Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Sylvia Gibbs
Jan 14, 2013
Sylvia Watson Gibbs Mrs. Sylvia Watson Gibbs, 85, widow of John Currie Gibbs, passed away quietly on January 14, 2013 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home after being in declining health for the past six months. Mrs. Gibbs was born on April 1, 1927 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England to Sarah Short and Thomas Watson. During World War II, she met John Currie...
John Cole
Jan 11, 2013
Mr. John Davis (Dave) Cole, age 67 died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC from complications from heart surgery. Mr. Cole was born in Portsmouth, VA on September 3, 1946, a son of Erma Davis Cole of Danville and the late John Letcher Cole. Mr. Cole was retired from Export Leaf Tobacco Company as a...
Frances Waller
Jan 10, 2013
Frances Mason Waller passed away at home on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Known as Fran or Frannie to her friends, Mrs. Waller was born the youngest of five children on March 12, 1928, in Richmond. Her father was a family doctor born in 1880, her mother the author of two well-regarded historical books. Growing up, Mrs. Waller attended Collegiate School...
Doris Alden
Jan 9, 2013
Doris Wyatt Alden, 87, of 6600 Earnhardt Drive, Greensboro, NC, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2013 at her residence. She was born on November 2, 1925 in Danville, VA, a daughter of Walter E. Wyatt, Sr. and Eliza Austin Wyatt. Doris was married to Roger Bacon Alden on March 9, 1947. Roger passed away on June 8, 2011. She was...
Brantley Batterman
Jan 2, 2013
Mr. Brantley Keen Batterman of 211 Salisbury Circle died Friday, February 1, 2013 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home after a decline in health. Before being admitted to Roman Eagle Memorial Home he had been a patient at Duke University Medical Center. Mr. Batterman was born in Ringgold on April 22, 1933, a son of the late Hattie Beatrice Keen Batterman...
Clarence Moretz
Jan 1, 2013
Clarence L. (Pete) Moretz passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. A son of the late Willard Monroe and Nannie Bell Moretz, he was born in Dante, Virginia, on December 11, l933. In addition to his parents, six brothers, and five sisters, Mr. Moretz was predeceded in death by a son, Clarence L., Jr. Survivors include his wife of...
Douglas Wilson
Jan 1, 2013
Douglas Earl Wilson Mr. Douglas Earl Wilson of 520 Ferry Road died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC after a decline in health. Mr. Wilson was transferred from Danville Regional Medical Center because of complications from surgery. He was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on April 10, 1938, a son of Frances Wilson Bates of...
Wendell Smith
Dec 30, 2012
Wendell Benjamin Smith, age 98, of Danville, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home. Born on April 26, 1914 in PenHook, VA, he was a son of the late William Benjamin Smith and Frances Sophia Machenheimer Smith. He was married to the late Elsie R. Smith. A graduate of E. C. Glass High School, his first ninety-one...
William Haynsworth
Dec 29, 2012
William Harden Haynsworth, 81, went to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior, Saturday, December 29th, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born June 5, 1931, in Danville, Virginia, he was the son of Helen Harden Haynsworth and Charles Riley Haynsworth. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother Charles Riley Haynsworth, Jr....
Dorothy Setliff
Dec 16, 2012
Dorothy Daniels Setliff, 83, of 1323 Ferry Road, Danville, died December 16, 2012 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born, March 10, 1929 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the lateTera Bartee Daniels and Harry R. Daniels. She attended Ferry Road Friends Church where she sang in the choir. She worked at Belks for many years. She was...
Phillip Duckett
Dec 16, 2012
Reverend Dr. Phillip A. Duckett, Sr., of Danville, Virginia passed away on December 16, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Dr. Duckett was born July 18, 1929 in Union, South Carolina. He served as a minister in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. He was a member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church in Danville. He is survived by his wife...
Edward Martin
Dec 15, 2012
Edward Neal Martin, 89, passed away peacefully in Cary, NC, on Saturday, December 15, 2012. He was born on December 3, 1923, in Danville, Virginia to the late Arie Stanfield Martin and Edward Moir Martin. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 68 years, Dorothy Biles Martin. Neal was a graduate of George Washington High School,...
Jeanne Hall
Nov 29, 2012
Jeanne Compton Hall of Danville was called to heaven November 29, 2012. Mrs. Hall was born in Danville on July 11, 1947, a daughter of the late Grover Thomas Compton and Essie (Sister) Tanksley Compton. She was of the Baptist faith. Jeanne was married to her loving husband Thomas "Buddy" Hall for 44 years. She left behind a legacy of...
Glenn Mcdonald
Nov 29, 2012
Beloved Husband, Father and Papa, Glenn D. McDonald went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 29, 2012. He was born on December 16, 1924 to George Dewey McDonald and Willa Lamb McDonald. He was the last living member of his family of two brothers and one sister. Two sons, Glenn Dewey McDonald and Gregory Dale McDonald...
Thornton Chaney
Nov 26, 2012
On November 26, 2012, following an illness of ten days, Thornton Wilson Chaney, Sr. of 1320 Cedar Road, Ringgold, VA, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mr. Chaney was attended by his lovely wife of 69 years, Lura Gibson Chaney and other relatives and friends. He was born to Alex C. Chaney and Sally Parson Chaney...
Ross Range
Nov 25, 2012
Rev. Dr. Ross Landon Range, Sr., 95, of 103 Westridge Drive, died Sunday, November 25, 2012. Born July 9, 1917 in Woodford County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Jacob Landon Range and Luvena Sewell Range of Woodford County, Kentucky. His wife Ruth Clark Range preceded him in death, after 60 years of marriage, on November 13, 1996,...
Susan Donelson
Nov 20, 2012
Susan S. Donelson of 415 Lands End Circle, Union Hall Virginia, went to be with the Lord on November 20, 2012. She was born on May 29, 1953 in Soperton, Georgia. She graduated from Treutlen High School and attended Berry College. Her friends and family will remember her beautiful and joyous spirit. Susan was blessed with the gift of discernment...
Bettie Wyatt
Nov 13, 2012
Bettie Anderson Wyatt, 74, of Vernon Hill, Virginia, did Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at her residence after a decline in health. She was born on October 1, 1938, in Halifax County, VA, a daughter of the late Joseph McDannald Anderson, Sr. and Frances Perkins Anderson. She worked at Craddock Terry Shoe Manufacturing Company from the age of 18 until they...
Malcolm Jones
Oct 28, 2012
Malcolm W. Jones Jr., 84, of 307 Clover Lane, Danville, VA passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at this residence after a decline in health for the last few months. He had been an esophageal cancer survivor for the past 21 years. Mr. Jones was born in Danville, VA on April 19, 1928 a son of the late Malcolm W....
Harriet Haynesworth
Oct 27, 2012
Harriet Newton Harper Haynsworth Harriet Newton Harper Haynsworth, 85, went to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior, Saturday, October 27th, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born June 6, 1927, in Danville, Virginia, she was the daughter of Harriet Hylton Harper and Dr. Robert Newton Harper. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by...
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