Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Raymond Poteat
Mar 27, 2014
Raymond Kennon Poteat, Sr. passed away unexpectedly Thursday evening, March 27, 2014 in the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. He was born on March 20, 1923 in Semora, NC a son of the late George Albert Poteat and Cora Bryant Poteat. On September 20, 1941 he married Eunice Parrott "Polly" Poteat who passed away on September 24, 2002. In...
John Wickre
Mar 23, 2014
John Lee (Jack) Wickre, 87, died March 23, 2014 in a Durham hospital. Born in Norfolk, VA he was the son of Eric and Katherine Wickre. He graduated from RPI (VCU) in 1951 after serving in the US Navy during World War II aboard the Hospital Ship Sanctuary. Jack worked for the Norfolk Juvenile Court as Court Administrator before building...
Jack Waddell
Mar 21, 2014
The Reverend Jack Newton Waddell, 73, passed away Friday, March 21, 2014 in the UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born on June 3, 1940 in Pemberton, WVA a son of the late Jeder Pritchard Waddell and Lina Cook Waddell. On June 3, 1961 he married Maribelle Jolly Waddell who predeceased him on November 18, 2005. On August...
Jennie Rogers
Mar 12, 2014
Mrs. Jennie Gettys Rogers of 324 Virginia Avenue died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Knoxville, TN on November 10, 1942, a daughter of the late James Evans Gettys and Jane Ashe Gettys. . Mrs. Rogers was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was a Master...
Thelma Cassada
Mar 4, 2014
Thelma Louise Ferguson Cassada, 81 of 110 Vine Circle, Danvile, VA died on April 3, 2014 at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA. She was born on December 9, 1932 in Pittsylvania County to the late Acie T. Ferguson and Lizzie Eva Brown Ferguson. Mrs. Cassada retired from Pittsylvania County Service Authority after 26 years service. She was a member of...
Alyce Roach
Mar 4, 2014
Alyce Amory Roach, age 92, departed this life on April 3, 2014 in Richmond, VA. She was born November 28, 1921 to George Washington & Alma Lockard Amory. Raised in Hampton VA, Alyce as a young bride moved to Danville, VA where she resided for over 60 years. Her husband, O. Lewis Roach, Jr., and her parents, preceded her in...
Robert Fowlkes
Mar 1, 2014
Robert D. "Bob" Fowlkes died Friday, January 3, 2014 in the Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center after a decline in health. He was born on January 3, 1932 in Danville, VA to the late Albert Rosser Fowlkes, Sr. and Mary Kathryn Smith Fowlkes. Bob graduated from George Washington High School in 1952 and from Virginia Tech in 1956...
Joseph Yeatts
Feb 25, 2014
Mr. Joseph (Joe) C. Yeatts of 811 Kristen Lane, Danville, VA died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Durham, NC surrounded by his family and friends. Mr. Yeatts was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, March 22, 1923. He was the son of the late Charles Samuel Yeatts and Addie Stowe Yeatts. He was married to Irene...
Katherine Adkins
Feb 22, 2014
Katherine "Katie" Moore Adkins, 92, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014 in the Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on February 20, 1922 in Halifax County, VA, a daughter of the late Walter Henry Moore and Minnie Whitlow Moore. Katie was married for 37 years to James Lanier Adkins who predeceased her in February 1982. They...
Odessa Clifton
Feb 20, 2014
Odessa Jackson Clifton (97) loving sister, aunt, sister-in-law and dear friend to many passed away peacefully at Danville Regional Medical Center on February 20, 2014. She formally resided at Abingdon Place and been a resident of Riverside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center since August 2013. Odessa was born on December 2. 1916 in Greer, South Carolina and later moved at an...
Bertha Brown
Feb 19, 2014
Bertha Adkins Brown, age 92, of 4348 Franklin Turnpike, Danville, VA , died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Mrs. Brown was born October 23, 1921, in Pittsylvania County to the late Elisha and Mary Lou Adkins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Henry Brown, her sister...
Rayford Daniels
Feb 18, 2014
Rayford Wiseman Daniels, 92, of 2849 Westover Drive, Danville, VA, died Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Born May 1, 1921 in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of the late Harry Rayford Daniels and Tera Bartee Daniels. He was also predeceased by his daughter, Beth Jane Daniels Fuquay, two brothers, Herbert Langston Daniels and Douglas Harry...
Hazel Gibson
Feb 14, 2014
Hazel Milam Gibson, 88, formerly of Ringgold, Virginia, died Friday, February 14, 2014, at Roman Eagle Memorial Home. Born on April 12, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Milam and Virginia Booth Milam. After graduation from Dan River High School, she was employed by Dan River Mills, until her retirement, as Stitcher Operator No. 4 in...
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...
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