Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Gordon Scott
Feb 13, 2014
Mr. Gordon W. Scott of 698 Ferry Road died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health. Mr. Scott was born in Danville on August 12, 1929, a son of the late Walter Roy Scott and Maude Gordon Scott. A veteran of World War II having served in the United States Marine Corps and...
Doris Smith
Feb 11, 2014
Doris Blue Smith, 84, of 110 Pendleton Rd, passed away at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, NC on Sunday, November 2, 2014. She was born in Vardaman, Mississippi on July 6, 1930, to the late Earl and Lorene Blue. She grew up on a cotton farm, where her parents were also school teachers. She was valedictorian of her High School class...
Ellen Barksdale
Feb 10, 2014
Ellen Branch Barksdale passed peacefully at home surrounded by her family and dog, Lucy, on October 2, 2014 after a fearless battle with breast cancer. She was born May 22, 1947 in Franklin, VA. At the age of two, her family moved to Rocky Mount, NC where she grew up. Ellen was a graduate of East Carolina University and received...
Harvey Daniel
Feb 8, 2014
Harvey Reaves Daniel, 83, of 564 Parker Road, Danville, VA, went to be with The Lord on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 2, 1931, in Pittsylvania County to the late Charlie Harvey Daniel and Lizzie Goard Daniel. He married the love of his life, Muriel Taylor Daniel on August 2, 1950....
Margaret Lanham
Feb 6, 2014
Dr. Margaret Merryman Lanham, 98, died peacefully on Monday, June 2, 2014, at the home of her niece in Emory, VA. Born on July 8, 1915 in Spartanburg, SC, Dr. Lanham was the daughter of Samuel Tucker Lanham and Edith Campbell Crane Lanham. She had a great and life-long love of learning, earning an English degree at Converse College, and...
Jerry Collins
Feb 6, 2014
Jerry L Collins, 55, of Providence NC passed away on June 2, 2014. He is survived by two daughters, Tubble Cardwell and Genie Cook, and 5 grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 10 at 6pm at Friendship Baptist Church, 486 Stephens St., Danville VA. The family will be at 250 Walters Mill Rd, Providence, NC. In lieu...
Wade Blair
Feb 5, 2014
Wade Thomas Blair Jr., 86, of 2537 Hinesville Road, Danville VA died on May 2, 2014. WT was born August 2, 1927 in Pittsylvania County, son of Wade Thomas Blair Sr. and Elsie Martin Blair. Surviving is his wife, Hilda Hylton Blair whom he married on March 28, 1948. After 46 years of service as Supervisor, WT retired from Dan...
Paschal Anderson
Jan 28, 2014
Paschal Lanier Anderson, Jr., 99, of Stratford House died January 28, 2014. Born August 30, 1914, in Danville, VA, he was the son and only child of Pascal Lawrence Anderson and Ellen Hawkins Anderson. Living his entire life in Danville, he attended the city schools. While acquiring his degree from the University of Richmond, he was a member of Kappa...
Judith Yeaman
Jan 28, 2014
Judith Lee Hundley Yeaman passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. After a 3 month battle with leukemia, she went home to be with the Lord. She was born on February 10, 1943, a daughter of Malcolm and Clarice Brumfield Hundley. She was predeceased by her father Malcolm and her sister Brenda Pobol....
Alease Carroll
Jan 27, 2014
Alease Loftis Carroll, 91, formerly of 1588 Park Springs Road, Providence, NC died Monday, January 27, 2014 in Emeritus of Danville where she had been a resident since 2008. She was born on May 5, 1922 in Brown Summit, NC a daughter of the late Percy Loftis and Corrie Rumley Loftis. On July 2, 1942 she married Raymond Henderson Caroll...
Starlene Tomer
Jan 27, 2014
Starlene "Star" Jane Adams Tomer, 63, of Danville, Virginia, passed away at her home on January 27, 2014, following a long illness. She was born on April 7, 1950, in Akron, Ohio. She is survived by one daughter, Donnamarie Tomer Nobili, of Charlotte, NC; one son, Adam Tomer of Danville; three grandsons, Harmon, Reed and Bayne of Charlotte, NC; and...
Frances Pruitt
Jan 20, 2014
Frances Jarrett Pruitt passed away January 20, 2014 at her residence. She was born April 17, 1925, the only child of the late Jesse Ben Jarrett and Beatrice Petty Jarrett. She was married on June 16, 1946 to Sam S. Pruitt, who predeceased her on March 26, 2010. Frances was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and the...
Virginia Hylton
Jan 17, 2014
Virginia Ashworth Hylton died on Friday, January 17. She was born July 31, 1926 in Pittsylvania County to William Henry Ashworth and Hattie Cassada Ashworth. On December 24, 1943 she married Charles Dickerson Hylton, Jr. Ginny was devoted to her family and dedicated her life to making a home for them. She was an avid golfer and bridge player. She...
Iris Pryor
Jan 9, 2014
Iris Crawley Pryor of Pelham, NC died Monday, September 1, 2014. Services will be held Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 11:00 am at Pelham United Methodist Church with the Reverend Larry Durham officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday September 3, 2014 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm at Pelham United Methodist Church. She was born...
Ronald Phillips
Jan 3, 2014
RONALD WALKER PHILLIPS , 66, of 321 Seminole Trail, died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Surviving are his mother, Roberta ("Birdie") Brown and a large extended family of aunts, cousins, and friends. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 2 PM, at Townes Memorial Chapel with Reverend Ron Mateer...
Justin Walters
Dec 29, 2013
Justin Clay Walters, 31, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 29, 2013, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 2, 1982 in Danville, VA. He is survived by his mother and father, June Cardwell Walters and John C. Walters of Ringgold, VA; maternal grandmother Carolyn S. Cardwell of Ringgold, VA;...
Douglas Hayes
Dec 21, 2013
"Anchors Aweigh" Douglas Sager Hayes March 22, 1926 - December 21, 2013 On Saturday, December 21, 2013 another Naval warrior of World War II cast off his earthly form and embarked for his eternal reunion with his beloved wife Mickey who predeceased him on August 6, 2011. Doug was born in Schoolfield mill village on March 22, 1926 to the...
Erika Blanchard
Dec 21, 2013
Erika Doris Blanchard, age 81 of 107 Edgewood Drive, Halifax, VA died on Saturday, December 21, 2013 after a decline in health. She was born in Unna, Germany on December 11, 1932, a daughter of the late Georg Eckhardt and Emma Eckhardt. Retired in 2000 from the United States Marine Corps as a civilian associate. She was a member of...
George Sowers
Dec 20, 2013
. George Leslie Sowers, 90, of Danville, VA passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013. He was born in Amelia County, VA on December 14, 1923. He saw action in the Philippine Theater with the Army during World War II. He went on to become a Greyhound Bus Driver until retirement after 38 years. He was a long time member...
Willard Cousins
Dec 19, 2013
Willard Victor Cousins, Jr. died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, after being in declining health for the past two years. He was born in Republican Grove, VA on June 18, 1932. He was a son of the late Willard V. Cousins, Sr. and Emma Lee Cousins. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by...
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