Robert "Rob" Clifton Inman, Iii
Nov 15, 2014
Franklin-Robert Clifton "Rob" Inman, III, 39, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014. He was a native of Portsmouth and as a child attended Westside Christian Church in Portsmouth. Rob was a retired deputy for the Southampton County Sheriff's Department and was a security screener at the Southampton County Courthouse. He was a volunteer firefighter for the Driver, VA Fire Department...
Marvin A. Simmons
Nov 11, 2014
Franklin – Marvin A. "Red" Simmons, 93, passed away peacefully November 11, 2014. He was born in Martin County, NC and grew up in Hampton, VA where he went to Hampton High School. He was a son of the late John L. and Mary Barnhill Simmons and was predeceased by three brothers and two sisters. Red proudly served in the...
Robert T. Andrews
Nov 10, 2014
Boykins – Robert Thomas Andrews, 84, passed away November 10, 2014 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the late Robert Henry and Vida Bishop Andrews. Robert was a 1952 graduate of Boykins High School and a proud alumnus of Chowan College. He was a retired Bookkeeper and Clerk with Sykes Hatchery after 35 years of service and...
Wayne Nathan Coburn
Nov 8, 2014
Franklin- Wayne Nathan Coburn, 54, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Wayne was a native of Franklin and a graduate of Windsor High School, Paul D. Camp Community College and the Newport News Apprentice School. He was a supervisor with M.L. Coburn and Company. He was predeceased by his father Leroy Bynum Coburn and leaves...
Goldzsie Duncan Cabell
Nov 6, 2014
Franklin – Goldzsie Meadows Duncan Cabell, 92, widow of Tulane M. Duncan and R. Baird Cabell, passed away November 6, 2014 at Chesapeake General Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Wheeler S. and Lona Mae Chewning Meadows and was predeceased by eight siblings. She is survived by her niece, Barbara W. Brown (Frank L. Brown, Jr.) of Chesapeake,...
Roy W. Bryant
Nov 6, 2014
Boykins – Roy W. Bryant, 63, passed away November 6, 2014. A native of Sedley, he was a son of the late Henry Bruce Bryant, Sr. and Lizzie Mae Spence Bryant. Roy was an Air Force veteran and a retired teacher with the Virginia Department of Corrections. Survivors include one sister, Ann Bryant Gillette and her husband, Owen; two brothers,...
James Jimenez
Nov 6, 2014
Franklin – James Jimenez, 60 passed away November 6, 2014. He was born in Cali, Colombia. Son of Maria and Jose Jimenez, NJ, Brother of Olga Johnson, Uncle to Kristina L. Johnson and friend to his beloved Mary Jane Walters, from Franklin enjoyed working on projects around the house--his favorite hobby. Jim was an avid reader, an animal lover, a...
Donald J. O'Clair
Nov 5, 2014
Franklin – Donald Joyner "Buck" O'Clair, 68, passed away November 5, 2014 at his home. He was a native of Franklin and was a son of the late Leon Joseph and Ruth Joyner O'Clair and was predeceased by a daughter, Donna Lynn O'Clair; a brother-in-law, Agrippa Sawyer; and an uncle, Jack O'Clair. He was the owner and operator of Don's...
Ritchie Vernon Scott
Nov 3, 2014
Franklin- Ritchie Vernon Scott passed away November 3, 2014. He was the son of the late Carroll Vernon and Rachel Lee Scott. Ritchie was raised and educated in Franklin and following discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps, graduated from the Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his beloved son, Ritchie,...
Carol Cobb Bain
Nov 2, 2014
Capron – Carol Cobb Bain, 54, passed away peacefully at her home November 2, 2014. A lifelong resident of Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late Edward Lee and Emogene Duncan Cobb. She was a 1978 graduate of Southampton Academy and attended NC State University. Carol loved animals, especially dogs and horses. A farmer's daughter and a farmer's...
Donald Ryan Cline
Oct 29, 2014
Ahoskie – Donald Ryan Cline, 28, passed away October 29. Born in Canton, OH, Ryan graduated from Gates County High School where he played varsity football and baseball and was a 2009 graduate of Chowan University with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. He worked at Metal Tech and attended Reynoldson Baptist Church. Left to cherish his memory are his...
William Thomas "Tommy" Joyner, Iii
Oct 25, 2014
Courtland- William Thomas "Tommy" Joyner, III, 84, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 at his home. He was a son of the late James Henry Joyner and Grace Turner Joyner and was also predeceased by one brother, James H. Joyner, Jr. and two sisters, Mary Alice Joyner and Indiana J. Williams, and cherished friends and golf buddies. Mr. Joyner was...
Alice Elizabeth Gray
Oct 24, 2014
Sebrell- Alice Elizabeth Gray, 86, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 at Pine Forest Rest Home, Potecasi, NC. She was a daughter of the late Joseph H. Gray, Jr. and Maria Camp Gray Majette and was a member of Sebrell United Methodist Church. Left to cherish her memory are her sister, Jane Gray Stauffer of Midlothian, a brother, Joseph H....
Nell F. Joyner
Oct 23, 2014
Zuni – Nell Fleming Joyner, 90, widow of James Elisha "Jimmy" Joyner, passed away October 23, 2014. She was a daughter of the late Thomas William and Ethel Angel Fleming and was predeceased by a brother, Thomas William "Billy" Fleming, Jr. Mrs. Joyner was a former teacher at Carrsville High School teaching the last graduating class of the school. She...
Judean M.A. Williams
Oct 21, 2014
Windsor – Judean Mary Ann Williams, 74, passed away peacefully at her home October 21, 2014. Mrs. Williams was born in Ute, Iowa and was a daughter of the late Carl and Hazel Ulven. A Navy wife, she was a former resident of Virginia Beach and Cumberland. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband of 46 years, George...
Mary Magda Hancock
Oct 20, 2014
Courtland - Mary Magda Hancock, 92, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2014. She was born in Koscise, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1929. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Lee Hancock of Courtland and her first son, David Gemzer. Mrs. Hancock is survived by her four children, Harry L. Hancock...
Susie Lee Edwards Branch Eason
Oct 18, 2014
Franklin-Susie Lee Edwards Branch Eason, 96, widow of Sidney Elmo Eason passed away October 18, 2014 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Susie was a native of Franklin and was a daughter of the late Bennett Lee Edwards and Bernice Lee Edwards Branch and was predeceased by her foster father and uncle Gurney W. Branch , two sisters and four brothers,...
Robert D. Jamerson
Oct 15, 2014
Newsoms – Robert Dillard Jamerson, 55, passed away October 15, 2014 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA. Mr. Jamerson was born March 29, 1959 in Charlottesville and was a member of Sharon Baptist Church in Scottsville. He was a retired carpenter. Left to cherish his memory is his mother, Joyce Rush Jamerson, of Scottsville; two daughters, Nicole Bowling (Donald) and...
Frances Blythe Holt
Oct 13, 2014
Franklin - Frances B. Holt, 100, died October 13 at East Pavilion in Franklin. A lifelong resident of Franklin, she was the daughter of Clifton Clarence and Annie Betty Edwards Blythe. She was the widow of Emmett (Ben) Holt. Frances was a dedicated elementary school teacher and taught in Southampton County and the cities of Portsmouth and Franklin. It was...
Michael E. Joyner
Oct 8, 2014
Newsoms – Michael Elliott Joyner, 56, passed away October 8, 2014 after a six month fight with esophageal cancer. He is now home and resting with Jesus and with loved ones that have gone before him, such as his parents Lawrence and Vera Presson Joyner, his sister, June Forrest and his brother, Tap Joyner. Mike was born in Franklin and...
