Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Frederick Roth
May 30, 2014
Mr. Frederick John Roth, III, 71, of Clemmons, NC and Keeling, Va. passed away on Friday, May 30, 2014 in the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Care Unit after a valiant struggle with Frontal-temporal Brain Degeneration. Mr. Roth was born a prisoner of war in a Japanese concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands on July 28, 1942. His father, Army 2nd...
Joseph Mckinney
May 19, 2014
Joseph Melvin McKinney,90,of Danville, VA went home to be with The Lord on Monday, May 19,2014. A husband of 54 years and father of two, he is survived by his wife Barbara McKinney of Danville, VA; his son Joseph McKinney (Rose) of Gretna, VA; his daughter Brenda Lane (Jim) of Stafford, VA; 9 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren. A graveside...
Linwood Williams
May 15, 2014
Mr. Linwood Hansel Williams Jr. of 3225 Cedar Road, Ringgold, VA died peacefully in his home Thursday, May 15, 2014. He was born February 3, 1928 in Pittsylvania County to the late Linwood Hansel Williams Sr. and Ethel McClanahan Williams. Two brothers, Herbert Lee Williams and Merton Williams, predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Agnes Williams, two sons,...
Richard Newton
May 12, 2014
Richard Burnet Newton ,90, of Danville VA passed away peacefully on December 5, 2014 at Riverside Heath and Rehabilitation Center. "Bud" as most knew him was born March 19, 1924 in Hartford, CT, to the late Helen and Theodore Newton. Bud served in the US Army during WWII, stationed in England, Germany and France. Upon his return he worked in...
Marvin Kilgore
May 12, 2014
Mr. Marvin Lee Kilgore of 1061 Lester Road, Chatham departed this life for eternal peace Friday, December 5, 2014 at his residence after a decline in health. Mr. Kilgore was born in Seneca, SC on April 10, 1924, son of the late Arthur Lee Kilgore and Fannie Mae Hunnicutt Kilgore. Mr. Kilgore was married to the late Theresa Eileen Kilgore....
Harry Nelson
May 9, 2014
Harry Nelson, 91, of 892 Luna Lake Rd., Danville, VA passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a two-month decline in health. Mr. Nelson was born on August 9, 1923 to the late William Walter Nelson and the late Clara Frances Nelson. He spent his entire life in the Danville area. He served two...
Pleasant Green
May 7, 2014
Pleasant Daniel Green, 91, of 12253 Mount Cross Road, died Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Danville Regional Medical Center. Born June 10, 1923 in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of Jesse and Ola Green, both deceased. He lived his entire life in Pittsylvania County. He was co-owner and co-operator of Green & Arnn Sunshine Dairy and Green & Arnn...
Edward Kodejs
May 6, 2014
Edward Kodejs, 93, of Danville, VA died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at his home in accordance with his wishes. Born in Crete, Nebraska, on March 8, 1921, he was the first born of four to Joseph Kodejs and Emma Daniel Kodejs. Ed was raised on a farm in Pleasant Dale, Nebraska. At the age of 11 he was plowing fields...
David Coplin
May 4, 2014
It is with profound sorrow that the family announces the passing of David R. Coplin on Saturday, April 5, 2014. David, 69, of 123 Ferguson Court, Danville, Virginia. Entered into rest at his residence after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on March 30th 1945, he was the son of the late Mary and Bernard Coplin. David...
Frank Grogan
May 3, 2014
Frank T. Grogan Jr., 90, of Danville,VA, died on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 after being in declining health for the past year. He was receiving care at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC, at the time of his death. He was born in Danville, VA on October 27, 1923; a son of the late Frank T. Grogan Sr. and the...
Jo Palmer
May 2, 2014
Jo Marilyn Rigg Palmer passed away on February 5, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center at the age of 87. Born August 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Orville Lee Rigg and Lavonna Creighton Rigg. She was educated in the Maywood, Illinois public school system and subsequently matriculated at the University...
Clara Lewis
Apr 30, 2014
Clara Royster Lewis, age 90 of 768 Arlington Road died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Lewis was born in Danville on April 24, 1924, a daughter of the late Maude Slade Royster and Jesse Carr Royster. Mrs. Lewis was a lifelong member of Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church and held many offices over the years....
Hermis Mcgee
Apr 23, 2014
Hermis Estel McGee, 79, of 141 Laramie Circle, Danville, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. He was born on March 17, 1935, in Wise County, Virginia to the late Sebastian McGee and Callie Evans McGee. He was married to Marie McGee who survives of the home. Mr. McGee worked for Disston, Inc for ten years...
Katherine Fulton
Apr 23, 2014
Katherine Anderson Fulton passed away on April 23, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born in Danville on July 5, 1922 to the late Samuel Ellis Anderson and Mary Lucretia Reaves. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, James Hall Fulton, her daughter, Mary Katherine Fulton Talton, and two brothers, Bruce...
George Mowbray
Apr 21, 2014
George B. Mowbray, III passed peacefully away at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC on April 21, 2014 after several years of failing health. George was born in Danville on July 8, 1962, the son of the late George B. Mowbray, Jr. who died in 1978 and his Mother Barbara M. Brown of Danville. Besides his Father he was predeceased...
James Wilson
Apr 19, 2014
James Hugh Wilson, 68, resident of Georgia, native of Virginia, died April 19, 2014. He was born on August 22, 1945, a son of Nola I. Scarce and the late Hugh Wilson. He was preceded in death by his younger brother, Terrell B. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is survived his daughter, Penny R. Wilson; son, Bobby Wilson; brother, Lawrence G. Wilson;...
Eunice Foster
Apr 17, 2014
Eunice Dunn Foster, 91, went to be with her Lord on April 17, 2014. She had been a resident of Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, VA, since October 2009. She was born on October 2, 1922, the daughter of Elizabeth Barker Dunn and Lester McKinley Dunn. She lived her entire life in the Ringgold community of Pittsylvania County where...
Lewis Handy
Apr 15, 2014
Mr. Lewis Randolph "Randy" Handy, age 78 of 116 Parkmoor Court died on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Inc. Mr. Handy was born in Ferrum, VA on September 23, 1935, a son of the late James A. Handy and Hattie May Via Handy. He graduated from Ferrum College in l956 and served in...
James Davis
Apr 11, 2014
James Louis Davis, Jr., age 81, passed away at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Virginia on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky on May 29, 1933 to the late James L. Davis, Sr. and Elsie Walker Davis. He was a graduate of Williamsburg (Kentucky) High School, Cumberland College, Union College, George Peabody College for...
Charles Womack
Apr 8, 2014
Charles A. "Zan" Womack Jr. of Maple Lane in Danville died Aug. 4, 2014, following a brief illness. Womack, 71,owned the Star-Tribune in Chatham and Caswell Messenger in Yanceyville, N.C., and 13 other weekly newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina. As chairman of Womack Publishing Company Inc., he will be remembered as a true newspaperman who dedicated his life to...
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