Austin James Carroll
Dec 18, 2008
Suffolk – Austin James Carroll, 19, died December 18, 2008. Austin, an 11th grade student at Lakeland High School, was also a student at Pruden Vo-Tech Center studying building trades. Austin had an appreciation and enthusiasm for life and enjoyed sports, hunting, fishing and skateboarding. Left to cherish his memory are his parents, Kenneth Lee Carroll, Sr. and Michelle Young...
Robin Louise Vipperman
Dec 17, 2008
Robin Louise Vipperman, 52, passed away December 17, 2008 at her home. She was a native of Newport, Rhode Island and a certified nursing assistant. Survivors include her husband, James; her mother, Juanita Mengelt of Patrick Springs, VA; a daughter, Krystal Barrett of Courtland; a son, Shawn Boyd of Patrick Springs; a sister, Dawn Moles, and a brother, Ronnie Mengelt,...
Bruce Henry Adams
Dec 17, 2008
Franklin – Bruce Henry Adams, 72, passed away December 17, 2008 at the East Pavilion. A native and longtime resident of Java, Va., he was a son of the late Raymond Terry and Isabel Finch Adams. He was a member of Providence United Methodist Church, a charter member of Java Volunteer Fire Department, and a retired tobacco farmer. Left to...
Nancy-Lou Mayne Leonard
Dec 15, 2008
Nancy-Lou Mayne Leonard, 68, died December 15, 2008 at the East Pavilion in Franklin, VA. Born in Potsdam, NY, she was a daughter of the late Dwight L. and Irene Williams Mayne. She was a graduate of the School of Nursing at Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY, and was a former registered nurse and Girl Scout leader. She was a...
Frances Smith Ragland
Dec 11, 2008
Frances Smith Ragland, 89, a longtime resident of Plymouth, NC and widow of Roy Milton Ragland, died December 11, 2008. Born in Richwood, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Orville Ray and Myrtle Mae Greene Smith. Mrs. Ragland was retired from Weyerhauser Pulp and Paper Company of Plymouth and was a member of Plymouth Church of the...
John Robinson Turner
Dec 8, 2008
John Robinson Turner, 44, passed away December 8, 2008. He was a life long resident of Franklin, a son of Helen T. Turner and the late William Allison Turner. John was in the grocery store business and was a well read historian, especially in Civil War history. Besides his mother he is survived by two brothers, James Lawrence Turner and...
Dorothy Josephine Wiley
Dec 8, 2008
Dorothy Josephine Wiley, a former resident of Vienna and Culpeper, died December 8, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Rainey and Josephine Lee Keys Poole and the widow of Harlan Granville Wiley. Mrs. Wiley was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. She was the founder of the Christian Woman's Club of Culpeper and was a member of...
Ethel Frances Harcum Cobb
Dec 7, 2008
Ethel Frances Harcum Cobb, 100, widow of George Fenton Cobb, died December 7, 2008. Born on December 18, 1907 in Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late Julius G. Harcum and Dora Gardner Harcum Daughtrey. A graduate of the Euphradian Institute, she was the oldest living member of Sycamore Baptist Church and a member of its TEL class....
George Wallace Stepp
Dec 6, 2008
Sedley – George Wallace Stepp, 62, owner and operator of George's Overhead Doors, died suddenly December 6, 2008. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, he was one of fourteen children of the late Webster and Nora Katherine Martin Stepp. He was an Army veteran, having served in the Vietnam War, and was a member of Sedley Baptist Church where he enjoyed...
Wilmer Monicure Lee
Dec 6, 2008
Boykins – Wilmer Monicure Lee, 89, widower of Irene Smith Lee, died December 6, 2008. He was a life long resident of Boykins, a son of the late Frank Norman and Lizzie Griffin Lee. Mr. Lee was a US Army Veteran of WWII, a retired farmer, and was a member of Boykins Baptist Church. Left to cherish his memory is...
Howard Ray Zeno
Dec 5, 2008
Franklin – Howard Ray Zeno, 77, died December 5, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Kolona Corliss Zeno who passed away November 30, 2008. He was born in Starksboro, VT, a son of the late Fletcher Ray and Rosalie Stearns Zeno. A former resident of Suffolk, Howard and Kolona were former co-managers of the AAAA Self...
Carlton Dwight Atkinson
Dec 4, 2008
Atkinson, Carlton D., 78, of Severn, NC, formerly of Richmond, VA died December 4, 2008, following a brief illness. Mr. Atkinson was a retired administrator with the Virginia Department of Corrections and was an Army veteran who served in the Korean War. Mr. Atkinson was a 32 degree Mason and a member of the Washington and Henry No. 344 Masonic...
Kolona Corliss Zeno
Nov 30, 2008
Franklin – Kolona Corliss Zeno, 76, formerly of Suffolk, died November 30, 2008. She was born in Vermont, a daughter of the late Jesse E. and Ollie Brown Corliss. Mrs. Zeno was a member of Sedley Baptist Church, and along with her husband, were former co-managers of the AAAA Self Storage on Portsmouth Boulevard. Left to cherish her memory is...
Alfred Leroy Holaday
Nov 21, 2008
Carrsville – Alfred Leroy Holaday, 81, died November 21, 2008. Born in Laramie, WY, he was a son of the late Alfred and Leona Holaday and was predeceased by a son, James Holaday. He worked in home construction and was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Windsor. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of...
Dr. Richard Ovid Rogers, Jr
Nov 18, 2008
Franklin - Dr. Richard Ovid Rogers, Jr., 82, of Franklin, VA, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Rogers died with his wife of fifty years, Erna, at his side. Son of the late Dr. Richard O. Rogers, Sr. and Nancy Martin Rogers, he was born March 19, 1926 in Bluefield,...
James Cecil Edwards
Nov 11, 2008
Sedley – James Cecil Edwards, 76, went to be with his heavenly Father on November 11, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Southampton County, he was the son of the late Crawley Cecil and Athie Jones Edwards. Cecil was a retired farmer and retired Southampton County Sheriff's Deputy. He was a member of Black Creek Baptist...
William Kelley Soles
Nov 10, 2008
Suffolk – William Kelley Soles, BTC,U. S. Navy, retired, 68, died November 10, 2008 at his residence. A native of Broxton Ga., Kelley was a Vietnam veteran and was predeceased by his father, Wade Soles. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 38 years, Janet Munroe Soles; his son, J. Andrew Soles of Suffolk; his mother, Maxine Soles...
Charlie Eugene "Jack" Carr
Nov 9, 2008
Carrsville – Charlie Eugene "Jack" Carr, 81, died in his home in the early morning of November 9, 2008 surrounded by his family. Mr. Carr, known by his many friends as "Jack", was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather. He will be sorely missed as he goes to be with those who passed before him, father, George W....
Hazel Dundalow Pulley
Nov 7, 2008
Franklin – Hazel Dundalow Pulley, 94, widow of Leslie Wadsworth Pulley, Sr., died November 7, 2008. She was a native of Southampton County and a daughter of the late Thomas and Fannie Bunch Dundalow. Mrs. Pulley was a longtime Franklin baby sitter and a member of Franklin Congregational Christian church. Left to cherish her memory is her son, Leslie W....
Casy Lynn Rich
Nov 4, 2008
Franklin – Casy Lynn Rich, 27, passed away November 4, 2008 in a Reading, PA hospital from complications following back surgery. Casy was born in Franklin, December 2, 1980 and was a 1999 graduate of Franklin High School. He was an accomplished antique dealer, specializing in antique glassware and was considered one of the premier experts in the antique glassware...
