Obituaries

Dec 10, 2017

Chesapeake - Clayton Louis "Trey" Best, III, 19, passed away December 10, 2017. Trey was born in Virginia Beach and was a former resident of Franklin, Virginia. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Clayton Louis Best. He was a 2016 honor graduate of Greenbrier Christian Academy and member of the Beta Club and member of the 2015 and...

Dec 8, 2017

Virginia Beach – Catherine E. Greene, 90, passed away December 8, 2017 at her home with her family by her side. Mrs. Greene was a daughter of the late Claude and Blanche March Davidson and was predeceased by her husband Ernest E. Greene. She was also predeceased by a son Roger E. Greene, three sisters. Margaret Johnson, Florence Bradley...

Dec 6, 2017

Franklin - Henry Merrill Johnson Jr. (Mickey), 70 went to be with our Lord and Savior on December 6, 2017 peacefully in his home with his wife and two daughters by his side. Mickey fought a long and courageous battle with cancer for several years.

Mickey was born in Franklin, VA on Aug. 17, 1947 to Henry...

Dec 5, 2017

Franklin – Anna Lewis Parker, 52, passed away December 5, 2017 at her home. Anna was a native of Franklin, attended Mary Baldwin College and grew up in High Street United Methodist Church.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 25 years Kerry L. Parker, her daughter Paige Parker, her parents, Herbert M. Lewis, Jr....

Dec 3, 2017

Sedley - Roland Winfield Chapman, 58, beloved husband, father, and friend passed away peacefully on December 3, 2017, with Christmas carolers at his bedroom door at Courtland Rehabilitation Center, and his devoted wife at his bedside. Roland is at rest in the arms of our Lord after a long and hard- fought battle with dementia.

A native...

Dec 3, 2017

Katherine Ricks Vaughan Cobb, 94, of Shands Drive died December 3, 2017. She was the widow of R. Gordon Cobb and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Collin Ricks Vaughan. Mrs. Cobb was a graduate of Longwood College. When living in Lynchburg earlier she was Assistant to the Dean of Students at Randolph Macon Woman's College. Mrs....

Nov 27, 2017

Franklin – Aubrey Lankford , 94, passed away Monday, November 27, 2017. He lived his entire life at 32055 Sycamore Church Rd, Franklin, VA. He was born August 21, 1923 to the late Samuel W. Lankford, Sr. and Clara Cotton Lankford. He was the eighth of ten children. He was married to the late Mary Drewry Lankford. He is...

Nov 26, 2017

Franklin – John Henry Lee, III, 87, passed away November 26, 2017 at his home. Mr. Lee was a native of Richmond and was a son of the late John Henry Lee Jr and Margaret Talley Lee Dunn and was also predeceased by a brother Phillip Lee. He was a graduate of John Marshall High School in Richmond where...

Nov 25, 2017

Franklin – Tracy Lanier Bradshaw, 57, passed away November 25, 2017 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Tracy was a native of Franklin and was a daughter of the late Tommy Lanier and Jacqueline Griggs Lanier.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband Charles Wayne Bradshaw, two stepdaughters, Shannon Bradshaw and Amy Bradshaw, a stepson, C.W. Bradshaw, II,...

Nov 22, 2017

Como, NC - William Arthur "Billy" Tomlin, Jr., age 61, went home to his Lord on November 22, 2017, following an extremely short and hard battle with cancer. He was the son of the late William A."Bill" and Patsy Tomlin of Franklin. He was also predeceased by nephew, Stephen J. Drake, and great-niece Abbi Drake.

Left to...

Nov 21, 2017

Courtland – Charlie Melvin Bass, Sr., 68, passed away November 21, 2017. Charlie was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was a son of the late Wilbur L. Bass and Lola Blythe Bass. He was also predeceased by two brothers, Wilber L. Bass, Jr. and Donny R. Bass. He was a retired Power Plant Operator with International Paper...

Nov 21, 2017

Holland – Anna Ruth Ellis Wood, 82, passed away November 21, 2017 at Autumn Care of Suffolk. Ruth was born in Franklin, NC and was a daughter of the late Bryant Ellis and Louise Sutton Ellis and was also predeceased by a sister Sue Boykins and a brother Herman B. Ellis. She was a member of Holland Baptist Church....

Nov 20, 2017

Sarah A. "Sally" Patterson, 66, of Greensburg, Pa. died Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. She was born Feb 20, 1951, in New Kensington, Pa., daughter of the late Charles and Jean Nickless Gass.

Sally was a graduate of Penn State University and a longtime member of the PSU Alumni Association. She was an elementary school teacher for 5...

Nov 19, 2017

Williamsburg, VA – Sally MacLellan Councill, 93, widow of Edward Winslow "Bill" Councill, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2017 at her home in Williamsburg Landing. Mrs. Councill was born in Minneapolis, MN and grew up in Bethlehem, PA. She was a daughter of the late Lee Leslie and Irma Baker MacLellan and sister to Priscilla M. Foster and...

Nov 18, 2017

Franklin – Russell Darden Cotton, 60, passed away November 18, 2017. Russ was born in Norfolk and was a son of the late Russell B. and Dorothy Darden Cotton. He was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church and a 1976 graduate of Southampton Academy. Russell was a supervisor for Sandy Land Peanut Company and a member of Forks of...

Nov 18, 2017

Franklin – William Dale "Billy" Cornwell, 62, beloved father, husband, brother and friend passed away November 18, 2017 at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin with his family at his bedside after a short and hard fought battle with cancer. He was born in Franklin, the son of John R. "Tink" Cornwell, Jr. and Eula Maude Wise Cornwell and was...

Nov 17, 2017

Franklin – Dorothy Ann Holland "Dot" Pugh, 80, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Dot was a native of Nansemond County, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Holland and Mary Viola Casper Holland. She was predeceased by her husband Donald Lee Pugh, a son Thomas...

Nov 15, 2017

Zuni – Robert Clifton "Bobby" Fowler, 74, went to be with his Lord and Savior after a fifteen month battle with cancer. Bobby was born in Southampton County, a son of the late Burley Robert and Helen Britt Fowler. He was a member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church where he had been a former deacon and had served on...

Nov 15, 2017

Carrsville – Hazel Barnes Butler Bradshaw, 87, passed away November 15, 2017. Growing up in the south, food was always what brought the family together. Grandma Hazel would spend hours in the kitchen, kneading dough and mixing batter, pouring love into every bowl. What she learned from her mother she tried to impart to her children and her grandchildren....

Nov 14, 2017

Newsoms - Veronica Holly Lassiter Cooke, 61 years old, went peacefully into the arms of Jesus after a full day surrounded by family and friends.

Waiting for her in glory were her father Edward Joshua Lassiter, mother Kathleen Wall Lassiter Bryant, sister Martha Jane Lakes, and stepfather Sterling Bryant.

Left to remember and cherish her...