Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Lelia Wentz
Jun 15, 2016
Lelia (Tillie) Barbour Wentz, 92, of 145 Wentz Circle, Danville, Va., passed away on June 15, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wentz was born July 19, 1923, in Danville, Va. to Otha Winston Barbour and Lelia Brown Barbour. She was the last surviving member of her nine siblings. She was a warm, dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother...
Dorothy Reed
Jun 15, 2016
Dorothy Jones Reed, 93, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on January 20, 1923 in Danville, Va. a daughter of the late Jesse Leon Jones and Sallie Shields Jones. She was married to Clayton Bernard Reed who predeceased her on May 12, 2013. In addition to her parents and...
Peggy Williams
Jun 10, 2016
Peggy Batterman Williams, age 82 of 1417 Kentuck Road died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Center after a decline in health. She was born in the Ringgold Community of Pittsylvania County on April 28, 1934, a daughter of the late Frederick Christian August Batterman and Hattie Keen Batterman. Peggy was a member of Kentuck Baptist...
Samuel Thompson
Jun 9, 2016
Samuel Thomas Thompson, 78, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday. September 6, 2016 at Duke University Hospital after a six year fight with cancer. Sam was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on September 25, 1937, a son of the late Johnny and Hester Richie Thompson. He was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church, Pelham, NC and...
Marjorie Motley
Jun 8, 2016
Marjorie Denman Westerfield Motley, 91, died August 6, 2016, at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Danville, VA, where she received wonderful care for the past two years. Prior to her time at Riverside, she was a resident of Providence, NC. Marjorie was born February 5, 1925, in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late Rev. Walter Henry Westerfield and...
Sidney Rogers
Jun 6, 2016
Sidney Mills Rogers, Jr. passed away at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond on Monday, June 6, 2016. Born in Greensboro, NC, on January 28, 1933, Mills grew up in Danville. His parents were Sidney Mills Rogers, Sr. and Nancy Motley Rogers, both deceased. Mills is survived by longtime special friend, Bettie Davis, of Richmond; three children: Sidney Mills Rogers, III (Jennie)...
Whitney Farris
Jun 3, 2016
Whitney Slade Boswell Farris, 52 of Providence, NC died March 6, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center of an unexpected cause. She is survived by her husband Ronald Andrew Farris, and her daughter Slade Jordan Greenway also of Providence; her parents Randolph Edward and Ellen Cobb Boswell of Danville, VA; and her sister Lindsey Edwards Carroll and her daughter Chase...
Florence Tompkins
Jun 3, 2016
Florence Newbill Tompkins, age 99, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 in the Riverside Health and Rehab Center. She was born on May 24, 1916 in Scottsburg, Va. and was a daughter of the late Herbert Pryor Newbill and Etta Hester Snead Newbill. Florence was a 1932 graduate of Scottsburg High School and a 1939 graduate of the Danville Memorial...
Elizabeth Hunt
Jun 1, 2016
HUNT, Elizabeth Bridgforth, most cherished wife, daughter, sister, and friend, went peacefully to the Lord on January 6, 2016. The wife of Andrew Austin Hunt, daughter of Robert and Georgie H. Bridgforth, sister of William Macon Bridgforth, maternal granddaughter of George and Cliffie Hobgood (deceased) and paternal granddaughter of Richard and Nancy Bridgforth (deceased), Elizabeth was born in Danville, Virginia...
Doris Booth
May 28, 2016
Doris Bass Booth went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the age of 96. She was predeceased by her father, James Cleveland Bass and mother, Anna Williamson Bass, brothers, J. Eugene Bass, Frank F. Bass, Richard W. Bass, Owen M. Bass and sister, Ruth Bass Christian. She was married in 1952 to G. Thomas “Tom”...
Kitty Alexander
May 27, 2016
Kitty Ray Richards Alexander passed away Friday, May 27, 2016 at the Centra Hospital, Lynchburg, VA. She was born on May 1, 1933, in Danville, a daughter of the late Paul Richards and Cordie Tucker Richards. Kitty was retired from NCR as a systems analyst and was a member of Moseley Memorial United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents,...
Eileen Stendig
May 26, 2016
On May 26, 2016, surrounded by family, Eileen Miller Stendig passed away from complications related to stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. She lived a rich and courageous life dedicated to family, community service, and education. Wife of Joseph L. Stendig who predeceased her, she leaves behind a beautiful legacy which includes 5 children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Her license...
Pamela Benton
May 22, 2016
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 3 PM from Mountain View Cemetery with Bishop Matthew Evans officiating. The family will have a visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home. Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main Street is serving the Benton family.
Willis Duncan
May 21, 2016
Mr. Willis James Duncan, age 90 of Dawsonville, GA, died Saturday, May 21, 2016 at his residence under Hospice care and with his family by his side. He was born in High Point, NC on January 6, 1926, a son of the late Herman Duncan and Tallie Duncan. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and...
Alma Williams
May 20, 2016
Alma Walters Williams, age 96, formerly of Sutherlin, VA passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 at The Carrington, Lynchburg, VA after five years of declining health. Born January 8, 1920, she was married to Philip Pierpont Williams who predeceased her January 5, 1998. She was the daughter of the late Joel Clarence and Ruby Richardson Walters. Before moving to The...
Jean Fowler
May 16, 2016
Millie Jean Gravely Fowler went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, May 16, 2016. She was born on February 11, 1933, in Pittsylvania County, VA. Beloved daughter and youngest child of the late Lewis Gravely, Sr. and Nena Byrd Gravely. Devoted wife of the late Thomas Langston Fowler for 50 years. She was the loving mother of...
Pauline Brumfield
May 13, 2016
Pauline Suit Brumfield, age 98 of 409 Wimbish Drive died on Friday, May 13, 2016 at the residence. She was born in Altavista on September 2, 1917, a daughter of the late James Garland Suit and Martha Williamson Suit. Pauline was retired from Dan River Mills having worked in the spinning room for many years. She was a member of...
Allen Pegram
May 10, 2016
Allen Clark Pegram, age 64, of 90 Baltimore Avenue died on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at his residence. He had been in declining health for the past year. He was born in Danville on August 27, 1952, a son of Janet Dix McCormack of Danville and the late Allen Clark Pegram. Mr. Pegram was a veteran of the United States...
Michael Flynn
May 7, 2016
Michael Edward Flynn received a re-assignment to one “Pearly Gates” on July 5th, 2016; this included an excellent benefits package and the opportunity to see some people he hadn’t seen in a while. He now has the leisure to play with all of his dogs and the chance to finally have a decent glass of brandy. Michael repeatedly insisted to...
Helen Gantsoudes
May 6, 2016
Helen Kanos Gantsoudes passed away peacefully at home on June 5, 2016. She was born in Fayetteville, NC on January 11, 1919 to Lucy Underwood Kanos , a native of Waynesville, NC, and James V. Kanos, an immigrant from central Greece. She was predeceased by her husband George, her sons James and Peter, her brother William Kanos and her sisters,...
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