Local obituaries for Danville, Virginia.
Janet Dalton
Mar 16, 2024
Janet Glynn Dalton, 89, passed away March 16, 2024 in Chatham, VA. Janet was born November 19, 1934, to the late Ruel Bullington and late Effie McKinney Bullington. Janet worked at Dan River Mills and was a volunteer at Roman Eagle Health and Rehab. She also had a passion for art and enjoyed writing poems. In addition to her parents...
Harold Brinkley
Mar 15, 2024
Harold Fowler Brinkley, 97, passed away on March 15, 2024, at SOVAH Health Danville. Harold was born on January 29, 1927, in Georgia, a son of the late Benjamin Hoyt Brinkley, Sr. and Era Linda Blackwell Brinkley. He graduated from Georgia Tech University and moved to Danville, VA in 1966 where he held various positions in the dye and finishing...
Frank Losee
Mar 12, 2024
Frank Albert Losee, 80, of Danville, Virginia, passed away on March 12, 2024. Frank was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on November 26, 1943 to Robert and Elizabeth Losee. He served in the United States Air Force in active duty from February 6, 1962 to February 4, 1966. For most of his adult life, Frank was a commercial artist, working...
Iris East
Mar 7, 2024
Sheva, Virginia. Iris Powell East, age 95, passed away peacefully in her home on March 7, 2024. Born September 9, 1928, in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, daughter of W.I. Powell and Stella May Davis Powell. On October 26, 1946, she married Samuel Jefferson East. They were blessed with a daughter, Jo Ann East Arnold. Iris worked for Dan River Mills...
Irvin Walton
Feb 29, 2024
Irvin Daniel Walton, 86, passed away on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at his residence. Irvin was born on July 27, 1937, a son of the late Beverly Wade Walton and Beatrice Walke Walton. He spent his life as a farmer and served as a member of the Army National Guard in the early 1960s. He was a member of Rock...
Lois Manning
Feb 26, 2024
Lois Dair Tetterton Manning, 98, of Danville, Virginia, passed away on February 26, 2024. Lois was born on July 25, 1925, a daughter of the late Jesse Woodford Tetterton and Marena Andrews Tetterton. She worked as a cost accountant at Dan River Mills. She was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church, where she frequently volunteered. She was a member...
Netta Smith
Feb 26, 2024
Netta Fae Smith, 97, of Danville, passed away on Monday, Feb 26, 2024, after a period of declining health. Netta Fae was born in Athens, West Virginia on October 15, 1926, to the late Thomas A. Barbery and Ennis Grimm Barbery. She graduated from Concord College and married the late Charles C. Smith on August 7, 1946. In addition to...
John Scott
Feb 24, 2024
John Dennis Scott passed away peacefully on February 24, 2024. John was born and raised in Concord, North Carolina. He was the son of the late Myrtle Paige Scott and Roy Rubin Scott. John was most proud of his football scholarship to Clemson University and to be the first college graduate in his family. He majored in Parks and Recreation...
Charlie Poteat
Feb 24, 2024
Charlie Allen Poteat passed away February 24, 2024. Charlie was born December 31, 1933, in Caswell County, NC, to the late Nettie C. Poteat and late Steve Poteat. He was married to Janice Harrelson Poteat who predeceases him. He lived all his life in the Providence community. He graduated from Cobb Memorial High School in 1953 and served in the...
Matthew Scarce
Feb 21, 2024
Matthew S. Scarce, known by many as Matt, passed away on Wednesday February 21st, 2024, in his hometown of Danville, Virginia. Matt was born on October 28th, 1986, to Michael C. Scarce and the late Sally L. Scarce. Matt was a proud graduate of Old Dominion University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and multiple...
Verda Leonard
Feb 21, 2024
Verda Estelle Dodson Leonard passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. She was born on December 26, 1932. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hattie Mae Hawker and John Wall Dodson, her son Randall Steven Abbott, sisters Eunice Hair, Erma Adkins, Audrey Kinder, Hattie Baynes, Catherine Lacy, and brothers Kenneth Dodson, Roy Dodson and Henry Dodson. She was...
Eunice Howard
Feb 19, 2024
Eunice Snead Howard, age 86, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 19, 2024. Born on July 28, 1937, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Arthur William Snead and Rosa Taylor Snead. Eunice was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, James Newton Howard, whom she affectionally called “Babe.” In...
Virginia Powell
Feb 18, 2024
Virginia M. Powell, age 98 died February 18, 2024 at Roman Eagle Rehabilitation and Health Care after being in Caswell County. She attended Averett College and worked at Dan River Mills in the Personnel Office and later the Law Office of Dan River. Virginia was a long time member of the Piedmont Chapter of American Business Women’s Association serving as...
Irene Grant
Feb 10, 2024
Irene Doak Grant, of 142 Holbrook Street, died at home Saturday, February 10, 2024, after a decline of health of nearly a year-and-a-half. Born April 9, 1929, in Danville, Virginia, she was the daughter of Robert Thomas Doak and Pearl Rakes Doak. A graduate of Brosville High School, she married Bernard C. Grant, Jr., a Ruffin, North Carolina-native, on July...
William Hogg
Feb 9, 2024
William Eric Hogg passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully in his sleep, at his residence in Danville, Virginia, Friday, February 9, 2024. Eric, aged 53, was born on December 4, 1970, in Eden, North Carolina to Ralph and Cheryl Hogg, who survive. He was a graduate of Hargrave Military Academy and attended UVA, Wise, Virginia. When not working for Mitratech (Austin,...
David Adams
Feb 4, 2024
David Leslie Adams, 72, of Danville, Virginia is now absent from the body and present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). This we know because he accepted the gift of salvation from his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (1 John 5:13). He met his appointment with death through the progression of Parkinson’s Disease and went to his eternal home on...
Stephen Martin
Feb 1, 2024
On February 1, 2024, Stephen Duval Martin III, age 71, was delivered from the jaws of death and the grave and received into the realms of Glory and into the arms of Jesus! “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” I Cor 15:55 Steve was born in San Antonio, TX to Thomas Clarke Martin, Sr....
Orion Walko
Jan 31, 2024
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Joan Schwarz
Jan 30, 2024
Joan Cousins Schwarz, of Danville, VA passed away January 30, 2024. She was born July 25, 1935, to the late Fred Holmes Cousins and Mary Walker Cousins. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, William U. Schwarz. She was a graduate of Stratford College, and a member of West End Christian Church. She is survived by...
Brent Starling
Jan 24, 2024
Brent Starling, son of James and Diana Starling of Danville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 24th, of a sudden illness. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Jeff and Sally Starling of Oklahoma City, OK, and sister and brother in-law, Amanda and Adam Weatherford of Bon Air, VA. Also surviving are his beloved...
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