Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Margaret Christianson
Aug 21, 2016
Margaret S. Christianson, 99, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, in Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was married to Nolan F. “Pete” Christianson on March 26, 1941 who predeceased her on November 13, 2002. In addition to her husband she was predeceased a daughter Marie Daniel Lowe; three sisters and two brothers. Margaret was a life-long member...
William Clark
Aug 12, 2016
William David Clark, of 1601 Bennett Circle, Keeling, VA, died on Thursday, December, 8, 2016. Born in Danville on December 30, 1938, he was the son of the late Guilford R. Clark and Mary Hutchins Clark Barker. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Faye Clark; brother, James Giles Clark and wife Sallye; step-mother, Clara Clark; and nephew, Joseph Matthew...
Charles Putze
Aug 5, 2016
Charles Edward Putze, Jr., of 452 Southland Drive, Danville, VA passed away on May 8, 2016. Born in Richmond, VA on August 19, 1928, son of Charles E. Putze and Bertha Bragg Putze, both deceased. Charles was married to Nancy Crowder Walker Putze, in 1959, who passed away September 2014. His first wife Peggy Sigmon Putze passed away in 1955....
Ann Kinn
Jul 30, 2016
Ann Stigall Kinn, 93 of 462 Wimbish Drive, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her home. She was born in Danville, to the Leondias “Lee” Polk Stigall and Elizabeth Patterson Stigall. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Francis Zane Kinn. Ann Kinn was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. She graduated from Madison College,...
Elizabeth Tate
Jul 28, 2016
Elizabeth Bekerian Tate, wife of the late Reverend Joel C. Tate, Jr., passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 18, 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Peter and Agnes Bekerian. She graduated from Lawrence High School Class of 1939. She served in the United States Air Force...
William Aikins
Jul 28, 2016
William Davis "Billy" Aikins 17, of 209 Cherry Lane, Danville, VA died July 28, 2016 at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Danville on January 16, 1999 to John William Davis Aikins and Eva Cowen Aikins. He was a special young man who loved the people in his life and the life in his people. Survivors include brother Henry...
Nancy Cocke
Jul 26, 2016
Nancy "Nan" Simpson Cocke, 81, of Danville, VA, peacefully passed away Tuesday July 26, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Gretna, VA on July 3, 1935 to the late Ferrell and Anne Simpson. She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 60 years, Delano S. Cocke. She is survived by two daughters, Beverly A. Cocke of...
Bernice Hundley
Jul 24, 2016
Bernice Ann (Gigi) Hundley died Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Chatham Health and Rehabilitation in Chatham, VA. She was born on June 29, 1923 to the late Will and Maude Tolbert. She was the last surviving member of eight children. Mrs. Hundley was first married to the late George (Mac) McBride and later married the late Raymond (Humpy) Hundley. She...
David Spangler
Jul 16, 2016
David Madison Spangler, 91, passed away on Saturday evening, July 16, 2016 in Pinehurst, NC with his daughter and son-in-law by his side. He was born in Cascade, VA on October 31, 1924 a son of the late Elder David Vincent Spangler and Nannie E. Turpin Spangler. He continued to attend the churches his father served, Dan River Primitive Baptist...
Barbara Fitzgerald
Jul 8, 2016
Barbara Ann Allen Fitzgerald, 82, of 671 Red Marshall Road, Pelham, NC, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 7, 2016 in Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC. She was born on July 10, 1934, in Halifax County, Va., a daughter of the late Samuel Thomas Allen and Vivian Tatum Allen. On August 18, 1956, she married James Obediah...
Joyce Motley
Jul 8, 2016
Mrs. Joyce Lewis Motley, age 81, went peacefully to her heavenly home on August 7, 2016. Mrs. Motley was born in Danville, Virginia on August 6, 1935, a daughter of the late James Oakley Lewis and Hattie Rush Lewis. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Lewis and sister, Virginia Adcock. She leaves two sisters,...
Harold Carter
Jul 2, 2016
Mr. Harold Willard Carter of 1562 Ferry Road died on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center after being in declining health. Mr. Carter was born in Danville on January 26, 1936, a son of the late George Willard Carter and Edith Daniels Carter. He was a member of Ferry Road Friends Church for a number of years....
Robert Sjoberg
Jul 1, 2016
Robert Joseph Sjoberg, Sr, 88, of Danville, VA, passed away on January 7th, 2016 at his home, just a few days shy of his 89th birthday. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 14th, 1927, he was the son of Ernest Arthur and Alice Guilfoyle Sjoberg. In 1944 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps Reserves at the end of World...
Peter Rodden
Jul 1, 2016
Mr. Peter Michael Rodden, age 62 of Danville, died Thursday, January 7, 2016. He was born in Danville on April 5, 1953, a son of the late Peter Elisha Rodden and Mazie Ellen Patterson Rodden. Michael was a graduate of George Washington High School and was a member of West Main Baptist Church. He was an avid reader and was...
Buddie Bray
Jun 28, 2016
Buddie Nathaniel Bray passed away on June 28, 2016 at his residence after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Surviving are his wife, Gaye F. Bray of the home; two sons, Mike Bray and wife Kelly of Madison Heights and David Bray and his friend Laura of Danville; two grandsons, Robert and Andrew and their mother Cheryl Bray; a granddaughter...
Kaye Keesee
Jun 26, 2016
Kaye Parker Keesee passed away peacefully Sunday morning, June 26, 2016 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital after a nine month courageous battle with cancer. She was born on January 17, 1958 in Danville, VA, the daughter of the late Herman Wray Parker and Jean King Parker of Danville. Kaye graduated from George Washington High School, and worked as an executive...
Billie Soyars
Jun 25, 2016
Billie Rae Johnson Soyars danced into Heaven to meet her Lord and Savior on Saturday evening, June 25, 2016, at Roman Eagle Health and Rehabilitation Center. Billie Rae was born on November 15, 1934, in Maybeury, West Virginia to the late E. B. Johnson and late Mazie Trent Johnson. She moved to Danville, Virginia, in 1948 and has been an...
Bickford Jennings
Jun 25, 2016
Bickford Patton Jennings passed away June 25th, 2016 at home in Milton, North Carolina. He was born March 26, 1947 in Danville, Virginia to James Wilson and Mary Lee Jennings. Patton graduated from Averett College in 1975. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked in retail for a number of years and several as a corrections...
Ruby Dunbar
Jun 22, 2016
Ruby Keech Dunbar, age 87 died on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at her daughter’s residence after a decline in health. She was born in Beaufort County, NC on May 7, 1929, a daughter of the late Levi Keech and Cora Webster Keech. Mrs. Dunbar was a member of West Main Baptist Church, the Friendship Sunday School Class and the ECHO...
Jan Farro
Jun 21, 2016
Jan Elizabeth Barber Farro, 52, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016. She was born on May 1, 1964 in Danville, VA a daughter of the Reverend Robert Jones Barber, Jr. and Justine Ferrell Barber of Danville. Jan was a physical therapist assistant and had attended UNC Greensboro. She was predeceased by a brother, Robert Jones Barber,...
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