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Delores Butler

Delores Butler

Jun 2, 2020

Delores Boyd Butler of Danville, VA, passed to her heavenly home on Thursday, February 6th, 2020. Delores was born in Leaksville, NC on May 6th, 1930, to the late Homer Issac Boyd and Rebecca Katherine Cook Boyd. On April 21st, 1951, she married Howard Oliver (Jack) Butler who predeceased her in March 2018. Together they were married 67 years. Delores...

Leslie Mccann

Leslie Mccann

May 25, 2020

Leslie Marshall McCann departed this life on May 25, 2020, at Sovah of Danville, after being in declining health for many years. Mr. McCann was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 19, 1944, to Floyd L. McCann, Jr. and Evelyn Marshall McCann. He spent most of his childhood in Norfolk, VA and graduated from Granby High School in 1962....

Michael Sublett

Michael Sublett

May 23, 2020

Michael Brooks Sublett passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020. He was born on February 10, 1975 and was the son of the late Benjamin Whitfield Sublett and Joan Whitehead Sublett who survives. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 30, 2007 at 1 pm In Highland Burial Park.

Phyllis Goddard

Phyllis Goddard

May 22, 2020

Phyllis Edwards Goddard, 75, of Greensboro, NC, passed away May 22, 2020, with family by her side. She was born on December 30, 1944 in Roanoke Rapids, NC to the late William Norman Edwards and Beatrice Irene Eure. She is survived by three children; Richard Goddard (Jennifer) of Greenville, NC, Robert Goddard (Angie) of Tupelo, MS, and Thomas Goddard (Angela)...

Elease Bolton

Elease Bolton

May 22, 2020

It is with broken hearts and sorrow that the family of Elease C. Bolton announces her passing on Friday, May 22, 2020 with her family at her side. Mrs. Bolton was 79 years old and born in Danville, VA on March 19, 1941, to the late Elbert “Boots” C. Clifton and Ruby S. Clifton. She was also predeceased by her...

Gary Duren

Gary Duren

May 21, 2020

Gary Duren, 84, of Danville passed away on May 21, 2020. Born in Waynesboro, TN, Gary was the second of Jesse and Elizabeth Duren’s five children. In 1959 after earning a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Tennessee, he and his wife, Andrea, moved to Danville, VA. He established Danville Landscape Nursery and later Duren Construction Company, a...

Eddie Barrick

Eddie Barrick

May 19, 2020

William Edward “Eddie” Barrick went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 19th, 2020. Eddie is predeceased by his parents, Josephine Long Barrick and Walter Ennis Barrick, Jr, 4 grandparents, his brother, John, and sister, JoAnne. He is survived by a sister, Sandra Barrick Bierman, Dallas, TX; his 2 sons, Edward Barrick and Richard Barrick, Danville...

Wallace Adams

Wallace Adams

May 18, 2020

Wallace Adams died on Monday, May 18, 2020 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care. He was born on February 9, 1930. He was a United States Coast Guard Veteran and retired from Danville Water and Gas Department and S&B Motor Co. Wallace was also a member of United Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Colleen L. Adams...

Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith

May 18, 2020

Rebecca Catherine Spangler Smith, 92, of Sarasota, FL, passed away on May 18th, 2020 in the comfort of her home surrounded by caregivers and her daughter. She was born in Cascade, VA, to Elder and Mrs. David V. Spangler, on April 19, 1928. She graduated from Averett College with an AA degree, and then moved to Sarasota in 1949. While...

James Gilliam

James Gilliam

May 17, 2020

James Ronald “Ronnie” Gilliam, Sr. of Providence, NC, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at the age of 78, after his 5 year battle with cancer. He was born on July 22, 1941 to the late James Woodrow and Una Garrison Gilliam. He was happily married to his loving wife, Marie Davis Gilliam, for 54 years,...

Alice Gourley

Alice Gourley

May 12, 2020

Alice Shelton Gourley, age 69, died on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at SOVAH-Danville after a short decline in health. Mrs. Gourley was born in Danville on May 5, 1951, a daughter of the late Edrie Lee “Pete” Shelton and Ruth Martin Shelton. Mrs. Gourley was a member of College Park Baptist Church; served as WMU Director and many other functions....

Barbara Hutson

Barbara Hutson

May 11, 2020

Barbara Hughey Hutson of Danville, VA and lately of West Chester, PA, passed away after 81 years of happiness on November 5, 2020. Born, January 4, 1939 in Providence, NC, she was the only daughter of Theodore and Frances Hughey. She was predeceased by her brother, Thomas ”Tommy” Hughey. When Tommy started school, Barbara was so sad that she started...

Harriett Denning

Harriett Denning

May 8, 2020

Harriett Jean Abbott Denning, 75, wife of Nathan J. Denning, passed away on Wednesday, August 05, 2020. Born October 3, 1944 in Danville, VA, Harriett was the daughter of the late Raymond J. and Mary Worley Abbott. Harriett was one of the best cooks you would ever meet. A visit with her would always leave you full, as she would...

Joann Wiseman

Joann Wiseman

May 5, 2020

Joann Austin Wiseman, of Danville passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at the age of 87. She was born June 27, 1932 in Roanoke to Malcolm and Mary Agnes Austin. She is survived by her husband Maurice Wiseman, daughters Elizabeth Pitts (Robert) and Cynthia Daniel (Mark), and granddaughter Rebekah Pitts. Joann graduated from National Business College. She worked at Johnson...

William Traynham

William Traynham

Apr 29, 2020

William (Bill) West Traynham, Jr., age 64 of Danville, Virginia, died in his home on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Bill was born in Greenwood, SC to William West Traynham and Bobbie Davis Traynham. Son of a career Army officer, the family lived in numerous places during his childhood and youth. He graduated from Key West High School, Key West, FL,...

Robert Benazzi

Robert Benazzi

Apr 24, 2020

Robert Bomeda Benazzi, MD, age 77, died peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2020 in Richmond, Va. He was born on December 5, 1942 in Danville, Va. a son of the late Dr. B. B. and Ruby B. Benazzi. Dr. Benazzi is survived by a sister, Patricia B. Carmack and her husband, Samuel M. Carmack, Jr.and a brother, Louis J. Benazzi...

Viola Sparks

Viola Sparks

Apr 23, 2020

Viola Kendrick Stephens Sparks, 95, of Danville passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Born on March 16, 1925, she was a daughter of the late, Claude Jennings and Marion Adams Kendrick. Viola retired from Dan River Mills in 1988 after working many years in the sewing room. She loved to travel and read. She also enjoyed painting. She was...

Frances Mahaffey

Frances Mahaffey

Apr 21, 2020

Frances Elizabeth Adams Mahaffey, 94, passed away peacefully after a short illness on Tuesday morning April 21, 2020 at Sovah Health in Danville, with her son at her side. Frances was born on March 5, 1926 in Danville, the oldest daughter of Harry Brouis Adams and Gladys Lucille Miller Adams. After living in Amherst, Virginia, and Washington, North Carolina, she...

Florine Hall

Florine Hall

Apr 19, 2020

In the wee hours of January 16, 1925, Willie and Marie Hardie welcomed their daughter, Florine Pettus, into the world of rural Halifax County Virginia. She was their first surviving child. On April 19, 2020, Florine departed this life as the last surviving child of Willie and Marie. Being a staunch Scottish Presbyterian, it was “her time” and she met...

Carole Barnes

Carole Barnes

Apr 17, 2020

Carole E. Collins Barnes, 85, passed away, on Friday, April 17, 2020, at Parham Doctors Hospital in Richmond, VA, after a long standing lung complication. Carole was born on November 20, 1934, in Grandview, Ohio, a daughter of Hannibal Francis and Helen Kollman Collins on the family farm where she spent her youth. She was the younger sister of the...

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