Garland F. Lance
Aug 27, 2017
Franklin- Garland Frank Lance, 104, died August 27, 2017 in Franklin, Virginia. Garland was the son of Pearl Crook Lance and Claude H. Lance of Asheville, NC. He lived in the Bent Creek and Asheville area of North Carolina most of his life until moving with his wife to Franklin, VA in 1999 to be near their daughter. He...
Robert T. Petty
Aug 26, 2017
Franklin – Robert Tucker Petty, 66, died on Saturday August 26, 2017 after a quiet and long battle with cancer. Bob was born in Columbia, TN on December 4, 1950 to the late Ruth Warren Tucker Petty and Robert Lycurgus Petty, III. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and spent the better part of...
Calvin Darden
Aug 24, 2017
Suffolk – Calvin Darden , 77, passed away August 24, 2017 at his home surrounded by family. Mr. Darden was a native of Nansemond County and was the son of the late Moses Darden and Carlee Turner Darden and was also predeceased by three brothers, Ryland, G.G. and Ivan and a sister Mildred. He was a member of Beaver...
Elizabeth D. Brooks
Aug 20, 2017
Franklin - Elizabeth Shoop Dixon Brooks, 88, widow of Edward Harrington Brooks, Jr., died peacefully in her sleep on August 20, 2017. She was born in Suffolk, Virginia, the only child of George Brownrigg Dixon and Elizabeth Shoop Dixon. She was predeceased by her beloved son Paul Harrington Brooks. Mrs. Brooks (Betty) was a loving mother, grandmother and great-...
George M. Duck
Aug 15, 2017
Carrsville – George Morris Duck, 68, passed away August 15, 2017. George was born in Franklin and was a son of the late Morris Randolph and Lorraine Carr Duck. He was a member of Colosse Baptist Church, a 1969 graduate of Windsor High School and an Army Veteran. George had retired from International Paper after being a Millwright in...
Buddy Sheppard, Jr.
Aug 15, 2017
Franklin – Dalton McGowan "Buddy" Sheppard, Jr., 61, passed away August 15, 2017 at his home. Buddy was born in Norfolk and was a retired Staff Sergeant after twenty years of service in the US Army and served in the Desert Storm Campaign. After his retirement Buddy was a security officer for Atlantic Protection Service at Norfolk International Airport....
Margaret B. Johnson
Aug 12, 2017
Courtland – Margaret Baggett Johnson, 91, passed away August 12, 2017 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late Lee Baggett and Lillian Jones Baggett and was also predeceased by her husband D.C. Johnson, sisters, Paige King and Helen Toombs, brothers, Wilson Baggett, Robert Baggett and George Baggett.
Mrs. Johnson was a member...
Clifton L. Turner
Aug 8, 2017
Scotland Neck – Clifton Lee Turner, 70, passed away August 8, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC surrounded by his family. Clifton was a native of Carrsville, VA and was a son of the late Charlie and Nellie Grace McClenny Turner.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 47 years, Patricia Hedgepeth Turner,...
Linwood Roy Drake, Jr.
Aug 6, 2017
Franklin – Linwood Roy Drake, Jr., 87, retired owner of Drake Tire Company, passed away at his home on August 6, 2017. Born in Southampton County, he was a son of the late Linwood Roy Drake, Sr. and Nellie Vick Drake. He was an Army Veteran and a member of Franklin Presbyterian Church. He was predeceased by two brothers,...
Brenda Blythe Holland
Aug 6, 2017
Carrsville – Brenda Blythe Holland, 70, widow of Wilson "Pete" Staley Holland, Jr., passed away August 6, 2017. Born in Raleigh, NC and reared in Hunterdale, she was a daughter of the late William Kelly Blythe, Sr. and Alda May Blythe. She was predeceased by a brother, Douglas T. Blythe. Brenda was a 1967 graduate of Franklin High School...
Virginia Harris Yount
Aug 5, 2017
Drewryville- Virginia Harris Yount, 96, widow of John Baines Yount, passed away August 5, 2017. Born in Chicago, Il, and reared in Drewryville, she was the daughter of the late George Hendricks and Marian Rose Watson Harris. Mrs. Yount served with the American Red Cross for 20 years and was a postal clerk for the Drewryville and Capron Post...
Ray Newton "Ray Ray" Chapman, Jr.
Aug 5, 2017
Kentucky- Ray Newton Chapman, Jr. "Ray Ray", 49,passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 5, 2017 in Franklin.Ray Ray, who was born in Beckley, WV, was a graduate of Windsor High School and a heavy equipment driver. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Frank and Ella Ree Barfield of Columbus, Ga., and paternal grandmother, Victor and Jewel Jones, of...
Louise Beale Hurd
Aug 5, 2017
Louise Beale Hurd, 93, passed away peacefully on Friday August 4, 2017.She was preceded in death by her daughter Jayne Hurd, her son, Clark Hurd and grandson Matthew Merrill.
Those remaining to enjoy memories of their mother, grandmother and "GG"are her daughters and their husbands,Lu and Mike Moore of Melbourne FL and Ellen and Ken Hubbard of...
Rita T. Mccormick
Aug 2, 2017
Ivor- Rita Thompson McCormick, 72, passed away peacefully at her home on August 2, 2017. She was born to the late Ralph Wesley Thompson and Jessie Elene Thompson on July 14, 1945 at Appalachian Hospital in Johnson City, TN. Surviving members of her immediate family include her son, Timothy E. McCormick; her husband of 16 years, Ronald T. Stephens;...
Phyllis J. Council
Aug 2, 2017
Zuni - Phyllis Lorriane Johnson Council, 86, passed away August 2, 2017.
Born in Berlin, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Dudley and Edith Hedgepeth Vasser. Mrs. Council was retired from Windsor High School where she was Cafeteria Manager. She was a member of Burdette Baptist Church. Phyllis was predeceased by her first husband,...
Mildred P. Babb
Aug 1, 2017
Courtland - Mildred Poole Babb died after a long and wonderful life on August 1, 2017. She was born February 5, 1926 and lived 91 years in a life characterized by love and enjoyment of friends and family. She was predeceased by her parents, Lawton L. and Edith P. Poole, and her husband, Benjamin Emmett Babb. Left to celebrate...
Christian W. Moore
Aug 1, 2017
Courtland – Christian Wells Moore ("Papa Dud"), 81, passed away August 1, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Moore was a native of Buckingham County and was a son of the late Samuel and Ethel Wells Moore. Mr. Moore starting logging at the age of 10 with his daddy and at the age of 16 went...
Jeffrey D. Holt
Jul 31, 2017
Ivor – Jeffrey David Holt, 33, passed away July 31, 2017 at Sentara Obici Hospital. Jeffrey was born January 25, 1984 at RAF Lakenheath England. He was a 2003 graduate of Southampton Academy and a graduate of Tidewater Regional Fire Academy Class 116. Jeffrey was a firefighter medic for the city of Hampton and more recently with the Newport...
Dennis T. Bryant
Jul 30, 2017
Newsoms – Dennis Thomas "Buckwheat" Bryant, 64, passed away July 30, 2017 at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. A lifelong resident of Southampton County he was a son of the late Raymond Davis and Eunice Ferguson Bryant. He was a graduate of Southampton High School and farmed all his life. He was a member of Mt. Horeb United...
Imo S. Beaton
Jul 29, 2017
Suffolk – Frances Imo Simms Beaton of the 400 Block of Elizabeth Street, Suffolk, slipped quietly and peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Saturday, July 29, 2017. A native of Sebrell in Southampton County, Virginia, Imo was the daughter of the late Thomas Messiah and Pearl Babb Simms. At 94, she was the last remaining member of...
