Katherine Lee Walker (Fields)
Jan 29, 2015
Katherine Lee Fields Hancock Walker, age 78, formerly of Henry County, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center, Stuart. She was born in Galax on April 10, 1936 to the late James Floyd and Mary Elizabeth Ayers Fields. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Hancock, a brother, William Roby Fields...
Johnny Buford Vaughn
Jan 23, 2015
Johnny Buford Vaughn age 89 of Owens Street, Martinsville, passed away on Friday Jan. 23, 2015 at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1925 in Henry County to the late Ellis Lee, Sr. and Annie Hollandsworth Vaughn. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by one daughter, Mary Jane Kendrick, four brothers, Ellis L. Jr., Buren G.,...
Donn Phillip Shumate
Jan 17, 2015
Donn Phillip Shumate, Sr. age 68 of Martinsville passed away on January 17, 2015 in Pittsylvania County. He was born Dec. 26, 1946 in Axton to the late Woodrow Wilson and Myrtle Ballard Shumate. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his wife Connie Thomas Shumate in October of 2014, and one brother Richard Shumate. Donn was...
Catherine Ward Spencer
Jan 15, 2015
Catherine Ward Spencer, age 76 of Collinsville, died on January 15, 2015 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center, Martinsville. She was born in Hollywood, Maryland on June 4, 1938 to the late Christina Ward. She was of the Baptist faith and had worked for Fieldcrest Mills and Bassett Mirror before retiring. She is survived by her sons, William Spencer and...
Rachel Alma Via (Hancock)
Jan 5, 2015
Rachel Hancock Via age 92, formerly of Martinsville, went to be with the Lord on Monday Jan. 5, 2015 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born Dec. 1, 1922 to the late John Robert and Emma May Fulcher Hancock. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, Vernon V. "Bunny" Via in 2001, her...
Irene Bowling Thomason
Jan 1, 2015
Irene Bowling Thomason, age 93, of Kings Grant, died on January 01, 2015. She was born in Ferrum on August 01, 1921 to the late James L. and Toka Thomas Bowling. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold W. Thomason in 2013, her brothers, Buel, Chester, Otis and Edward Bowling, her sisters, Donnie...
Lacy Earl Campbell
Dec 29, 2014
Lacy Earl Campbell age 97 of Ridgeway passed away Monday Dec. 29, 2014, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. He was born Jan. 16, 1917 in Vesuvius, VA to the late Lacy W. and Myrtle Edith Moran Campbell. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by one son, Danny Campbell, one grandson, Mark Wayne Hubbard, three brothers, LaRue, William, and...
Joseph Richard "Dick" Minter
Dec 29, 2014
Joseph Richard "Dick" Minter age 84, formerly of Ridgeway, passed away on Monday Dec. 29, 2014 at Blue Ridge Rehab in Martinsville. He was born May 30, 1930 in Henry County to the late Wylie Thomas and Fannie Betty Pace Minter. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his wife, Mutt Powell Minter, his brothers, Herman, Boyd,...
Lura Myrtle Trotter
Dec 28, 2014
Lura Myrtle Johnson Trotter, age 78, of Martinsville, died on December 28, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. She was born in Pittsylvania County to the late Henry and Rose Bell Deshazo Trotter on March 25, 1936. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ernest Lawson Johnson, her sisters, Alice Hairston, Katie Hairston and Ruby Floyd. She...
Mildred Emma Lawson (Spencer)
Dec 13, 2014
Mildred Emma Spencer Lawson, age 80, formerly of Martinsville, died on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the Memory Care of the Triad in Kernersville, NC. She was born on January 21, 1934 in Henry County to the late Charlie Arthur and Delma Gay Wagner Spencer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Akers Lawson in 1978, a...