Obituaries

Apr 12, 2022

Franklin – Nettie Lou Dunn Kitchen, 86, passed away on April 12, 2022 in East Pavilion.  Born in Yale on June 26, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Claude Crawford Dunn and Bernice Blythe Dunn.

Nettie was a graduate of Jarratt High School and a graduate of Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing.  She was a...

Apr 12, 2022

Franklin - Gene Mercer Correll, a 16 year resident of the Cottages at the Village of Woods Edge in Franklin, VA passed away on April 12, 2022 at the age of 92.  He was predeceased in death by the love of his life Mary Ann Dunn Correll, his wife of 65 years.

He is survived by three...

Apr 6, 2022

Virginia Beach – Hudson Britt Lipscomb, IV, 69, passed away April 6, 2022 in Virginia Beach.  He was born in Ft. Belvoir, VA and was a son of the late Hudson Britt Lipscomb, III and Marian Berndt Lipscomb.

He was a real estate agent and appraiser and a devout Catholic.

Survivors include two sisters, Patsy...

Apr 3, 2022

Franklin – Nancy Clarice Crutchlow Best Coley, 90, passed away April 3, 2022.  Born on April 1, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Irving Burruss Crutchlow and Lucille Virginia Blankenship Crutchlow.  She was also predeceased by her first husband, Marvin Zeno Best, and her second husband, Leroy Leonard "Jack" Coley; a daughter, Julie Benton; a grandson, Graham...

Mar 30, 2022

Franklin – Cora Dolores "Miss D" Hinchey, 77, widow of James Allen "Jimmy" Hinchey, Sr., passed away March 30, 2022 in her home.  Born on July 25, 1944 in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Preston M. Vernon, Sr. and Cora W. Vernon.

Dolores was a graduate of Maury High School and the best cook...

Mar 25, 2022

Sedley – Nancy Carol "Polly" Hedgepeth Flowers, 77, widow of Ralph Flowers, passed away March 25, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. Polly was born September 30, 1944, in Franklin and was raised in Colosse.  She was a graduate of Windsor High School and a longtime member of Courtland Baptist Church. Polly was a retired office manager...

Mar 25, 2022

Franklin – Michael Duane Ward, 64, passed away March 25, 2022 in Accordius Health at Courtland.

Michael worked for the 7-11 on Main Street in Courtland and was an avid fisherman.

Left to cherish his memory is his mother, Ellen Moore Ellis; two daughters, Becky King (T.J.) and Ashley Stover (Bryan); a son, Matthew Ward;...

Mar 23, 2022

Franklin – Mary Council Glover, 90, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2022.  She was born in Bolton, NC and the daughter of the Milton Clyde Council and Mary Partridge Council.  She was also predeceased by her loving husband of 44 years in 1995, Jimmy; her youngest son, Timothy, who passed in 1975 at the age of 13; three...

Mar 20, 2022

Franklin – Marjorie Verburg Moran, 91, was born in Santa Anna, California to the late Lamburtus and Cornelia Verburg, who were Dutch immigrant dairy farmers. The family of 11 children relocated their home from California to the Fredericksburg, VA area during the Great Depression and entrepreneurially prospered in the family owned/operated hotel business.  Marjorie, or Meitje in Dutch, was...

Mar 20, 2022

Franklin - Paul Lee Butler, 61, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at his home after a brief battle with cancer.  He was born August 28, 1959, the son of William Robert "Bobby" Butler Jr. and Betty Jo Shufflebarger Butler.  He graduated in 1976 from Franklin High School.  Paul became a truck driver...

Mar 18, 2022

Franklin – Robert G. Edwards, MD, of Franklin, VA, 85 years old, died on March 18, 2022.  He was the son of the late Fred David Edwards and Essie Mae Vinson Edwards.  He was also predeceased by his first wife, Mona Edwards.

Robert was a 1953 graduate of Franklin High School and graduated from the University of...

Mar 18, 2022

Franklin – Sandra "Sandy" Skeen Spengeman, 75, passed away peacefully at home in Franklin, Virginia on March 17, 2022.  She was born on March 13, 1947 in Lebanon, Virginia, the daughter of the late James Taylor Skeen and Lucille Howard Skeen. She grew up in the beautiful mountains of Southwest Virginia on her family's farm, Twin Maples.

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Mar 18, 2022

Franklin – Frances Jernigan Shea, 82, passed away March 18, 2022 in her home with family by her side.  Born in Carthage, NC, she was a daughter of the late Duncan Cornelius Jernigan and Mary Elizabeth Dupree Jernigan.  She was also predeceased by a sister, Irene Craig and five brothers, Dunk, George, Frank, Gene and Phillip Jernigan.

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Mar 17, 2022

Franklin – Billy Weeks Banks, 79, passed away peacefully at Sentara Obici Hospital on March 17, 2022 with his wife and son by his side.  He is predeceased by his parents Edward P. Banks, Sr. and Eunice Banks of Murfreesboro, NC and father and mother-in-law from Winnemucca, Nevada.

Billy was a graduate of Murfreesboro High School and...

Mar 17, 2022

Windsor – Mary Frances Roberts Rhodes, 98, passed away peacefully March 17, 2022.  Born on September 25, 1923, she was a daughter of the late John Goode and Marnie Wills Roberts of Windsor.  She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 53 years, John J. Rhodes; two sisters, Olivia Robinson and Elsie Duke; and a brother,...

Mar 17, 2022

Newsoms – Mary Jean "Jeanne" Harness, 65, passed away unexpectedly on March 17, 2022 in her home.  Born in Morgantown, WV, she was the daughter of the late Don and Edna Johnson.  She was also predeceased by a grandbaby, Savannah; two brothers, Richard and Dale Johnson; and her step-mother, Shirley Jean Johnson.

Jeanne was an accountant for...

Mar 16, 2022

Franklin – Monica Davis Bulls, 59, passed away March 16, 2022 in Southampton Memorial Hospital.  Born in Ahoskie and raised in Conway, NC, she was a daughter of the late Clifton Barrington "C.B." Davis and Barbara Medford Davis.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 41 years, Kenneth Dennis Bulls; a son, Benjamin Barrington Bulls...

Mar 11, 2022

Franklin – Elsie Hedgepeth Womble, 82, widow of Emmett Ronnie Womble, Sr., passed away on March 11, 2022 in East Pavilion.  Born in Hertford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Daisy Lee Whitley Hedgepeth.  She was also predeceased by four siblings, Ervine Hedgepeth, Florence Lane, Carolyn Truelove, and Betty Chaney.

Left to...

Mar 10, 2022

Franklin – Shirley Turner Bradshaw, 77, widow of Raymond Leo Bradshaw, passed away March 10, 2022 surrounded by her beloved daughters and family.  She was a daughter of the late Reuben and Carrie Branch Turner.  Shirley was also predeceased by a sister, Lois Clark, and two brothers, Wilmer Sledge and Vernon Turner.

Left to cherish her memory...

Mar 6, 2022

Courtland – Robert Wayne Pope, 75, passed away March 6, 2022.  Born in Richmond and raised in Southampton County, he was the son of the late William Robert Pope and Julia Wreath Joyner Pope.

Robert was a graduate of Southampton High School and attended Paul D. Camp Community College.  He worked in the Accounting Department of Union...