Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Inez Calvert
Oct 3, 2014
Inez Poteat Calvert, age 85, died Monday, March 10, 2014 in Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro, NC. She was born on June 4, 1928 in Semora, NC a daughter of the late George Albert Poteat and Cora Bryant Poteat. On April 8, 1949 she married Lynn Stanley Calvert who predeceased her on April 29, 1999. She was a member of...
Mary Long
Sep 30, 2014
Mary Hudgins Long, 94, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born on December 6, 1919, in Norristown, PA, a daughter of Archie Hudgins and Anna Flanigan Hudgins. On July 27, 1940, she married Elrod M. Long, who predeceased her on March 14, 1997. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased...
Bennie Hayden
Sep 27, 2014
Bennie K. Hayden, 94, of Danville, Va. passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hayden was born in Danville, Va. on January 9, 1920, son of Mary Caroline Pruitt Hayden and Charles Lewis Hayden. He graduated from George Washington High School. After joining the National Guard (246th Coast Artillery) in 1937 he was called...
Katherine Land
Sep 26, 2014
Katherine Land, age 69 died September 26, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. She was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, and educated in Danville Public Schools and received a B. A. from Mount Holyoke College. She was predeceased by her parents, William E. Land and Dorothy S. Land, and by her brother, Arthur Stilson Land. She is survived by her husband, Fred W....
Martha Goodwin
Sep 25, 2014
Martha Fleming Goodwin 47 died September 25, 2014 at Hospice Home of Alamance. Born August 22, 1967, she was a daughter of Bobby and the late Sandra Fleming. She will be remembered in a private service Sunday afternoon. She is survived by her father Bobby Fleming of Danville VA, her daughter Rebecca Goodwin of Orange VA, her sister Sandra Winslow...
Betty Fuller
Sep 25, 2014
Betty Maynard Fuller, age 90, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 in the Riverside Health Care Center. She was born on November 6, 1923 in Wake County, NC a daughter of the late Robert Stanley Maynard and Lelia Lowder Maynard. On September 20, 1947 she married Archer Loyd Fuller, Jr. who predeceased her on August 14, 2003. Betty was a...
Billy Cox
Sep 24, 2014
Billy Mason Cox, 89, of Danville, Virginia, went to be with the Lord September 24, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10:00am at First Presbyterian Church with entombment at Danville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday 7:30-8:30pm at Townes Funeral Home 215 W. Main St. At other times the family will be at the home of Sandi Pruitt...
Mary Lewis
Sep 20, 2014
Mary Frank, better known as "Frankie" or "Mimi", died peacefully Saturday September 20, 2014. She was born in Toccoa, GA on March 26, 1931 to Reeder Frank Sewell and Reba Cathey Sewell. Frankie spent her early childhood in Toccoa before moving to Moultrie, GA where she resided until college. In 1949, she came to Virginia to attend Radford College, now...
Frances Moragn
Sep 19, 2014
Frances Dean Luther Morgan died on Friday, September 19, 2014 at 11:03 AM at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Mrs. Morgan was born April 1, 1922 in Danville. She was the daughter of the late Annie McCubbins Luther and Hobart McKinley Luther. She graduated from George Washington High School in 1940. She was married on January 21, 1942...
James Ley
Sep 15, 2014
James Terry Ley, 79, of 279 West Main Street, died Monday September 15, 2014 at his residence. He was born on March 21, 1935 in Danville, VA a son of the late James Dillard Ley and Mary Orgain Ley. Terry was a graduate of Fishburne Military Academy and attended Virginia Tech. He owned and operated J. D. Ley, Inc., Insurance...
Janice Rakes
Sep 10, 2014
Janice Vaughn Rakes, 67 of Danville, died at her home on October 9, 2014. Janice graduated from Blue Ridge High School in Arrant, Virginia and Averett University in Danville. She retired after many years in the insurance industry. She was born in Patrick County, VA to the late Clyde Joseph and Gladys Bateman Vaughn on October 15, 1946. Her mother...
Lillian Phillips
Sep 9, 2014
Lillian Shelton Phillips, 94, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, September 9, 2014 in her hometown of Danville, VA. She was born on March 3, 1920, in Chatham, VA, the daughter of Samuel D. Shelton and Mary Ida Glenn Shelton. Lillian is lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, along with a host of friends and associates who...
James Faucett
Sep 6, 2014
James Ronald Faucett, age 71, of 177 Knollwood Terrace, died Monday, June 9, 2014 at Riverside Health Care Center. He was born on October 27, 1942, in Danville, a son of the late William Elsie Faucett and Annie True Faucett. He was married to Linda Burton Faucett, who survives of the home. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Stavros Calos
Sep 4, 2014
Stavros Efstratiou Calos, born Stavros Efstratiou Kaliafentakis but better known as Stabby Calos, died on April 9, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after receiving visits from loved ones from Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Calos was born in Danville, VA on September 14, 1925 to Efstraious Konstantiou Kaliafentaskis and Anna Maurakis Kaliafentakis, recent immigrants from Crete. Although not expected...
Charles Purdue
Sep 1, 2014
Charles Benjamin Purdue, 65, passed away on January 8th in the Danville Memorial Hospital. Charles, better known as Charlie to his friends, Schveetie by his wife, Ben by relatives and Pap to his grandchildren. Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Clarence and Geraldine Purdue. He resided in Danville with his wife, Bonni Kohr Purdue, both...
Debra Stambaugh
Aug 31, 2014
Debra Stambaugh, 52, of Danville passed away on Sunday, August 31, at Danville Regional Medical Center after an extended battle with cancer. Ms. Stambaugh was born on June 5, 1962 in Danville. She graduated in 1980 from Danville Christian School. She then entered The Memorial Hospital School of Radiologic Technology and graduated from the program in 1982. She worked as...
Conrad Gammon
Aug 30, 2014
Mr. Conrad (Jack) Jackson Gammon of 306 Annhurst Drive went to be his Lord on Saturday, August 30, 2014 after a decline in health. Mr. Gammon was born in Danville on October 13, 1932, a son of the late Thelma White Gammon and Sam Henry Gammon. Mr. Gammon was a member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church and a veteran of...
Joyce Francisco
Aug 22, 2014
Joyce Marie Casey Francisco, age 81, formerly of Old Mayfield Road and now residing on Blair Loop Road, went to be with the Lord in the early hours of August 22nd. Marie was born on February 21, 1933, the daughter of Howard Casey and Lessie Gravely Young and George Young. She was married to B. B. Francisco on November 16,...
Francis Kinn
Aug 21, 2014
Francis Zane Kinn, Age 93, departed this world, to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 21, 2014. He was born on February 21, 1921 in Sunbury, PA, a son of the late Harry P. Kinn and Mary Clementine Galloway Kinn. Zane graduated from Sunbury High School, Sunbury, PA on June 4, 1941. He was a drum major...
Nancy Bralley
Aug 19, 2014
Nancy Earles Bralley went home to be with her precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on August 19, 2014. She was born on January 30, 1932, the only child of the late Hugh D. Earles and Esther Marshall Earles. On July 9, 1960, she married Wade Darrell Bralley, who passed away in 2013. She is survived by a daughter, Betsy...
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