Harry Lee Ramsay
Jun 26, 2024
Windsor – Harry Lee Ramsay, 72, passed away June 26, 2024 in his home with his family by his side. Born in Waynesboro, VA, he was a son of the late Lee Cook Ramsay and Ellen Mildred Kent Ramsay. He was also predeceased by his wife, Tane Marie Rhodes Ramsay, and a son, Glenn Louis Case.
Harry...
Dorothy Rose Ferguson
Jun 25, 2024
Carrsville – Dorothy Rose Ferguson, 78, passed away June 25, 2024, in her sister's home in Windsor. Born in Southampton County on December 21, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Tizel and Anna Laura Joyner Ferguson. She was also predeceased by her longtime companion, Pearl A. Simms.
Rose was a retired telephone operator for GTE....
Evelyne Gillette Vaughan
Jun 24, 2024
Franklin - Evelyne Gillette Vaughan, 96, passed away on June 24, 2024. She was born in Southampton County on November 16, 1927 to Ryland W. and Lucy Saunders Gillette and was the widow of C. Linwood Vaughan after 49 years of marriage. She was a retired certified dental assistant and office manager. She was a charter member of Franklin...
Rose Annette Holt
Jun 23, 2024
Zuni – Rose Annette Jeffries Holt, 75, widower of James "Jimmy" Walter Holt, Sr., passed away June 23, 2024 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Born on October 22, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Charles Berkley Jeffries and Mary "Lucy" Johnson Jeffries.
Rose was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church and a lifetime member of...
Mary Denson Coburn
Jun 23, 2024
Franklin – Mary Denson Coburn, 94, passed away June 23, 2024 in Consulate Healthcare of Windsor. Born on May 22, 1930, she was the daughter of Enos Denson and Lilly Mae Denson. She was also predeceased by her husband, Leroy Bynum Coburn; a daughter, Kim Coburn Davis; a son, Wayne Coburn; and her siblings, Jack Denson, Roy Denson, Estelle...
Christopher John Collins
Jun 21, 2024
Franklin – Christopher John "Chris" Collins, 73, passed away June 21, 2024 in East Pavilion. Born on January 29, 1951, in Newark, NJ, he was a son of the late Thomas Francis Collins and Rose Schuyler Collins. He was also predeceased by his wife of 17 years, Judi Burgess Collins.
Chris was the second oldest of five. ...
Beverly Ann Pond Branche
Jun 20, 2024
Sedley –Beverly Ann Pond Branche, 85, passed away June 20, 2024 in Bon Secours Maryview Hospital surrounded by her family. Born in Franklin on September 2, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Lee Pond and Adele Booth Pond. She was also predeceased by her husband Patrick Elmore Branche; a son, Joseph Patrick "Joey" Branche; and a...
Lois Brown Cobb
Jun 19, 2024
Franklin – Lois Brown Cobb, 88, passed away June 19, 2024 in The East Pavilion. She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was the daughter of the late Skidler and Catherine Bailey Brown. Lois was a member of Hunterdale Christian Church and the Womens Fellowship. She was a 1952 graduate of Courtland High School and was a...
Julia Faison Darden
Jun 18, 2024
Franklin - Julia Faison "Judi" Darden, 74, passed away June 18, 2024 in her daughter's home in Poquoson. Born and raised in Franklin, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Woodrow Faison and Ada Lee Baker Faison. She was also predeceased by her husband, James Clinton "Bro" Darden.
Judi was a graduate of Lear Seigler Institute...
Gwendolyn Diane Griffin
Jun 13, 2024
Franklin- Gwendolyn Diane Griffin, 77, passed away June 13, 2024 in her home. Born in Courtland and a longtime resident of Capron, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Dunlow and Ruth Edwards Dunlow. She was also predeceased by her husband, Calvin Pope Griffin; two sons, Robert Wayne Griffin and Michael Todd Griffin; two sisters, Jean Nahrabecki and...
Linda Lee Smith
Jun 10, 2024
Franklin - Linda Lee Smith, 76, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2024. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, her life was a testament to love, dedication, and community service.
Linda was the devoted wife of Ray Smith for 58 wonderful years. Together, they built a beautiful life and a loving family. She was the cherished...
Marvin Birden Gunn, Jr.
Jun 9, 2024
Courtland- Marvin Birden Gunn, Jr., 70, beloved son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 9, 2024, only months following a cancer diagnosis. Marvin was a native of Southampton County, graduated from Franklin High School in 1972, and served two years in the Army National Guard. He was a long-time employee of Union...
Franklin Lewis Gray
Jun 7, 2024
Courtland – Franklin Lewis Gray, 85, passed away peacefully in his home on June 7, 2024. Born in Como, NC, he was a son of the late Lewis Dailey Gray and Bessie Miles Gray. He was also predeceased by his first wife of 20 years, Vivian Scott Gray, his second wife of 38 years, Julia Stephenson Gray, a step-son,...
James Clifton Copeland, Jr.
Jun 4, 2024
Sedley – James Clifton "Jimmie" Copeland, Jr., 87, passed away June 4, 2024 in Emporia Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Carrsville, he was a son of the late James Clifton Copeland, Sr. He was also predeceased by his wife, Rhonda Sue Beale Copeland, two brothers Henry Lewis Copeland, Sr. and J. Winston Copeland, and a grandchild.
Jimmie...
Roy Otis Cook
Jun 4, 2024
Capron – Roy Otis Cook, 71, passed away June 4, 2024 in Courtland Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Born in Westfield, MA, he was a son of the late Roscoe Dean Cook, Sr. and Winifred Ayers Cook. He was also predeceased by a sister, Linda Piper, and two brothers, Roscoe Dean Cook, Jr. and Bill Cook.
Roy was a...
Earline Vincent Vick
Jun 3, 2024
Boykins – Earline Vincent Vick, 85, passed away June 3, 2024 in her home. Born in Greensville County, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Curtis Vincent and Eunice Emory Vincent. She was also predeceased by her husband, Franklin Bryant Vick, a sister, Erma Vincent Parker, and a brother, Robert Elwood Vincent.
Earline was a member...
Pamela Louise Poe
Jun 1, 2024
Franklin – Pamela Louise Poe, 74, passed away June 1, 2024 in East Pavilion. Born in Somerset, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Wilbur Thomas and Savilla Grey Thomas. She was also predeceased by four siblings.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 55 years, Daniel Glenn Poe; two daughters, Gia Hill...
Shirley Lee Vasser
Jun 1, 2024
Franklin - Shirley Lee Munford Vasser, 84 , passed away June 1, 2024 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Jasper J. and Ella Cobb Munford. She was also predeceased by her husband, Edward Lawrence Vasser, Sr.; a son, Danny Vasser; two sisters, Eunice Whitley and Brenda...
Herbert Lee Hasty, Jr.
May 31, 2024
Courtland – Herbert Lee "H.L." Hasty, Jr., 96, passed away on May 31, 2024 in East Pavilion. Born in Conway, NC on April 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Herbert Lee Hasty, Sr. and Sudie Davis Hasty. He was also predeceased by two sisters, Sarah White and Sally Duffee.
H.L. was a US Army...
Edward Lee Johnson
May 29, 2024
Newsoms – Edward Lee Johnson, 70, passed away suddenly on May 29, 2024. Born August 12, 1953, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and raised in Boykins, Virginia, he was a son of the late John Ellis Johnson and Edith Mae Vinson Johnson. He was predeceased by two brothers, infant James Wade Johnson and John Ellis Johnson, Jr.
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