Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Thelma Wyatt
Feb 1, 2013
Thelma Henry Wyatt Thelma Henry Wyatt, age 101, of 154 Howeland Circle, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at her residence. She was born November 29, 1911, a daughter of Charles D. Henry and Hattie Newby Henry. On October 23, 1932 she married Garnett Earl Wyatt, who predeceased her May 30, 1980. Thelma was a charter member of West Main Baptist...
Mary Hamlett
Jan 31, 2013
Mary Louise Hamlett passed away on January 31, 2013 at the age of 92 at Emeritus of Danville. She formally resided at 1205 North Main Street, Danville. She was born September 6, 1920 in Gretna, Virginia to the late Millard and Homie Hamlett. She worked at Dan River Mills for 40 years. Ms. Hamlett is survived by two sisters, Ms....
Doris Clark
Jan 31, 2013
Doris Selena Hundley Dixon Gregory Clark, wife of Richard Clark, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 31, 2013 after an extended illness at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Doris was born on June 3, 1927, the daughter of the late George Andrew Hundley and Hester Morris Hundley. In addition to her parents she...
Elva Lavinder
Jan 28, 2013
Elva Beckham Lavinder Elva Beckham Lavinder, 78, of Martinsville, VA died January 28, 2013, after a long illness with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on January 13, 1935 in Arlington, VA to the late Colonel Benjamin Moore Beckham, Jr. and Mary Dodson Bruce Beckham. She grew up in Bachelor's Hall, VA where she loved raising animals and being outdoors. She...
Betty Heard
Jan 23, 2013
Dr. Betty Boyd Heard died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, following a lengthy illness. Betty retired from Averett University in 2011 after a distinguished 30 year career as a professor of English. Her life was dedicated to educating and mentoring future teachers and sharing with her students the absolute wonder of 19th century British literature and poetry....
Helen Adams
Jan 23, 2013
Helen Hazelwood McFarling Adams died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Danville Regional Medical Center. A resident of Riverside Health and Rehab Center for the past year and a half, Mrs. Adams' health had declined in recent weeks. Helen was born on March 3, 1924, to the late Harry Montgomery McFarling, Sr. and the late Shirley Whitler McFarling in Providence, NC....
Ruth Jones
Jan 21, 2013
On Monday, January 21, 2013, Anne Dove Jones departed from her home at 1050 Linden Lane, Danville to join her Lord and Savior in her Heavenly home. Anne was born on December 11, 1929 in the Westover Community, where she spent her entire life. She was the daughter of the late Charles Acree Dove and the late Ruth Garrett Dove....
Nancy Collie
Jan 16, 2013
Nancy Spearman Collie, 76, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Danville Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Born December 30, 1936 in Danville, VA she was the daughter of Walter Dean Spearman and Iris Adams Spearman. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. A graduate of Stratford College and the Department of Medical Technology of The...
Mary Neil
Jan 14, 2013
Mary V. Neil Mary V. Neil died January 14, 2013, at the age of 100 at her home. On October 1, 2012, she celebrated her centennial birthday with a party at Stratford House, where she lived for the past 15 years. Friends from that retirement community and her church community were present to help in the celebration, as were her...
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...
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