Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Frances Doss
Oct 26, 2012
Frances Smith Doss Mrs. Frances Smith Doss of 224 Courtland Street died on Friday, October 26, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center where she had been a patient for the past week. Mrs. Doss was born in South Boston on October 22, 1918, a daughter of the late Thomas Washington Smith and Pearl Hazelwood Smith. Mrs. Doss was married to...
Fred Webb
Oct 25, 2012
Fred Kenneth Webb Fred Kenneth Webb, of 533 Piney Forest Road, Danville, VA, passed away at his home on October 25, 2012. He was born on January 12, 1931, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Jesse Herman Webb and the late Hazel Spangler Webb Roberson. He was also predeceased by a sister Jewel Webb Reeves and by two brothers,...
Tony Benazzi
Oct 12, 2012
Tony I. Benazzi of Danville, Va. died on Monday, December 10, 2012, at Roman Eagle Memorial Home. He was born on Patton Street in 1920 to his parents, Tony I. Benazzi Sr. and Effie Burch Benazzi. He was predeceased by his sister Vivian Benazzi Matthews. Tony was well known in local sports circles prior to volunteering in the U.S. Army...
Ralph Jones
Oct 11, 2012
Mr. Ralph J. Jones, Sr. of 3605 Whitmell School Road passed away Saturday, November 10, 2012 at his residence after a two year illness. He was born on August 23, 1926 to the late L. Frank Jones and Jesse Stowe Jones. He was married to Mattie Wells Jones and lived in the Dry Fork area all of his life. In...
Barbara Harris
Sep 12, 2012
On Sunday morning, December 9, 2012, Mom left this earth to be with our Heavenly Father in Paradise. She was born September 15, 1943 in Pittsylvania County to Gordon Perkins and Doris Gusler Gauldin, both deceased. She is survived by her two daughters, Allen Slaughter and her husband, Thom of Las Vegas, NV and Victoria Chumley and her husband, Forrest...
James Mathieson
Jun 11, 2012
James West Mathieson, Jr. of Danville, VA died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He was born on February 20, 1961 in Hampton, VA and was 51 years old. He was the son of The Reverend James W. Mathieson and Joan Ownby Matheison of Danville. West was a member of the Episcopal Church, a graduate of Cape Fear...
Lois Reed
Jun 11, 2012
Lois Gardner Reed, 71, of 144 Virginia Avenue passed away, Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at her residence. She was born on January 28, 1941 in Danville, VA, a daughter of Edward G. Gardner and Lois Wimbush Gardner. In 1964 she married Robert C. "Bob" Reed who survives of the home. Lois attended Longwood College and Averett College. She was a...
Thelma Riddle
Mar 11, 2012
Thelma Midkiff Riddle DANVILLE, VA Thelma Midkiff Riddle, age 93, of Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, died Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born on August 4, 1919 in Whittles Depot, VA, Pittsylvania County, near Gretna , VA. She was the daughter of the late William Henry Midkiff and Jeter Robertson Midkiff of Gretna. She...
Alvin Newman
Feb 12, 2012
Alvin Herman Newman, 89, of Danville, VA died Sunday, December 2, 2012 after a short illness. Mr. Newman was born on September 17, 1923 and was raised in Danville; he was the son of the late Nathan and Mayme Newman. Besides his parents, Mr.Newman was pre-deceased by his siblings, Sidney Newman, Kathleen Newman and Beatrice Stoner. He was a graduate...
Cecil Ragans
Feb 11, 2012
Cecil Brann "Pops" Ragans Cecil Brann "Pops" Ragans went to meet his maker on November 2, 2012, after losing his battle with a long illness. He leaves behind his wife, Nancy W. Ragans, two sons, Timothy E. Ragans and his wife, Tracy, Robert M. Ragans and his wife, Rhonda, a daughter, Christina Ragans Dowd, seven grandchildren, a brother, Mark Ragans,...
Dan Coleman
Feb 11, 2012
Dan Coleman Dan Coleman went to be with the Lord November 2, 2012, after several months of declining health. Dan was born in Elkorn City, Kentucky, to Mary Lynn Looney, and Miles Coleman. Dan worked in the coal mines of Kentucky for 20 years before moving to Danville in 1965. He worked in Dan River Mills, and then Good Year...
Melba Tanksley
Aug 22, 1922
Mrs. Melba Gosney Tanksley, age 98 died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Healthcare after a decline in health. Mrs. Tanksley was born January 22, 1922 in Pittsylvania County, VA, a daughter of the late Edgar Drew Gosney and Madge Hodnett Gosney. Mrs. Tanksley was married to Ernest Garland (EG) Tanksley on December 6, 1941 for 74...
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