Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
George Lewis
Oct 30, 2014
George Frank Lewis Sr., age 90, of Abingdon Place of Danville, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the Salem V.A. Hospital, Salem, Va. He was born on February 13, 1924 in Pittsylvania County, to the late James M. Lewis and Mary Woody Lewis. He was married to Dorothy Davis Lewis who predeceased him on November 21, 2013. Mr. Lewis was...
Lillian Mccann
Oct 28, 2014
Lillian Evans Haymore McCann passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Mamaw, as she was affectionately called by many, was born on July 8, 1922, in West Virginia, a daughter of the late Thomas and Carrie Tate. Mamaw loved her 5 children,8 grandchildren Mitch, George, Roman, Chuck, Stacey, Mark, Kelly and Sarah, 10 great-grandchildren, friends and neighbors. She is survived by...
Linda Spangler
Oct 27, 2014
Linda Joyce Spangler passed away at her Dad's home on October 27, 2014 after a brief illness. Miss Spangler was born on September 8, 1950 in Riverside, Ca., a daughter of David M. and the late L. Joyce Spangler. She was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and worked as an administrator in health care. She was also...
Joan Daniels
Oct 26, 2014
Joan Collie Daniels passed away on October 26, 2014 at her home. She was born on June 27, 1954 in Farmville, Virginia. The daughter of Pauline T. Collie and the late William C. Collie, Sr. of Chase City, Virginia. She is survived by her husband Brett, daughter Courtney, grandson Evan, brother William "Bill" Collie, Jr (Brenda), sister Mary Ann St....
Lawrence Wilson
Oct 25, 2014
Lawrence "Larry" Girard Wilson, Jr. died October 25, 2014. Mr. Wilson was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence "Lefty" Girard Wilson, Sr. He was born April 14, 1934 in Danville, Virginia. On December 30, 1958 he married Elizabeth "Betzy" Temple. Mr. Wilson was a 1952 graduate of George Washington High School where he was a member of...
John Barnett
Oct 23, 2014
John P. "Jack" Barnett died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg. Born on April 29, 1937 in Danville, Va., he was a son of the late Ewen P. Barnett and Lois Pruitt Barnett. In addition to his parents he was also predeceased by a brother E. P Barnett Jr. He was a lifelong Danville resident, a graduate...
Evelyn Bryant
Oct 23, 2014
Evelyn Hawkins Bryant, age 57, died suddenly from injuries sustained from an automobile accident on Thursday, October 23, 2014. She was born in Arlington, VA on May 1, 1957, the daughter of the late James William Hawkins and Myrene Nostrandt Hawkins. She was married to Wayne M. Bryant on April 14, 1978 who survives of the home. She was employed...
Dorothy Plott
Oct 23, 2014
Dorothy Collie Plott, age 97 died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Halifax County, VA; she was the daughter of the late John Spencer Collie and Nettie Hendricks Collie. On August 1, 1939 she married the late Thomas Julian Plott, Her husband of 65 years. She was a retired registered nurse, graduating from...
Daniel Vicks
Oct 23, 2014
Daniel Lewis Vicks, age 90, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born on May 23, 1924, in Halifax, Va. a son of the late Charlie James Vicks Jr. and Mary Stover Harris Vicks. On March 11, 1943, he married Bessie Moore Vicks who passed away on December 29, 2006. Mr. Vicks had been a...
Lois Shelhorse
Oct 22, 2014
Lois Ridgeway Finney Shelhorse died on October 22, 2014 at Stanleytown Healthcare Center in Bassett, VA. She had been in declining health for several years. She was born on January 31, 1927, in Danville, VA, daughter of the late Joseph Walter Ridgeway and Maggie Ingram Ridgeway. She was married to the late W. T. (Dood) Finney for over 50 years....
Robert Turner
Oct 15, 2014
Robert E. Turner III, "Papa", devoted husband and loving father and grandfather, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at his home in Danville, Virginia, after a brief decline in health. Ed was born July 8, 1923 in Danville, a son of Robert E. Turner, Jr. and Lena Scott Stultz Turner. He was educated at Danville Military Institute and was privileged...
Herman Parker
Oct 15, 2014
Herman W. Parker, of Danville, passed away at Danville Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. He was born in Reidsville, NC, on May 12, 1931, a son of the late James Burley Parker and Sally Dove Parker. In addition to his parents he was also predeceased by two brothers, Rhether Parker and Ralph Parker; and two sisters Mildred...
Bill Moss
Oct 15, 2014
Bill Edward Moss, 67, of Ringgold, Va., went home to be with his heavenly Father on October 15, 2014 at his home after a year long battle with cancer. He was born in Danville, Va. on January 26, 1947 to the late Dewey Preston Moss and Oma Anderson Moss. Bill was a graduate of Tunstall High School and served his...
Harold Wood
Oct 13, 2014
Harold Louis Wood, 93, of 246 Arnett Blvd., died Monday, October 13, 2014 in Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He was born on December 9, 1920 in Pittsylvania County, Va., a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Wood and Lottie Gregory Wood After graduating from high school, he joined the Virginia National Guard. He was a charter member...
William Willis
Oct 12, 2014
Mr. William "Cleo" Willis Sr. of 321 Wrenn Drive went to be with his Lord and his wife Ella on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center due to a decline in health. He was born July 26, 1933, a son of the late John B. Willis and Maude B. Willis. On August 31, 1956 he married Ella...
Mary Markham
Oct 10, 2014
Mrs. Mary DeVanno Markham, age 83 of Danville, VA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, October 10, 2014 at home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Harrison, NY to the late Michael DeVanno and Francis DeLucia DeVanno. Mrs. Markham was married to Curtis E. Markham on August 28, 1949 who preceded her in...
Inez Calvert
Oct 3, 2014
Inez Poteat Calvert, age 85, died Monday, March 10, 2014 in Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro, NC. She was born on June 4, 1928 in Semora, NC a daughter of the late George Albert Poteat and Cora Bryant Poteat. On April 8, 1949 she married Lynn Stanley Calvert who predeceased her on April 29, 1999. She was a member of...
Mary Long
Sep 30, 2014
Mary Hudgins Long, 94, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born on December 6, 1919, in Norristown, PA, a daughter of Archie Hudgins and Anna Flanigan Hudgins. On July 27, 1940, she married Elrod M. Long, who predeceased her on March 14, 1997. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased...
Bennie Hayden
Sep 27, 2014
Bennie K. Hayden, 94, of Danville, Va. passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hayden was born in Danville, Va. on January 9, 1920, son of Mary Caroline Pruitt Hayden and Charles Lewis Hayden. He graduated from George Washington High School. After joining the National Guard (246th Coast Artillery) in 1937 he was called...
Katherine Land
Sep 26, 2014
Katherine Land, age 69 died September 26, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. She was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, and educated in Danville Public Schools and received a B. A. from Mount Holyoke College. She was predeceased by her parents, William E. Land and Dorothy S. Land, and by her brother, Arthur Stilson Land. She is survived by her husband, Fred W....
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