Obituaries

Oct 24, 2018

Suffolk – James Craig Holland, 56, passed away October 24, 2018 in his home surrounded by his family. Craig was born in Franklin and was a 1980 graduate of Forest Glen High School. He was brought up in the South Quay Baptist Church and was a chemical operator with Solenis.

Left to cherish his memory is his...

Oct 22, 2018

Sedley – Joyce Dundalow Johnson, 85, widow of James Marshall "Jimmy" Johnson, passed away October 22, 2018 in her home.  Mrs. Johnson was a native of Southampton County and was a retired nurse.  She was a member of Ivor United Methodist Church.

Left to cherish her memory are a son John N. Johnson (Robin)  and two grandchildren...

Oct 18, 2018

Capron – Mary Elizabeth Vick Bryant, 85, widow of Willie Thomas  "WT" Bryant, passed away October 18, 2018.  Mary Elizabeth was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late William Henry Vick and Lottie Mae Francis Vick and was predeceased by a brother Franklin Vick, two sisters Juanita Vick and Thelma Hill, and a son-in-law...

Oct 18, 2018

Suffolk – Florence Odell Holt Darden, 86, widow of Willie Darden, passed away October 18, 2018 in her home.  Florence was a native of Southampton County and was the daughter of the late Anthony Holt and Rosa Wilkins Holt and was predeceased by her siblings Horace, Cephus, Buddy, Virginia, and Dot.  She was a retired seamstress for Narricot Industries....

Oct 17, 2018

Carrsville – Ruth Powell Saunders, 78, widow of L. W. (Billy) Saunders, Jr. passed away October 17, 2018 in her home.  Ruth was raised on Oak Grove Farm in Ivor, Virginia and was the daughter of the late G.C. and Christelle P. Powell.  Ruth was a homemaker and one of the founding members of the Carrsville Volunteer Fire Department...

Oct 16, 2018

Franklin - Joann Higle Keller, 86, widow of Harold Clark Keller passed away October 16, 2018 in Lake Prince Woods. Mrs. Keller was a native of Detroit, MI and was a daughter of the late Stephen and Margaret Kretler Higle and was predeceased by three brothers, Robert, Edward and Charles Higle. Mrs. Keller was a graduate of Old Dominion...

Oct 15, 2018

Newport News– Wayne Clay Harrison, 65 passed away October 15, 2018.  A native of Franklin , he was the son of the late Fenton Wallace Harrison and Margaret Beale Harrison.  Rev. Harrison served in numerous churches over the past 28 years.  He met his wife while attending Averett University in 1972 and they married on July 7, 1979 in...

Oct 15, 2018

Drewryville – Ellis Poe Cobb, 87, passed away October 15, 2018.  He was a son of the late Albert Ellis Cobb and Vergie Grizzard Cobb and predeceased by a brother Paul A. Cobb and a brother-in-law Emory Hedgepeth.  Ellis was a graduate of Drewryville High School and served in the Air Force.  He was a lifelong farmer, a Charter...

Oct 14, 2018

Sedley – Jessie Mae Lowe Cobb, 87, widow of Herman W. Cobb, passed away October 14, 2018 in The Village at Woods Edge.  She was a daughter of the late William Drew Lowe and Maggie Odell Ballard Lowe and was predeceased by three sisters Dorothy Turner, Helen Duck, and Mabel Lowe; and two brothers William Ballard Lowe and Stanley...

Oct 1, 2018

Franklin – Robert James "Jimmy" Long, 72, passed away peacefully in his home on October 1, 2018.  He had fought a long hard battle with cancer until he was called home.  Jimmy was born May, 15, 1946, in High Point, NC, to the late Albert Leon Long and Lucille Irwin Long.  He was raised in Franklin by his maternal...

Sep 30, 2018

Carrsville – Michael Shelby Chapman, 68, passed away September 30, 2018.  He was the son of the late Albert Shelby Chapman and Colleen Estelle McDonald Chapman and predeceased by two brothers Larry Chapman, Sr. and Raymond Chapman.  Michael was a graduate of Great Bridge High School and an Air Force veteran.

Left to cherish his memory is...

Sep 29, 2018

FRANKLIN – Essie Mae Harrell, age 94, of Country Club Road, Franklin, Virginia passed away September 29, 2018 at the East Pavilion. She was born in Southampton County, the daughter of the late Asa Beaton Joyner and Annie Scott Joyner and was predeceased by one sister, Iris Elaine Joyner. She attended Franklin High School and Mary Washington College where...

Sep 28, 2018

Newsoms – Tommy entered eternal life on September 28, 2018. The son of Daniel Lawrence Ewald, Sr. and Olive Elizabeth (Hine) Ewald, both deceased, was born on March 26, 1949 in Danbury, CT. His family moved to Norfolk in the early 1950s. Eventually, he met the love of his life, Peggy (Plemons) Ewald, one summer night while cruising the...

Sep 27, 2018

Suffolk – Francis Xavier "Frank" Savio, 76, passed away September 27, 2018 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Frank was a son of the late William Peter Savio and Kathryn Schroeder Savio and was also predeceased by two brothers Thomas and Robert Savio. He was a US Navy Veteran and served during the Vietnam War and worked with electronic calibrations...

Sep 25, 2018

Franklin - Norma Hoth Hall passed away at Your Life Memory Care of Pensacola, Florida on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Norma was 87 years old.

Norma is lovingly survived by her daughter, Diane Hall Bodenhamer (Todd) of Pensacola; her grandson Matthew Kevin Hall (Jessica) of Marshall, VA; a great grandson Graden Wayne...

Sep 24, 2018

Courtland – Mildred "Millie" Chappell Edwards, 93, departed this life September 24, 2018 in Oak Ridge, TN. Born June 11, 1925 in Granville County, NC the only child of the late John Littleton Chappell and Katherine Thompson Chappell, Millie was predeceased by her husband Warren E. Edwards and a son Stephen W. Edwards. A resident of Courtland for over...

Sep 22, 2018

Newsoms – Blanche Vaughan Whitehead, 89, passed away September 22, 2018 in Courtland Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Whitehead was born in Murfreesboro, NC and was a longtime resident of Branchville. She was a daughter of the late Lee Roy Vaughan and Fannie Mae Cook Vaughan and was also predeceased by her husband Warner Vann Whitehead and three sons,...

Sep 21, 2018

Boykins – Merwyn Walter 'Ted" Nadeau, Jr., 74, passed away September 21, 2018 in his home. A native of Sanford, ME, Ted grew up in Denver, CO and was a son of the late Merwyn Walter Nadeau and Marie Rita Allaire Nadeau. He was an Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam War and a graduate of the University of...

Sep 20, 2018

Franklin – Dorothy Anne Adamson, 66, passed away in her home on September 20, 2018.   She was born in Norfolk to the late James Preston Russell and Alma Rose McClenney Bray and predeceased by her husband Shane Scott Adamson , sister Susan Bryant, and brother Richard Lewis.

Dorothy is survived by two daughters Heather Lane Ilgen and...

Sep 19, 2018

Franklin – Winfred Earl Shelton, 87, widower of Fay Cobb Shelton, passed away September 19, 2018 in Cumming, GA. Earl was the son of the late James and Thelma Shelton and was also predeceased by a brother Walter. He was a graduate of Carrsville High School, a US Army Veteran of the Korean War, and an Assistant Paper Mill...