Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families

Alice Trula Creager Beale

Alice Trula Creager Beale

Jun 1, 2019

Courtland - Alice Trula Creager Beale passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 1, 2019, in her hometown of Franklin, VA.  Alice was born on June 22, 1929 in Bluefield, WVA to William Alcoke and Janie Thompson Creager. She grew up in NorthFork, WVA and graduated from NorthFork High School in 1947. She began her college career at...

Randy Munford

Randy Munford

May 30, 2019

Zuni – Norman Randolph "Randy" Munford, 74, passed away May 30, 2019 in Courtland Health and Rehabilitation Center.  He was a son of the late Alvan Joel Munford and Virginia Lowe Munford and was also predeceased by a brother Alvan Eugene Munford and a nephew Donnie Munford.  He helped on the farm in his younger years and loved John...

Jayke Tomlin Fisk

Jayke Tomlin Fisk

May 29, 2019

Franklin – Jayke Tomlin Fisk, 24, passed away May 29, 2019.   He was born in Suffolk and was a 2013 graduate of Windsor High School.  Jayke was a landscaper for Custom Landscape and Design that was owned by his close friend Bennett Twiford.  He was extremely passionate about nature and wildlife and preserving the environment.  Jayke enjoyed fishing, canoeing,...

Savitaben Natubhai Patel

Savitaben Natubhai Patel

May 29, 2019

Franklin – Savitaben Natubhai Patel, 85, passed away May 29, 2019 in Southamtpon Memorial Hospital.  She was the daughter of the late Rambhai Patel and Kashiben Mahiji Patel and was also predeceased by her husband Natubhai Patel, two brothers, Raojibhai Patel and Ramanbhai Patel, and a sister-in-law.

Left to cherish her memory are a four sons, Kamleshkumar...

Linda Sue Willis

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....