Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Patricia Tyler
Sep 6, 2016
Patricia Large Tyler passed away peacefully at home among family and friends on June 9, 2016. She was born in Danville, VA on November 28, 1947, to Arvle Roscoe Large and Evelyn Paxton Large. She was predeceased by her husband Samuel Joseph Tyler, her parents and younger brother Jonathan Large. Pat was a kind, generous, loving mother and grandmother. Her...
Brent Helms
Sep 3, 2016
On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, Walter Brent Helms completed this stage of his journey. A kind and generous soul who loved his family and friends has returned to God. He was loved in this life, and knew the joy of being a son, husband, brother, uncle, and friend. He leaves an empty place in the lives of his family because...
Peggy Worley
Aug 31, 2016
Peggy Cassada Worley, age 81 left this world peacefully on August 31, 2016 to be with her Lord and Savior. She had been a resident at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Heath Center for the past three years. She was born in Danville on January 3, 1935, a daughter of the late Penny Bernard Cassada and Gladys LaPrade Cassada. Mrs. Worley...
Marcia Cook
Aug 27, 2016
Marcia Lynne Brown Cook, age 75 of 4180 Riverside Drive Unit 604 passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at her residence after a decline in health for the past three years. She was born in Winston-Salem, NC on January 5, 1941, daughter of the late Reginald Garland Brown and Gladys Meador Brown. She was self-employed as an Interior Designer,...
Jane Long
Aug 26, 2016
Jane Rawley Long, 70, of Roanoke, VA passed away Friday, August 26, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born March 29, 1946 in Danville, VA, a daughter of the late Charles Ernest Rawley, Jr. and Mary Lee Wiggins Rawley. Jane is survived by her daughter, Allison Long Starnes and her husband, Doug of Roanoke, VA; sister, Pamela...
Kenneth Matthews
Aug 26, 2016
Kenneth F. Matthews Jr. passed away peacefully on August 26, 2016 after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Fentriss Matthews; three children and their spouses; Susan and Chris Fanis, Chris and Tara Matthews, Whitney and Greg McCue; and two grandchildren Chase and Catherine Fanis. A visitation will be held at Townes Funeral Home in Danville, VA...
Margaret Christianson
Aug 21, 2016
Margaret S. Christianson, 99, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, in Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was married to Nolan F. “Pete” Christianson on March 26, 1941 who predeceased her on November 13, 2002. In addition to her husband she was predeceased a daughter Marie Daniel Lowe; three sisters and two brothers. Margaret was a life-long member...
William Clark
Aug 12, 2016
William David Clark, of 1601 Bennett Circle, Keeling, VA, died on Thursday, December, 8, 2016. Born in Danville on December 30, 1938, he was the son of the late Guilford R. Clark and Mary Hutchins Clark Barker. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Faye Clark; brother, James Giles Clark and wife Sallye; step-mother, Clara Clark; and nephew, Joseph Matthew...
Charles Putze
Aug 5, 2016
Charles Edward Putze, Jr., of 452 Southland Drive, Danville, VA passed away on May 8, 2016. Born in Richmond, VA on August 19, 1928, son of Charles E. Putze and Bertha Bragg Putze, both deceased. Charles was married to Nancy Crowder Walker Putze, in 1959, who passed away September 2014. His first wife Peggy Sigmon Putze passed away in 1955....
Ann Kinn
Jul 30, 2016
Ann Stigall Kinn, 93 of 462 Wimbish Drive, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her home. She was born in Danville, to the Leondias “Lee” Polk Stigall and Elizabeth Patterson Stigall. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Francis Zane Kinn. Ann Kinn was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. She graduated from Madison College,...
Elizabeth Tate
Jul 28, 2016
Elizabeth Bekerian Tate, wife of the late Reverend Joel C. Tate, Jr., passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 18, 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Peter and Agnes Bekerian. She graduated from Lawrence High School Class of 1939. She served in the United States Air Force...
William Aikins
Jul 28, 2016
William Davis "Billy" Aikins 17, of 209 Cherry Lane, Danville, VA died July 28, 2016 at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Danville on January 16, 1999 to John William Davis Aikins and Eva Cowen Aikins. He was a special young man who loved the people in his life and the life in his people. Survivors include brother Henry...
Nancy Cocke
Jul 26, 2016
Nancy "Nan" Simpson Cocke, 81, of Danville, VA, peacefully passed away Tuesday July 26, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Gretna, VA on July 3, 1935 to the late Ferrell and Anne Simpson. She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 60 years, Delano S. Cocke. She is survived by two daughters, Beverly A. Cocke of...
Bernice Hundley
Jul 24, 2016
Bernice Ann (Gigi) Hundley died Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Chatham Health and Rehabilitation in Chatham, VA. She was born on June 29, 1923 to the late Will and Maude Tolbert. She was the last surviving member of eight children. Mrs. Hundley was first married to the late George (Mac) McBride and later married the late Raymond (Humpy) Hundley. She...
David Spangler
Jul 16, 2016
David Madison Spangler, 91, passed away on Saturday evening, July 16, 2016 in Pinehurst, NC with his daughter and son-in-law by his side. He was born in Cascade, VA on October 31, 1924 a son of the late Elder David Vincent Spangler and Nannie E. Turpin Spangler. He continued to attend the churches his father served, Dan River Primitive Baptist...
Barbara Fitzgerald
Jul 8, 2016
Barbara Ann Allen Fitzgerald, 82, of 671 Red Marshall Road, Pelham, NC, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 7, 2016 in Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC. She was born on July 10, 1934, in Halifax County, Va., a daughter of the late Samuel Thomas Allen and Vivian Tatum Allen. On August 18, 1956, she married James Obediah...
Joyce Motley
Jul 8, 2016
Mrs. Joyce Lewis Motley, age 81, went peacefully to her heavenly home on August 7, 2016. Mrs. Motley was born in Danville, Virginia on August 6, 1935, a daughter of the late James Oakley Lewis and Hattie Rush Lewis. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Lewis and sister, Virginia Adcock. She leaves two sisters,...
Harold Carter
Jul 2, 2016
Mr. Harold Willard Carter of 1562 Ferry Road died on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center after being in declining health. Mr. Carter was born in Danville on January 26, 1936, a son of the late George Willard Carter and Edith Daniels Carter. He was a member of Ferry Road Friends Church for a number of years....
Peter Rodden
Jul 1, 2016
Mr. Peter Michael Rodden, age 62 of Danville, died Thursday, January 7, 2016. He was born in Danville on April 5, 1953, a son of the late Peter Elisha Rodden and Mazie Ellen Patterson Rodden. Michael was a graduate of George Washington High School and was a member of West Main Baptist Church. He was an avid reader and was...
Robert Sjoberg
Jul 1, 2016
Robert Joseph Sjoberg, Sr, 88, of Danville, VA, passed away on January 7th, 2016 at his home, just a few days shy of his 89th birthday. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 14th, 1927, he was the son of Ernest Arthur and Alice Guilfoyle Sjoberg. In 1944 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps Reserves at the end of World...
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