Obituaries

Oct 27, 2021

Courtland – Monet Dale Gay, 65, passed away October 27, 2021in VCU Hospital.   Born in California on August 14, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Paul Elmo Wood and Bertha Gertrude Marsh Wood.  She was also predeceased by two sons, Jason Douglas Stiller and Ronald Lee Gay Jr. and two brothers, George William and Ernest Allen Wood....

Oct 26, 2021

Sedley – Vickie Lee Phipps, 63, passed away October 26, 2021 in her home.   Born in Franklin on May 23, 1958, she was a daughter of the late Bennett Lee Edwards, Jr. and Bernice Vick Edwards.

Vickie was a 1976 graduate of Southampton High School.  She received her undergraduate degree from Norfolk State College and her Master's...

Oct 24, 2021

Boykins – Sylvia Powell Edwards, 81, widow of Gene Andrew Edwards, passed away October 24, 2021 in East Pavilion.  Born on March 1, 1940, she was the daughter of the late William Hugh Powell, Jr. and Eloise Hill Powell.

Sylvia was a 1957 graduate of Southampton High School and attended East Carolina University.  She worked part time...

Oct 21, 2021

Branchville – Bessie Spence Jones, 86, widow of Robert Harvey Jones, passed away October 21, 2021 in Southampton Memorial Hospital surrounded by family.   Born and raised in Branchville, she was the daughter of the late Cleophaus Spence Sr. and Elizabeth Allen Spence.  She is also predeceased by her brother, Cleophaus Spence, Jr., son-in-law, Randy P. Cobb, and nephew, Johnny...

Oct 21, 2021

Boykins – Robert Graham Pearson, 75, passed away October 21, 2021.   Born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on September 22, 1946, he was a son of the late George Norman Pearson and Mary Lula Taylor Pearson.  He was also predeceased by a brother, George Anderson Pearson, and a sister, Jane P. Gurkin.

Robert was a graduate of Brunswick...

Oct 18, 2021

Franklin – Susan Vasoti "Susie Q" Ward, 53, passed away on October 18, 2021 at VCU Hospital, Richmond, VA with her husband and children by her side.  Her passing resulted from complications associated with the Covid-19 disease even though she was vaccinated.

Preceded in death by an infant son, Daniel John (DJ) Ward, she is survived by...

Oct 11, 2021

Sedley – Mark Steven Carrier, 58 went to be with the Lord on October 11, 2021.  A long-time resident of Sedley, he was born in Norfolk on November 28, 1962.  Mark was predeceased by his father, Theodore Astor Carrier Jr., his brother Richard Everett Carrier, and his life-long friend Terry Rice.

Mark worked as a fork lift...

Oct 11, 2021

Franklin – Rachel Violet Rickert Dorn, 92, widow of John Thomas Dorn, passed away October 11, 2021 at home.  Born in Pittsford, Vermont on January 5, 1929, she was the youngest of eleven children of the late Virgil and Ada Gee Alexander.

Rachel was a business school graduate and a retired secretary for the State of New...

Oct 9, 2021

Franklin – Robert Allen "Bob" Holland, 77, passed away October 9, 2021 in his home after a long illness.  Born February 4, 1944, he grew up in the Colosse area of Isle of Wight County and was the son of the late John Raby Holland and Gracie Saunders Holland.

Bob was a 1962 graduate of Windsor High...

Oct 9, 2021

Franklin – Charles Eugene "Shorty" Ellis, 80, passed away October 9, 2021 in his home.   Born in Nansemond County on January 4, 1941, he was a son of the late William Earl Ellis, Sr. and Katherine Johnson Ellis.  He was also predeceased by a son, Charles Christopher Ellis and a brother, Beverly Earl Ellis.

Shorty was an...

Oct 8, 2021

Franklin - Gary Stephen Leinart, 70, born October 22, 1950 in Portsmouth, VA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 8, 2021 on his family farm in Bedford, VA.  He was predeceased by his parents Ralph and Anna Leinart and his brother-in-law Wade Hellman.

Gary graduated from Cox High School and attended Tidewater Community College.

He...

Oct 5, 2021

Franklin – Howard Douglas Boone, 93, widower of Jane Pigford Boone, passed away October 5, 2021 in Accordius Health at Courtland.   Born in Wallace, NC on August 23, 1928, he was a son of the late George Morris Boone and Ella Hall Boone.  He was also predeceased by his siblings, Virginia Carr, James Boone, Geddie Boone, Roscoe Boone, Melvin...

Oct 4, 2021

Capron – James David "Pete" Pope, Jr., 75, passed away on October 4, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family.  He was predeceased by his parents James D. Pope and Dorothy Jones Pope, of Capron, his first wife Kay N. Pope, his brother Charles Ashby "Buddy" Pope, and a brother-in-law, Bill Nurney.

Survivors include his wife,...

Sep 26, 2021

Sedley – Richard Homa, 70, passed away unexpectedly September 26, 2021 at his home.  Born in Bridgeport, CT, he was a son of the late Alec and Amelia Krafton Homa.

Richard was an Air Force Veteran and a carpenter.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 10 years, Debra Diane Cadorette Homa; a...

Sep 25, 2021

Franklin – Earl J. "Squirrel" Warren, 79, passed away September 25, 2021 in his home with his family by his side.   Born in Isle of Wight County, he was a son of the late Shafter and Ada McClenney Warren and was also predeceased by a sister, Susie Wyatt and a brother, Shirley Warren.

Squirrel was an Army...

Sep 25, 2021

Franklin – William Earl "Shotgun" Carr, Sr., 82, passed away on September 25, 2021 in the East Pavilion.  Born in Isle of Wight County, he was a son of the late William Rossie Carr and Lois Bradshaw Carr.  He was also predeceased by his siblings, John Peter Carr, Virginia Lassiter, Frank Carr, and Oneal Gray.

Shotgun was...

Sep 20, 2021

Carrsville – Jennings Dodd Brooks, 58, a much-loved husband, father, son and brother, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021.  Dodd was born to parents Eric Paul Brooks and Patricia Annette Cross Brooks on September 21, 1962 in Suffolk, VA, where he grew up with his younger sister Kris.  Dodd graduated from Suffolk High School in 1980.  From there...

Sep 20, 2021

Franklin – Constance O'Berry "Connie" Vick, 84, widow of Herbert E. Vick, Jr., passed away September 20, 2021 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia with her family by her side.   Born in Franklin, raised in Newsoms and a long time resident of Franklin, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas O'Berry and Elsie Story O'Berry.  She was...

Sep 19, 2021

Courtland – David Wayne Brown, 67, passed away September 19, 2021 in his home with family by his side.   Born in Norfolk on November 28, 1953, he was predeceased by his step-father that raised him, Rudolph Emerson Delfenthal.

David was an Army Veteran and a mechanic.  He was a collector of Coca-Cola memorabilia and all things Snap-On...

Sep 18, 2021

Suffolk – Charles Edward "Chuck" Shifflett, 65, passed away September 18, 2021 in Newport News Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.  Born in Albermarle County, VA and raised in Crozet, he was a son of the late George William Shifflett and Eva Mae Lewis Shifflett.  He is also predeceased by his wife, Linda Gail Roberts Shifflett; an infant son; two sisters,...