Nannie Bates Martin

Mar 25, 2011

Nannie Bates Martin age 75 of the Mount Olivet Road, Martinsville, died Friday March 25, 2011 at her home. She was born August 8, 1935 in Pittsylvania County to the late Cubie and Linnie Adkins Bates. In addition to her parents, she was also predeceased by her husband, J.R. Martin, and her brother, Hubert Bates. She was a member of...

Myrtle Powell Minter

Mar 25, 2011

Myrtle Powell "Mutt" Minter, age 77, of 267 Sinclair Street, Ridgeway, died on March 25, 2011 at her residence. She was born on March 26, 1933 in Henry County to the late Gid and Sallie Chandler Powell. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by one brother, Roy Powell, and two sisters, Thelma U'ren and Doretha Turner. She was...

Avis Vaughn Stanley Clark

Mar 18, 2011

Avis Stanley Clark age 95, formerly of Stultz Road, Martinsville, died Friday March 18, 2011 at Blue Ridge Rehab Center, Martinsville. She was born October 29, 1915 in Henry County to the late Andrew Wade and Mary Elizabeth Sawyers Stanley. In addition to her parents, she was also predeceased by one daughter, Virginia Murphy, and three brothers, Espa, Earl, and...

Edna Buckles Custer

Mar 18, 2011

Edna Buckles Custer age 80 of Martinsville, died Friday March 18, 2011 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. She was born July 21, 1930 in Elizabethton, TN to the late Frank Carson and Tisha Scale Buckles. In addition to her parents, she was also predeceased by her husband, Robert A. Custer, one son, Bobby Custer, Jr., and one brother, Leonard Buckles....

Jason Carlton Speakman

Mar 16, 2011

Jason Carlton Speakman age 41 of 636 Chatmoss Court Ext., Martinsville, and formerly of York County, VA, died Wednesday March 16, 2011 at his home. He was born January 27, 1970 in Martinsville to Ronald Charles Speakman, Sr., and Doris Durand Richardson. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Raymond R. Durand, Sr., and Bessie Barksdale Durand, and his paternal...

John Layton Smith

Mar 8, 2011

John Layton Smith age 67 of 146 Miles Road, Collinsville, died Tuesday March 8, 2011 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. He was born February 10, 1944 in Sydney, Australia to the late John Edward Smith, and Louisa Nell Philby Smith of Natural Bridge. His father predeceased him. He was veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Vietnam War, and...

Jerry Henry Prater

Mar 6, 2011

Jerry Henry Prater, age 86, of 1515 Grandview Road, Martinsville, died on March 06, 2011 at the Kindred Hospital, Greensboro, NC. He was born on April 11, 1924 in Henry, Virginia, to the late William Henry and Lucy Bet Scott Prater. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his first wife, Mildred Jackson Prater, three brothers, Noah, Charles...

Debra Joyce Campbell

Mar 3, 2011

Debra Joyce Campbell, age 55, of 1201 Spruce Street, Martinsville, died on Thursday, March 03, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Martinsville on August 05, 1955 to Murvin L. Joyce and the late Gladys Peters Batchelor. In addition to her Mother, she was predeceased by her Paternal Grandparents, Oscar R. and Dorothy W. Joyce, and her Maternal Grandparents,...

Marianne Krippendorf Frith Tessier

Mar 2, 2011

Marianne Krippendorf Frith Tessier, age 83, formerly of 1111 Chatham Heights Rd., Martinsville, died on March 02, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Rehab Center, Martinsville. She was born in Hoff, Germany on March 13, 1927 to the late Johann M. and Elisa Rohn Krippendorf. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Tessier. She...

John Raymond "Junior Or J.R." Moore

Feb 26, 2011

John Raymond "Junior, or J.R." Moore, Jr. age 80 of 1011 Mountain Road, Martinsville, died Saturday February 26, 2011 at Blue Ridge Rehab Center in Martinsville. He was born September 14, 1930 in Rocky Mount, VA to the late John Raymond and Gladys May Bell Moore. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by two brothers, Albert and...