Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Katherine Fitzgerald
Dec 23, 2014
Katherine Harris Fitzgerald, "Cappy", 96, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2014 after battling dementia for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Leonard Kennedy Fitzgerald, known as "Dinks." Cappy was born in Danville, Virginia on September 17, 1918, the second of four daughters born to Katherine and Malcolm Harris. She attended Stratford College....
Linwood Wyatt
Dec 20, 2014
Linwood O. Wyatt of 214 Gatewood Rd. Providence, NC passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wyatt was born in Pittsylvania County on October 22, 1933 a son of the late George Ira Wyatt and Ora Brown Wyatt. He was married for 60 years to Barbara Smith Wyatt who survives. Mr. Wyatt worked as...
Mary Robertson
Dec 18, 2014
Mary Page Robertson, 88, residing in Sandusky, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 18, 2014 in Providence Care Center of Sandusky, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Robertson was born on November 20, 1926 in Danville and was the daughter of the late Jesse C. Ray and Elva Cummings Ray. She was a homemaker...
Lucia Waters
Dec 17, 2014
Lucia Marie Ready Waters, age 78, of Danville, VA, passed away on December 17, 2014, at Carolinas Specialty Hospital in Charlotte, NC, after a long battle with cancer. Born December 17, 1936, she was the daughter of Dr. I. E. and Marguerite Ready. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Epps and Jud Ready....
Frank Turner
Dec 15, 2014
Dr. Frank Graber Turner died Monday, December 15, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 13, 1930 in Lynchburg, VA, a son of Anderson Banks Turner and Dorothy Graber Turner of Danville. Dr. Turner was a graduate of George Washington High School, received his BA Degree from the University of Virginia and, while there, he was...
Sylvia South
Dec 13, 2014
Mrs. Sylvia Johnson South, age 76 of 222 Oak Creek Drive died Saturday, December 13, 2014 at her residence after a battle of five years with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born in Danville on October 8, 1938, a daughter of the late Thelbert Johnson and Helen Freeman Williams. Sylvia was retired as an aerobics instructor with the City of Danville...
O. Barbour
Dec 7, 2014
O.B. Barbour, Jr., 78 of 140 Brush Arbor Court was called to his heavenly home on July 12, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health. He was born in Danville VA on November 27, 1935, the son of the late Buford Barbour and Evelyn Warren Barbour. He retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1997...
John Fox
Dec 7, 2014
John Joseph Fox, Jr., 66, of 496 Hawthorne Drive, died suddenly in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, July 12, 2014. Beloved husband of Jane Leonard Fox and father of John Daniel of Winston-Salem, NC and Jessica Lynn of Raleigh, NC. John is survived by his mother Evalyn Marie Berlenbach and stepfather Francis Berlenbach of Toms River, NJ and siblings: Kathleen Harper...
Ernie Brumfield
Dec 6, 2014
Ernie Dean Brumfield, 61, passed away at his residence on June 12, 2014. He was born on March 14, 1953 in Danville to the late Albert and Hortense Brumfield. He is survived by his wife, Katherine Brumfield and a daughter, Shaleigh Brumfield.
William E. Haymes
Dec 6, 2014
William "Bill" Edmund Haymes, 92, of Richmond passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Westminster Canterbury Richmond. Bill was born on October 13, 1921, in Danville, Virginia, to the late William A. Haymes and Maude Hicks Haymes and was preceded in death by a brother, Richard L Haymes. He grew up and attended school in the Danville area...
Martha Gibson
Dec 5, 2014
Martha Leigh Gibson, a life-long resident of Danville, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 12, 2014, while a patient in Danville Regional Medical Center. Born December 21, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie George and Susie Ball Gibson. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her only brother, Louis. Miss Gibson...
Delano Cocke
Dec 4, 2014
Delano "Del" Stone Cocke, age 80 of 4180 Riverside Drive, Danville, VA peacefully passed away April 12, 2014 after a brief stay at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Gretna, VA on July 24, 1933 to the late Peatross and Ruth Cocke. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Nancy Simpson Cocke, and two...
Hugh Miller
Dec 2, 2014
It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of our father "Sonny" on Feb. 12, 2014. He was born on Oct. 26, 1933 to Kemp and Nell Barnes Miller. He attended Brosville High School and Richmond Technical Institute. He worked as a construction manager overseeing various large projects on the East Coast, with particular pride the Dedmon Center at...
Ella Willis
Dec 2, 2014
Mrs. Ella Brackin Willis of 321 Wrenn Drive went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Danville on May 19, 1932, a daughter of the late John Marvin Brackin and Mabel Dixon Brackin. Mrs. Willis was a member of United Baptist Church and was a graduate of Stratford...
Maggie Collis
Nov 30, 2014
Maggie Stephens Collis of Stratford House in Danville, Virginia and more recently of Snyder Nursing Home in Salem, Virginia passed Sunday evening, November the 30th. Maggie was born June 6, 1917, in Danville. She was the daughter of James Arthur Thomas and Levada Royal Thomas. She was the last surviving member of her birth family which included one brother and...
Lowell Miller
Nov 27, 2014
Lowell Thomas "Tommy" Miller II, 55, of 148 Summit Road, Danville, VA died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Born September 26, 1959, he was the son of the late Lowell Thomas Miller and Joyce Miller. Tommy was born in South Hill, Virginia, and graduated in 1979 from George Washington High School. He was a long-time resident...
Max Littlejohn
Nov 24, 2014
Mr. Max C. Littlejohn of Danville died Monday, 11-24-14 at his daughter's residence in Mechanicsville, VA after being placed on hospice care. He had been in declining heath for several months. Mr. Littlejohn was born in Woodruff, SC on December 19, 1928, a son of the late Robert Arthur Littlejohn and Janie May Mason Littlejohn. He was married to the...
Erma Cole
Nov 22, 2014
Erma Hazel Davis Cole, formerly of 1779 South Boston Road died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. She had been a patient since 2006 when her health started to fail. Mrs. Cole was born January 11, 1921 in Pittsylvania County, VA in the Laurel Grove Community to the late Herbert Coleman Davis and Bertha Lewis Davis....
Mary Cotton
Nov 21, 2014
Mary Frances Cotton of Danville departed this life on November 21, 2014 She was born in Franklinton, North Carolina, a daughter of Henry E. Pearce and Minnie Kearney Pearce. On April 6, 1948 she became the bride of Joe G. Cotton, a childhood sweetheart. They moved to Danville in 1949. Mrs. Cotton was a graduate of Franklinton High School and...
Judy Tuck
Nov 17, 2014
Judy Lewis Tuck, age 66, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at her residence after a decline in health for the past 3 years. She was born in Danville, Va. on January 16, 1948, a daughter of the late Calvin Fuller Lewis and Clara Royster Lewis. Judy was married to Harry Brooks, Jr. who passed away on August 30, 1984....
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