Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Jin Hines
Mar 14, 2018
Jin Cho Hines of 255 Vicar Place, Danville, VA, passed away at Duke Hospital on March 14, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Jin was born on September 1, 1945 to her late father Byung-Jae Cho and her mother Kwang-Soon Kim in Seoul, South Korea. Jin was the youngest of seven children. In addition to her parents, she was...
Mabel Everett
Mar 11, 2018
Mabel Payne Everett, 100, passed away at SOVAH Danville Regional Hospital on Saturday, November 3, 2018. She was last survivor of her immediate family. She was born on April 2, 1918 in the Whitmell community of Pittsylvania County, to the late Otis Meade Payne and Ora Wells Payne. She was married to Earl Warren Everett who predeceased her on June...
Jean Brown
Mar 10, 2018
Jean Orrell Brown, age 89, formally of Danville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at Brookdale, Roanoke. Born on July 6, 1929, in Danville, Virginia, she was the daughter of Kent and Grace Orrell. She was married to James L. “Pete” Brown, who preceded her in death. She was a graduate of George Washington High School. Jean worked with...
Darrell Oakes
Mar 1, 2018
Darrell “Wayne” Oakes, 81, husband of Mary Ann Oakes, of Morehead City, NC, passed away on January 3, 2018. Born in Pittsylvania County, VA, he was a son of the late Oscar Douglas and Ruby Owen Oakes. Wayne served in the United States Army and had a great love of music and enjoyed singing in his church choir. He also...
Delma Smith
Feb 28, 2018
Delma Murphy Smith of 2557 Wilkerson Road in Ringgold, VA passed away at the age of 91 on February 28, 2018. She was born August 20, 1926 in Pittsylvania County to the late K.S. Murphy Sr. and Sadie Murphy. Prior to becoming a homemaker, she was briefly employed by Dan River Mills and the U.S. Post Office. She is survived...
Otha Taylor
Feb 27, 2018
Otha G. Taylor age 98 passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, after a brief illness. Mr. Taylor, a lifelong resident of Danville is survived by his wife, Bonnie P. Taylor, a daughter Arline T. Dawson and her husband Phil of Stephens City , Virginia ,a stepson Ken Pritchard and his wife Katrina of Portsmouth, Virginia ,grandson, Ward Dawson and...
Mary Rudder
Feb 22, 2018
Mary Ellen Owen Rudder, 88, of Danville, passed away at home on February 22, 2018. She was born on March 6, 1929, in Danville, a daughter of the late Thomas Hester Owen and Willie Bray Owen. On April 8, 1950, she married Lew Jefferson “Jeff” Rudder, Sr., who passed away on July 16, 1985. In addition to her parents and...
Melchor Mallare
Feb 22, 2018
Dr. Melchor “Mel” Pulido Mallare, Sr. passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018, at the age of 92 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family. Mel was born in the Philippines on December 26, 1925, to the late Don Saturnino Mallare and Zoila Pulido. His parents died when Mel was a young child and so he was raised by his siblings, spending...
Lois Lewis
Feb 20, 2018
Mrs. Lois Cox Lewis of 224 Courtland Street died at her residence on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 after a decline in health. She was born in the Pelham community of Caswell County, NC on May 14, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Calvin Simpson Cox and Sadie Moran Cox. On March 28, 1959 she married the late Jerry...
Demetrio Lopez
Feb 16, 2018
Mr. Demetrio Lopez of 306 Church Street died suddenly on Friday, February 16, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Lopez was born on December 22, 1953 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Rogelio Lopez and Hilda Oramas Lopez. He worked for the City of Danville in the Public Works Division. Mr. Lopez is survived by his...
Sue Wickers
Feb 11, 2018
Sue Hylton Wickers, 82, of Danville, VA, passed away unexpectedly at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on November 2, 2018. Born in Danville, on January 12, 1936, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Howard Hylton. She was a graduate of Averett University and Virginia Commonwealth University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy. Her forty-year career...
Elizabeth Scearce
Feb 8, 2018
DANVILLE, VA- Elizabeth Bowyer Scearce, 92, joined her Heavenly family on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center after a decline in health over the past week. She had been a resident for the past six years. She was born in Fries, VA on August 28, 1925, one of five daughters and four sons born to...
Henry Pinekenstein
Feb 7, 2018
Henry A. “Hank” Pinekenstein departed this life on Monday, July 2, 2018, at Sovah Health of Danville. Hank was a hardworking man, retiring from Ball Corporation after 35 years of loyal service. He is remembered and loved by family and friends for his gentle and honest nature; his quiet, supportive presence and his private charitable activities unknown to most. He...
Ruth Sager
Feb 7, 2018
Ruth Roberts Sager passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1925 to parents Mary Mitchell Roberts and Joseph William Roberts. She grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1950 she married Dr. William Laird Sager of Danville, VA. He passed in 1996. She was also predeceased by two sisters, Jane Harkins and Virginia Walker. ...
Sydnor Dickenson
Feb 1, 2018
Sydnor Landis Dickenson, age 80, of 150 Westmoreland Ct., passed away on January 2, 2018, at her home in Danville, VA. Born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1937, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Sydnor Landis of Lynchburg, VA, and Arthur Clair Landis of Newport, PA. Syd graduated from high school in Painesville, Ohio, earned a BS from Lynchburg...
Marty Harris
Jan 29, 2018
Marty Ray Harris, 60, of Danville, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018 at Sovah Health-Danville. Born on August 14, 1957, he was the son of Charlie Marvin and Joyce Johns Harris. Marty served in the United States Navy and after returning home started work as an automotive mechanic. He lived his life to the fullest and loved to travel...
Lester Keel
Jan 21, 2018
Lester Thomas Keel, Jr.; 70 of 526 Bermuda Road went to be with his Lord on Sunday, January 21, 2018. He was born on January 12, 1948, in Elizabeth City, NC to the late Lester Thomas Keel, Sr. and Mabel Spivey Keel. He was the only son of nine children. A veteran of the U. S. Navy, Thomas proudly served...
Ann Carter
Jan 18, 2018
Ann Fowlkes Carter, 87, of 227 Swain Drive, passed away on January 18, 2018, at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on June 29, 1930, in Salisbury, NC, to the late Annie McDowell Fowlkes and Charles Walton Fowlkes. On March 11, 1950, she married Lewis Gibbons Carter, Jr. In her early years, Ann was the office...
Ricky Crumpton
Jan 17, 2018
Ricky Lane Crumpton, of 1501 Jamerson Road, Danville, VA, went to be with Jesus, Grandpa and Gran Gran Lane on January 17, 2018. He was born October 6, 1958 in Danville to the late Billy Joe Crumpton and Myrtie Lane Jones, who survives. In addition to his mother Myrtie and his stepfather, Gordon Jones, he is survived by his sons,...
Nancy Garwood
Jan 15, 2018
Nancy Wall Pruitt Garwood, 88, of 439 Northmont Blvd, passed away Monday, January 15, 2018 in SOVAH Health, Danville. She was born on November 30, 1929 in Pittsylvania County, Va. a daughter of the late Vessie T. Wall and Nettie Lee Thornton Wall. Nancy was predeceased by her first husband, J. B. Pruitt, Jr. and later married John Stuart Garwood...
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