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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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...
Donald Curtis Murdock age 69 of 2140 Whispering Pines Road, Axton, died Saturday February 19, 2011 at his home. He was born February 19, 1942 in Washington County Virginia to the late Robert Washington and Edna Virginia Henderson Murdock. In addition to his parents he was also predeceased by one sister, Opal Severt. He was employed by Bobbitt Enterprises (Hardees),...
Brandie Marie Riggs age 37 of 11793 Greensboro Road, Ridgeway, died Friday Feb. 11, 2011 in Henry County. She was born June 11, 1973 in Martinsville to Gilbert Thomas Riggs III, and Joanne Green Riggs, both of the home in Ridgeway. She was predeceased by one brother, Jeffrey Dwayne Riggs, her maternal grandfather, Lonnie Green, and her paternal grandmother, Edith...
Edith Evelyn Parks Jarrett, age 92, of the Preston Road, Martinsville, died on February 02, 2011 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in McDowell Co., WV on March 26, 1918 to the late John and Sarah Buchanan Parks. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband Broughton Leonard Jarrett, three brothers, Jim, Sam and Jack...
Shasta Agusta "Jerry Lee" Osborne, age 80, of 77 Peaceful Valley Road, Martinsville, died on February 01, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Wise County on January 31, 1931 to the late Ewing James and Julie McClelan Osborne. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a son, Dallas Joe Osborne, two brothers, William and Dallas Osborne...