Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Zula Callahan
Mar 26, 2017
Zula Kalezis Callahan passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center after a decline in health. She was born in Danville, VA on July 27, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Demetrious K. Kalezis and Talina D. Kalezis. She was predeceased by her late husband, Flinton Callahan. Mrs. Callahan was a...
Rosa Knight
Mar 19, 2017
Rosa Gray Simpson Knight passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. For the last few years, she had been a resident at Brookdale Danville Piedmont. Mrs. Knight was born in Danville, VA on March 19, 1926. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Simpson, Sr. Mrs. Knight was a graduate of...
William Cousins
Mar 17, 2017
William Royal “Bill” Cousins, 97, passed away Friday morning, March 17, 2017 in Riverside Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in the Whitmell Community of Pittsylvania County, VA on February 15, 1920, a son of the late Francis Royal Cousins and Martha Ellen “Nell” Woodall Cousins. On September 24, 1949 he married the former Helen Poteat who survives. ...
Grace Beaver
Mar 11, 2017
Grace Holshouser Beaver, 92, a longtime resident of Danville, died Friday, November 3, 2017, at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on February 4, 1925, in Salisbury, NC to the late John Calvin and Laura Eleanora Brown Holshouser. In 1945 she married Ben Huston Beaver, who preceded her in death in 1982. Mrs. Beaver was a...
Carol Pribble
Mar 8, 2017
Carol Bier Pribble went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday morning, August 3, 2017, at her residence, with her son and daughter holding her hands, and her husband by her side, after a fierce battle with colon cancer for 2 years. She was born on February 17, 1947 in New York and was raised by her grandparents,...
John Hyler
Mar 2, 2017
John Robert Hyler III, 77, of 239 Mowbray Arch, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born in Danville, VA on November 3, 1939, a son of the late John Robert Hyler Jr. and Ada Sheffield Hyler. John grew up in the Bachelors Hall Community and graduated from George Washington High School in...
Michael Becher
Mar 1, 2017
Michael Becher died Tuesday as a result of complications from a recent illness, in Danville, VA Michael is survived by his loving wife, Mira; his adoring children, Jonathan, Emily, and David; four doting grandchildren; and the enduring smile which touched everyone he met. Dr. Becher was a quiet, unassuming man but should not be underestimated. Few knew he had two...
Ricky Elliott
Feb 23, 2017
Ricky Lee Elliott of 166 American Legion Blvd. passed away peacefully at his home Thursday morning, February 23, 2017 surrounded by his family and friends. Ricky was born on March 22, 1958 in Danville to parents, Jane Crowder Mitchell and George R. Elliott. He leaves behind his wife of 33 years Jayne Napier Elliott, two children; Lauren Kathleen Elliott and...
Jack Denny
Feb 20, 2017
Jack Thomas Denny of 611 Greenwich Circle left this earth for his heavenly reward on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Riverside Health and Rehab Center. He was born on May 16, 1933 to the late James Robert Denny Sr. and Sarah Jackson Denny in Danville, Va. He was also predeceased by his three siblings: James R. Denny Jr., Dorothy Denny...
Jack Alexander
Feb 19, 2017
Jack Leslie Alexander, Sr. passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 at the Danville Regional Hospital, Danville, VA. He was born on June 1, 1922, in Atlanta, GA, a son of the late Greer Alexander and Mary Horn Alexander. Jack was retired from AC Corporation in Greensboro, NC as a Vice President and was a member of Moseley Memorial United Methodist...
Emma Adkins
Feb 19, 2017
Emma Emerson Adkins of 242 Arch Cook Road, Pelham, NC went to be with her Lord on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. She had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Adkins was born in Pittsylvania County, VA to the late James Aubrey Emerson and Pearl Mitchell Emerson. Besides her parents she was...
Helen Solomon
Feb 17, 2017
Helen L. Solomon, age 96, formerly of 607 Southampton Avenue died on Friday, February 17, 2017 in Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Born June 24, 1920, she is predeceased by her husband, Garland Lee Solomon and son, Jerry Lee Solomon. Helen, a life-long resident of Danville, will be buried at Mountain View Cemetery. Townes Funeral Home and Crematory,...
Henry Lowe
Feb 14, 2017
Henry Rosco Lowe, 76, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at the Golden Senior Living in Martinsville, Va. He was born in Danville on October 6, 1940, a son of the late Jesse Anderson Lowe, Jr. and Ruby Paxton Lowe. Henry was a veteran of Vietnam War and served in the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he...
Jack Sater
Feb 14, 2017
Jack S Sater, age 94, passed away February 14, 2017 at. Danville Regional Medical Center. Born in Memphis, TN on September 4, 1922 to Hyman Sater and Fanny Jaffa Sater, he is predeceased by his wife, Velma Hamlett Sater, four brothers and two sisters. Jack was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Following the war he...
John Bailey
Feb 13, 2017
John Mason Bailey, age 85, former Captain of the Danville Police Department, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife Bessie Mae Freeman Bailey; his loving wife of 66 years. He was the son of the late William D. Bailey and Minnie Stephens Bailey. John Bailey served on the police department...
James Mcgee
Feb 13, 2017
James (Jimmy) Howard McGee, age 68, of 348 Gwynn’s Chapel Road, Pelham, NC died on Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Hospice of Rockingham County in Reidsville, NC. He had been in declining health for the past two years. Jimmy was born in Danville on December 10, 1948, a son of the late Johnny Neal McGee, Sr. and Frances Helen...
Joann Lewis
Feb 5, 2017
Joann Catherine Hellman Lewis 84 of Danville, VA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Transitions Life Care Hospice in Raleigh, NC. She was born on December 1, 1932 in Danville to Joseph A. Hellman and Hilda Seiler Hellman. She was married to the love of her life, L. Langston Lewis on March 1, 1954. They resided for...
Rachel Key
Feb 5, 2017
Rachel Ann Ward Key, age 84 of 116 Larchmont Way died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a short decline in health. She was born in Winston-Salem, NC on January 18, 1933, a daughter of the late John Waldo Ward and Era Mae Clinard Ward. Rachel was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was...
Clifford Price
Feb 2, 2017
Clifford Leon Price, 94, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 2, 2017 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on January 19, 1923 in Danville, VA a son of the late Henry Seldon Price and Marjorie Fearn Price. Cliff was a graduate of Schoolfield High School. He was a Veteran of World War II and served in the United...
Anne Banks
Feb 1, 2017
Anne Myers Banks, 83, died peacefully at Riverside Nursing Home, Danville, VA, on Jan.2, 2017. Born in Danville, she attended Salem College, and lived in Greensboro, NC, Raleigh, NC, and Danville. She enjoyed a lifelong love of music, and sang for many church, civic, and social events, as well as teaching voice lessons. She was married to the late Robert...
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