Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Charles Fries
May 30, 2018
Charles H. Fries , 81, of 104 Wendin Lane Danville, Va passed away May 30th after a long period of declining health. He was born May 28, 1937 at Winchester, Va. to parents the late Ray McDonald Fries Sr. and Dora Braithwaite Fries. On August 27, 1960 he married the love of his life Marybelle Lichliter Fries. He was employed...
Bessie Bailey
May 29, 2018
Bessie Mae Freeman Bailey, 83, resident of Commonwealth Senior Living at Stratford House, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Born on January 4, 1935 in Startex, SC, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Jackson Freeman and Bertie Williams Freeman. In 1950, Bessie married John Mason Bailey who precedes her in death. She was a member of Moffett...
Herbert Weatherford
May 28, 2018
Herbert F. Weatherford passed away peacefully on Monday, May 28, 2018 at his home. Born on May 23, 1935 in Danville, VA, he is survived by his wife, Nancy Hylton Weatherford; sons, Herbert F. Weatherford, Jr. and wife, Kelli of Raleigh, NC; Barry H. Weatherford of Danville, one sister, Fran Wilson of Richmond, VA; and two granddaughters, Haley Weatherford and...
John Hawkins
May 23, 2018
John Hill Hawkins of Danville, VA passed away peacefully on 23 May 2018 in Danville, VA. Mr. Hawkins was born in 1926 in Schoolfield, VA to Otelia and John Hawkins Sr. He is survived by his wife Irene Darrell Fuquay Hawkins, daughter Sheila Hawkins Seiling (Bruce) of Allison Park, PA., and son John A. Hawkins (Beth) of Fort Collins, CO....
Cleda Mann
May 18, 2018
Cleda Worley Mann, 88, of Danville, widow of Lynwood J. “Toots” Mann, Sr., went home to be with her Lord on Friday, May 18, 2018 at her residence. Born March 25, 1930 in the Schoolfield Community, she was the daughter of the late General Washington and Mary Doss Worley. Cleda was a graduate of Schoolfield High School, class of 1948...
Shirley Love
May 15, 2018
Shirley Lawrence Love, 91, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Lynchburg, Va. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 29, 1927 to Forrest E. Lawrence and Gladys E. Lawrence. She was raised there and graduated from Lane High School and then entered the University of Virginia School of Nursing. She received her RN Degree and met her husband,...
David Sartin
May 14, 2018
David Sledge Sartin, Sr., 84, of Providence passed away Monday, May 14, 2018. Born August 28, 1933, in Caswell County. He was the son of the late David Henry Sartin and Mary Ema Sledge Sartin. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Betty English Motley Sartin, a son David Sledge Sartin, Jr. and wife Jane, two grandsons, David...
James Smith
May 13, 2018
James Ernest (Jimmy) Smith, Jr., 96, of Danville, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Bright Leaf Place. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Townes Funeral Home at 215 West Main Street, Danville. The family will receive visitors for an hour before and also after the service. Jimmy was born on...
Charles Easley
May 10, 2018
Top of Form Charles Allen Easley, III, 72, of Danville, Virginia died Friday, October 5, 2018. Charles was born March 23, 1946 and was the son of Dr. Charles Allen Easley, Jr. and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Easley. He is survived by his loving wife, Claudia Carter Easley; his son, Charles Allen Easley, IV and his fiancé Kristen Fowler; his son Rawleigh...
Lucy Bendall
May 9, 2018
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall, 94, of Benbrook Farm in the Purley Community of Caswell County, North Carolina, passed away peacefully after two comfortable years in assisted living at Commonwealth Stratford House of Danville. She was admired by her fellow residents there for her positive outlook on life and her exercise walks of the halls and grounds of what was her...
Pamela Ayuso
May 8, 2018
Pamela Bernard Ayuso, age 66, of 143 Canterbury Road, died Sunday, August 5, 2018 in the Duke Hock Family Pavilion, Durham, NC. She was born on March 19, 1952 in Danville, VA, a daughter of James Clifton Bernard, Jr. and Doris Cress Bernard. She had lived all but 3 years of her life in Danville, when she lived in Madrid,...
Linda Cook
May 5, 2018
Linda Gail Hoskins Cook left this world bound for Heaven after well-lived life, filled with travel, adventure, compassion, and love, but tragically capped by a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s, at age 69. She passed away at her home of 39 years, surrounded by the love of her closest family members. Linda was born August 26th, 1948 in Danville, Virginia. She...
Linda Polhamus
May 4, 2018
Linda Holden Polhamus, 71, lost her valiant battle with cancer on April 5, 2018. She was the younger child of Edith and Leroy Holden of Mansfield, OH, born May 19, 1946. She was predeceased by both parents and by her brother Ron. Linda was a proud graduate of Malibar High School and Kent State University, after which she began her...
Mae Allen
May 4, 2018
Mae Humphrey Allen, 99, was reunited in heaven with her beloved husband, James “Jimmie” Lee Allen, on April 5, 2018. A daughter of Alpha Mae Leonard Humphrey and Henry Hilliard Humphrey, she was born in Inman, SC on May 5, 1918. Orphaned at the age of 10, she was raised by her cousins, Mellie and Dudley Golightly. She was the...
William Greene
May 3, 2018
William (Bill) Witcher Greene, 84, of Parsonsburg, Maryland, formally of Danville, Virginia, passed away on Monday March 5, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Washington DC on December 11, 1933 to the late Ann Smith and James Francis Greene. His brother, James Francis Greene, Jr., predeceased him. Mr. Greene grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He graduated from...
Roger Hawkins
Apr 24, 2018
Roger Wayne Hawkins, 59, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at Sovah Health in Danville, Virginia. He was born November 6, 1958. Wayne was predeceased by his parents J.W. "Bill” Hawkins, Jr. and Myrene N. Hawkins and one sister Evelyn H. Bryant. He is survived by his wife of 40 years Vicky Hawkins, son Mike Hawkins, daughter Kelly H....
Geraldine Gosney
Apr 20, 2018
Geraldine Crowder Gosney, 92, of 8900 Old Richmond Road, Keeling, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018, surrounded by her family at SOVA Health in Danville. Born November 16, 1925, in the Chestnut Level community of Pittsylvania County, she was the daughter of the late George Hunter Crowder and Minnie Motley Crowder. She graduated from Dan River High School as Valedictorian...
Andrew Williams
Apr 18, 2018
Andrew Lane Williams, lifelong resident of Ringgold, VA, passed away on April 18, 2018, in Davie, FL. He was born on May 22, 1983 at Danville Memorial Hospital, to his parents Danny and Jean Williams. Andrew attended Hargrave Military Academy and was a member of The Tabernacle. He had a love of motocross which spanned thirty years. He worked as...
Rachel Dowdy
Apr 8, 2018
Rachel Frances Dalton Dowdy of Danville, VA passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 4, 2018 with her family by her side. She was born June 3, 1942 in Chatham, VA to Reuben and Betty Neal Dalton, who predeceased her. She was married to Augustus Dowdy, Jr., the love of her life, September 28, 1968. He predeceased her last year, but...
Marilyn East
Apr 5, 2018
Marilyn Gentry East, 66, of Halifax County and Danville, Virginia, passed away on May 4, 2018, after an extended illness. Marilyn was predeceased by her parents, Bruce Gentry and Pauline Giebner, her brother, Bruce Gentry, Jr., and beloved Basset Hound Daisy. She is survived by her daughter Jordan East Sater, son-in-law Jason, grandsons Harrison and Leyton, sister Pam Dunn, brother...
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