Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Helen Gilbert
Feb 27, 2013
Helen Walton Gilbert, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home, after residing there for almost five years. She was born on February 12, 1919 to the late John T and Viola Lewis Walton. On December 25, 1940, Helen married R. B. (Josh) Gilbert, III who predeceased her on January 17, 1976. After graduating...
Annie Abbott
Feb 26, 2013
Annie Hunt Owen Abbott, former resident of 196 Clement Avenue passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home where she had been a resident for the past four years. She was born on January 29, 1917 in Danville, VA, a daughter of the late Robert C. Hunt and Annie Davis Slayton Hunt. Annie was a member of...
Mabel Lester
Feb 25, 2013
Mabel George Lester, 91 of 222 Courtland Street, died Monday, February 25, 2013 in the Danville Regional Medical Center. Born on January 21, 1922 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Francis Lafayette George and Lula Belle Burnette George. She was educated in the Franklin County graduating from Glad Hill High School in 1941. She attended the...
Emma Harrison
Feb 23, 2013
Emma Jean Howell Harrison, 78, of 612 Wooding Avenue, went to be with her Lord, Feb. 23, 2013. She was born on May 19, 1934 in Washington County, VA a daughter of Irvin Howell and Myrtle Howell. She was predeceased by her husband Jay Ellis Harrison on April 19, 2013. She is survived by a son, Tony Harrison and a...
Frances Leonard
Feb 21, 2013
Frances Elizabeth Strother Leonard, 87, of 159 Virginia Avenue, Danville, VA, died on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at home and with her family gathered at her side, after being in declining health for several months. Born January 7, 1926, in Oxford, NC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Vernon Strother, Sr. and Nina Elizabeth Duke Strother. She was...
William Seibert
Feb 21, 2013
William Howard Seibert of 4180 Riverside Drive #406, Danville, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 2, 1924 in Lakewood, Ohio, a son of the late Frederick R. Seibert and Julia Matilda Funk Seibert. He was married to Elaine Pribble Seibert who survives of the home. Mr. Seibert was a...
Rosa Keck
Feb 12, 2013
Rosa Scruggs Keck passed away at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, 273 Westridge Drive, on Monday, December 2, 2013. She was born in Florida on February 12, 1925 to the late Harry L. Scruggs and Ola Burton Scruggs. Rosa grew up in the Danville area, attended Dan River School, and retired from Dan River, Inc., with 45 years...
Thelma Wyatt
Feb 1, 2013
Thelma Henry Wyatt Thelma Henry Wyatt, age 101, of 154 Howeland Circle, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at her residence. She was born November 29, 1911, a daughter of Charles D. Henry and Hattie Newby Henry. On October 23, 1932 she married Garnett Earl Wyatt, who predeceased her May 30, 1980. Thelma was a charter member of West Main Baptist...
Mary Hamlett
Jan 31, 2013
Mary Louise Hamlett passed away on January 31, 2013 at the age of 92 at Emeritus of Danville. She formally resided at 1205 North Main Street, Danville. She was born September 6, 1920 in Gretna, Virginia to the late Millard and Homie Hamlett. She worked at Dan River Mills for 40 years. Ms. Hamlett is survived by two sisters, Ms....
Doris Clark
Jan 31, 2013
Doris Selena Hundley Dixon Gregory Clark, wife of Richard Clark, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 31, 2013 after an extended illness at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Doris was born on June 3, 1927, the daughter of the late George Andrew Hundley and Hester Morris Hundley. In addition to her parents she...
Elva Lavinder
Jan 28, 2013
Elva Beckham Lavinder Elva Beckham Lavinder, 78, of Martinsville, VA died January 28, 2013, after a long illness with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on January 13, 1935 in Arlington, VA to the late Colonel Benjamin Moore Beckham, Jr. and Mary Dodson Bruce Beckham. She grew up in Bachelor's Hall, VA where she loved raising animals and being outdoors. She...
Betty Heard
Jan 23, 2013
Dr. Betty Boyd Heard died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, following a lengthy illness. Betty retired from Averett University in 2011 after a distinguished 30 year career as a professor of English. Her life was dedicated to educating and mentoring future teachers and sharing with her students the absolute wonder of 19th century British literature and poetry....
Helen Adams
Jan 23, 2013
Helen Hazelwood McFarling Adams died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Danville Regional Medical Center. A resident of Riverside Health and Rehab Center for the past year and a half, Mrs. Adams' health had declined in recent weeks. Helen was born on March 3, 1924, to the late Harry Montgomery McFarling, Sr. and the late Shirley Whitler McFarling in Providence, NC....
Ruth Jones
Jan 21, 2013
On Monday, January 21, 2013, Anne Dove Jones departed from her home at 1050 Linden Lane, Danville to join her Lord and Savior in her Heavenly home. Anne was born on December 11, 1929 in the Westover Community, where she spent her entire life. She was the daughter of the late Charles Acree Dove and the late Ruth Garrett Dove....
Nancy Collie
Jan 16, 2013
Nancy Spearman Collie, 76, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Danville Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Born December 30, 1936 in Danville, VA she was the daughter of Walter Dean Spearman and Iris Adams Spearman. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. A graduate of Stratford College and the Department of Medical Technology of The...
Mary Neil
Jan 14, 2013
Mary V. Neil Mary V. Neil died January 14, 2013, at the age of 100 at her home. On October 1, 2012, she celebrated her centennial birthday with a party at Stratford House, where she lived for the past 15 years. Friends from that retirement community and her church community were present to help in the celebration, as were her...
Sylvia Gibbs
Jan 14, 2013
Sylvia Watson Gibbs Mrs. Sylvia Watson Gibbs, 85, widow of John Currie Gibbs, passed away quietly on January 14, 2013 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home after being in declining health for the past six months. Mrs. Gibbs was born on April 1, 1927 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England to Sarah Short and Thomas Watson. During World War II, she met John Currie...
John Cole
Jan 11, 2013
Mr. John Davis (Dave) Cole, age 67 died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC from complications from heart surgery. Mr. Cole was born in Portsmouth, VA on September 3, 1946, a son of Erma Davis Cole of Danville and the late John Letcher Cole. Mr. Cole was retired from Export Leaf Tobacco Company as a...
Frances Waller
Jan 10, 2013
Frances Mason Waller passed away at home on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Known as Fran or Frannie to her friends, Mrs. Waller was born the youngest of five children on March 12, 1928, in Richmond. Her father was a family doctor born in 1880, her mother the author of two well-regarded historical books. Growing up, Mrs. Waller attended Collegiate School...
Doris Alden
Jan 9, 2013
Doris Wyatt Alden, 87, of 6600 Earnhardt Drive, Greensboro, NC, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2013 at her residence. She was born on November 2, 1925 in Danville, VA, a daughter of Walter E. Wyatt, Sr. and Eliza Austin Wyatt. Doris was married to Roger Bacon Alden on March 9, 1947. Roger passed away on June 8, 2011. She was...
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