Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Clifford Price
Feb 2, 2017
Clifford Leon Price, 94, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 2, 2017 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on January 19, 1923 in Danville, VA a son of the late Henry Seldon Price and Marjorie Fearn Price. Cliff was a graduate of Schoolfield High School. He was a Veteran of World War II and served in the United...
Anne Banks
Feb 1, 2017
Anne Myers Banks, 83, died peacefully at Riverside Nursing Home, Danville, VA, on Jan.2, 2017. Born in Danville, she attended Salem College, and lived in Greensboro, NC, Raleigh, NC, and Danville. She enjoyed a lifelong love of music, and sang for many church, civic, and social events, as well as teaching voice lessons. She was married to the late Robert...
Patricia Hill
Jan 31, 2017
Patricia Anne Clark Hill, age 72 departed this world after several months of declining health to claim her heavenly reward on January 31, 2017. She was born in Danville on May 15, 1944, a daughter of the late James Leslie Clark and Frances Haraway Clark. Mrs. Hill attended Central Boulevard Church of God. She was a 1962 graduate of George...
Walter Owen
Jan 30, 2017
Walter Terry Owen, age 74 of Vernon Hill, died on Monday, January 30, 2017 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Owen was born on June 27, 1942, in Pittsylvania County, a son of the late Walter Nowlin Owen and Clara Terry Owen. He was a graduate of Spring Garden High School and a...
Barry Wells
Jan 30, 2017
Mr. Barry L. Wells, age 80, of Danville passed away at home on Monday, January 30, 2017. He was born February 26, 1936 in Farmville, VA to the late Robert Oakes Wells and May Page Wells. Mr. Wells was a member of the Farmville Baptist Church and a veteran of The United States Air Force. He came to Danville with...
Mary Payne
Jan 30, 2017
Mary Hawkins Payne died on January 30, 2017 at Riverside Health and Rehab of complications following a fall in November 2016. She was born February 7, 1930 in Pittsylvania County to the late Lillie Burnette and John Dickerson Hawkins. She was married to the late Luther Hill Payne, who preceded her in death. Mary was a member of the St....
William Oliver
Jan 29, 2017
William (Bill) T. Oliver, Sr Bill Oliver, 90, passed away on Sunday January 29, 2017 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bill was born on September 18th 1926 in Greensboro, NC to the late Samuel T. Oliver, Sr. and Fannie Ruth Hamm Oliver. He was a graduate of Curry High School in Greensboro, the Naval Engineering School in Gulfport Mississippi, and Guilford...
Gordon Reynolds
Jan 28, 2017
Gordon Francis Reynolds of 217 Hampton Drive passed away January 24, 2017 at his residence. Born in Danville October 17, 1942, he was the son of the late Luke and Myrtle Francis Reynolds. He was a member of Keen Street Baptist Church. Previously married to Gerri Reynolds Wade, they had three children, who survive: daughter, Hope Reynolds McKay (Doug) of...
Barbara Cannon
Jan 19, 2017
Barbara Motley Cannon, age 98 formerly of 681 Lee Street and now of 600 Main Street died on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Duke Raleigh Hospital after a decline in health of a few days. She was born in Danville on May 3, 1918, a daughter of the late Ocris Benjamin Motley and Eva Osborne Motley. Barbara lived in Danville...
Patricia Bolt
Jan 17, 2017
Mrs. Patricia Collins Bolt (Pat), of Danville VA, passed away after a short battle with ALS on January 16, 2017 at the age of 73. Pat was born to parents Buck and Pauline Collins on September 5, 1943 in Greenville, SC. She grew up in Piedmont, SC. and graduated from Carolina High School in 1961. Pat went on to earn...
Gordon Mccubbins
Jan 1, 2017
It is with joy and sadness that we mourn the passing of Gordon Elwell McCubbins (January 1, 2017)-joy that he is with Christ and those who have gone before and sadness for those who loved and mourn him. He was born in Danville on March 6, 1927 to parents Claude Thomas McCubbins and Berla Royal McCubbins, who predeceased him. Besides...
Thomas Shadrick
Dec 27, 2016
Thomas Terry Shadrick II, age 95, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 7, 1921, in Danville, VA, a son of the late Dr. Samuel Alfred Shadrick and Sallie Brown Shadrick. On June 7, 1950 he married the former Myrtle Carter and they were married 64 years until her passing...
Inez Gaddy
Dec 27, 2016
Inez Chapman Gaddy, the daughter of the late Lester Wadell Chapman and Murriel Elizabeth Saunders Chapman of Maiden, NC, and wife of Dr. Clifford Garland Gaddy, Sr., of Danville, VA, passed away peacefully from this life on Tuesday December 27th at the age of 92. Inez was a beautiful soul who spent a lifetime serving her family, friends, church and...
Kenneth Obye
Dec 26, 2016
Kenneth D Obye, 93, of 1111 Main Street, Apt. 214, passed away peacefully at Danville Regional Medical Center on December 26, 2016, following a brief illness. Ken was born in Tipton, Iowa in 1923 to the late Charles and Beth Obye. He proudly served his country in the US Army from 1943 – 1946 as a 1st Lieutenant. On June...
Juanita Mills
Dec 15, 2016
Juanita Brooks Mills, age 89, of Westover Lane, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at her residence following a brief illness. She was born on September 30, 1927, to the late George William Brooks, Sr. and Valeria Willis Brooks. She married the late Jesse L. Mills, Jr. on October 19, 1946. Mrs. Mills worked at Dan River Mills before...
Ronald King
Dec 14, 2016
Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” R. King, of Danville, Va., died at his residence, on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. He was born in Danville on August 13, 1936, to the late Dwight S. King and Ethel Prather King, their only child. He served his country in the United States Navy for 38 months, aboard the USS Plymouth Rock, LSD-29. Ronnie was retired...
Bernice Lindley
Dec 13, 2016
Mrs. Bernice “Bonnie” Bysick Lindley of 100 Woodside Road died on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at her residence after a decline in health. Bonnie was born in Harlingen, TX on December 16, 1942, a daughter of the late M/Sgt. Frank R. Bysick and Sara Puskar Bysick. She was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church for many years. Bonnie...
Othelia Anderson
Dec 12, 2016
Mrs. Othelia Mayhew Shelhorse Anderson of 1111 Main Street, Stratford House died at her residence on Monday, December 12, 2016. She was born in Altavista, VA on March 7, 1925 to the late Edwin Mayhew and Golden Roby Mayhew. Following graduation from Gretna High School, Mrs. Anderson earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Shortly...
Harold Jordan
Dec 11, 2016
Harold Daniel Jordan, 66, of 1118 Westover Dr., Danville, VA went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, November 12, 2016 at his residence after a decline in health. He was born January 4, 1950, in Abingdon, VA to George and Gladys Jordan. Harold is best known for his love of the Lord, Love for his family and friends and...
Elsie Slayton
Dec 1, 2016
Elsie Carr Slayton, a vibrant member of Danville's business and social networks, died on January 12, 2016, in her home. She owned and operated several building supply and plumbing businesses, including Saunder's Building Supply, CJS, Westover Plumbing, and was a partner in Plumbing and Mill Supply. She was born in Keeling, Va. on August 23, 1921 to the late Rosa...
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