Linda Sue Willis
May 28, 2019
Franklin – Linda Sue Willis, 69, passed away May 28, 2019 in the East Pavilion. She was the daughter of the late Harvey Perry Willis and Virginia Opal Priddy Willis. Linda was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth.
Left to cherish her memory are a daughter Rachel Dawn Odell of Virginia; two sons Jason...
Hershell Niles Hodge
May 27, 2019
Suffolk – Hershell Niles Hodge, 75, passed away Monday, May 27, 2019 at Consulate Health Care of Windsor. He was a native of Tennessee and was the son of the late James Hershell Hodge and Lorraine Hodge.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife Fran Hodge, a daughter Tondaleya H. Ingram and her husband Jason, three...
Linda Carol Summers Johnson
May 26, 2019
Boykins – Linda Carol Summers Johnson, 69, passed away Sunday May 26, 2019 at her home. She was a daughter of the late Charles Summers and Edna Hicks Summers and was also predeceased by her husband James Earl Johnson.
Left to cherish her memory is a son Robert Lee Burton and his wife Roberta, six grandchildren, Barbara...
Carlton Lee Cutchin, Jr.
May 26, 2019
Franklin, VA – Carlton L. "Jerry" Cutchin, Jr., 83, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the late Carlton and Margruette Leathers Cutchin. He was a 1953 graduate of Franklin High School and a member of the Virginia Tech class of 1957. Jerry was the owner/operator of Farmers Produce/Ace Hardware in...
Derrick S. Jones
May 25, 2019
Franklin- Derrick Steve Jones 37, passed away May 25, 2019. Derrick was born in Fairfax, VA, and was a 2000 graduate of Franklin High School. He was a member of Courtland Baptist Church. Derrick was predeceased by his father Steve Michael Jones.
Left to cherish his memory is his mother, Cindy Jones, a son, Caleb Jones, a...
Bette Dean Lilly Crisp
May 22, 2019
Bette Dean Lilley Crisp passed away May 22, 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was a 50-year resident of Franklin, Virginia where she was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. She was born March 20, 1928 in Norfolk, Virginia to very young parents and was raised as an only child in Savannah, Georgia. She left this life as she...
Linda Pelfrey Smith
May 20, 2019
Windsor – Linda Pelfrey Smith, 70, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 in her home. She was a daughter of the late Clarence Cleo Alley and Dorothy L. Williams Alley. Linda was a 1966 graduate of Kellam High School and also a graduate of ECPI.
Left to cherish her memory are two daughters Jennifer Hammond and Julie...
Rita Lou Carr
May 20, 2019
Franklin – Rita Lou Carr, 70, passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 in her home. She was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Carr, Jr. and Louise Drewery Carr. Rita was a 1967 graduate of Windsor High School, a 1971 graduate of James Madison University, and received a Master's Degree from Virginia Tech. She was a retired Extension...
Elizabeth Hartley "Betty" Parker
May 18, 2019
Murfreesboro, NC – Elizabeth Hartley "Betty" Parker, 87, widow of Ronald Milton "Spec" Parker died Saturday May 18, 2019 . Born in Whitmire, SC she was a daughter of the late John E. Hartley and Izetta Presnell Hartley and was also predeceased by a brother Dan Hartley and a sister Hazel Perry.
She was a retired bookkeeper...
Cynthia Gail Prater Reagan
May 16, 2019
Boykins – Cynthia Gail Prater Reagan, 57, passed away Thursday May 16, 2019 at her home. She was a native of Chesapeake and was a daughter of the late Danny Prater and Lena Pearl Winstead Prater. Cynthia was also predeceased by her brother Michael Prater and sister Pamela Prater.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband...
Phillip Alan Gibbs
May 16, 2019
Franklin – Phillip Alan Gibbs, 71, passed away May 16, 2019 in his home. He was born in Suffolk to the late Winton Ireland Gibbs and Ruth Nelms Sykes. Phillip was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a retired roll finishing operator from Union Camp/International Paper with 41 years of service. He was a member of...
Daniel Joseph Klapetzky
May 9, 2019
Courtland – Daniel Joseph Klapetzky, 86, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019 in his home. Daniel was a son of the late Daniel Francis and Gertrude Sullivan Klapetzky and was also predeceased by a sister Rita Kerrick and a brother Albert Klapetzky. He was an Army Veteran and a retired Accounting Manager for General Electric with 35 years of...
Berkley Mack Francis
May 8, 2019
Boykins – Berkley Mack Francis, 81, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019. A lifelong resident of Southampton County and widower of Thelma Morgan "Bootsie" Francis, he was a son of the late Herbert Mack and Doris Avent Francis and was also predeceased by a sister Shirley F. Spruill and a brother Kenny Francis. He was a graduate of Southampton...
Diane Johnson Blankenship
May 7, 2019
Franklin – Diane Johnson Blankenship, 72, passed away Tuesday May 7, 2019 at Grace Health and Rehab of Greene County. Mrs. Blankenship was a daughter of the late Robert E. "Bobby" Johnson and Mildred Cobb Johnson.
She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and was a former secretary at Franklin High School and a former event...
Margaret Duffy Houle
May 2, 2019
Franklin - Margaret Duffy Houle, 93, passed away on May 2, 2019 at James River Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center in Newport News.
Born on September 20, 1925 in Isle of Wight County, Margaret was the daughter of the late Walter Hargett and Dora Avie Bobbitt Duffy. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Robert John...
Larry Wayne Pulley
May 1, 2019
Franklin – Larry Wayne Pulley, 76, passed away May 1, 2019, in Courtland Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in North Carolina and formerly of Chesterfield County, VA, he was the son of the late Charles Douglas and Odell Wilson Pulley and was also predeceased by his wife Helen Barlow Pulley, a son James Pulley, and two sisters, Sarah P....
Gordon Raymond Morris
Apr 28, 2019
Franklinville, NC – Gordon Raymond Morris, 80, passed away April 28, 2019, in his home. Born in Franklin, VA, he was a son of the late Harold Gordon and Alice Roe Morris. Gordon was also predeceased by two brothers, Elton and Mitchell Morris. He was an Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam War and was retired from Champion Paper...
Gearleen T. Harrell
Apr 26, 2019
Courtland – Gearleen T. Johnson March Harrell, 82, passed away April 26, 2019 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Gearleen was a native of Tazewell County, VA and was a daughter of the late Garfield and Rosa Mae Lawson Johnson. She was also predeceased by two husbands, Reuben March , Sr. and Owen Harrell, two sisters, Shirlon Tasker and Eloise Shupe...
Ethel Pope Francis
Apr 26, 2019
Capron – Ethel Pope "Dick" Francis, 94, passed away April 26, 2019. A life-long resident of Southampton County, she was the daughter of the late Percy Ashby Pope and Ruth Leah Scarborough Pope and was also pre-deceased by her husband Linard Thomas Francis and her son Linard Thomas Francis, Jr. She was a graduate of Capron High School and...
Cecilia Ochoa Roybal
Apr 24, 2019
Franklin – Cecilia Ochoa Roybal, 92, passed away April 24, 2019 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Born in Madrid, New Mexico, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Sefuentes Ochoa. Cecilia was also pre-deceased by her husband Pedro A. Roybal; a great grandchild Peanut; three sisters; and two brothers. She was a Surgical Technician at Kaiser Hospital...
