Dorothy Reynolds English
Mar 26, 2020
Dorothy Reynolds English, 90, of Martinsville, passed away Thursday March 26, 2020, at the Kerner Ridge Assisting Living in Kernersville, NC.She was born September 6, 1929, to the late John Robert Reynolds and Lucille Smith Reynolds. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd William English. Dorothy retired from JCPenney's, and was a...
Charles Crist
Mar 24, 2020
Charles Lane Crist, 69, of Martinsville, passed away Tuesday March 24, 2020, at his home. He was born in Martinsville on November 4, 1950, to the late Charles Sherman Crist and Jewel Linville. He was retired from Lester Group where he worked in Maintenance. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers; Lonnie Gunter,...
Marion Thomas George
Mar 19, 2020
Marion Thomas George, 85, of Martinsville passed away Thursday March 19, 2020, at his home. He was born in Bassett, to the late Joseph Graham George and Bertha Agnes Bishop. He retired from E.I. DuPont, was a founding member of Preston Wesleyan and a member for 47 years with this Preston Ruritan Club. In addition to his parents he...
Bonnie Lawson Odom
Mar 5, 2020
Bonnie Lawson Odom, 91, formerly of Ridgeway, Bonnie went to her heavenly home from Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center in Wilmington, NC Thursday March 5, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Bonnie was born in Fieldale, Virginia on July 12, 1928, to the late Walter Price Stevens and Stela May Anderson. Bonnie attended Spencer Penn School; formerly a...
Hester Sue Hanley
Feb 22, 2020
Hester Sue Hanley, age 75, passed into the loving arms of Jesus on Saturday, February 22, 2020 after a long and courageous battle with dementia. She was born Hester Sue Payne on August 3, 1944 in Whitewood, VA to Thomas Milton Payne and Elsie Louise Payne; the only daughter of four siblings. She was a coal miner's daughter who...
Jewel Nadine Flowers Critz
Feb 12, 2020
Jewel Nadine Flowers Critz, 96, of Martinsville, found her home in heaven on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. She was born in Georgia in 1923 to Susie Weeks Flowers and Robert Flowers and grew up in Florida before moving to Virginia for marriage, work, and family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter Critz; daughter, Linda Critz...
Judith Cardwell Forsythe
Feb 5, 2020
Judith "Judy" Forsythe, née Cardwell, 75, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away peacefully on February 5th, 2020 at her home. Born October 8th, 1944, she was the proud only child of Fawnie Cardwell, a homemaker, and James Cardwell, an electrician, WWII veteran, and POW.She graduated from Drury Mason High School and attended both Western Kentucky University and the University...
Lillia Ann Cox Shupe
Jan 26, 2020
Lillia Ann Cox Shupe, 82, of Martinsville, passed away Sunday January 26, 2020, at the Stanleytown Rehab Center. She was born February 2, 1937, to the late Joseph Eli Cox and Bonnie Rachel Cayton Cox. She was retired from Tultex Knitting Company and was of the Baptist faith.In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one...
Christine Lawson Gilley
Jan 24, 2020
Christine Lawson Gilley 82 of Martinsville, VA., went home to be with the Lord, Friday evening January 24, 2020, in Franklin County, Va. Christine was born February 28, 1937 to the Late Earnest Jake Lawson and Carrie Dillon Lawson. Christine was retired as front desk manager from 20 years of joyful service at the Dutch Inn. Christine was very...
Glenn Sherman Blankenship
Jan 22, 2020
Glenn Sherman Blankenship 70, of Martinsville, went home to be with his Lord, Wednesday January 22, 2020, at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Glenn was born August 1, 1949, to the late Guss Shockley Blankenship and Mamie (Virginia) Lawson Blankenship. Glenn was a self employed General Contractor for more than fifty years, and was the owner of...