Walter William Arnesen
Oct 8, 2012
Walter William Arnesen, 65, passed away October 8, 2012. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he retired from the New York City Police Department after twenty years of service. He retired from the United States Air Force and was a Navy Seabee veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of VFW Post 4411. Survivors include his wife of twenty...
Guy Pope
Oct 6, 2012
Franklin- Guy Lloyd Pope, Jr., 68, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 peacefully in his home with loved ones by his side. Guy was the son of the late Guy Lloyd Pope and Anne Drummond Pope. He was a graduate of N.C. State, a former engineer at Newport News Shipyard and had retired as an electrical engineer from Union Camp...
Reuben Carpenter
Sep 29, 2012
Reuben Carpenter, 77, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Sentara Obici Hospital after a short illness. He was a son of the late Ernest Carpenter and Susie Duck Carpenter, and was predeceased by his brothers, Joe and George Carpenter. He was an Army veteran and was retired from Pioneer Wood Products, Suffolk. Survivors include his sister, Estelle C. Edwards...
Glenn Reid West
Sep 26, 2012
Glenn Reid West, 78, passed away September 26, 2012. He was born in Nansemond County the son of the late Hutson Abraham and Nell Reid West. He was predeceased by his sister, Gladys W. Parrish and her husband Wallace Parrish. He was a member of South Quay Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Christine Copeland...
Dr. Gregory Leon Johnson, Sr.
Sep 25, 2012
Dr. Gregory Leon. Johnson was born in Washington, DC on December 24, 1954 and passed away peacefully at his home in Franklin on September 25, 2012. He lost his battle with cancer but gained his heavenly crown. He is survived by his beloved wife, Mona, three children, Gregory Jr., Mina and Selena. Also, one sister Annette (Bernard), two brothers Kevin...
Pearl Armistead Simms
Sep 24, 2012
Walters, VA- Pearl Armistead Simms, 66, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Mrs. Simms was born in Southampton County, a daughter of the late Roscoe Wilson Simms and Bertha Mae Simms, and was predeceased by her brother, Randy Milton Simms. She retired from Verizon after 30 years of service, and was currently employed as an Insurance...
Peggy Driver Jarratt
Sep 20, 2012
Peggy Driver Jarratt, 71, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Peggy was the daughter of the late John Gilbert and Nell Crumpler Driver and was predeceased by a brother, John Gilbert Driver, Jr. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Jesse "Pete" Jarratt; two sons, Lloyd Lee "Peppy" Jarratt (Tammy), and Michael Lee Jarratt...
Giuseppe "Joe" Volo
Sep 19, 2012
Giuseppe (Joe) Volo, 60, passed away September 19, 2012 after a courageous fight against cancer. A native of Carini, Italy, he was the son of the late Gaetano and Angela Volo. Joe was the owner of Pino's Pizza in Courtland. He had a great love for cars and soccer. Joe never met a stranger. He was a kind and caring...
Emma Sue Echols
Sep 17, 2012
Emma Sue Echols, 79, died September 17, 2012 at Sentara Obici Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 8, 1933 in Macon County, NC, and was a former resident of Smithfield VA and Lake Gaston, NC. She was happily married to her husband Leonard for 61 years. Over the years, besides raising her three sons, she worked...
Thomas "Dick" Lassiter
Sep 16, 2012
Thomas Clamon "Dick" Lassiter, Jr., 79, longtime educator and coach, passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at the Three Rivers Health and Rehabilitation Center in Windsor, NC. Mr. Lassiter was born in Boykins, VA, a son of the late Thomas Clamon and Susan Edwin Drewry Lassiter, and was also predeceased by his wife, Jean Bunn Lassiter and son-in-law, John...
Alvin C. "Shorty" Parker, Sr.
Sep 9, 2012
Como-Alvin Cleon "Shorty" Parker, Sr., 73, passed away September 9, 2012. He was born April 19, 1939 in Hertford County, NC and retired from the Sheet Finishing Department from Union Camp Corporation after 38 years of service. Alvin was a member and former deacon of Buckhorn Baptist Church and a member of the Woodmen of the World. He was predeceased...
John Evelyn Baugham, Sr.
Sep 9, 2012
Boykins – John Evelyn Baugham, Sr., 83, died September 9, 2012 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was born February 16, 1929 in Newsoms, Virginia to the late Jimmy and Annie Pulley Baugham and was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Nell B. Glover, and a nephew Calvin Bland Bryant, Jr. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from Union...
Carl David Dundalow
Sep 8, 2012
Franklin – Carl David Dundalow, 73, passed away September 8, 2012 at the Dunlop House in Colonial Heights. Born in Southampton County, he was a son of the late Earl David Dundalow and Elizabeth Griffin Dundalow DePriest and was predeceased by two brothers, Bobby Thomas Dundalow and his twin, Carroll Morgan Dundalow, who died July 22, 2012 . Carl was...
Kenneth Wayne Allen
Sep 4, 2012
Boykins-Kenneth Wayne Allen, 72, passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at his residence with his family by his bedside. He was born September 8, 1939 in Southampton County, a son of the late John Eldridge and Lottie Wheeler Allen. He was predeceased by two brothers Bobby Ray and Jay Allen. Kenny was an army veteran of the Korean War,...
Norma Page Rowe
Sep 2, 2012
Franklin, VA -Norma Page Rowe, 82, passed away September 2, 2012 at her home with her family by her bedside. Mrs. Rowe was born in Hopewell and was a daughter of the late Adren and Emma Jean Ange. She was a resident of Norfolk most of her life and was a retired accountant for the U.S. State Department. She is...
Jessie Mae Bryant Collier
Aug 31, 2012
Franklin, VA – Jessie Mae Bryant Collier, 93, born August 18, 1919 in Lasker, North Carolina, to the late James Thomas and Ola Warren Bryant, lived a long, successful life here until she passed on to be with her Heavenly Father on August 31, 2012. She was the devoted wife of 70 years to her late husband, Talmadge Carlyle Collier....
Grady Britt
Aug 29, 2012
Franklin – John Graden "Grady" Britt, 79, former Chief of Police for the City of Franklin from 1980-1990, passed away August 29, 2012. He was born in Bladen County, NC, a son of the late Carey Britt and Gladys Britt Dowless and was predeceased by three sisters and a brother. Grady was an Army veteran, a graduate of Paul D....
William Charles Harris
Aug 28, 2012
Franklin - William Charles "Bill" Harris, 82, widower of Joan Elaine Harris, passed away August 28, 2012. Born in Clinton, IA, he was the son of the late Philip R. and Minnie Belle Kennedy Harris. Bill was a retired analytical chemist with Union Camp Corporation and was a member of Franklin Presbyterian Church where he was a former trustee. Bill...
Leon J. O'Clair
Aug 27, 2012
Courtland- Leon J. O'Clair, 92, widower of Ruth Joyner O'Clair, passed away August 27, 2012. Born in Caribou, ME, he was a son of the late Victor and Mary A. Jurette O'Clair. He was an Army veteran and was retired from St. Regis Paper Co. Leon was a very active member of St. Jude's Catholic Church and the Knights of...
Dolores Jones Thompson
Aug 18, 2012
Dolores Jones Thompson, 79, passed away August 18, 2012 at her home following a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Born on July 3, 1933 in Holden, WV, and raised in Kimbal, WV, she was a daughter of the late L. J. (Jinks) and Shirley Moore Jones. Dolores was a 53 year member of the OES chapter #158 in Bramwell, WV,...
