Tommy Williams
Nov 10, 2012
Pendleton, NC- Thomas "Tommy" Wayne Williams, 66, owner of Williams Home Improvement, passed away at his home on November 10, 2012. He was a member of the Severn Hunt Club and Severn Baptist Church. He was predeceased by his father, Thomas Heath "Jack" Williams. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 44 years, Paige Bolton Williams; mother, Mary...
Sharon E. Lowe
Nov 10, 2012
Sharon Elaine Hanna Lowe, 59, passed away November 10, 2012 at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after a long illness. Born in Ft. Benning, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Earnest Lee Hanna and Ruby Cook Hanna Chambers and was also predeceased by two brothers, Donald Hanna and Wayne Hanna. She was a Program Support Technician with Greensville Correctional Center...
Olga D. Kokich
Nov 9, 2012
Franklin- Dr. Olga Kokich, 90, widow of Emil R. Kokich, passed away peacefully on November 9, 2012 at her home. Born in Loznica, Serbia, she was a daughter of the late Dragutin and Petrija Despotovic, and retired as a medical doctor. Survivors include her son, Dr. Rudy Kokich and his wife, Lori, of Franklin, and two granddaughters, Andrea I. Kokich...
George K. Steinbach
Nov 8, 2012
George K. Steinbach, 104, passed away November 8, 2012. Mr. Steinbach was a native of Tomahawk, Wisconsin and was a son of the late Charles and Anna Wagner Steinbach. He was predeceased by his wife of 77 years, Frances Kershaw Steinbach who passed away June 2, 2008 and seven siblings and a son-in-law, Marvin W. Williams, Jr. Mr. Steinbach was...
Annie Maude Vick
Nov 8, 2012
Annie "Sally" Maude Vick, 82, widow of Calvin "Jack" Bland Vick, passed away November 8, 2012. Mrs. Vick was a lifelong resident of Southampton County, a daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Fuller Ferguson and was predeceased by two brothers, Gilbert and Joe Ferguson; two sisters, Mary Harless and Barbara Thorpe and a grandson Jason Dean Vick. Mrs. Vick...
Laura "Libby" Bailey Wright
Nov 4, 2012
Laura (Libby) Parron Bailey Wright, 88, of Suffolk, VA passed away Sunday, November 04, 2012, at her home after a long illness. She was born in Norfolk, VA on May 17, 1924. Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 35 years, Wilbur Wright. Her children, Billy (Mary Katherine) Bailey, Nancy Futrell, Douglas (Dot) Bailey, Helen (Rich) Bleil, Audrey...
Annie Laura Sykes
Nov 4, 2012
Annie Laura Fowler Sykes, 96, widow of John David Sykes passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012 at Dinwiddie Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Sykes was a native of Newsoms, VA, the only daughter of the late George Ryland and Ruby Bunn Fowler, and Valedictorian of her Newsoms High School class. She was a member of Boykins United Methodist Church where...
Joice Marie Ezzell
Nov 3, 2012
Joice Marie Ezzell, 75, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Ms. Ezzell was a daughter of the late Edward and Marjorie Louise Stewart, and was predeceased by a daughter, Lori Price and a brother Edward Stewart, Jr. She was a retired accountant. Left to cherish her memory is a daughter, Cheryl Brown Sifford (Darryl) of Capron,...
Mattie Emmaline Scott
Nov 2, 2012
Mattie Emmaline Hatchett Scott, 82, widow of Alwin Brandon "A.B." Scott, Jr. passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Dunlop House in Colonial Heights, VA. Mrs. Scott, a native of Penhook, VA in Franklin County was the daughter of the late Henry Taylor and Mattie Belle Palmer Hatchett. She was predeceased by two brothers H. Giles Hatchett and Talmage...
Howard Gordon Swick
Oct 31, 2012
Howard Gordon Swick, 86, passed away October 31, 2012, at Sentara Norfolk General. Mr. Swick was born in Bartlesville, OK and was a longtime resident of Tacoma, WA. He had been a resident of Drewryville for the past five years, residing with his daughter Carrie and son-in-law David Everett. He was the son of the late Robert Durwood and Bonnie...
Kenneth A. Duffy
Oct 29, 2012
Kenneth Augustus Duffy, 91, passed away October 29, 2012 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Isle of Wight County, a son of the late Walter Hargett and Dora Bobbitt Duffy and was predeceased by two sisters, Louise Duffy and Dora Duck, and three brothers, William, Walter, and George Duffy. Mr. Duffy was a member of High St. United...
Sandra Bridgers Worrell
Oct 27, 2012
Sandra Bridgers Worrell, 74, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, NC. She was a daughter of the late Russell H. and Bertha Britt Bridgers and was predeceased by a son, William R. "Bill" Worrell who passed away in 2010. Sandra was a former employee of Sutton Construction Co. in NJ and was a retired...
Phyllis Babb Drewry
Oct 26, 2012
Phyllis Babb Drewry passed away on Friday, October 26, 2012 after a long, courageous battle with cancer at her home with her family by her side. She was born on May 27, 1943 in Franklin, VA to the late Gladys Coggsdale Blythe and Clinton Babb. She was an active member of Franklin Baptist Church where she served as an office...
Mary Nell Turner
Oct 25, 2012
Mary Nell Johnson Turner, 82, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012 at the East Pavilion in Franklin,VA. She was a native of Southampton County, a daughter of the late Emmett and Rushie Ritter Johnson, and was predeceased by her first husband, Claiborne Babb, a sister, Carolyn Sweeney and a brother, Emmett Johnson. She was a former employee of Union Camp...
David Allen Gray
Oct 18, 2012
David Allen Gray, 44, beloved husband, father, son and brother passed away, Thursday, October 18, 2012. David was a ship fitter with Huntington Ingalls and a member of Ivor Masonic Lodge 219 and Millfield Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Kristy L. Gray; four sons, Clayton T. Gray, Matthew D. Gray, Joshua D. Finley and James Allen Gray; his parents,...
William Thomas Pittman, Jr
Oct 15, 2012
COURTLAND - William Thomas Pittman, Jr., 82, died October 15, 2012 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. The son of the late William Thomas and Ruth Wood Pittman, Tommy was also predeceased by five sisters and his first wife Frances Gillette Pittman. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Barbara Layton Pittman, and his sons: Hugh Gillette Pittman, William Thomas...
Delores Jean Vicknair
Oct 14, 2012
Branchville – Delores Jean Engle Vicknair, 67, widower of Wayne P. Vicknair, passed away October 14, 2012. Delores was also predeceased by her first husband Edwin Smith, Sr. Born in St. Louis, MO and reared in Louisiana, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Nora Cecil Engel. Mrs. Vicknair was a Protestant and a former nurse. Survivors include...
William H. Howell, Jr.
Oct 13, 2012
William Herman Howell Jr, of Howells Corner, Franklin, VA departed his earthly home on October 13,2012 at age 92. He is survived by his wife of seventy years, Helen Rose Howell, sons William H. Howell III (Jackie) of Franklin, John F. Howell (Wendy) of Honolulu, and daughter, Janet R. Howell of Richmond. He is also survived by four grandchildren: William...
George William Racette
Oct 12, 2012
Como-George William Racette, 86, passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, VA. Mr. Racette was a native of Ludlow, MA, a son of the late William and Edith Roberts Racette, and was predeceased by a grandson Christopher Racette and two brothers, Lawrence and Raymond Racette. He was a retired power plant controlman at St. Julian's Creek...
Marie Drake Hornok
Oct 10, 2012
Marie Drake Hornok, 77, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012. She was a daughter of the late Tommy Drake and Clara Bell Johnson Drake Whitley and was predeceased by a sister, Bernice Drake Hunter and a brother, Elmo Drake. Marie was retired from Paul D. Camp Community College where she was a former manager of the book store. She was...
