Oma Lee Parker Joyner
Jun 10, 2014
Oma Lee Parker Joyner, 80, died on June 10, 2014. She was born in Saint Brides, VA to Henry Eddie Parker and Annie Laura Lilly Parker. She was a resident of Franklin for 47 years. As a longtime member of Franklin Baptist Church and the Faithful Workers Sunday School Class, Oma Lee was a devoted Christian. She was an active...
Clayton Louis Best
Jun 10, 2014
Suffolk – Clayton Louis Best, 81, passed away June 10, 2014 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Born in Bolton, NC, he was a son of the late Curtis Wilson Best, Sr. and Dorothy Ezzell Best. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and retired from Union Camp Corporation after 41 years of service in the Pulp Mill as a...
Lynn Orval "Rayjay" Rothwell
Jun 6, 2014
Franklin - Lynn Orval "RayJay" Rothwell, 74, of the 100 block of Rawlsdale Road died June 6, 2014 at Sentara Obici Hospital. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Lyndon Mantiply and Callie Merle Amburn Rothwell. He was a 1958 graduate of Virginia Beach High School. He was a tire salesman for the Firestone Tire Company for 15...
George Robert Gay, Jr.
Jun 6, 2014
Courtland- George Robert Gay, Jr., 66, passed away at home following a courageous battle with cancer June 6, 2014. He was a son of the late George Robert Gay, Sr. and Margaret Cook Gay Venters and was retired from Union Camp Corporation where he was a supervisor. George was a member of Courtland Baptist Church where he served as a...
Donna Lee Withers
Jun 3, 2014
Capron - Donna Lee Withers, 56, died June 3, 2014 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Capron, she was the daughter of the late Robert Reese Withers, Sr. and Emma Della Lewis Withers. She worked at Narricot, ITG in Boykins and was a member of Capron United Methodist Church. Survivors include her daughter, August Reese Ringer of Capron; two...
Kay Nurney Pope
Jun 2, 2014
Capron – Kay Nurney Pope, 67, passed away June 2, 2014 at Sentara Norfolk General. She was a native of Capron and was a 1964 graduate of Southampton High School and attended Pan American Business School and Campbell University. She was an active member of Capron United Methodist Church where she served as Sunday School Superintendent and Financial Secretary. Kay...
Wayne Gray Rock
Jun 2, 2014
VALDESE, N.C.—Wayne Gray Rock, formerly of Boykins, passed away on June 2, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born on Jan. 23, 1947, in Richmond. Together with his father and brother he was co-owner of Elmo L. Rock Oil Company in Boykins. In later years, he retired from Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton, North Carolina. He was...
Sarah Whitaker Pulley
Jun 1, 2014
Courtland – Sarah Whitaker Pulley, 69, passed away June 1, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Bertie County, NC and was a daughter of the late Dennis and Rebecca Manning Whitaker. Mrs. Pulley was predeceased by her husband of 44 years, James Arthur Pulley, Sr.; a grandson, Craig Pulley; two brothers and a...
Elsie Mae Henderson
May 26, 2014
Portsmouth - Elsie Mae Henderson, 80, passed away May 26, 2014. Survived by three children, Danny E. Wilson and wife Vickie of Abingdon, Debbie W. Hoffman and husband Charles of Courtland, and Randy Wilson of Hurlock, MD; four grandchildren, Robert C. Askew, III, Kevin M. Wilson, Stephen A. Wilson and wife, Noelle, and Rachel Schallon and husband, Matthew; three great-grandchildren,...
Savanna Monroe Bashor
May 19, 2014
Boykins – Savanna Monroe Bashor, infant daughter of Joseph Robert and April Stieh Bashor entered into eternal bliss May 19, 2014, joining her twin sister, Shelia Monroe Bashor. Left to cherish her memory is her brother, Aidean Kole Bashor; maternal grandmother, Tammy Stieh; maternal great-grandmother, Evelyn Carr; paternal grandmother, Annette Holt; paternal great-grandmother, Edna Wood; uncle, Adam Gray; and aunt,...
Warren E "We" Edwards
May 15, 2014
Virginia Beach - Warren E "WE" Edwards, 92, of Oak Ridge, TN and a long-time resident of Kempsville passed away May 15, 2014. He was born in Courtland, VA on December 3, 1921 to Roscoe Gilliam Edwards, Sr. and Elizabeth Arendall Edwards. WE is predeceased by a son, Stephen W. Edwards; his sister, Katherine E. Drake and his twin brother,...
John Franklin Slaton
May 10, 2014
Franklin- John Franklin Slaton, 84, passed away May 10, 2014. John was born in Electric Mills, MS, a son of the late Thomas and Eloise Sharpe Slaton. He was a retired Paper Mill Superintendent of the Union Camp Plant in Eastover, SC, with 44 years of service to the company. He enjoyed Lake Gaston where he was a master gardener...
Reva Vann Walton
May 9, 2014
Newsoms- Reva Vann Walton, 87, passed away May 9, 2014. Reva was born in Conway, NC, one of eleven children of the late Andrew Craig Vann and Lillie Sumner Vann. She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church and retired from the Technical Department of Union Camp Corporation after 32 years of service. She was a former member of the...
Margaret Louise Mccaskey
May 9, 2014
Carrsville – Margaret Louise McCaskey, 86, widow of James Earl McCaskey passed away May 9, 2014 at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital. Survivors include one son, Robert L. Gray and his wife, Suzanne, of Virginia Beach and two grandchildren, Robert L. Gray, Jr. and his wife, Catherine, and Patricia Gray Hagerty and her husband, Pat and two great-grandchildren, Brian Hagerty and...
Cody Alan Bizzell
May 6, 2014
Capron – Cody Alan Bizzell, 18, passed away May 6, 2014. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, NC and attended Roanoke Rapids High School. Survivors include his parents, David Alan Bizzell, Sr. and Janet Moseley; sister, Katie Moseley; brothers, Bradley Moseley and David Alan "DJ" Bizzell, Jr.; maternal grandparents, Jimmy and Rebecca Brown and paternal grandparents, Lloyd Bizzell (Debbie) and...
Mitchell Lee Packer
Apr 30, 2014
Zuni – Mitchell Lee Packer, 56, passed away April 30, 2014. He was a son of the late James Allen and Hilda Jo Paxton Packer and was predeceased by his brother, Butch Packer.
Survivors include his daughter, Sarah Brooke Packer of Tulsa, OK; his son, Jordan Mitchell Packer of Zuni; one sister, Sandy Faulkner of Dallas, TX;...
Alfred Herbert Marshall, Jr.
Apr 30, 2014
Franklin – Alfred Herbert Marshall, Jr., 64, passed away April 30, 2014. He was born in Portsmouth, a son of the late Alfred Herbert and Jeanette Ellis Marshall and was a retired dairy farmer.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 38 years, Brenda Saunders Marshall; two daughters, Amy M. Salvitti and husband, Matthew, of...
Marshall Alvin Beaton, Sr.
Apr 29, 2014
Suffolk –Marshall Alvin Beaton, Sr., 93, passed away April 29, 2014. He was born in Sedley, the son of the late Stafford Marshall and Erma Bradshaw Beaton and was predeceased by two brothers, Milton and Willard Beaton and one sister, Edith Simms. Marshall was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. He...
Theodore Joseph Desbois
Apr 29, 2014
Courtland – Theodore Joseph Desbois, 97, passed away April 29, 2014. He was a son of the late Albert and Marguerite Blais Desbois. Mr. Desbois was predeceased by his wife, Cecile Louiseize Desbois, who passed away January 1, 2014. He served in the Canadian military was a retired Storeroom Operator for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Niagara Falls....
Kermit Glenn Francis
Apr 27, 2014
Boykins - Kermit Glenn Francis, 78, passed away April 27, 2014 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Kermit was a lifelong resident of Southampton County, a son of the late Jesse Carter and Louise Vick Francis. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Windell Yeattes Francis who passed away April 18, 2014. He was a retired farmer and a...
