Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Frederick Maurakis
Mar 19, 2015
Mr. Frederick Keith Maurakis, age 60 of Danville died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, NC after an illness. He was born in Danville on March 30, 1954, a son of the late Albert P. Maurakis and Terpsie Kypriss Maurakis. Keith was a member of Saint Peter's Greek Orthodox Church and had worked at Goodwill Industries...
Barbara Fisher
Mar 17, 2015
Barbara Fisher 73 of Danville, VA died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at DRMC. She was born Saturday, May 10, 1941 to LD and Margaret Cox Lanius of St. Louis, Missouri. Barbara was predeceased by her husband Robert G. Fisher, both parents and step mother Rose Mary Lanius. Barbara is survived by her Daughters, Melinda K. Fisher and Heather F. Vipperman...
James Ramsey
Mar 15, 2015
James Hughlett Ramsey Jr., 80, of 119 Wilton Avenue passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born in Lynchburg, VA on February 19, 1935 the son of the late James Hughlett Ramsey Sr. and Elsie Daniel Ramsey. He graduated from E.C. Glass High School, attended Virginia Tech and Lynchburg College, and served in both...
Vennie Burton
Mar 11, 2015
Mrs. Vennie Liner Burton of 530 Edgewood Drive died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Spartanburg, SC on March 21, 1926, a daughter of the late George Liner and Hattie Mae Liner. At the request of the Mrs. Burton there will be no funeral service. Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main...
Steven Emerson
Mar 9, 2015
Steven Fletcher Emerson, age 53 of 2280 Hunters Lane, Blairs left his Mother's and Father's loving care and entered into God's loving care on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health for the past seven years. Steven was born in Danville on September 28, 1961, a son of Louis F. Emerson and Nancy...
Ann Lockett
Mar 7, 2015
Nettie Ann Harden Lockett, 83, of 286 Arnett Blvd, Danville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 3, 2015, after the last several years of declining health. Ann was born in Alamance County, NC, on August 24, 1931, and grew up in Altamahaw Ossipee, NC and in Danville, a daughter of the late James Turner Harden and the...
Betty Noell
Mar 6, 2015
Betty J. Noell of Danville, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 after a long illness. She was married to Louis L. Noell Sr. who preceded her in death. In addition to her husband she was predeceased by a son, Louis L. Noell Jr. Mrs. Noell is survived by four children, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. A graveside funeral service...
Calvin Oakes
Mar 5, 2015
Calvin C. Oakes, 90, died on May 3, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born in Swansonville to Mary Lovelace Oakes and the Rev. William H. Oakes, who predeceased him, as did his sister, Eva O. Rorer. He was a lifelong farmer and county resident. He married the former Zada Prillaman, who survives. They...
Cindy Smith
Mar 3, 2015
After faithfully serving her Lord and her family for 56 years here on Earth, Cindy Chandler Smith went home to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 3, 2015. Cindy was born on August 30, 1958 in Danville to the late John and Betty Chandler. Cindy was a lifetime resident of Milton, NC. She graduated in 1976 from...
Wilson Carter
Mar 3, 2015
The Reverend Wilson Rosser Carter died on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at age 74. He was the son of Edward Wilson Carter of Caswell County, NC and Margaret Michie Carter of Charlottesville, VA. He grew up in Winston-Salem, NC. He attended RJ Reynolds High School, Virginia Episcopal School, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University and Virginia Episcopal Seminary. He was ordained...
Mary Motley
Mar 2, 2015
Mary Doreen Watson Motley made transition from this earth to her heavenly home on Tuesday, Feb 3, 2015. She was born May 12, 1923 in Alabama, a daughter of Fred and Lennie Watson. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Bill; two daughters, Gail Motley Greer, (Scott-deceased) of NJ and Janis Motley Boyles-deceased (Ronnie); one son, Bill Motley...
Margaret Powell
Feb 27, 2015
Margaret Denny Powell died in her home Friday, February 27, 2015. Born in Fincastle, Virginia, April 5, 1916, she moved as a small child to Danville, where she lived the rest of her life. In 1938, she married James Edwards Powell who died in 1996. Mrs. Powell is survived by two daughters, Anne Powell and Laura Powell of Danville. A...
Christos Roulidis
Feb 22, 2015
Christos Zisis Roulidis, 84, of 149 Dublin Ct, Danville, Virginia, fell asleep in the Lord on February 22, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at the residence. Born September 3, 1930 in Nestorio, Kastoria, Greece, he was the son of the Reverend Father Zisis Roulidis and Constantina Roulidis. Christos came to the United States in 1950 and married Potoula Vazenios...
Margaret Carter
Feb 20, 2015
Margaret Turpin Carter, 71, of 256 Oakmont Trail, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 in the Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health for the past six months. She was born in Danville on November 5, 1943, a daughter of the late James Lynwood Turpin and Lucy Wright Turpin. Margaret lived all her life in Danville and was...
Hazel Shields
Feb 19, 2015
Hazel Parrott Shields, died Thursday, February 19, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 74 years, Pleasant Coleman Shields. Born in Danville, Va. March 14, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Clifton J. and Mamie Elizabeth Murphy Parrott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Eunice Parrott Poteat and Thelma Parrott Harrison;...
Joyce Crowder
Feb 18, 2015
Joyce Jean Sparks Crowder, age 89, passed away peacefully at Danville Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, with her loving family by her side. She was born March 5, 1925, in Abingdon, VA, to the late James D. and Daisy Vance Sparks. A graduate of George Washington High School, Joyce married Charles Woodrow Crowder on October 22, 1943,...
Dale Slayton
Feb 17, 2015
Dale Ellen Slayton, 59, died Tuesday, February 17, 2105 at the Emporia Manor Nursing Home in Emporia, VA following years of struggle with a chronic illness. She was born on April 2, 1955 in Danville and was preceded in death by her parents, James Edward Slayton and Margaret Vernon Slayton. She is survived by her brother, James David Slayton and...
Douglas Howard
Feb 14, 2015
Douglas Brian Howard, age 59, of Virginia Beach, Va. passed away unexpectedly on February 14, 2015. He was born June 22, 1955 in Danville, to the late Thomas Glenn Howard and late Marie Hein Howard. Doug graduated from George Washington High School in 1973 and was a member of the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1980. He served...
Joan Shively
Feb 14, 2015
Mrs. Joan Morton Bohannon Shively, age 82 of 237 Montague Street went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health. She was born in Danville on April 12, 1932, a daughter of the late Samuel Sullivan Morton and Etta Hundley Morton. She was married to the late Norman...
Jean Everett
Feb 13, 2015
Jean Helen Murphy Everett, 85, of 4571 Walters Mill Rd. Providence, N.C passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015 after a brief stay in Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on October 24, 1929 to the late Albert Thornton Murphy and Oneida Crane Murphy. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Irvin Daniel (Bud) Everett....
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