Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Juanita Grant
Jun 27, 2022
Juanita G. Grant passed away at home at the age of 93 on June 27, 2022. She was the daughter of Willie and Cora Grant (Grant’s Grocery) and was born and raised in the Bluefield, WV area. After completing high school, Juanita worked for the Consolidate Bus Company in Bluefield, WV. From there she attended Concord College studying Library Science....
Charlie Thomas
Jun 26, 2022
Charlie Thomas of Tucker, Georgia, passed away peacefully June 26, 2022 at Park Springs Senior Living Community with his daughter at his side. Charlie was born to Robert and Narvus Thomas of Columbia, South Carolina December 24, 1932. He served in the army for two years from 1953-1955 and then went to work for Southern Railway in 1955 where he...
William Harrison
Jun 22, 2022
William Robert Harrison died from complications of advanced lung cancer at his home in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on the morning of Wednesday, June 22, 2022. He was born on September 28, 1940, at the university hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Barbara Sinclair Harrison and Martin Leigh Harrison (a professor of law at the University of Alabama who later served as...
Daniel Everett
Jun 20, 2022
Daniel M. Everett “Mutt”, of Blanch, NC, passed away on June 20, 2022, at SOVAH Health, after a decline in health for one year. He was born on May 17, 1954, in Danville, to the late Irvin “Bud” Everett and Jean Helen Everett. He was a 1972 graduate of Bartlett Yancey Senior High School and attended Danville Community College. In...
Janey Roark
Jun 18, 2022
Janey Hamlett Roark went home to be with her heavenly father on June 18, 2022. Janey was born in Pittsylvania County on October 10, 1928. Janey resided in Danville, VA at 249 Southland Drive. She retired after 33 years of work from C&P Telephone Company. Janey was a member of Lighthouse Bible Church. She was born to the late Millard...
Lennise Snead
Jun 15, 2022
On June 15, 2022, Lennise Kisling Snead, 62, of Ringgold, VA, was called Home by the Lord. Lennise was born on January 3, 1960, in Harrisonburg, VA, to the late Norman Franklin Kisling and Mildred Marie May. Lennise was born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley until moving to Danville, VA, with her late husband Louie Ray Snead. She was...
Arlett Edwards
Jun 13, 2022
Arlett Franklin Edwards, Jr., 99, of Ringgold, VA, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022, at Riverside Health & Rehabilitation Center, after a brief decline in health. Born in Schoolfield, VA, on August 19, 1922, he was the son of the late Arlett Franklin Edwards and Lucy Shelton Edwards. He was married to the former Lillie Dodson for 75 years...
Barbara Wyatt
Jun 9, 2022
Barbara Smith Wyatt 87, of 214 Gatewood Rd., Providence, NC died on Tuesday September 6, 2022, at Carilion Hospital in Roanoke VA after a decline in health for the past few months. She was born in Halifax County, VA. on February 16, 1935, to the late Andrew Jackson “Shug” Smith and Elsie Irene Clay Smith. She spent most of her...
Julia Carroll
Jun 9, 2022
Julia “Judy” Lea Fuqua Carroll, of 123 Mac Carroll Rd., Providence, NC, ascended to her heavenly home on September 6, 2022. She was born to Thelma Gatewood Fuqua and Gurney Fuqua on September 21, 1935 in Danville, VA. She was employed by Caswell Tire Service for 52 years where she was currently employed. She was a faithful member of the...
Sylvia Wilson
Jun 6, 2022
Sylvia Elliott Wilson, 75 of Danville, VA, went to be with the Lord on June 6, 2022 at her home surrounded by family and friends. Sylvia had been in declining health for the past 5 months. Sylvia was born in Danville, VA on June 29, 1946 to late Cecil Elliott and Dorothy Godfrey. Sylvia worked from home as a seamstress....
Gladys Moorefield
Jun 2, 2022
Gladys Hall Moorefield, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022. She was born on March 16, 1925 in the Kentuck community of Pittsylvania County, a daughter of the late John Anderson Hall and Eva Lovelace Hall. She departed this life to join her husband of 65 years, Harold N. Moorefield, who passed away on February 16, 2012. In addition to...
Clarice Price
May 27, 2022
Clarice Brumfield Hundley Price passed away at Brookedale Danville Piedmont on May 27, 2022, at the age of 99. She was born in Chatham, Virginia on February 6, 1923, to Beverly C. and Pocahontas Grant Brumfield. She was predeceased by two husbands, Malcolm J. Hundley, whom she married on June 26, 1941; and Clifford L. Price, whom she married on...
Zuben Postvala
May 25, 2022
Zuben “Zuby” Adi Postvala, 63, of Danville, VA, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. He was born on March 14, 1959, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to the late Adi Jimmy Postvala and the late Perin Limithwala Postvala. He worked in sales and jewelry design at Diamond District Jewelry in Greensboro, NC. He loved his job and his clients loved...
Edward Smith
May 25, 2022
Edward Dwight Smith died on May 25, 2022 at the age of 99. He was born May 1, 1923, in Wake County NC, on a tobacco farm, where he grew up with 6 brothers and 2 sisters - all have preceded him in death. Ed served in the Navy during WWII in both the European and Pacific theaters. As a...
John Torrence
May 23, 2022
John Robert Torrence Jr. died on May 23, 2022. He is survived by his sister Barbara Torrence Kent of Savannah, GA formerly of Danville, VA. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday June 1, 2022 2:00PM at Mountain View Cemetery. Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main Street, is serving the Torrence family. Online condolences can be made...
Shirley Duncan
May 17, 2022
Shirley Anne Grogan Duncan of Lebanon, OH passed away on May 17, 2022 at the age of 92. Born in Danville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Frank Thomas Grogan, Sr. and Eva Mae Travis Grogan. A graduate of George Washington High School, Shirley received an Associate Degree from Averett College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from...
Marion Wardle
May 14, 2022
Marion Ann Wardle was born in Philadelphia, PA, on 10 August 1943 to William Dodson Wardle and Laura Evelyn (Watson). Her parents were British and her father served as a marine surveyor for Lloyds of London Insurance. Due to company policy her family relocated every 4 years or so. Marion therefore lived in Long Island, NY, Newport News, VA, Aruba...
Theresa Meyers
May 8, 2022
Theresa H. Meyers, 61, passed away on August 5th, 2022, due to an ongoing illness. She was born on September 6th, 1960, in Norfolk, VA, to Russell and Lynda Beach. She graduated college with an Associates degree in Accounting. She was a free spirit with a gentle heart. She was usually the smallest person in the room but held a...
Marion Cooper
Apr 30, 2022
Marion Gladys Fleming Cooper, 91, of 188 Walters Mill Rd., Providence, NC, went Home to be with the Lord, on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at her residence, after a brief decline in health. Mrs. Cooper was born on June 2, 1930, in Amelia, VA, a daughter of the late Cleo Vaughn Fleming and the late Bertha Porter Fleming. She was...
Anne Williams
Apr 23, 2022
Anne Willard Dodson Williams, 91, passed on to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 23, 2022. She had been residing at the Roman Eagle Nursing Home in Danville, Virginia. Born on November 21, 1930, in Danville, Anne was the daughter of the late Cephas Willard Dodson and Anice Clarke Adams Dodson. She attended Mary Washington University before she...
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