the care of her son and Inez Grant. Born on July 4, 1941, in Danville, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Willard Haynes and Gracie Mae Burke Haynes. She was married to the late Joseph...
Hunter Grumbles
Dec 4, 2019
Hunter Allen Grumbles died Friday, April 12, 2019 at The Oakes at WG in Raleigh, NC after a brief illness. Hunter was born in Richmond, VA on November 30, 1923, a son of the late Atna Vanoy Grumbles and Lillian Kidd Grumbles. He was educated in the Richmond public schools and was a graduate of John Marshall High School in...
Aubrey Price
Dec 3, 2019
Junior Aubrey Price, 85, beloved husband of the late Ruth Francisco Price, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Born on January 7, 1934 in Schoolfield, VA, he was the youngest of seven children born to Margie Fearn Price and Henry Seldon Price. Aubrey attended Schoolfield High School and went...
Margaret Barksdale
Nov 30, 2019
Margaret Lee McNeely Barksdale, age 94, passed away peacefully at the home of her son on Saturday November 30, 2019 and has gone home to a glorious new beginning after several years of declining health. She formerly resided at 265 W. Sunrise Drive, Whitmell, Virginia. Margaret Lee was born June 16, 1925 to the late Early D. McNeely and Eugenia...
Albert Oleskiewicz
Nov 29, 2019
Albert “Captain O” Oleskiewicz, Jr., 74, husband of Sharon T. Oleskiewicz, of Danville, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019. Born on November 28, 1945, he was a son of the late Albert Oleskiewicz, Sr. and Mary Banas Oleskiewicz. Albert was a decorated veteran of the United States Army Special Forces, Green Beret and served two tours in Vietnam. He...
Carolyn Adkins
Nov 28, 2019
Carolyn Stuart Slade Adkins, 71, of Blairs, Va. passed away Thursday evening, November 28, 2019 at SOVAH Health in Danville, Va. She was born in Danville, Va. on June 25, 1948, a daughter of the late Halcourt Stuart Slade and Dorothea “Dottie” White Slade. Carolyn was educated in the Danville City Schools and was a member of White Oak Worship...
Steve Myers
Nov 28, 2019
Steve M. Myers, 66, passed away November 28, 2019 at his residence He was born in Richmond, Va. on July 28, 1953, a son of the late Daniel Martin Myers and Shirley Henley Myers. Steve was a graduate of Danville Community College and was formerly employed with ABB in South Boston. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. ...
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