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Buddie Nathaniel Bray passed away on June 28, 2016 at his residence after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Surviving are his wife, Gaye F. Bray of the home; two sons, Mike Bray and wife Kelly of Madison Heights and David Bray and his friend Laura of Danville; two grandsons, Robert and Andrew and their mother Cheryl Bray; a granddaughter...
Kaye Parker Keesee passed away peacefully Sunday morning, June 26, 2016 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital after a nine month courageous battle with cancer. She was born on January 17, 1958 in Danville, VA, the daughter of the late Herman Wray Parker and Jean King Parker of Danville. Kaye graduated from George Washington High School, and worked as an executive...
Bickford Patton Jennings passed away June 25th, 2016 at home in Milton, North Carolina. He was born March 26, 1947 in Danville, Virginia to James Wilson and Mary Lee Jennings. Patton graduated from Averett College in 1975. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked in retail for a number of years and several as a corrections...
Billie Rae Johnson Soyars danced into Heaven to meet her Lord and Savior on Saturday evening, June 25, 2016, at Roman Eagle Health and Rehabilitation Center. Billie Rae was born on November 15, 1934, in Maybeury, West Virginia to the late E. B. Johnson and late Mazie Trent Johnson. She moved to Danville, Virginia, in 1948 and has been an...
Ruby Keech Dunbar, age 87 died on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at her daughter’s residence after a decline in health. She was born in Beaufort County, NC on May 7, 1929, a daughter of the late Levi Keech and Cora Webster Keech. Mrs. Dunbar was a member of West Main Baptist Church, the Friendship Sunday School Class and the ECHO...
Jan Elizabeth Barber Farro, 52, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016. She was born on May 1, 1964 in Danville, VA a daughter of the Reverend Robert Jones Barber, Jr. and Justine Ferrell Barber of Danville. Jan was a physical therapist assistant and had attended UNC Greensboro. She was predeceased by a brother, Robert Jones Barber,...
Lelia (Tillie) Barbour Wentz, 92, of 145 Wentz Circle, Danville, Va., passed away on June 15, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wentz was born July 19, 1923, in Danville, Va. to Otha Winston Barbour and Lelia Brown Barbour. She was the last surviving member of her nine siblings. She was a warm, dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother...
Dorothy Jones Reed, 93, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on January 20, 1923 in Danville, Va. a daughter of the late Jesse Leon Jones and Sallie Shields Jones. She was married to Clayton Bernard Reed who predeceased her on May 12, 2013. In addition to her parents and...
Peggy Batterman Williams, age 82 of 1417 Kentuck Road died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Center after a decline in health. She was born in the Ringgold Community of Pittsylvania County on April 28, 1934, a daughter of the late Frederick Christian August Batterman and Hattie Keen Batterman. Peggy was a member of Kentuck Baptist...
Samuel Thomas Thompson, 78, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday. September 6, 2016 at Duke University Hospital after a six year fight with cancer. Sam was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on September 25, 1937, a son of the late Johnny and Hester Richie Thompson. He was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church, Pelham, NC and...
Marjorie Denman Westerfield Motley, 91, died August 6, 2016, at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Danville, VA, where she received wonderful care for the past two years. Prior to her time at Riverside, she was a resident of Providence, NC. Marjorie was born February 5, 1925, in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late Rev. Walter Henry Westerfield and...
Sidney Mills Rogers, Jr. passed away at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond on Monday, June 6, 2016. Born in Greensboro, NC, on January 28, 1933, Mills grew up in Danville. His parents were Sidney Mills Rogers, Sr. and Nancy Motley Rogers, both deceased. Mills is survived by longtime special friend, Bettie Davis, of Richmond; three children: Sidney Mills Rogers, III (Jennie)...
Florence Newbill Tompkins, age 99, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 in the Riverside Health and Rehab Center. She was born on May 24, 1916 in Scottsburg, Va. and was a daughter of the late Herbert Pryor Newbill and Etta Hester Snead Newbill. Florence was a 1932 graduate of Scottsburg High School and a 1939 graduate of the Danville Memorial...
Whitney Slade Boswell Farris, 52 of Providence, NC died March 6, 2016 at Danville Regional Medical Center of an unexpected cause. She is survived by her husband Ronald Andrew Farris, and her daughter Slade Jordan Greenway also of Providence; her parents Randolph Edward and Ellen Cobb Boswell of Danville, VA; and her sister Lindsey Edwards Carroll and her daughter Chase...
HUNT, Elizabeth Bridgforth, most cherished wife, daughter, sister, and friend, went peacefully to the Lord on January 6, 2016. The wife of Andrew Austin Hunt, daughter of Robert and Georgie H. Bridgforth, sister of William Macon Bridgforth, maternal granddaughter of George and Cliffie Hobgood (deceased) and paternal granddaughter of Richard and Nancy Bridgforth (deceased), Elizabeth was born in Danville, Virginia...
Doris Bass Booth went to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the age of 96. She was predeceased by her father, James Cleveland Bass and mother, Anna Williamson Bass, brothers, J. Eugene Bass, Frank F. Bass, Richard W. Bass, Owen M. Bass and sister, Ruth Bass Christian. She was married in 1952 to G. Thomas “Tom”...
Kitty Ray Richards Alexander passed away Friday, May 27, 2016 at the Centra Hospital, Lynchburg, VA. She was born on May 1, 1933, in Danville, a daughter of the late Paul Richards and Cordie Tucker Richards. Kitty was retired from NCR as a systems analyst and was a member of Moseley Memorial United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents,...
On May 26, 2016, surrounded by family, Eileen Miller Stendig passed away from complications related to stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. She lived a rich and courageous life dedicated to family, community service, and education. Wife of Joseph L. Stendig who predeceased her, she leaves behind a beautiful legacy which includes 5 children, 7 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Her license...
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 3 PM from Mountain View Cemetery with Bishop Matthew Evans officiating. The family will have a visitation one hour before the service at the funeral home. Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main Street is serving the Benton family.
Mr. Willis James Duncan, age 90 of Dawsonville, GA, died Saturday, May 21, 2016 at his residence under Hospice care and with his family by his side. He was born in High Point, NC on January 6, 1926, a son of the late Herman Duncan and Tallie Duncan. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and...
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