Cilda Ann Edwards
Dec 19, 2019
Franklin – Cilda Edwards, 67, passed away December 19, 2019 in the East Pavilion.  A native of Franklin, she was a daughter of the late Emerson Rudolph Edwards and Lessie Tillery Edwards.
Left to cherish her memory are a sister, Patricia McGuire (Joe); a niece Melissa McGuire Vaughan (Keith); a nephew Daniel McGuire (Denise); a great niece...
Linda Peele Ward Poates
Dec 18, 2019
Courtland – Linda Peele Ward Poates, 76, widow of Calvin O. Poates, passed away December 18, 2019 in her home with her family by her side.  A native of Courtland, she was a daughter of the late Rowland and Carmen Price Peele and was also predeceased by four siblings Marjorie Peele Pope, Charles Price Peele, Chapman Donald Peele, and...
Mary Frances Campbell Best
Dec 18, 2019
Franklin – Mary Frances Campbell Best, 92, widow of Harry Lee Best, passed away December 18, 2019 in the East Pavilion.  Born in Marion, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Barney C. Campbell and Addie Perritte Brown and was also predeceased by one sister, Barbara C. White; and four brothers, Alfred, Elwood, Bobby, and Carlisle Campbell. ...
Lee Moorman White, Jr.
Dec 16, 2019
Franklin – Lee Moorman White, Jr., 63, passed away December 16, 2019 in his home.  A native of Franklin, he was a son of the late Lee Moorman White, Sr. and Mary Dansey White. Lee worked for Lee White Inc. until he retired in 2000 and continued driving until 2017. He was a member of Hunterdale Ruritan Club and...
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...
