Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Mary Barr
Aug 12, 2014
BARR, Mrs. Mary Lou Martin, 103, a resident of Southerland Place, Midlothian, Virginia, went to her eternal home Monday, December 8, 2014. She was born January 27, 1911, in Margaretsville, North Carolina, and grew up in Emporia, Virginia, one of three daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Martin. Her parents and sisters preceded her in death. Mrs. Barr was...
Mary Farmer
Aug 12, 2014
Mary Barrett Farmer, after a recent decline in health, went to the Church Triumphant on December 8, 2014. She was born on June 16, 1932. She was married to Hoyt Barrett on June 17, 1950 until his death. They had 5 children and lived in the Sharon community of Danville. On July 5, 1985, she married Marvin Farmer, moved to...
Edmond Gregory
Aug 12, 2014
Edmond Collins Gregory, 69, died of cancer Monday afternoon, December 8, 2014, at his home. He was born September 28, 1945 in Charlotte, NC, the son of the late Gaynelle Collins Gregory Haynes and the late Joseph Bivens Gregory. He grew up in Pageland, SC, Washington, DC and Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Gregory attended Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, VA, graduated...
Stuart Craig
Aug 10, 2014
Stuart L. Craig Jr., beloved son, father, husband, brother and friend, died October 8, 2014 in Wilmington, Del. He was born on November 2, 1955, a son of Eleanor and Stuart Craig of Danville. He was a graduate of George Washington High School, Washington and Lee University, and received an MBA degree from Fordham University. On June 26, 1982 he...
Richard Daniel
Aug 3, 2014
Richard "Ricky" Lloyd Daniel, 41, of 6900 Old Highway 86 N, Providence, NC passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on January 23, 1973 in Danville. He worked as a truck driver for Riverside Roof Truss. He was a proud member of Guerrant Springs Baptist Church in Ruffin, NC and was very...
Edith Ashworth
Jul 29, 2014
Edith E. Ashworth, at age 94, passed away at the Hospice House of Fort Pierce, Florida on July 29, 2014. She had been enjoying good health until mid-June of this year when she contracted a serious disease that became fraught with complications. Born in Danville, Virginia, in 1920, she and a close cousin, Thelma Grogan, graduated from Averett University and...
Bettie Carter
Jul 28, 2014
Bettie Cook Carter, 85, of 175 Hawthorne Drive, died Monday, July 28, 2014 at Duke University Hospital. Born November 19, 1928, she was the daughter of Cennie Hall Cook and Clifton Dennis Cook. She was married in 1950 to Everett Emory Carter, Jr., who predeceased her. She was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church and graduated from George...
Virginia Collie
Jul 25, 2014
Mary Virginia Bryant Collie died at Roman Eagle on July 25, 2014. Born May 24, 1918 in Danville, she was the daughter of the late James William Bryant and the late Hattie Ellen Dodd Bryant. She was married to the late Hugh Peters "Pete" Collie. She lived all her live in the Dry Fork and Danville area and was a...
Hattie Agee
Jul 21, 2014
Hattie Susan Frances Spencer Agee, age 105, born July 10, 1909 to Rebecca Turner Spencer and Herford Spencer in Henry County, Virginia, died peacefully July 21, 2014 at the home of her daughter Majorie Agee Milam in Rocky Mount, Virginia. She lived most of her life in Danville where she was employed for over fifty years by Dan River Mills....
Martha Pyron
Jul 19, 2014
Mrs. Martha Slayton Pyron, age 95 died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Raleigh Court Health Center in Roanoke, VA after a decline in health. She was born in Danville on December 23, 1918, a daughter of the late Charles Thomas Slayton and Lucy Gammon Slayton. Mrs. Pyron was a member of West Main Baptist Church and retired as a...
Sandra Sprankle
Jul 12, 2014
Sandra Marie Sprankle, age 78 of Axton died Sunday, December 7, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Lewistown, PA on February 21, 1936, a daughter of the late Marguerite Lola Miller Ilioff and Peter B. Ilioff. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert B. Sprankle and her sister Kathy J. Ellis. Surviving are her...
Nancy Putze
Jul 9, 2014
Nancy Crowder Walker Putze, of 452 Southland Drive, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014 at the Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Danville on February 17, 1930, a daughter of the late Charles F. Crowder and Iris Ellengton Crowder. She was predeceased by her first husband Ralph S. Walker. Nancy was a member of Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church...
Norman Dillon
Jul 2, 2014
Norman Frederick Dillon, Jr. 68, passed away Friday afternoon, February 7, 2014 in the Danville Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Vinton, VA, on October 31, 1945, a son of the late N. Fred Dillon and Barbara Pedigo Dillon, who survives. Norman was a graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Business...
Ethelyne Daniel
Jun 28, 2014
Mrs. Ethelyne Fulcher Daniel, age 93 died Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health. She was born in Patrick County, VA on February 18, 1921, a daughter of the late Charlie W. Fulcher and Clara Fain Fulcher. Mrs. Daniel was a member of Fairview United Methodist Church and was married to the late...
Wallace Maultsby
Jun 27, 2014
Wallace "Berry" Maultsby, 54, passed away on June 27 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Fayetteville, NC to Virginia Hauser Maultsby and Wallace Berry Maultsby, Sr. A fighter from an early age, Berry survived open heart surgery when he was only five years old. Berry made a full recovery and graduated from West...
Gary Roach
Jun 27, 2014
Gary Francis Roach, 68, of 217 Briarwood Drive, Danville, VA passed away at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County on June 27, 2014. Born in Danville, VA on May 8, 1946, he was a son of the late Charles Ray Roach, Sr. and Marcella Lookabill Roach. He was married to Linda Gayle Roach who predeceased him on March 17, 2012....
Charles Denny
Jun 24, 2014
Charles Ray Denny, Sr., 73, of Danville, VA passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. He was born in Draper, NC on December 29, 1940, the son of the late Clyde and Sarah Denny. Charles was retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and was the URW local 831 president for 13 years. He was a veteran of the U....
Mary Moorefield
Jun 19, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Younger Moorefield, 84, of Danville went to be with her Savior on Thursday, June 19, 2014. She was the loving wife of Eugene F. Moorefield, Jr. for sixty-five years. Born February 20, 1930 in Charlotte County, Virginia to Raleigh Jackson Younger and Mattie Johnson Younger, Mary was retired from the Sears Roebuck Company after 22 years' service. Mary...
Myrtle Shadrick
Jun 15, 2014
Myrtle Carter Shadrick, 89,of 1625 Berry Hill Road, passed away on Sunday morning, June 15, 2014, in the Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health for the past seven months. She was born on November 30, 1924 in the Gatewood Community of Caswell County, NC a daughter of the late Lewis Gibbons Carter and Mamie Woods Carter. On...
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