J. Frank Holland
Feb 27, 2008
John Frank Holland, 70, owner of the Holland Farm Market, passed away February 27, 2008 at his home. A lifelong resident of the Holland area of Suffolk, he was a peanut farmer and had 17 years of service with Union Camp Corporation. He was a former member of the Virginia National Guard, a member of the Holland Hunt Club, Fox...
Franklin Charles Smith
Feb 25, 2008
Wilmington, NC – Franklin Charles Smith, 87, formerly of Norfolk, Va., died February 25, 2008. Born in Onnancock County, Va., he was a son of the late William Spencer and Ruth Custis Smith and the widower of Doris Lee Petet Smith. Mr. Smith was a U. S. Navy veteran of WW II and a retired Chief Petty Officer from the...
Horace G. Ellis
Feb 25, 2008
Horace G. Ellis, 91, who lived in Franklin most of his adult life, died Monday evening, February 25, 2008 in Crescent City, Fl. where he had resided since 1981. Born in Green County, Georgia, he was an Army veteran and, together with his brother, operated a welding shop. He was a member of Howe United Methodist Church. Survivors include his...
Jimmie Irving Vick
Feb 21, 2008
Boykins – Jimmie Irving Vick, Sr., 78, went to be with the Lord on February 21, 2008. Mr. Vick was born in Logan, WV, on March 19, 1929 to the late Joseph B. and Lula Sexton Vick. Jimmie was the youngest of six children, grew up on a farm on Indian Town Road near Courtland, and was a 1949 graduate...
Warren Coolidge Councill
Feb 20, 2008
Franklin - Warren C. Councill of Clay Street, Franklin, died February 20, 2008, at Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Franklin on July 12, 1923, the son of Herbert G. and Mary Davidson Councill. He was a farmer all of his life, and never lived out of sight of his birthplace, with the exception of the time during WWII...
Virginia Turner Duck
Feb 20, 2008
Zuni – Virginia Turner Duck, 90, widow of Loyd A. "Pick" Duck, died February 20, 2008. She was a daughter of the late James Cassie and Evie Lowe Turner, and was also predeceased by a sister, Mary T. Stephenson. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church. Survivors include her son, Lloyd Earl "Sonny" Duck and wife, Betty, of...
Dorothy Darden Perry
Feb 20, 2008
Carrsville - Dorothy Darden "Dot" Perry, 77, widow of Dennis Elmer Perry, Jr., died February 20, 2008. Born in Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of the late Whittie Lee and Elsie Price Darden. Mrs. Perry was a sales clerk at Murphy's, Peoples, and Maxway Stores, and more recently, a greeter at Wal Mart. She was a member...
Emma Leigh Whitley Matthews
Feb 20, 2008
Como, NC – Emma Leigh Whitley Matthews, 90, died February 20, 2008 at her residence. Born January 1,1918 in Hertford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Allen R. and Mable Whitley Drake Ferrell. Mrs. Matthews was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Thomas Lathan Matthews and two half-brothers, Andrew and Harry Drake. She was a 1936...
Gladys Bunn Shaw
Feb 17, 2008
Franklin – Gladys Elizabeth Bunn Shaw, 96, formerly of Portsmouth, died February 17, 2008. Born in Newsoms, she was a daughter of the late John Norman and Laura Addie Porter Bunn and was predeceased by her devoted husband of 69 years, Harry Herberner Shaw. Gladys was also predeceased by four sisters, Fannie B. Spain, Ruby B. Fowler, Evelyn B. Ferrell,...
Lillie Mae Barnes Drake
Feb 17, 2008
Newsoms – Lillie Mae Barnes Drake, 105, widow of Claude Drake, Sr., died February 17, 2008. She was born in Southampton County, a daughter of the late Henry Thomas and Cora Vick Barnes. Mrs. Drake was also predeceased by a daughter, Katherine Drake Winslow, two sisters, Rosa B. Taylor and Betty Sue B. Vann; a brother, Robert Barnes;and a great-grandson,...
George Marvin Rainey
Feb 17, 2008
Franklin – George Marvin Rainey, 48, died February 17, 2008. Born in Jacksonville, NC, he was the son of John Thomas (Jack) and Naomi Denson Rainey. He was a retired electrician and an avid golfer. Surviving in addition to his parents are two sisters, Jackie Drake of Walters, Wanda Stephenson and husband, Jimmy, of Carrsville; two brothers, John T. (Bubba)...
Hubert Sidney Rawlings, Jr.
Feb 15, 2008
Hubert Sidney Rawlings, Jr. passed away peacefully on February 15, 2008. Better known to friends and family as "Tubby", he was born on December 24, 1926, to Hubert Sidney and Virginia Ford Rawlings in Franklin, Virginia. After graduating from Franklin High School, Tubby attended Virginia Tech before being drafted into the US Army during WWII. As a paratrooper with the...
Arthur Garrett Sisco
Feb 13, 2008
Franklin – Arthur Garrett "Pete" Sisco, 57, died February 13, 2008. He was born in Newton, New Jersey, a son of the late Walter and Anna MacKinnon Sisco. Survivors include his wife, Jeannine Byrne Sisco and a brother, James Sisco. Memorial services will be private. Wright Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. www.wrightfuneralhome
Nannie Mcclenny Heath
Feb 10, 2008
Windsor – Nannie McClenny Heath, 88, died February 10, 2008. She was born in Nansemond County, a daughter of the late Hugh Cephus and Rosa Harrell McClenny and was predeceased by three sisters, Grace Turner, Mary McClenny, Ella Turner, and two brothers, Romie and Bud McClenny. Mrs. Heath was a member of Western Branch Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband...
Roy Anderson Griffin
Feb 9, 2008
Courtland – Roy Anderson Griffin, 89, died February 9, 2008. He was born in Chowan County, N. C., and reared in Nansemond County by his late parents, A. I. & Dodie Forehand Griffin. Mr. Griffin was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Golden Outland Griffin who passed away November 15, 2007; a granddaughter, T. Brooke Powell Michels; three sisters,...
William Jasper Rhodes, Jr.
Feb 5, 2008
Franklin – William Jasper Rhodes, Jr., died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Southampton Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Rhodes was born on December 26, 1930. He was the son of the late William J. and Lillian Hooker Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes graduated from Franklin High School, The University of Virginia, and the T. C. Williams School of Law at...
Sidney Thomas Williams
Feb 4, 2008
Courtland – Sidney Thomas Williams, 81, died February 4, 2008. Born in North Carolina and reared in Capron, he was a son of the late Arthur Grover and Fannie Mae Joyner Williams. Sidney was also predeceased by his wife, Shirley Vaughan Williams, a sister, Daphne Williams V. Dunn and a brother, Arthur Clifton Williams. An Army veteran of WW II,...
Louise Amos Griffith
Feb 3, 2008
Drewryville – Louise Amos Griffith, 80, of Drewryville, died February 3, 2008. Louise was born January 4, 1928 and was a member of Drewryville United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles L. Griffith, grandchildren, Brian P. Griffith and Andy L. Griffith, and five brothers. Survivors include two sisters, Margaret Allen of Eden, NC, and Doris Banton of...
Elizabeth Carpenter Browne
Feb 2, 2008
Boykins – Elizabeth Carpenter Browne passed away at her home on February 2, 2008. "Beth" was born on the 7th of April, 1931 in Dusseldorf, Germany to the late J. Reed and Louise Carpenter of Baltimore, Md. She was predeceased also by her sister, Virginia C. Stokes. Beth is survived by her husband, Dr. Winston Melville Browne, Jr.; two sons,...
Lloyd Emerson Rice, Jr.
Jan 31, 2008
Franklin – Lloyd Emerson Rice, Jr., 81, a resident of the Village at Woods Edge for the last 1 ½ years, died January 31, 2008. He was born in Huntington, W. Va., a son of the late Lloyd Emerson and Beatrice O'Dell Rice and moved to Norfolk when he was 11 years old. He was predeceased by his first wife...
