Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Frank Grogan
May 3, 2014
Frank T. Grogan Jr., 90, of Danville,VA, died on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 after being in declining health for the past year. He was receiving care at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC, at the time of his death. He was born in Danville, VA on October 27, 1923; a son of the late Frank T. Grogan Sr. and the...
Jo Palmer
May 2, 2014
Jo Marilyn Rigg Palmer passed away on February 5, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center at the age of 87. Born August 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Orville Lee Rigg and Lavonna Creighton Rigg. She was educated in the Maywood, Illinois public school system and subsequently matriculated at the University...
Clara Lewis
Apr 30, 2014
Clara Royster Lewis, age 90 of 768 Arlington Road died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Lewis was born in Danville on April 24, 1924, a daughter of the late Maude Slade Royster and Jesse Carr Royster. Mrs. Lewis was a lifelong member of Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church and held many offices over the years....
Hermis Mcgee
Apr 23, 2014
Hermis Estel McGee, 79, of 141 Laramie Circle, Danville, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. He was born on March 17, 1935, in Wise County, Virginia to the late Sebastian McGee and Callie Evans McGee. He was married to Marie McGee who survives of the home. Mr. McGee worked for Disston, Inc for ten years...
Katherine Fulton
Apr 23, 2014
Katherine Anderson Fulton passed away on April 23, 2014 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born in Danville on July 5, 1922 to the late Samuel Ellis Anderson and Mary Lucretia Reaves. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, James Hall Fulton, her daughter, Mary Katherine Fulton Talton, and two brothers, Bruce...
George Mowbray
Apr 21, 2014
George B. Mowbray, III passed peacefully away at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC on April 21, 2014 after several years of failing health. George was born in Danville on July 8, 1962, the son of the late George B. Mowbray, Jr. who died in 1978 and his Mother Barbara M. Brown of Danville. Besides his Father he was predeceased...
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...
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