Randy Wayne Gray
Feb 12, 2018
Randy Wayne Gray, 55, passed away February 12, 2018 in Richmond. A lifelong resident of Franklin, Randy was a commercial truck driver.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Virginia Shifflett (Brian) of Boykins and Nicole Madison of Suffolk; son, Luther Madison of Louisiana; his mother, Harriet Hazel Gray; sister, Kimberly G. Creef of Kill Devil...
Hazel G. Drewry
Feb 10, 2018
Franklin – Hazel Grace Lawrence Drewry, 83, widow of the love of her life Clinton McKinley "C.M." Drewry, Jr., passed away February 10, 2018 at the East Pavilion. Mrs. Drewry was a native of Franklin and a former resident of Newport News. She was a daughter of the late Willie Edward Lawrence and Winnie Wynn Lawrence Pierce and Wiley...
Eric S. Edwards
Feb 9, 2018
Franklin – Eric Shane "Opie" Edwards, 46, passed away February 9, 2018. Eric was born January 25, 1972 in Franklin and was a 1990 graduate of Franklin High School. He went to Paul D. Camp Community College for two years and grew up in the Hunterdale Christian Church. He worked at Bubba's Place for 26 years before becoming an...
Ernest Beltrami, Sr.
Feb 7, 2018
Franklin – Ernest "Pops" Beltrami, Sr., 87, passed away peacefully February 7, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Ernest was the son of the late Modesto Beltrami and Luigia Bassi Beltrami of Giustino, Italy and was also predeceased by three grandchildren, Jack and Jeffrey Crabtree, Eric Henderson, and a son–in-law Bruce R. Jones, a brother Ettore...
Richard J. Slate
Feb 7, 2018
Zuni – Richard John Slate, PC1 U.S. Navy (Ret.), 85, passed away February 7, 2018. Mr. Slate was a native of Cape Vincent, NY, a son of the late Charles Herman and Madeline Stevens Slate. He was also predeceased by his wife Susie Evans Slate and brothers, Francis and Robert Slate.
He retired from the US Navy...
Leslie W. Pulley, Jr.
Feb 7, 2018
Franklin – Leslie W. Pulley, Jr., 84, passed away February 7, 2018 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Leslie was a native of Southampton County and was the son of the late Leslie W. Pulley, Sr. and Hazel Dundalow Pulley.
He was a graduate of Franklin High School where he played football and worked part time at A&P. He...
Mary S. Carter
Feb 7, 2018
Franklin – Mary Spivey Carter, 95, widow of the late Richard Elmo "Pete" Carter passed away February 7, 2018 at the East Pavilion. Mary was a daughter of the late Joseph Hudson Spivey and Sally Bristow Spivey and was also predeceased by a sister and five brothers.
Mary was a graduate of Franklin High School, the Fannie...
Elizabeth Bond Brinster
Feb 5, 2018
Chesapeake - Elizabeth Bond Brinster, 50, wife, mother, daughter, and sister left her earthly body and earned her wings on Monday, February 5, 2018, after her courageous battle with kidney cancer. Elizabeth was a native of Courtland, VA and a 1985 graduate of Southampton Academy. She was an active member of Greenbrier Community Church.
Elizabeth was an...
Annie Mae Beale
Feb 2, 2018
Courtland – Annie Mae Beale, 83, passed away peacefully at her home February 2, 2018. She was born May 2, 1934 to the late Joe Cleveland and Nellie Doss Pittmon in Gretna , VA. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Willard Beale, Jr. and her first husband Floyd Lee McCann, Jr.
She had attended Courtland Baptist...
Neal Marks
Feb 1, 2018
Courtland – Thomas Neal Marks, 55, passed away February 1, 2018 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Neal was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was a son of the late James Franklin Marks and Betty Turner Marks.
Neal was a 1982 graduate of Southampton Academy, a member of Sebrell United Methodist Church and a retired hunting guide....
Sol Waite Rawls, Jr.
Jan 28, 2018
Franklin - Sol Waite Rawls, Jr., 98, died on January 28, 2018, at his home, "Woods Hill," in Franklin, Va. He was a lifelong resident of the Franklin community, which he loved.
Mr. Rawls was the son of the late Sol W. Rawls and Rena Camp Rawls of Franklin. He was predeceased by his first wife Ann...
Rufus Edwards Drake, Jr.
Jan 23, 2018
Rufus Edwards (R.E.) Drake, Jr., 93, went home to his Lord on January 23, 2018 surrounded by his family at his residence. He was the son of the late Rufus E. and Edna Hartman Drake of Newsoms and was also predeceased by son-in-law Lewis Edmonds, Jr., daughter-in-law Linda J. Drake, grandson Stephen J. Drake, and great-granddaughter Abbigail Drake.
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Rochelle Fowler
Jan 20, 2018
Carrsville – Rochelle Fowler, 93, passed away January 20, 2018 in Autumn Care of Suffolk. He was a son of the late William and Goldie Fowler and the widower of Anna Catherine Powers Fowler. He was predeceased by two brothers, Bill and David Fowler.
Survivors include four daughters, Pat Chastian, Sandra Daughety (Joseph), Jenny Lowe (Tommy) and...
Odell B. Worrell
Jan 20, 2018
Newsoms - Odell Bailey Worrell, 99, widow of James Milton Worrell, Sr. passed away January 20, 2018 in the East Pavilion. A native of Como, NC she was one of eleven children of the late Frank Columbus Bailey and Annie Harcum Bailey and was also predeceased by a grandson Charles Nathaniel "Kirk" Kirkland, Jr., seven brothers, Clifton, Harvey, Ollie,...
Alan L. Echols
Jan 18, 2018
Drewryville – Alan Leslie Echols, 61, passed away January 18, 2018 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Alan was a native of Newport News and was a son of the late Alden Leonard Echols and Emma Sue Howard Echols. He was a machinist with West Fraser Lumber Company in Seaboard, NC. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 28...
Walter H. Johnson
Jan 15, 2018
Suffolk - Walter Harrell Johnson, 89, passed away January 15, 2018. He was born in Suffolk, formerly Nansemond County, on August 21, 1928 and was a 1947 graduate of Carrsville High School. After school he and his brother, Elliott, formed a partnership (Johnson and Johnson) and farmed together for 35 years. During their farming years they were awarded trophies...
Phyllis C. Wood
Jan 14, 2018
Ivor – Phyllis Carolyn Wood, 82, passed away January 14, 2018 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wood was a native of Arlington ,MA and was a daughter of the late John and Phyllis Day Shaw. She was also predeceased by her husband Albert Christopher ,a daughter Sally Ferguson and a grandson Alex Knuttila. Left to cherish her memory is a...
Norman G. Lankford
Jan 14, 2018
Franklin – Norman Griffin "Punk" Lankford, 92, passed away January 14, 2018 in the East Pavilion. A native of Southampton County, Mr. Lankford was a son of the late Reggie and Julia Griffin Lankford. He was also predeceased by his wife Marjorie Hawkins Lankford, a brother James Thurman Lankford and a sister Mary Frances Lankford Free.
While...
Kenneth H. Moore
Jan 12, 2018
Franklin - Kenneth Handy Moore, 36, left us on January 12, 2018. He was born on January 27, 1981 in Richmond, Va. to Patricia H. Bass, and Handy G. Moore. He graduated from Franklin High School and the Governor's School for the Arts. He went on to Virginia Commonwealth University and earned a BA in Fine Arts. At the...
Jane Beale Jones
Jan 9, 2018
Ahoskie, NC – Jane Arden Beale Jones, 88, passed away January 9, 2018 in Ahoskie. Born July 2, 1929 in the small farming community of Branchville, VA to the late Rufus and Eva Overby Beale, her parents were respected farmers in the community and her father served as Mayor of Branchville for several years. She was a graduate of...
