Obituaries

Feb 15, 2019

Carrsville – Jewel King Faison, 70, passed away February 15, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital. Jewel was born in Warrenton, NC the oldest of six children of the late Edward Gray King and Pattie Alston King and was also predeceased by her son Thomas Edward "Sonny" Faison. She was a 1967 graduate of Windsor (VA) High School and was...

Feb 14, 2019

Franklin – Charles Jesse Akers, Sr., 77, passed away February 14, 2019 in Sentera Virginia Beach Hospital.  Born in Oakhill, West Virginia, he was the son of the late John Akers.  Charles was also predeceased by his wife Claudia Ann Akers.

Left to cherish his memory is his mother Bertha Boyer Compton; two sons Charles Jesse Akers,...

Feb 13, 2019

Sedley – Hardev Singh, 61, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2019 in his home.  Born in India, he was the son of the late Mukthiar Kaur and Darbara Singh.   He was the owner of Woco Express in Ivor and a member of Sikh Temple in Chesapeake.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 34...

Feb 7, 2019

Surry – William Jones "Bill" Simms, 89, passed away peacefully February 7, 2019 in his home.  Born in Southampton County, he was a son of the late John Richard Simms, Sr. and Nannie Bell Stephenson Simms and was also predeceased by his first wife of 51 years Annie Laurie Drewry Simms; three brothers Charles Babb (Annie Norman), Harrell Babb,...

Feb 7, 2019

Mechanicsville – George Jordan Lane Close, 80, passed away peacefully February 7, 2019 in his son's home.  Born, reared, and educated in Southampton County, he was a son of the late William Kenneth Close and Mildred Cary Lane Close and was also predeceased by his wife Sandra Vaughan Close; five brothers William Kenneth Close, Jr., Lane Close, John W....

Feb 6, 2019

Sedley – Dorothy Powell "Dot" Allen, 83, passed away peacefully February 6, 2019 in her home.  Born in Roanoke Rapids, NC, and reared in Gaston, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie B. and Alma S. Powell and was also predeceased by her sister, Betty Jean Timmons.  Dorothy was a 1953 graduate of Gaston NC High School.  She...

Feb 2, 2019

Suffolk - James Alton Byrum, 70, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 2, 2019 in his home surrounded by his family after a long illness. Alton was native of Suffolk and was member of Holland Baptist Church.He was a retired terminal checker at Lambert's Point Docks in Norfolk. After his retirement he worked at Farmer's...

Jan 31, 2019

Capron – Ethel Grizzard Vick, 84, passed away on January 31, 2019 in The Village at Woods Edge.  Born September 8, 1934, Ethel was a daughter of the late Edgar Mason Grizzard and Kate May Harris Grizzard.  She was predeceased by her husband of almost 60 years, James Thomas "Nanny" Vick; a son Eddie T. Vick; and five brothers...

Jan 28, 2019

Sedley – Harold Randolph Cook, 84, passed away January 28, 2019 in Southampton Memorial Hospital.   Harold was a native of Southampton County, a son of the late Charlie and Lizzie Bradshaw Cook.  He was also predeceased by four brothers Clarence, Bobby, Billy, and Johnnie Cook.  Harold was a member of Sedley Baptist Church and a retired foreman with Union...

Jan 27, 2019

Franklin – Russell Lee Powell, Sr., 86, went home to be with the Lord January 27, 2019.  He was the son of the late Mattie Gayle and Willie J. Powell.  Russell was predeceased by a son Alan Powell; six sisters Ivey Truitt, Edna Powell, Bessie Mae Powell, Julia Pope, Lucille Bangley and Mary Powell; and three brothers James, Alex...

Jan 24, 2019

Franklin – Howard Tilden "Bud" Jenkins, 62, passed away January 24, 2019 in his mother's home in Virginia Beach surrounded by his family after a long illness.  He was predeceased by his father Howard Tilden Jenkins and a brother Phillip Jenkins.  He was born in Norfolk and grew up in Virginia Beach and was a 1974 graduate of Kempsville...

Jan 20, 2019

Franklin – Violet Marie Stewart "Vi" Dentler, 90, passed away on January 20, 2019. Born March 7, 1928 in Waterbury, CT, Vi was the only child of the late Earle Stewart and Anna Winslow Stewart.  She graduated from Wilby High School in Waterbury in 1945 and from Perry School of Business in 1947. Vi was predeceased in 1987 by...

Jan 16, 2019

Margaret Mary Byrne Halton, 93, of East Northport, NY passed away on January 16, 2019 at her home with her family at her bedside. Beloved wife of the late Felix Robert "Bob" Halton, loving mother of Mary H. Cahill (John), Elizabeth F. Halton, Robert P. Halton (Marcia), Kathleen H. Wright (Barky), Theresa H. Johnson, Bernadette H. Black (Andrew) and...

Jan 15, 2019

Franklin – Bernice Cobb Carr Wilson, 91, passed away January 15, 2019 in Sentara Obici Hospital.  Bernice was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Presley Lee Cobb and Thelma Bradshaw Cobb and was also predeceased by her first husband Arthur Clifton Carr, Jr., her second husband Ernest Newton Wilson, Sr., her stepson Ernest...

Jan 13, 2019

Franklin – Robert Louis "Bob" Jones, 87, passed away January 13, 2019 in a Raleigh, NC hospital.  Bob was a native of Conway, NC and a son of the late John Henry and Lalah Wheeler Jones.  He was also predeceased by his wife Olean Bell Jones, a brother Sam Henry Jones, and brother-in-law Edgar Parker.  Bob was a1949 graduate...

Jan 13, 2019

Franklin – Viola Fowler Johnson, 91, passed away January 13, 2019 in the East Pavilion.  Viola was born in Southampton County and was a daughter of the late William Joseph and Goldie Lee Duncan Fowler.  She was predeceased by her husband Alton Lee "Bud" Johnson, a daughter Ella Mae Johnson Ashworth and brothers Bill, David, Rochelle, Charles, and Oscar...

Jan 13, 2019

Franklin – Catherine Gray Parker, 81, passed away January 13, 2019 in her home after a long illness with her family at her bedside.  Catherine was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Elvin T. Gray and Gracie Britt Gray Story and was also predeceased by a sister Brenda Gray Francis.  She was a...

Jan 9, 2019

Franklin – Dr. William Bryan "Bill" Olson passed away peacefully in his home on January 9, 2019, at the age of 71 from long standing heart disease.  Bill was born in Grand Rapids, MI, the son of the late John Robert Olson, MD and Harriet Newell Olson.  He was the brother of and prior medical practice partner of the...

Jan 4, 2019

Franklin – Robert Leroy "Bob" Baum, 73, passed away January 4, 2019.  Bob was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to the late Byram Baum and Olive McCullough Baum.  He was an Army Veteran during Vietnam.  Bob was a graduate of West Liberty State College and the American Bible College and held a Doctorate of Divinity and Theology Degree and...

Jan 3, 2019

Carrsville – Joseph William "Joe Billy" Lankford, 75, passed away January 3, 2019, in his home surrounded by his loved ones.  Joe Billy was a native of Isle of Wight County and was a son of the late Bernard and Lillian Duck Lankford.  He was predeceased by his first wife Minnie Darden Lankford and two brothers Robert Earl Lankford...