Varner Jean Ivey
Sep 1, 2009
Newsoms – Varner Jean Ivey, 56, died September 1, 2009. She was born in Franklin and was a member of Barnes United Methodist Church. Varner was a retired nurse and was a loving, caring, and gifted individual whose family will greatly miss her. Survivors include her parents, Jean and Ralph Ivey; her daughter, Joanna Courtney Ivey: her sister, Teresa Van...
Moses Beamon Mumford
Sep 1, 2009
Moses Beamon Mumford Ivor – Moses Beamon Mumford, 85, died September 1, 2009 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Southampton County, the son of the late Virgie Beaton and Moses Anthony Mumford. Mr. Mumford was predeceased by three sisters, Mary Agnes Mumford, Gladys Mumford, and Edna Mumford. An Army veteran of WW II, Beamon retired from the Norfolk...
George Dennis Evanson
Aug 31, 2009
Franklin – George Dennis Evanson, born 89 years ago in Nottinghamshire, England, died August 31, 2009. Born to Cecil and Florence Evanson, he served in the British Army during WWII, and immigrated to the USA in 1957. He is survived by his sister, Eileen Dullen; children, Ken Evanson, Shelagh Evanson and Maureen Meadors; grandchildren, Cori Cochran, Paul Bangley, and Gabriel...
Christopher Darby Ray
Aug 29, 2009
Courtland – Christopher Darby Ray, 22, a Deputy Sheriff with the Southampton County Sheriff's Office, succumbed to injuries sustained following a motor vehicle accident while responding to a call for service on August 29, 2009. He was born in Franklin and was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church. Christopher was a 2005 graduate of Southampton Academy and a 2009...
Elizabeth "Liz" Eller Underwood
Aug 27, 2009
Franklin – Elizabeth "Liz" Eller Underwood died August 27, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born March 30, 1940 in Welch, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Margaret Hagy and James Nelson Eller. Liz was a graduate of Longwood College and taught English in Martinsville, Hampton, and Southampton County. She was a longtime member of...
Rose Ella Dunlow Kitchen
Aug 26, 2009
Franklin – Rose Ella Kitchen, 87, a longtime resident of the Southampton Memorial Hospital East Pavilion, went to be with the Lord on August 26, 2009. She was the youngest of twelve children of the late Virginia and George Dunlow and was the widow of George Kitchen. Mrs. Kitchen was a longtime member of Burdette Baptidst Church. Survivors include four...
Margaret Eglantine Revelle Smith
Aug 25, 2009
Boykins – Margaret Eglantine Revelle Smith, 83, widow of Curry Wilson Smith, died August 25, 2009 at her residence. She was born in the Ashley's Grove Community, the daughter of the late Myrtle Evans and Tommie Clayton Revelle and was predeceased by two brothers, Robert Revelle and Talbert Revelle. Mrs. Smith was a member of Boykins Baptist Church and its...
Jean Dunlow Nahrebecki
Aug 21, 2009
Newsoms – Barbara Jean Dunlow Nahrebecki, 60, loving and devoted wife and mother, died August 21, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Franklin, a daughter of the late Ralph and Ruth Edwards Dunlow. Survivors include her husband of 42 years, George Gerald "Jerry" Nahrebecki; three sons, Jerry Nahrebecki, Jr. (Debbie), David Nahrebecki (Amy), and Billy Nahrebecki (Laurie), and...
Robert Marion Broocke
Aug 20, 2009
Courtland – Robert Marion "Bobby" Broocke, 66, passed away August 20, 2009 at East Pavilion. He was born in North Carolina, a son of the late Marian Pulley and Joel Robert Broocke, and reared in Boykins. He was predeceased by his first wife, Carole Grizzard Broocke and a brother, Harry Broocke. Bobby was retired from Electric Motors and Contractors, Inc....
Mary Barnes Drake
Aug 20, 2009
Newsoms – Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barnes Drake, 97, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away August 20, 2009 in Franklin. A lifelong resident of Newsoms, she was born August 3, 1912 to the late Cora and Henry Barnes. She was the widow of Genie Drake and they enjoyed 69 years of marriage prior to his death. Mrs. Drake is survived...
Inez Lowe Holt
Aug 19, 2009
Ivor – Inez Lowe Holt, 92, widow of Conrad Norton Holt, Sr., died August 19, 2009 at her daugthter's residence. She was born in Southampton County, the oldest child of the late Mabel Drewry and Saint Luke Lowe. Mrs. Holt was predeceased by a son, Merle R. Holt, Sr., three sisters, Louise Holt, Helen Warren, and Sadie Turner, and her...
Gloria Aurelia Beale Sexton
Aug 17, 2009
Hampton - Gloria Aurelia Beale Sexton, 82, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly Monday, August 17, at Riverside Regional Medical Center due to complications of numerous chronic and painful diseases. "Mimi," as she was known to family and friends, was born August 30, 1926 in Suffolk, Virginia. She was raised in Branchville, Va. and cherished the people and land of Southampton County....
Robert Morehouse Bowyer
Aug 15, 2009
Robert M. "Bobby" Bowyer, 64, widower of Courtney Frankfort Bowyer, passed away August 15, 2009 in Stuart, Fl. He was born February 18, 1945 in Savannah, Ga., a son of the late Harry L. and Ruth Richards Bowyer. Bobby was the former owner of Bowyer Motors in Savannah. Survivors include three daughters, Elizabeth Bowyer of New York City, Leslie B....
Mills Parker "Pete" Daughtrey, Sr.
Aug 11, 2009
Franklin – Mills Parker "Pete" Daughtrey, Sr., 84, widower of Annie Mae Turner Daughtrey, died August 11, 2009 at Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital. He was born in Nansemond County, a son of the late Edwin Parker and Sadie Holland Daughtrey and was predeceased by two sisters, Nell Story and Faye Turner and one brother, Thomas E. Daughtrey. Pete was a...
Henry Hal Overton, Sr.
Aug 9, 2009
Franklin – Henry Hal Overton, 87, died August 9, 2009 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ahoskie, NC, a son of the late Claud E. and Lucy Farmer Overton and was predeceased by two brothers, James and Sherman Overton, and two sisters, Lucille Tyndall and Evelyn Wynns. Mr. Overton was retired from Union Camp Corporation as a traffic...
Brenda Walker Via
Aug 4, 2009
Courtland – Brenda Walker Via, 55, died August 4, 2009. She was a daughter of Joann Hale Walthall and the late James Joseph Walker. Brenda was also predeceased by a brother, Greg Walker and a granddaughter, Taylor Buhls. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and attended Millfield Baptist Church. Brenda enjoyed playing piano and guitar and was a...
Jeanne Ashby Furrh
Aug 3, 2009
Franklin - Jeanne Ashby Furrh, 80, died August 3, 2009 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia, the only child of Eunice Jeanne Hereford and John Kenna Ashby. Jeanne graduated from Charleston High School and then enrolled at Mary Baldwin College, from which she graduated in 1950. She was an Interior Designer with Cofer Interiors of...
Lena Story Roberts
Jul 30, 2009
Franklin – Lena Story Roberts, 62, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away July 30, 2009 at Sentara Williamsburg Medical Center. She was born in Franklin, a daughter of the late Henry and Ruby Story. Mrs. Roberts was predeceased by two sisters, Carolyn Story and her twin, Lona Mae Worley. Survivors include her husband, Robert L. "Smiley" Roberts; two daughters,...
William Bowie Bodmer
Jul 26, 2009
Newsoms – William Bowie "Billy" Bodmer, 63, died July 27, 2009 after a long battle with leukemia. He was born in Leesburg, a son of the late Elmer A. and Catherine Phillips Bodmer Cooley. Billy was predeceased by his brother, James Bodmer. He was a retired truck driver for Hornady Transportation LLC and was a protestant. Survivors include his wife...
Rev. Lawrence Stewart Cameron
Jul 26, 2009
Courtland – Reverend Lawrence Stewart "Larry" Cameron, retired minister and shepherd to many, was called to heaven July 26, 2009 at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Va., after losing his battle with COPD and Lou Gehrig's Disease. The longtime resident of Baltimore was 73. Rev. Cameron was born and raised in Baltimore on Sanner Avenue. A graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic...
