Bobbie Ellis
Dec 15, 2019
Ivor – Barbara Pierce "Bobbie" Ellis, 77, passed away December 15, 2019 in Parsons Residential Care Center in Chesapeake. Born in Suffolk, Bobbie was a daughter of the late George Lilton and Ella Mae Munford Pierce. She was a 1961 graduate of Windsor High School and a school bus driver for Southampton County Public Schools for over 30 years. ...
Jake Massie Stone
Dec 15, 2019
Franklin – Jake Massie Stone, 84, passed away December 15, 2019 at East Pavilion. Born in Christiansburg, VA, he was a son of the late Jake Ward Stone and Sallie Massie Stone and was also predeceased by a brother John Ward Stone. Jake received a BS in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation from Virginia Tech 1956 and a MS in...
James Walker Early, Sr.
Dec 10, 2019
Windsor – James Walker Early, Sr., 82, passed away December 10, 2019 in his home with his family by his side. Born in North Carolina, he is a son of the late Andrew James and Gandell Rayner Early. James was also predeceased by his first wife Elizabeth Early, three sisters Betty Jane Lewis, Ella Jean White, and Marjorie Tayloe,...
Mack Bailey
Dec 9, 2019
Ivor – Charles Franklin Bailey, Sr. (also known as "Mack" or "Mackie"), 75, went to heaven on December 9, 2019. Mack was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was born December 29, 1943 in Lumberton, NC. During his life he spent several years in Moyock, NC and later Windsor, VA until he settled in and made Southampton County...
Samuel Blount Drewry, Sr.
Dec 8, 2019
Boykins - Samuel Blount Drewry, Sr., 87, passed away December 8, 2019, at home surrounded by his family. Sam was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was a son of the late John Herman and Nellie Moore Drewry. He was also predeceased by a brother John Herman Drewry, Jr.
Sam was a retired project manager for...
Betty Ann Bradshaw Hadsell
Dec 6, 2019
Franklin – Betty Ann Bradshaw Hadsell, 82, widow of William Valentine "Billy" Hadsell, Jr., passed away December 6, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Brought up in Franklin, Betty Ann was a daughter of the late Noah "Pete" Bradshaw, Jr. and Edna Virginia Hennaman Bradshaw and was also predeceased by a brother Robert A. "Bobby"...
Robert Lewis Thomas
Dec 1, 2019
Franklin – Robert Lewis Thomas, 74, passed away December 1, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital. Born in Norfolk and reared in Franklin, he was a son of the late Lewis Monroe and Rubie Butler Thomas and was also predeceased by a twin brother Edward Monroe Thomas. Robert was a 1965 graduate of Franklin High School and served in the...
Henry Langley Baggett
Dec 1, 2019
Newport News – Henry Langley Baggett, 65, passed away December 1, 2019. Henry was a Navy Veteran and an Electronics Technician for Huntington Ingalls.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of forty-one years Pamela Hendricks Baggett, a daughter Jaime Baggett, a son Christopher Baggett, a sister Tina Lynch, and two brothers Alton and Danny Baggett....
Richard Cory Edwards
Nov 30, 2019
Franklin – SFC Richard Cory Edwards US ARMY Ret., 65, passed away November 30, 2019. Richard was born in Charleston, SC and grew up in Drewryville. He was a son of the late Roger Garvin and Ruth Mae Edwards and was also predeceased by a brother Roger Gray Edwards and his twin brother Robin Chris Edwards.
Richard...
Fennon Turner
Nov 27, 2019
Franklin – Ollie Fennon Turner, Jr., 83, widower of Faye Daughtrey Turner, passed away November 27, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital. Born on September 4, 1936 in Roxboro, NC, and reared in Carrsville, Fennon was the son of the late Ollie Fennon Turner, Sr. and Lera Young Turner. He was also predeceased by a son Daniel P. Turner, a...
Johnny Lankford
Nov 27, 2019
Franklin – John Saunders "Johnny" Lankford, 81 of Franklin, VA passed away with his family by his side on November 27, 2019 at the Village at Woods Edge in Asa's Neighborhood. He was born September 11, 1938 in Franklin, VA to the late James Paul and Rebie Saunders Lankford and was predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Jerline...
Jane Presnell Watson
Nov 26, 2019
Suffolk – Jane Presnell Watson, 98, died peacefully November 26, 2019 surrounded by family, friends and her cats. Jane was born in Watauga County, near Boone, NC on August 13, 1921. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty one years, Lee A. Watson, her eldest son, Dexter Lee Watson, brothers Baxter Presnell, Conley Presnell and Bynum...
Randy Dean Creech
Nov 22, 2019
Suffolk - Randy Dean Creech, 60, passed away Friday November 22, 2019 at his home. A native of Franklin, he was a son of the late Thelbert Ray and Alice Godwin Creech and was also predeceased by his twin brother Rudy Creech and his sister-in-law Shelly Creech.
Randy was a graduate of Forest Glen High School, worked...
Henry Woodard Clapp, Jr., Md
Nov 21, 2019
Franklin – Dr. Henry Woodard Clapp, Jr. died on November 21, 2019, after suffering both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes over several months. Henry was born on May 13, 1937 in Muskegon, Michigan, the son of a much beloved local physician. His father, also named Henry, and mother, Lois Evah Hart Clapp, were institutions in the local medical community there. ...
Travis Cobb
Nov 21, 2019
Suffolk – Justin Travis Cobb, 47, passed away November 21, 2019. He is survived by his parents Ronald Alfred Cobb and Vicki Johnson George (Raymond). Travis was predeceased by a sister Michele Cobb.
Left to cherish his memory is his parents; two daughters Katelyn and Brittany Cobb; a son Cole Cobb; his maternal grandmother Elsie Johnson; niece...
Bobby Jones
Nov 20, 2019
Holland – James Robert "Bobby" Jones, 92, widower of Jane Shaw Jones, passed away November 20, 2019, at The Village at Woods Edge in Franklin. He was a son of the late James Thomas and Mary Edith Rawles Jones and was also predeceased by a son, Andrew Hardy Jones and a brother, Thomas Rawles Jones.
Bobby was...
Lisa Brock Drake
Nov 19, 2019
Franklin – Lisa Brock Drake, 55, passed away November 19, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital. Born in Suffolk, she was a daughter of the late Peter Bobby and Carolyn Smith Brock and was also predeceased by her son William Edward "Little Billy" Drake, Jr. and a sister Grace B. Allen. Lisa loved spending time with her grandkids.
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Joseph Wallace Goodson
Nov 16, 2019
Franklin – Joseph "Joe" Wallace Goodson, 78, passed away November 16, 2019 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Joe was born in Golden, Texas and was a Navy Veteran during the Vietnam era. He was the son of the late Samuel Albert and Clarssie Lockridge Goodson. He was predeceased by his loving wife of nearly fifty years Tena Arrington Goodson.
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Mickey Gray
Nov 14, 2019
Franklin – Mitchell Powell "Mickey" Gray, 84, passed away November 14, 2019 in Nansemond Point Rehabilitation and Health Center. He was a native of Franklin and a son of the late Vernie Ashby and Bessie Powell Gray and was also predeceased by a brother Vernie A. Gray, Jr. Mickey was a graduate of Franklin High School and Chowan College. ...
Malita Askew
Nov 13, 2019
Franklin – Malita Rawls "Lee Lee" Askew, 99, widow of William Herbert Askew, passed away November 13, 2019 in Courtland Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of the late Spurgeon and Lavinia Barrett Rawls and also predeceased by a brother Charles Rawls. Malita was a retired administrative secretary for Union Camp Corporation and a member of Gates...
