Michaux Raine Iii
July 30, 2010
Michaux Raine III, always known as Shack, of Penhook passed away on Friday, July 30, 2010 after a very long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was 74. Born to Michaux and Zou Raine he was raised in Chuckatuck, Va. He attended Hampden-Sydney College, Elon College and T.C. Williams Law School at The University of Richmond. He was also...
Edith Page Fisher Helms
July 29, 2010
Edith Page Fisher Helms, age 86 of Roanoke and formerly of Callaway, Rocky Mount, Charlottesville, and Martinsville, died peacefully at home on Thursday, July 29, 2010. She was born in Rocky Mount on May 5, 1924 to the late Luther Milton and Lula Prillaman Fisher. Edith Page was foremost a homemaker, married 63 years to Jack Lawrence Helms until widowed...
Posey Wayne Dillon
July 26, 2010
Posey W. Dillon, 59, of Rocky Mount, Virginia went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, July 26, 2010. He was the son of Hilda Dillon of Glade Hill and the late Posey L. Dillon. He was also preceded in death by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, James and Frances Hutchinson. Posey was a member of Glade Hill Baptist...
Tommy Lynn Campbell
July 25, 2010
Tommy Lynn Campbell, age 57 of Glade Hill passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010. He was preceded in death by his father, Teddie W. Campbell. Surviving are his mother, Nannie T. Campbell; partner in life, Chris Nichols; two sisters, Sylvia Holley and Patsy Smith (Jack); five brothers, Buford Campbell (Darlene), Wayne Campbell (Marie), Michael Campbell (Rita), Melvin Campbell (Barbara), Larry...
Henry Anderson Reynolds
July 24, 2010
Henry Anderson Reynolds, age 90 of Penhook passed away Saturday evening, July 24, 2010 at his home. He was a lifetime Deacon of Boones Chapel Church of the Brethren and retired from Goodyear in Danville. Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys O. Reynolds; son, Henry A. Reynolds, Jr.; brothers, William, Levi, Nelson, Hollace, and Robert; and...
George "Max" Macafee Frye Ii
July 24, 2010
George MacAfee Frye II (Max), age 40 of Redwood passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Glen Bowling and Larmie and Fred Ingram; and his paternal grandfather, S.L. Frye. He is survived by a loving and caring family, his parents, George and Linda Frye; his beloved and precious daughter, Halee Madison Frye;...
Harry Alton Blankenship
July 23, 2010
Harry Alton Blankenship, age 73 of Glade Hill died Friday, July 23, 2010. Surviving are his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Tammy Blankenship; two granddaughters, Mary Barnes and Frostie Blankenship; three great-grandchildren, Katelyn Ashbrook, Christopher Ashbrook and Patrick Anderson; two sisters, Zula Perdue and Ruby Perdue; numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Graveside services will be conducted from the Ferguson Family...
Matthew Lee Dillon
July 21, 2010
Matthew Lee Dillon, age 27 of Scruggs died Wednesday, July 21, 2010. He was born September 28, 1982 and was preceded in death by his half sister, Tina Dillon Hartman; and grandparents, Roy and Goldie Perdue. Surviving are his son, Austin Lee Dillon; parents, Richard and Ethel Dillon; brother, Jason Dillon; grandparents, Vernon and Elsie Dillon; half-sister, Rhonda Dillon; many...
Donald Allan Chichester
July 17, 2010
CHICHESTER DONALD ALLAN Donald Allan Chichester, 76, of Wirtz, VA, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2010. He was born on June 20, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Anita; three daughters, Cathee Chichester of Ewing NJ, Laurie Chichester of Scotch Plains, NJ and Linda Dutcher and her husband Richard, of Charlotte, NC;...
Edith Altice Brooks
July 16, 2010
Edith Altice Brooks, age 93 of Rocky Mount, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at Franklin Healthcare. She was born April 23, 1917 a daughter of the late George and Virginia Harrison Altice. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 42 years Woodrow Brooks, sisters Eva Crook, Dorothy Altice, Clara Hall, Alice Hall, Thelma Hunter brother Claudie...
Dorothy Ellen Bunn
July 13, 2010
Dorothy Ellen Hutchinson Bunn, age 73, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Runk & Platt Retirement Center from complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease. Born February 25, 1937 in Vienna, Austria, to James & Ellen Hutchinson, she graduated from Wheaton in 1959 earning a B.S. degree and R.N. On November 28, 1971 she married Dr. Norris Bunn, Jr. She lived in...
Helen Ward
July 13, 2010
Helen Ward, age 87 of Wirtz died Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Local arrangements by Flora Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
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...