Lera France Quinn
July 12, 2010
Lera France Quinn, age 100 of Glade Hill died Monday, July 12, 2010 at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Posey and Loutitia France; husband, Thomas Quinn; daughter, Ruby Potter; grandson, Anthony Quinn; sisters, Myrtle Martin and Avis Gunter; and brothers, Coy and Frank France. Surviving are her daughters, Peggy Clingenpeel, Betty Worley, Barbara Mattox and...
Pauline Elizabeth Sink
July 8, 2010
Pauline Elizabeth Sink, age 74 of Rocky Mount passed away Thursday, July 8, 2010 at her residence. She was born November 7, 1935 a daughter of the late Gus and Christine Taylor. She was also preceded in death by her husband John M. Sink; sons, Larry Wayne Sink and John Michael Sink. Surviving are two daughters, Paula Treadway and husband...
Jesse Judson Holley
July 7, 2010
Jesse Judson Holley, Sr., age 73 of Henry died Wednesday, July 7, 2010. He was born July 28, 1936 a son of the late Genus and Grace Holley. He was also preceded in death by his children, Jesse J. Holley, Jr. and Michael Shawn Holley; and sister, Lynda Holly Goodwin. Surviving are his wife, Ann Thomason Holley; children, George Thomas...
Jethro John Rice
July 6, 2010
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Jethro John Rice, lately of Ferrum, Virginia where he resided with his daughter Judith Stiles and son-in-law Gerald, passed from this life into the presence of Christ on July 6, 2010. Born in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1920, he was born-again at the age of 40 and...
Mary Warren Stevens
July 6, 2010
Mary Melissa (Warren) Stevens, age 94, formerly of Rocky Mount died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in Palmyra, PA. She was born on Thursday, June 8, 1916 in Franklin County to the late Confederate Army Veteran, Lt. James P. Warren and Fannie (Dent) Warren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lester F. Stevens,...
Barbara Gayle Jones
July 5, 2010
Barbara Gayle Jones, age 67 of Wirtz died Monday, July 5, 2010. She was a member of Mt. Ivy Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Josephine Jones; sisters, Hazel Taylor, Elsie Lorene Jones, Martha Jewel; and brother, Charles Joseph Jones. Surviving are her father, Willie “Guy” Jones; son, Bobby Jones; grandchildren, Larry Jones and wife Jana,...
Winfred Durward Thompson
July 4, 2010
Winfred Durward Thompson, age 86 of Rocky Mount died Sunday, July 4, 2010. He was born September 22, 1923 a son of the late Oliver and Ada Mae Thomas Thompson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean LaPrade Thompson; sister, Eloise Thompson Bowman; and brother, Oliver Thompson, Jr. Surviving are his daughter, Rita Thompson Donahue and...
Elaine Law Thurman Mullins
June 29, 2010
Elaine Law Thurman Mullins, age 49 of Rocky Mount, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. She was born March 31, 1961 a daughter of James and Nancy Young Mullins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Harry and Blanche Young, Winford and Annie Mullins. Mrs. Mullins was member of the Rocky Mount Church...
Roxie Meador Webster
June 27, 2010
Roxie Kessie Meador Webster, age 76, of Boones Mill, went to meet the Lord Sunday, June 27, 2010 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 25, 1934 the youngest child of 11 children born to Walter Thomas and Berta Lumsden Meador. She enjoyed her calling as a wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Webster was a member...
Mildred "Polly" Parcell Hall
June 27, 2010
Mildred “Polly” Parcell Hall, age 81, of Rocky Mount, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2010. She was a member of the Rocky Mount First Church of the Brethren and retired from JP Stevens. Mrs. Hall was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Brady G. Hall, on December 27, 2005, and a daughter, Margie Gann on January 21,...
Franklin D. Furrow
June 26, 2010
Franklin Delano Furrow, age 74 of Redwood, VA died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sherman and Eva Furrow; brother, Sherman Furrow, Jr.; brothers-in-law, Paul Thurman and Paul Waldrop. Franklin was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. There was nothing more important to him than...
Patricia Joy Flora
June 25, 2010
Patricia Joy Flora, age 63 of Rocky Mount died Friday, June 25, 2010 as the result of an automobile accident. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Ruth Freed of Nappanee, IN. Surviving are her two daughters and sons-in-law, Lori and Chris Woods, Amy and James Sink;...
Larry Herman Oakes
June 24, 2010
Larry Herman Oakes, of Rocky Mount passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the age of 60. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Flora Oakes; and his wife, Phyllis Wingfield Oakes. He served in the United States Army in the Republic of Vietnam. During his service, he received the Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar, National...
Vernon Elwood Hodges
June 23, 2010
Vernon Elwood Hodges, 75 of Rocky Mount passed away Wednesday June 23, 2010. He was born August 17, 1934, the youngest child of Norman and Cora Lillian Hubbard Hodges. He was also preceded in death by sisters Nellie Hodges, Ernestine Wade, Frances Housman; brother Willie Hodges. Surviving are 13 nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be conducted from Henry Fork...
Ruby Boone Taylor
June 20, 2010
Ruby Boone Taylor, age 89 of Wirtz, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, Sunday, June 20, 2010. She was born September 21, 1920, a daughter of the late Cline and Maggie Bowman Boone. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Taylor, Sr.; son, Jim Taylor, Jr.; sisters, Ruth Garber and Lydia Rutrough; and brother, Robert...
Patsy Lawrence Hodges
June 19, 2010
Patsy Ann Lawrence Hodges, 43 of Rocky Mount died Saturday June 19, 2010. She was an Enclave Instructor with Goodwill Industries of the Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband Leon Hodges; mother, Annie Mae Overton Lawrence; her fiancé, Douglas Spencer. Surviving are her son, R.L. Hodges; father, Randolph Lawrence; brother, Randall Lawrence; sister, Jessica Lawrence; nephew, Hunter...
Robert Cornelius Gibson
June 19, 2010
Robert Cornelius Gibson, age 77 of Boones Mill died Saturday, June 19, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie R. Gibson and Edith Farris Gibson; brothers, Joseph B. Gibson and John L. Gibson. Surviving are his loving wife of 48 years, Peggy Mills Gibson; son, George Gibson and wife Louella of Wirtz; daughter, Rita Peterson and husband...
Lewis Ray Quinn
June 19, 2010
Lewis Ray Quinn, age 33 of Ferrum died Saturday, June 19, 2010. Surviving are his mother and father, Linda Rymanski and Otha Quinn; fiancé, Crystal Wilkins; sister and brother-in-law, Jeanette and Tracey Fackler; brother, Delmus Hunt; special aunt and uncle, Patricia and Luke Adkins; niece, Stephanie Fackler; special nephews, Tracey Fackler, Jr., Ronald Quinn, Bradley Fackler; numerous other family members;...
Paul Linwood Doughton
June 19, 2010
Paul Linwood Doughton, age 79 of Rocky Mount died Saturday, June 19, 2010 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Erie Doughton; wife, Margaret Babb Doughton; and his son, Christopher Doughton. Paul was a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a member of Furnace Creek Baptist Church and a veteran of the Korean...
Nellie Elizabeth Boitnott Ferguson
June 17, 2010
Nellie Elizabeth Boitnott Ferguson, age 89 of Rocky Mount, passed away at her home on Thursday, June 17, 2010, under the care of Hospice after a long illness. Nellie was born January 25, 1921 a daughter of the late Ivan Louis Boitnott and Essie Rebecca Cummings Boitnott. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Russell Thomas Boitnott and...