Herman Henry Powell
Sep 15, 2017
Herman Henry Powell age 88 of Martinsville passed away Friday Sept. 15, 2017 at Martinsville Health & Rehab. He was born Sept. 6, 1929 in Martinsville to the late Howard and Geneva Hite Powell. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his spouse Lillian T. Powell in 2009, one brother, Dan Powell, and one sister Edna Daniels....
Robert Jacob "Jake" Thomas
Sep 5, 2017
Robert Jacob "Jake" Thomas, age 43 of Patrick Springs, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. He was born in Martinsville on April 7, 1974 to the late Robert "Baxter" Thomas and Ellen Gay Sigmon Thomas of Collinsville. He attended Fieldale Baptist Church and was a member of Fieldale Fire Department since 1992. He had graduated from...
Carl Lenwood Spencer
Aug 29, 2017
Carl Lenwood Spencer, age 79 of Martinsville, passed away on August 29, 2017 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Martinsville on November 30, 1937 to the late Jefferson Green and Burdie Wagner Spencer. He had worked for the J&J Southeast-Georgia Pacific for over 33 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran from the Vietnam Era and also...
Janet Prillaman Bennett (Prillaman)
Aug 20, 2017
Janet Prillaman Bennett age 83 of Collinsville, went Home to be with the Lord on Sunday Aug. 20, 2017 at Blue Ridge Manor. She was born April 1, 1934 in Franklin County to the late Grady Prillaman and the late Mary Carter Prillaman Hurd. Janet was also predeceased by her step father Leonard F. Hurd. Janet was a member of...
Gilmer Ernest Morris
Aug 12, 2017
Gilmer Ernest Morris, 91, of Collinsville, VA, passed away peacefully on August 12, 2017. Born September 11, 1925 in Horsepasture, VA, the son of Edgar Ernest Morris and Bertha Lois Shelton Morris. Gilmer had a strong work ethic and from an early age found ways to help his family. At age five he began selling the Grit weekly newspaper for...
Hilda Taylor Ayers
Aug 9, 2017
Hilda T. Ayers, age 67, of Martinsville, passed away on August 9, 2017. Her funeral services will be private. Roselawn Chapel Funeral Home is serving the Ayers family.
James Allen Viars
Jul 22, 2017
James Allen Viars age 66 of Axton, passed away on Saturday July 22, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. He was born March 6, 1951 in Radford, VA to the late Emmett Clyde and Versie Newby Viars Hall. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his step father Burch Hall, and three sisters, Nancy Willard, Mae Ferguson, and...
Dorothy Stovall Hennis (Stovall)
Jul 21, 2017
Dorothy S. Hennis has gone to Heaven to be with her parents, her husband, Walter J. Hennis, her dear sister June Hundley as well as her sweet niece Frankie. Dot (she told us she never liked the name Dorothy) is survived by her only child, W. Scotty Hennis (Rhonda), her two grandchildren W. Scott Hennis II (Rebecca) and Lacy Hennis-Floyd...
David Morris Arnold
Jul 19, 2017
David Morris Arnold, age 95, of Ridgeway passed away on July 19, 2017 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. He was born on September 13, 1921 in Henry County to the late Charlie Green and Annie Morris Arnold. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Willard and Paul Arnold and four sisters, Irene Lusk,...
Joann Thomas Wells
Jul 19, 2017
JoAnn Thomas Wells, age 82 of Martinsville, passed away on July 19, 2017 at her residence. She was born on July 13, 1935 to the late Brown and Ethel Covington Thomas in Martinsville. She was a homemaker and a member of Hill Memorial Baptist Church. She is survived by her two daughters, Wanda Richardson of the home and Deborah Cooper...