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Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Naomi June Word
Jul 27, 2021
Naomi J. Word, 87 of Farmville, VA departed this Earth to be with her Heavenly Father on July 27, 2021. Naomi worked in the banking business for 38 years. She started her banking career with First National Bank. She is survived by her sons, Harold Jr. (Joyce), Randy (Betty) and Kirk (Cathy), 5 grandchildren, Mark, Brad, Scott, Patrick and Blake,...
William Waldemar Barnes
Jul 19, 2021
William Waldemar “B.” Barnes, age 89 of Farmville, VA peacefully departed this life in the comfort of his home surrounded by family on Monday 19 July 2021. He was born on 1 March 1932 in Lunenburg County, VA to William and Annie Barnes. At a young age, he learned how to cultivate and grow crops, manage a farm, woodwork, and...
Betty Ruth Kretowicz Wood
Jul 15, 2021
Betty Ruth Kretowicz Wood, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, wife of Steven M. Wood, passed away Thursday, July 15. Betty Ruth was born August 21, 1958 in Rice, Virginia, the daughter of Walter Kretowicz and Ruth Anderson Morrissette Kretowicz. She graduated from Nottoway County High School and started a career at First Virginia Bank for the next 23 years. She...
Billie Faye Risacher
Jul 5, 2021
Billie F. Risacher PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC – Billie F. Risacher, of Pawleys Island, SC wife of Robert L. Risacher, departed this life Monday, July 5 2021, following several years of declining health. Billie was born on July 24, 1943 in Gastonia, NC the daughter of William D. Brown and Letha Hall Brown. She graduated from Frederick High School, Frederick, MD...
David Bernard Wood
Jul 3, 2021
David Wood, 81, of Farmville, Virginia passed away July 3, 2021. He was born March 25, 1940 in Montgomery, West Virginia to the late Edwin Bernard and Lebren Hudson Dockery Wood. David was preceded in death by his brother Edwin Wood and sister Nancy Carol Lyons. He is survived by his loving wife of 26 years, Joyce Walter Wood, brother...
Marlene Kathie Martens
Jun 30, 2021
Marlene Kathie Martens, 85, of Cumberland, Virginia, went to be with our Lord on June 30, 2021. She was a loving bride to Hans H. Martens, and a beloved mother to her two sons. The couple of 63 years had just celebrated their wedding anniversary on the 1st of June, and though Marlene was in declining health, she was overjoyed...
Stanley "Stan" Foster Warner
Jun 30, 2021
Mr. Stanley Foster Warner (Stan), 82, retired forester and silvaculturist with the Virginia Department of Forestry, passed away at St. Francis Bon Secours Medical Center, Richmond, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. He now joins the love of his life, Kristin Meyer Warner, his wife of 57 years, in God's embrace. Stan was born in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania May 8, 1939. He...
Clarence Cleveland Coleman
Jun 25, 2021
Clarence Cleveland Coleman, passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021 at the age of 71. He was born March 6, 1950 and was preceded in death by his parents Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Coleman, Sr.; brother’s Thomas Coleman, Jr. and Jesse Coleman and granddaughter Sarah Townsend. He is survived by his two children Melissa Coleman and Charles Coleman; brother Michael...
Kody Lee Webb
Jun 25, 2021
Kody Lee Webb, 26 of Pamplin, VA passed away on June 25, 2021. He was born on December 16, 1994 to David L. and Emma Bateman Webb. He is remembered as a jokester with a contagious laugh. He loved Christmas and birthdays. He loved his brothers and sisters and teased them constantly but was very protective of them. Kody was...
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...
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