Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Joseph Domenic Bellofatto
Jun 25, 2021
Joseph Domenic Bellofatto Sr, 88 of Farmville, VA passed away on June 25, 2021. He was born in East Boston, MA on July 5, 1932, to the late Rocco Luigi and Concetta Bellofatto. He grew up in East Boston and after school enlisted in the US Army where he served as a medic in Germany and the USA. He was...
James Thomas Gilliam
Jun 21, 2021
James Thomas “Tommy” Gilliam was born October 14, 1947 in Farmville, Virginia. After a long battle with illness, he was reunited with his heavenly Father on June 21, 2021 at age 73. Tommy was preceded in death by his parents, Horace and Lois Gilliam. He is survived by his high school sweetheart and loving and devoted wife of 47 years,...
Daniel Jackson Burnette Jr
Jun 17, 2021
Daniel J. Burnette Jr. Passed away on thursday June 17,2021. He was born on April 12, 1940 to Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Burnette Sr. He was married to the late Mary N. Burnette, they made their home in Rice and had three children Daniel J. Burnette 111 (Teresa) of farmville. Janet Rice (Garcia) of Frisco Tx. A stepdaughter Rosemary...
Homer Franklin Grant
Jun 11, 2021
Homer Franklin Grant, age 69, passed away on June 11, 2021, at his home in Farmville after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Homer Grant, and his brothers Stewart D. Grant and Jesse W. Grant. Franklin was born on December 3, 1951, in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was a 1970 graduate of Cumberland...
Marilyn Joyce Baldwin
Jun 11, 2021
Marilyn Joyce Baldwin departed this life on Friday, June 11, 2021. Joyce was born in Nicholas County, WV on July 3, 1944. She taught school in Powhatan County, VA for many years until she retired in July, 2000. Joyce is preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Baldwin, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Erin Baldwin, stepsons Ricky and...
Albert Earl Lamberth Jr
Jun 10, 2021
Albert Earl Lamberth, Jr. of Darlington Heights, VA, husband of Bonnie Ann Nelson Lamberth, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at his home. He was born on November 3, 1946, the son of the late Albert Earl, Sr. and Rosalie Metcalf Lamberth. Earl retired in 2011 from Badcock and Wilcox in Lynchburg with 41 1/2 years of service in...
Sarah Bates Shanks
Jun 7, 2021
Sarah Bates Shanks, 70, of Farmville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 7, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Kenny Bates and Carl & Nannie Matthews of Cumberland, Virginia. She is survived by one sister, Beverly Upton and husband. Two daughters, Shannon Shanks (John) and Mary Shanks Mason (Leonard). Two sons , James. L....
Gracie Reign Davis
Jun 6, 2021
Gracie Reign Davis passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021 in Farmville, VA. She was the daughter of Linda Wells and Bobby Davis Jr. both of Farmville. She is survived by her parents, grandmothers, Marie Dunn and husband Steve of Mountain City, TN and Margaret Wells of Phenix, VA; her siblings, Robert James Davis, Abigail Nicole Davis, Megan Elizabeth Davis...
Billy Coe
Jun 4, 2021
Billy Coe, 52 of Green Bay, Virginia went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 4, 2021. Billy is survived by his devoted wife of 23 years, Lynnette; his daughter, who was his pride and joy, Teri Lynn; his mother, Joan Jacobs Simpson; sister, Donna Coe Hilfiger and her husband Jimmy; brother, Darryl Simpson and his wife...
Martha Herndon Thompson
Jun 3, 2021
Martha Herndon Thompson, of Farmville, born February 4, 1930 passed away on June 3, 2021.She was predeceased by her parents, Clarence Vereen Herndon, Sr and Ruth Evelyn Herndon; 4 siblings, Clarence V. Herndon, Jr, Aubrey M. Herndon, Frances Herndon Ducsai and Robert Herndon; and her husband, Sam Andrew Thompson. She is survived by a sister, Carrie O’Neal (Michael) and her...
Evelynn Marie Fuchs
May 31, 2021
Evelynn Marie Fuchs, 88 of Drakes Branch, VA passed away on May 31, 2021. She was born on May 28, 1933 to the late Chester Starr and Genevieve (Gene) Harrison in Fort Madison Iowa. She was raised by her mother and step father William (Bill) Sedgwick who resided in Dallas City, Illinois. In adulthood she lived in both Hamilton and...
Bobbie Ray Morgan
May 27, 2021
Bobbie Ray Morgan, 86, Farmville, VA. Born and raised in Warwick County, VA on March 14, 1935. Resided in Newport News, VA until 2006. He worked and retired from Newport News Public Schools in 1991. Entered Heaven on May 27, 2021, in Farmville, VA. Born to Louise Hudgins Morgan and Lawrence Madrid Morgan. Predeceased by his first wife of 41...
Nancy Barden Combs
May 21, 2021
Nancy Barden Combs, 79, of Cumberland, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 21, 2021. As she would say, she was Nancy Lou, with eyes of blue, born in 1942. She was the daughter of the late Richard Archer Barden and Mildred Lee Barden of Jetersville, Virginia. She was the seventh of nine children. She was very proud...
Kaleb Isaiah-Ray Turpin
May 18, 2021
Our beloved son Kaleb Isaiah-Ray Turpin, 24, of Burkeville, Virginia untimely departed this life on May 18, 2021. He was born on May 5, 1997 in Wichita Falls, Texas the son of Shannon Turpin Mueller and Allen Wireman Jr. In his life he attended schools in Texas, Germany, New Mexico, and Virginia. He graduated Brookeville High school in 2016. He...
Violet R. Martin
May 16, 2021
Violet R Martin, 91, of Farmville, passed away peacefully in her home on May16th, surrounded by her family. Violet “Dair” was born in Flat Top, WV to Isaac Reed and Nancy J. McBride Reed on June 13th 1930. She retired from the Postal Service where she worked for the air mail division at Dulles International and Reagan National Airports. Violet...
Mary Alice Linkins Senger
May 15, 2021
MARY ALICE LINKINS SENGER of Farmville passed away on May 15, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years and father of her children, Daniel Martin Senger, Jr., her parents Frances Jerome and Ola McCaughan Linkins, her brother Robert Earl Linkins, sister Anna Nell Linkins and husband Charles F. Bartlett. She is survived by her five...
Ressie Adcock Davis
May 13, 2021
Ressie Adcock Davis, 82, died Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Farmville, Virginia, surrounded by her family. Ressie was born to William W. and Eva L. Adcock October 19, 1938, in Buckingham County. She grew up at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Glenmore, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Clyde J. Davis, sister Maude A. Shepard, grandson Brandon Davis,...
Christine Roberts Yeatts
May 12, 2021
Christine Roberts Yeatts of Burkeville, Virginia departed this life on May 12. She was born July 30, 1937 in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Edgar and Lucille Roberts of Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Christine was a graduate of Randolph Henry High School and retired from Nottoway School system after 33 years of service. She was a...
James "Jim" Stuart Murray, Jr.
May 12, 2021
James “Jim” Murray, Jr., 64, passed away on May 12, 2021. He was born in Long Island, New York on April 9, 1957 to the late Harry and Mary Ann Klenn Brunet. He spent 24 happy years with Dayan Murray. He was the Chief Engineer for both the Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn in Farmville, VA, and in his down...
Leroy J. Miller
May 11, 2021
Leroy J. Miller, 84, of Farmville, went to be with his Savior on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at home. Leroy was born in Sugarcreek, Ohio, to Amish parents JB and Ida Miller, and moved with the family to Hampton Roads in the early 1940s. There he met the love of his life, Sarah, when he was just eight years old....