Gertrude Green Owen
January 3, 2021
Gertrude Green Owen “Trudy”, age 91 of Salem, VA, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021. She was born June 2, 1929 in Algoma, Franklin County, VA. She lived most of her life in Callaway, with the last six years in the care of Richfield Living in Salem. Trudy was a member of Fairmont Baptist Church. She...
Mary Belle Hart
January 3, 2021
Mary Belle Thomas Hart, age 83 of Roanoke, formerly of Glade Hill, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021. She was born March 10, 1937 a daughter of the late Wm (Bill) O. Thomas and Lucille Dudley Thomas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Robert Hart, Jr. Surviving are her husband of...
Mary Edith Young
January 3, 2021
Mary Edith Young, age 73 of Rocky Mount, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021. She was born February 23, 1947, a daughter of the late Charlie Hambrick and Ella Arrington Hambrick. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brothers, Roy, Charles, and Joe Hambrick. Surviving are her husband, Walter Daniel “Danny” Young;...
Katheryn Marie Dunbar Perdue
January 1, 2021
Katheryn Marie Dunbar Perdue, age 68 of Wirtz died Friday, January 1, 2021. She was born March 9, 1952 and was preceded in death by her parents, Marvin and Louvanna Dunbar; husband, Henry Perdue “Clay”; sister, Darlene Wilcher; brother, Luther Dunbar; and a son, Joseph “JR” Perdue. She was also preceded in death by her second husband, Richard Neice....
Theresa Virginia Carter Millard
December 31, 2020
Theresa Virginia Carter Millard, age 73 of Rocky Mount died Thursday, December 31, 2020. Services will be private. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service and Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
Janice Anderson Mclaughlin
December 30, 2020
Janice Anderson McLaughlin, age 75 of Rocky Mount died Wednesday, December 30, 2020. She was preceded in death by her father, Marvin Walter Anderson; mother, Nannie Kate Oliver; brother, Larry Anderson; husband, Ron McLaughlin; son, Jeff Smith. Janice is survived by her daughter, Melissa Smith (Theresa); daughter-in-law, Meredith Smith; grandchildren, Brent, Ethan and Jarrett Smith; brothers, J.C. Anderson, Johnny...
Rose Tuck Via
December 30, 2020
Rose Tuck Via, age 87 died peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.
Born November 8, 1933, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, William Via, and parents James Swanson and Sarah Jefferson Tuck.
She is survived by her daughter Tammy Joyce (John) of Cheraw, SC; granddaughter Lauren Joyce (Laurie Bryan) of...
Mark Dean Sutphin
December 30, 2020
Mark Dean Sutphin, age 52 of Swansboro, NC died Wednesday, December 30, 2020. He was born on June 26, 1968 to Glen and Cheryl Sutphin. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, George and Edna Laxton; paternal grandparents, Kyle and Ocie Sutphin; uncles, Fred Laxton, Robert Laxton, Richard Laxton, Betty (Laxton) Rouse and Jimmy Sutphin. In addition...
Richard Glenn Midkiff
December 28, 2020
Richard Glenn Midkiff, age 85 of Ferrum, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020. He was born September 12, 1935. Surviving are his wife, Glendola N. W. Midkiff; several stepchildren, step-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marie Thompson and Louise Lawson (Clyde); one brother, Hubert Midkiff (Judy); and many nieces, nephews and friends. A graveside service will be held 11:00...
Lucille Smith Brown
December 28, 2020
Lucille Smith Brown, age 83 of Glade Hill died Monday, December 28, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe Fonza and Bertha Smith; son, Harold Brown; sisters, Ethleen Hall, Myrtle Law, Lizzie Robertson, Sally Mays; and brothers, Eugene Smith, Henry Smith. Surviving are her children, Jimmy Brown (Kim), Bea Meeks (Randy); grandchildren, Christy Floyd...
Ronald "Ronnie" Dean Wray
December 25, 2020
Ronald “Ronnie” Dean Wray of Boones Mill, passed over into eternal life with Christ on Christmas Day, 2020 after contracting COVID-19. Ronnie was born on June 19, 1944 to the late Howard and Anna (Mills) Wray. He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife of 46 years, Shirley Anderson Wray and his brother Alfred Wray. He is...
Michael “Mike” Francis Coveny
December 23, 2020
Michael F. Coveny, age 77 of Rocky Mount, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020. He was born in Lakawana, New York on June 8, 1943 to Gerald Joseph Coveny and M. Rita Coveny. He was predeceased by his mother, father, and two brothers, David Paul Coveny and Charles Edward Coveny. He is survived by his wife, Ramona M....
Roland Paul Johnson
December 22, 2020
Roland Paul Johnson, age 71 of Natalie, VA died Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service and Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.
Louise Richards Whorley
December 21, 2020
Louise Richards Whorley, age 89 of Ferrum died Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born May 4, 1931 a daughter of the late John and Martha Richards. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Edward, Curtis and Bon Richards, Elva Atkins, Lila Crowe, Irene Crowe, Florence Hunt; and daughter, Margie Lee. Surviving are her children,...
Jesse Lee Regan Chance
December 21, 2020
Jesse Lee Regan Chance, age 18 of Rocky Mount died Monday, December 21, 2020. He is survived by his son, Jackson Chance; mother and step-father, Nacole Burrell (Andrew); father, Bryan Chance; brothers, Michael Chance, James Settliff; sisters, Kyra Chance, Juliann Settliff; grandparents, Jerry and Joyce Chance; many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends that loved him. Graveside service...
Thomas Leamon Boyd
December 20, 2020
Thomas Leamon Boyd, age 77, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at his home in Ferrum, VA. He was born on May 29, 1943 to the late George Leamon Boyd and Ally Gay Shively Boyd. He was preceded in death by his beloved son, Ronald Lee Boyd and sister, Pansy Lovelene Midkiff, as well as his faithful canine...
Jacquelyn Ruth Struble Dinwiddie
December 19, 2020
Jacquelyn (Jacque) Ruth Struble Dinwiddie, long-time resident of Alexandria and Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, left us on December 19, 2020, at 3:30 in the morning just shy of her 96 th birthday. It was quite likely the only thing she’d done at that hour, outside of conceiving one of her four exemplary children, in her remarkable life....
Paul S. Wharton
December 17, 2020
Paul S. Wharton, age 94 of Hardy died Thursday, December 17, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Ruth Wharton; three children, Norma Kathleen Hodges, Paul David Wharton and Judith Ann Moore; one brother; and one sister. He is survived by his children, Margaret Inez Maners, Paulette Ruth McCoy, Janet Rose Altizer and John Charles Wharton;...
Sharon Mary Armes
December 17, 2020
Sharon Mary Armes, age 76 of Hardy died suddenly but peacefully at home December 17, 2020. Born Sharon Mary Thompson on Sept. 16. 1944 to Harry and Ruth Thompson in Pittsburgh, Pa, where she lived until early adulthood. Leaving Pittsburgh, she moved on to Boston, MA for several years and then to Washington, DC, where she was...
Virgil Ezra Jamison
December 17, 2020
Virgil Ezra Jamison, 97, of Roanoke, passed peacefully in his home surrounded by his family Thursday, December 17, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife, Esther (Montgomery) Jamison, a daughter, Anna Marie Talbert, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, five great-great grandchildren, three young siblings, brother Willie H. Jamison, sisters Nettie Bowman, Effie Bowser and Phebe Bowman. Surviving...