Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
James Wilson
Apr 19, 2014
James Hugh Wilson, 68, resident of Georgia, native of Virginia, died April 19, 2014. He was born on August 22, 1945, a son of Nola I. Scarce and the late Hugh Wilson. He was preceded in death by his younger brother, Terrell B. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is survived his daughter, Penny R. Wilson; son, Bobby Wilson; brother, Lawrence G. Wilson;...
Eunice Foster
Apr 17, 2014
Eunice Dunn Foster, 91, went to be with her Lord on April 17, 2014. She had been a resident of Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, VA, since October 2009. She was born on October 2, 1922, the daughter of Elizabeth Barker Dunn and Lester McKinley Dunn. She lived her entire life in the Ringgold community of Pittsylvania County where...
Lewis Handy
Apr 15, 2014
Mr. Lewis Randolph "Randy" Handy, age 78 of 116 Parkmoor Court died on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Inc. Mr. Handy was born in Ferrum, VA on September 23, 1935, a son of the late James A. Handy and Hattie May Via Handy. He graduated from Ferrum College in l956 and served in...
James Davis
Apr 11, 2014
James Louis Davis, Jr., age 81, passed away at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Virginia on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky on May 29, 1933 to the late James L. Davis, Sr. and Elsie Walker Davis. He was a graduate of Williamsburg (Kentucky) High School, Cumberland College, Union College, George Peabody College for...
Charles Womack
Apr 8, 2014
Charles A. "Zan" Womack Jr. of Maple Lane in Danville died Aug. 4, 2014, following a brief illness. Womack, 71,owned the Star-Tribune in Chatham and Caswell Messenger in Yanceyville, N.C., and 13 other weekly newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina. As chairman of Womack Publishing Company Inc., he will be remembered as a true newspaperman who dedicated his life to...
William Griffith
Apr 7, 2014
William Lanier "Bill" Griffith, age 71, passed away unexpectedly Friday evening, July 4, 2014 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born in Danville, VA on January 6, 1943, a son of the late Charles L. Griffith and Nell Cobb Griffith. Bill was a graduate of George Washington High School and Virginia Tech. During his high school years Bill...
Charlie Pruitt
Apr 5, 2014
Charlie Leon Pruitt, Jr., age 42 went home to be with his Lord, Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 2:30 AM at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was born on January 16, 1972 in Martinsville, VA, the son of the late Charlie Leon Pruitt Sr. and Nancy Lee Pruitt Pruitt of Danville. In addition to his father, he was...
John Cirillo
Apr 5, 2014
John Cirillo was born August 25, 1920 on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx N.Y., son of Italian immigrants Raffaelle and Florenza Cirillo. He was a director of engineering at Walter Kidde INC in charge of research and development at the Belleville and Bloomfield facilities of Kidde He was also chief designer and engineer at the STRATOS Division of Fairchild-Hiller where...
Roxie Snead
Apr 5, 2014
Roxie Haley Snead, 85, passed away, Sunday, May 4, 2014 in Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on March 29, 1929 in Ringgold, VA a daughter of the late Roy Sterling Haley and Gracie May Singleton Haley. Roxie graduated from Dan River High School, received an Associate Degree from Stratford College, a Bachelor's Degree and Master's...
Charles Derrick
Apr 4, 2014
Charles L. "Chuck" Derrick , 74, of 5202 Shannamara Drive, Matthews, NC 28104 and 919 Mayfield Road, Ruffin, N.C. 27326 died on April 4, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born on July 30, 1939 to the late Edna and Walter Derrick of Paw Creek, N.C. He is survived by his wife, Judith Derrick and step grandchildren Megan and...
Darrell Griffith
Apr 4, 2014
Darrell Jerome Griffith passed away on April 4, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on October 24, 1963 to Gene and Lorraine Griffith. He was married to Maria Griffith. Funeral services are not scheduled at this time.
James Motley
Apr 4, 2014
Mr. Jimmy Motley's struggle on this earth has ended. He died on Friday, April 4, 2014 at his residence. Jimmy was born in Danville on March 29, 1960, a son of the late Nancy McAlister Motley Haden and Hughes Wilkinson Motley. He was a member of Rivermont Baptist Church and had worked at Wise-Hundley Electric Company for thirty-two years. Jimmy...
Raymond Poteat
Mar 27, 2014
Raymond Kennon Poteat, Sr. passed away unexpectedly Thursday evening, March 27, 2014 in the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. He was born on March 20, 1923 in Semora, NC a son of the late George Albert Poteat and Cora Bryant Poteat. On September 20, 1941 he married Eunice Parrott "Polly" Poteat who passed away on September 24, 2002. In...
John Wickre
Mar 23, 2014
John Lee (Jack) Wickre, 87, died March 23, 2014 in a Durham hospital. Born in Norfolk, VA he was the son of Eric and Katherine Wickre. He graduated from RPI (VCU) in 1951 after serving in the US Navy during World War II aboard the Hospital Ship Sanctuary. Jack worked for the Norfolk Juvenile Court as Court Administrator before building...
Jack Waddell
Mar 21, 2014
The Reverend Jack Newton Waddell, 73, passed away Friday, March 21, 2014 in the UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born on June 3, 1940 in Pemberton, WVA a son of the late Jeder Pritchard Waddell and Lina Cook Waddell. On June 3, 1961 he married Maribelle Jolly Waddell who predeceased him on November 18, 2005. On August...
Jennie Rogers
Mar 12, 2014
Mrs. Jennie Gettys Rogers of 324 Virginia Avenue died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Knoxville, TN on November 10, 1942, a daughter of the late James Evans Gettys and Jane Ashe Gettys. . Mrs. Rogers was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was a Master...
Thelma Cassada
Mar 4, 2014
Thelma Louise Ferguson Cassada, 81 of 110 Vine Circle, Danvile, VA died on April 3, 2014 at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA. She was born on December 9, 1932 in Pittsylvania County to the late Acie T. Ferguson and Lizzie Eva Brown Ferguson. Mrs. Cassada retired from Pittsylvania County Service Authority after 26 years service. She was a member of...
Alyce Roach
Mar 4, 2014
Alyce Amory Roach, age 92, departed this life on April 3, 2014 in Richmond, VA. She was born November 28, 1921 to George Washington & Alma Lockard Amory. Raised in Hampton VA, Alyce as a young bride moved to Danville, VA where she resided for over 60 years. Her husband, O. Lewis Roach, Jr., and her parents, preceded her in...
Robert Fowlkes
Mar 1, 2014
Robert D. "Bob" Fowlkes died Friday, January 3, 2014 in the Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center after a decline in health. He was born on January 3, 1932 in Danville, VA to the late Albert Rosser Fowlkes, Sr. and Mary Kathryn Smith Fowlkes. Bob graduated from George Washington High School in 1952 and from Virginia Tech in 1956...
Joseph Yeatts
Feb 25, 2014
Mr. Joseph (Joe) C. Yeatts of 811 Kristen Lane, Danville, VA died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Durham, NC surrounded by his family and friends. Mr. Yeatts was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, March 22, 1923. He was the son of the late Charles Samuel Yeatts and Addie Stowe Yeatts. He was married to Irene...
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