Obituaries

Apr 8, 2020

Franklin – Benny Edward Ricks, 71, passed away April 8, 2020 at his home.

Benny was a son of the late David Randolph Ricks and Virginia Story Ricks. He attended Southampton High School and was a Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a Millwright at International Paper for 38 years and was a member of...

Apr 5, 2020

Franklin - Lona Lee Burgess Edwards, 95, passed away April 5th, 2020 at Greensville Health and Rehab in Emporia, VA after a period of declining health. She was born November 29, 1924 in Northampton County, NC, one of 13 children to the late Levi Moore and Mary Lucy Vann Burgess.

She was predeceased by her husband of...

Mar 30, 2020

Franklin – Danny Ray Drake, 69, passed away March 30, 2020 at his home.   Danny Ray was a native of Franklin.  He was born October 4, 1950 to the late Roy Lee Drake and Edith Phillips Drake.  He was a 1970 graduate of Franklin High School.

After graduation, Danny Ray went to work at Union Camp/International Paper...

Mar 29, 2020

Courtland – Vicky Logan Young, 68, widow of Franklin Beale "Frank" Young, Jr. passed away March 29, 2020 at her home.

Vicky was a longtime member of the Courtland Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Left to cherish her memory is her daughter Christina Parker , her father Glenn L. Logan, her mother Aileen Logan all of Washington...

Mar 27, 2020

Capron – James Earl 'Jimmy" Glascock, 65, passed away March 27, 2020 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Jimmy was a son of the late James Marcellus Glascock and Bertha Kallam Glascock and was also predeceased by a brother-in-law Joe St. John. He was born in Farmville, VA and grew up in Green Bay, VA. He was a 1972 graduate of...

Mar 26, 2020

Courtland – Buffy Ann Griffin, 48, passed away March 26, 2020 in Retreat Doctor's Hospital in Richmond.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 31 years Jerry Ray Griffin, her parents Chris and Nancy Varellon, a daughter Brittany Griffin (fiancé Seth Demick), a son Jared Griffin, three sisters Wendy Martin, Nicole Butler, and Crystal Deale,...

Mar 25, 2020

Franklin – Bobby Lewis Wade, 88, passed away March 25, 2020 in the East Pavilion.  Born in Lasker, NC, he was a son of the late Willie Lewis Wade and Willie Gladys Smith Wade.  Bobby was a retired Maintenance Foreman for Union Camp Corporation and a former National Guardsman.  He was a longtime member of the Bronco Rod and...

Mar 25, 2020

Franklin – Barbara Staton Wade, 85, passed away March 25, 2020 in Southampton Memorial Hospital.  Born in Scotland Neck, NC, she was a daughter of the late Allen V. and Lucille Allsbrook Staton.  Barbara was a graduate of Scotland Neck High School and Rex Hospital School of Nursing in Raleigh, NC.  She was an Operating Room Nurse for Dr....

Mar 18, 2020

Franklin – James Curthbert "Jimmy" Roberts, III, 71, passed away March 18, 2020 in his home.  Born in Richmond and a life-long resident of Southampton County, he was the son of the late James C. "Jay" Roberts, Jr. and Frances Cobb Roberts.  Jim was also predeceased by his wife of 40 years, Cheryl Christine Nettles Roberts.  He was a...

Mar 13, 2020

UPDATE- DUE TO STATE HEALTH REGULATIONS,PATRICIA DRAPER'S VISITATION (WED., MARCH 18, 2020) WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

Boykins – Patricia Ann McClenny Draper, 65, passed away March 13, 2020 in Southampton Memorial Hospital with her family by her side.  A life-long resident of Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late Oscar Redell McClenny,...

Mar 11, 2020

Courtland – Virginia Whittemore Morgan, 76, passed away March 11, 2020 in Sentara Obici Hospital.  Born in Richmond and raised in South Hill, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Madison Legge and Lucy Mae Legge.  Virginia was a retired Peanut Inspector for The VA Department of Agriculture.  She was a member of Boykins United Methodist Church and...

Mar 11, 2020

Roanoke - Bettie Rowe Hughes, 90, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. She was a native of Southampton County, and later raised her family in Richmond. Eventually, Bettie moved to Wilson, NC and then spent the final years of her life in Roanoke. She loved spending time with her family and was an avid...

Mar 7, 2020

Como, NC – Daisy Dell Winstead Howell, 87, widow of Earl Howell, passed away March 7, 2020.  She was a daughter of the late Henry B. Winstead and Della Lee Brannon Winstead and was also predeceased by a brother Ray Winstead. She was a graduate of Maury High School and a former employee of Sears &Roebuck. Mrs. Howell was...

Mar 3, 2020

Sedley – Florence "Tobey" Livesay Edwards, 79, entered the church triumphant on March 3, 2020 at Magnolia Manor in Smithfield, VA, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.  She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Gene Edwards.

Tobey was born on August 6, 1940 in Covington, VA and spent her early childhood in the Covington and...

Mar 1, 2020

Boykins – Joyce O'Neal Ricks went to be with her Heavenly Father on March 1, 2020.  She was born on June 1, 1929 to Murial Holder O'Neal and Dallas Simmons O'Neal in Severn, NC where she lived for 19 years, graduating from Severn High School as valedictorian of her class.  She worked as office manager for Ricks Corn House...

Feb 28, 2020

Newsoms – Reagan Renee Steward, infant daughter of Joe and Jackie Steward, passed away February 28, 2020.

Other survivors include two sisters, Kennedy Michelle Steward and Heidi Elizabeth Steward, maternal grandparents Ralph Reith of Virginia Beach and Regina Wolpert (Charles) of Oklahoma, and paternal grandparents, Caroline Michelle Steward (Phillip) of Newsoms.

A Graveside Service will...

Feb 26, 2020

Franklin – Rebie Blythe Harrison, 107, widow of Julian David "Dock" Harrison, passed away February 26, 2020 in Cheraw, SC.  Born and raised in Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late James Robert Blythe and Nettie Joyner Blythe.   Rebie was was also predeceased by two daughters Pamela Blythe Harrison and Peggy H. Thompson, five sisters Kate Saunders,...

Feb 25, 2020

Franklin – Sarah Spivey Lowe, 96, widow of Stanley Graves Lowe and a long time former resident of Walters and The Village at Woods Edge, passed away February 25, 2020 in the East Pavilion.  She was the daughter of the late Reuben "Scott" Spivey and Sarah "Carrie" Carr Spivey.  Sarah was also predeceased by two brothers John Reuben Spivey...

Feb 25, 2020

Sedley, VA - Rita Pauline Crawl, 75, a resident of Sedley, VA, passed away peacefully on February 25, 2020, from the complications of Alzheimer's Disease, surrounded by her family, at The Riverside Healthy Living Community, Magnolia Manor "The Garden", in Smithfield, VA.

Rita was born January 19, 1945, in Sullivan, IN.  She was the daughter of the...

Feb 23, 2020

Suffolk – Earl Eugene Meadows, 72, passed away February 23, 2020 in his home with family by his side.  Born in Maryland, he was the son of the late William Frank Meadows and Helen Busick Meadows.   He was also predeceased by his wife Judy Gale Childress Meadows, a brother Eddie Meadows, and two sisters Shirley Hinkle and Doris Baker.   ...