Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
William Erwin
Jul 14, 2017
William James Erwin, Jr. passed away on Friday, July 14, 2017 at his beloved home “Creekside”, in Danville, VA. He was born in Chester, SC, a son of the late William James and Elizabeth Suttle Erwin. Bill was a graduate of McCallie in Chattanooga, TN. He graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, and loved his Tarheels. He also graduated from UVA’s...
Nellie Daniel
Jul 11, 2017
Nellie Ruth Stephens Daniel went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Born on February 3, 1935, in Delta County, TX, she was the tenth of twelve children and youngest daughter of the late James Stephens and Essie Pierce Stephens. She was the devoted wife to Lewis Oscar Daniel, Jr. for 63 years. Loving mother...
Thelma Dix
Jul 9, 2017
VIEW MEMORIAL TRIBUTE Thelma Pyrant Dix, 90, passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017 in Penn Nursing Center, Reidsville, NC. She was born in Caswell County, NC, a daughter of William Andrew Pyrant and Maude Buck Pyrant. Thelma was first employed at Dan River, Inc. and later with the Kroger until her retirement. She was an active member of Providence Baptist...
Judy Seymore
Jun 29, 2017
Judy G. Seymore, 64, of Danville, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Born in Danville on January 26, 1953, she was the daughter of the late George Cecil and Doris Chaney Seymore. Judy retired in 2000 from Danville Regional Medical Center as a Registered Nurse. She was member of Schoolfield Baptist Church. She was a very creative person...
Jayne Blair
Jun 27, 2017
Jayne Wentz Blair, age 73, of 37 Sanford Street, Danville, VA, passed away on June 27, 2017 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Blair was born on May 1, 1944 and was the daughter of Jerry E. Wentz, Sr. and the late Lelia B. Wentz. She is survived by her husband, Leslie Blair of the residence; her daughter, Tammy...
Lelia Coates
Jun 27, 2017
Lelia Slusher Coates, 95, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, June 27, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Coates; two special nephews, Danny and Jimmy Boothe; parents, William and Louise Slusher; brothers, Bill, Joe, Leo, Lewis and Tom Slusher; and two sisters, Betty Nester and Julia Ann Slusher. Lelia is survived by her brother and sister-in-law,...
Nancy Turner
Jun 19, 2017
Nancy Fitzgerald Turner, 97, died peacefully at her home in Pelham, NC on June 19, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, James Witcher Turner (2007) and her son, Dudley Pierce Turner (2013). She is survived by her sons James Witcher Turner, Jr., MD (Evelyn) of Oakton, VA, and Michael Vincent Turner (Stacey) of Dedham,...
Ellen Monnich
Jun 18, 2017
Ellen E. Monnich, 96, formerly of 207 Cline Street, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 in Riverside Health Care Center. She was born on January 30, 1921 in Washington, PA a daughter of the late Edward Greathouse and Elizabeth Margaret Levers Greathouse. On December 1, 1960 she married Carl William Monnich who predeceased her on October 26, 2000. She was...
Annie Hudson
Jun 17, 2017
Annie Brumfield Hudson, of 114 Wheatley Road, died on June 17, 2017, at Danville Regional Medical Center at the age of 95 years. Mrs. Hudson was born on December 2, 1921 in Danville, Virginia, a daughter of the late Beverly C. Brumfield and Pocahontas Grant Brumfield. She was married to John David Hudson, Sr., who predeceased her in 2004. She...
Thomas Wentz
Jun 14, 2017
Thomas Winston Wentz, 67, of Danville, Va., passed away on June 14, 2017. Mr. Wentz was born April 8, 1950, in Danville, Va. to Jerry E. and Lelia B. Wentz. He is survived by his father, Jerry E. Wentz, Sr.; one sister, Jayne Wentz Blair (Les) of Danville, and two brothers, Jerry E. Wentz, Jr. (Phyllis) of Danville and William...
Max Lassiter
Jun 11, 2017
Dr. Max Errington Lassiter died Monday, November 6, at 7:45 PM He was born on August 7, 1931, in Johnston County, North Carolina, the son of Blake Lassiter and Alma Sydney Creech Lassiter. He was the oldest and only son, and brother to five younger sisters: Shirley, Ruth, Sylvia, Sue, and Linda. Dr. Lassiter was a graduate of Four Oaks...
Joseph Davis
Jun 9, 2017
Joseph “Joey” Wayne Davis, 68, of 209 Wheatley Rd., Danville, VA, left for his heavenly home on September 6, 2017. He had been in declining health for the past three years. He was born in Danville, Virginia on December 28, 1948 to the late Joseph Scott Davis and Flossie Cassada Davis. He was predeceased by a brother, David Thomas Davis,...
Noah Gibson
Jun 4, 2017
Noah Francis Gibson, IV, MD, of Danville, Virginia—a loving husband, father, uncle, and friend—died on April 6, 2017, at Duke University Hospital after a brief illness. Born in 1946, the son of Noah Francis Gibson Jr. and Lydia Carroll Gibson, he grew up in Tatum, South Carolina, and graduated from Wofford College and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (now...
Beverley Talbott
Jun 3, 2017
Beverley Chewning Talbott, formerly of Danville, died peacefully at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond at age 87 on March 6th, 2017 after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis Garland Chewning and Mary Chenery Chewning. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Frank Talbott III; their children, Mary Beverley Talbott and Frank Talbott IV...
John Roberts
May 28, 2017
John Goode Roberts, Jr., age 98, passed away Sunday May 28, 2017, at home in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born June 9, 1918 in Windsor, Virginia to the late John. G. Roberts, Sr. and the late Marnie Chambers Wills Roberts. He was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Rountree Roberts, and granddaughter, Melissa Lanier. After graduating in 1939 with a B.S....
Mary Jefferson
May 12, 2017
Mary Evelyn Jefferson, of 1111 Main Street #502, Danville, VA, died at her home on December 5th, 2017. She was born in Danville and was the daughter of the late William Hundley Jefferson, Sr., and Alice Gunn Jefferson. She was a graduate of George Washington High School (Chatterbox editor and Salutatorian), Stratford College (Secretarial Science), University of North Carolina, Chapel...
Torlonia Crouch
May 8, 2017
Mrs. Torlonia (Toni) Apple Crouch, age 85 of 2340 West Sunrise Drive, Dry Fork, died on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at her residence after a short decline in health. Toni was born in Danville on April 12, 1932, a daughter of the late Robert Saunders Apple and Mary Ann Morris Apple. She retired from Maola Milk and Ice Cream in...
William Carter
Apr 30, 2017
William Fredrick “Freddy” Carter, Jr., 70, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Lynchburg General Hospital, after a decline in health for the past several years. He was born on March 9, 1947 in Danville, a son of the late William Fredrick “Billy” Carter and Irma East Carter. On August 24, 1968, he married the former Jean Nester, who survives...
Ruby Crowell
Apr 25, 2017
Ruby C. Crowell passed peacefully into God’s presence at her home on Tuesday, April, 25, 2017. She was a child of Grover Cleveland Colville and Sallie Payton Britt Colville, born on December 13, 1918 in Pitt County, North Carolina, She spent her early childhood at Hughes Memorial School where she always maintained warm and loving memories. She graduated from Whitmell...
George Evans
Apr 25, 2017
Mr. George Perry Evans, Sr., age 71 of Danville passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. George was born in Danville on December 23, 1945 a son of William Easley Evans and Lillian Tate Evans. He was a graduate of George Washington High School, worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He attended Blessed...
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