Iris B. Sink
March 25, 2015
Iris B. Sink, age 92 of Rocky Mount died Wednesday, March 25, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Sink; parents, Forrest and Mary Bussey; and sister, Rebecca Renick. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, J.W. and Kathy Sink; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Keith Sykes; grandchildren, Christina Alexander (David), Beth Smith (Kevin), Brian Sykes, Stephanie Wright...
Inez Brown Radosevich
March 23, 2015
Inez Brown Radosevich, age 93 formerly of Union Hall died Monday, March 23, 2015. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday at Franklin Memorial Park. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
John Gilbert 'Gil" Farmer
March 21, 2015
John Gilbert 'Gil' Farmer, age 87, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at home in Rocky Mount, VA surrounded by his family. He was born October 6, 1927 to Guy Edward Farmer and Mary Elizabeth Harris Farmer. Gil grew up in Radford, Virginia. Following high school, Gil enlisted in the Navy and served 2 years. After the Navy, he attended Virginia...
Betty Jo Gardner Dudley
March 20, 2015
Betty Jo Gardner Dudley, age 91 of Rocky Mount died Friday, March 20, 2015. She was the widow of Dr. Frank H. Dudley. She was also preceded in death by her parents Joseph Ira Gardner, DDS and Annie Wellington Barnett Gardner; and sisters, Lois Jane Gardner Boyd (Dr. John), and Anne Lee Gardner Smith (Theodore). Surviving are her daughters and...
Peggy Blair Willis
March 20, 2015
Peggy Lorine Blair Willis, 79 of Ferrum passed away Friday, March 20, 2015 at her residence. She was born April 17, 1935 in Pittsylvania County, a daughter of the late Sam A. and Alcie Owen Blair. Also, she was preceded in death by a son, John Elbert Jefferson, Jr and a daughter at birth; two sisters, Edna Blair and Ora...
Glynn Lee Dudley, Sr
March 17, 2015
Glynn Lee Dudley Sr., 81, of Rocky Mount, Virginia passed away peacefully at home on March 17, 2015. Glynn was born on December 23, 1933 in Rocky Mount, Virginia. He is preceded in death by his parents, Phil Titus and Annie E. (Chitwood), Dudley; and one daughter, Sharon L. Tolley, and three brothers, Phil T., Tillman, and Lynn Dudley Sr.,...
Albert Meeks
March 15, 2015
Will Albert Meeks, age 85 of Rocky Mount passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015. He was born March 4, 1930, a son of the late Lewis and Gladys Meeks. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Viola Turner; brother, James Junior Meeks. He was a charter member of Furnace Creek Baptist Church and served many years as a...
James W. Keene
March 14, 2015
James W. Keene, age 60 of Callaway left this world Saturday, March 14, 2015 for a long deserved rest after a five year battle with cancer. He was a 1973 graduate of Richlands High School and Tazewell Vocational Center where he majored in Masonry. He was the son of the late Clyde and Agnes Dales Keene, Tazewell County natives. He...
Everett J. Stanley
March 13, 2015
Everett Jamison Stanley, age 88 of Rocky Mount was born March 11, 1927 and went to his heavenly home on Friday, March 13, 2015. The youngest child of the late John Lewis and Ruby Jamison Stanley, he was born and raised in the Antioch community of Franklin County. He owned and operated Stanley Jewelers for 45 years before retiring in...
Arnita Elizabeth Mason
March 12, 2015
Arnita Elizabeth Furrow Mason, age 90 of Callaway died Thursday, March 12, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Eldridge and Nellie Wray Furrow. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bob) Mason; brother and sister-in-law, Stafford and Bertha Furrow; brother-in-law, Duke Motley; sister-in-law, Phyllis Furrow; daughter-in-law, Rose Mary Mason; and son-in-law, Kenneth Altice. Surviving are...
Francis Alexander Ingram
March 12, 2015
Francis Alexander Ingram, age 84 of Ferrum died Thursday, March 12, 2015. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Isaac Alexander (Alex) and Vinnie S. Ingram; his brother, William Luther; and sisters-in-law, Mary Goode and Addie Hudson Ingram. Mr. Ingram was a retired Dairy Farmer. Surviving are his sister and brother-in-law, Essie I. (Peggy) and J. Lloyd...
Page Alfred Matherly
March 12, 2015
Page Alfred Matherly, age 81, of the Snow Creek Community Penhook, VA, departed his earthly life on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Born October 24, 1933 to the late Roy and Hopie Catherine Matherly, he was also preceded in death by a grandson, Chandler Dale Matherly; four brothers, J.B, Carroll (Blue), Raymond & George; and two sisters, Estelle Oakes & Rebecca...
Joseph David Thornton
March 11, 2015
Joseph David Thornton, 96, of College Park, MD passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD. He was born on October 7, 1918 in Museville, VA to the late Charles P. Thornton and Belle Jefferson Thornton. He was predeceased by his wife, Myrtle Lawrence Thornton; brothers, Renford, Larry, Henry Cabot and Everett; along with...
Clyde F. Mocco
March 11, 2015
Clyde F. Mocco, age 69 of Rocky Mount died Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
Gloria Brooks Dillon
March 11, 2015
Gloria Brooks Dillon, age 81 of Rocky Mount died Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Gloria was born January 25, 1934 and was the youngest child of the late Thomas B. Brooks, Sr. and Mary Lawless Brooks. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Walter Buford Dillon. Surviving are her two sons, Walter Thomas "Tommy" Dillon and...
Bernice Christine Smith Shively
March 10, 2015
Bernice Christine Smith Shively, aged 69, passed peacefully on 10 March 2015 at her home in Ferrum after a long struggle with illness. Bernice was born on 18 September 1945, the daughter of Kyle and Gertrude Smith of Glade Hill, Virginia. Bernice married the love of her life, James Earl Shively of Ferrum, her husband of 53 years. Together they...
Rudolph Flagg
March 10, 2015
Rudolph Flagg, age 76 of Rocky Mount died Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
Lucille Adkins Campbell
March 9, 2015
Lucille Adkins Campbell, age 77 of Rocky Mount passed away Monday March 9, 2015 at Red Oak Manor. She was born January 7, 1938 in Pittsylvania County, to Charlie L. and Ruby Meadows Adkins. She is survived by her two sons, Tim (Jennifer) Pagans and Tom Pagans. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Kathryn A. Mills of Greensboro, NC, Ann...
Larry Steven Greer
March 7, 2015
Larry Stephen "Stevie" Greer, age 53 of Rocky Mount died Saturday, March 7, 2015. He was preceded in death by his father, Larry Bodie Greer; and brother, Darius Greer. Surviving are his wife, Sharon Greer; three daughters, Tara Meeks, Kristi Meeks, Carrie Wilson-Meeks; four grandchildren, Cheyenne Bailey, Mason Meeks, Memphis Maroni, Jolene Hedges; mother, Isabelle Greer; brother, Chad Greer; sister,...
Paul Neice, Jr.
March 6, 2015
Paul Neice, Jr., age 65 of Glade Hill died Friday, March 6, 2015. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul Neice, Sr. Surviving are his mother, Myrtle L. Neice; daughter, Pauletta; brothers, Richard, Roger (Barbara), Eddie, Mike and Andy Neice; sisters, Gladys Wright (Billie), Shelia Neice, Ruth Neice (fiancé, Rex Burrus), Ruby Peters (Jay); numerous nieces and nephews....