Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Ellis Clark Mylum
Nov 14, 2015
Mylum, Ellis Clark, 93,passed away at St. Mary's Hospital on Saturday, November 14, 2015. He was born on August 31,1922, just outside of Farmville to Charles Preston and Kate F. Mylum. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife,Stuart Garrett. Together they celebrated over 50 years of marriage. Ellis served in the U.S. Navy, and was stationed in Okinawa...
William Edwin Vernon Brandt
Nov 14, 2015
WILLIAM EDWIN VERNON, of Farmville, VA and formerly of Philadelphia, PA and Sunnyvale, CA passed away peacefully on November 14, 2015 at the age of 77 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Amelia, VA on August 11, 1938, Ed was the son of the late John H. Brandt and Susan C. (Callie) Vernon. Ed met his devoted wife Patricia...
Evelyn Martin Baldwin
Nov 13, 2015
Evelyn Lenore Martin Baldwin was escorted by a host of angels to her heavenly home on November 13, 2015. She was born August 5, 1930 to John T. and Annie Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents, 13 brothers and sisters, and two daughters, Sharon and Dianne. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Frank E. Baldwin, daughters,...
Robert Joseph Oertel Sr.
Nov 11, 2015
Robert Joseph Oertel Sr, age 79, died on November 11, 2015 peacefully in the home where he was born, Lackland Well Farm, after a lengthy bout with cancer. Known by many as “Bobby”, he was born in Cumberland County on January 6, 1936 to Willie and Allie Browning Oertel. He was a lifelong member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, never changing...
Virginia Lee Presnell
Nov 4, 2015
Virginia Lee Presnell age 92 of Farmville, VA passed away on November 4, 2015. She was born in Erwin TN to the late Buel and Catherine Tilson Harris. She worked as a seamstress at Amelia Dress Factory for 39 years and was married to Floyd Spencer Presnell. She is survived by her children; Earl Presnell (Cassie), Frances Coleman (Tommy), Linda...
Clarence Vestal Easter
Nov 3, 2015
Clarence Vestal Easter, 96, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 3, 2015. He was born on June 19, 1919 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to the late Thomas and Evelyn Thomas Easter. A devoted husband, Clarence was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Frances O. Easter. He was...
William Marlie Speas
Oct 29, 2015
William Marlie Speas age 90 of Farmville, VA passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015. He was born in Carol County N.C. on October 10, 1925 to the late William H. and Nellie Combs Speas. He worked for himself in commercial refrigeration known as Farmville Refrigeration for 35 years. He was well known in the Farmville area and beyond for...
Marie Perrow Bishop
Oct 23, 2015
Marie Bethel Perrow Bishop age 89 passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015. She was born on September 20, 1926 in Lynchburg, VA to the late Charles W. and Pearl Campbell Bethel. She worked as a secretary for Hunley Bryant Electric until her retirement. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray Perrow and also by her second...
Eugene Lowry Fowlkes
Oct 18, 2015
Eugene Lowry “Boo” Fowlkes, 83 of Burkeville, VA passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015. He was born in Prince Edward County to the late James H. and Mabel Elliott Fowlkes on October 8, 1932. He lived in the same house he was born in all his life and as an adult he worked on the family tobacco farm. As...
John Hopkins Varner
Oct 3, 2015
John Hopkins Varner, age 94, of Farmville, VA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 3, 2015. Born June 2, 1921, to Willis Anderson and Nannie Allen Varner of Cumberland County, he learned early the importance of family and hard work, values that he practiced and held dear his entire life. A 1942 graduate of Virginia Tech’s Corps of Cadets, he...
Robert T. Redd
Oct 2, 2015
Robert T. "Bob" Redd of Rice, Virginia, died at his home on October 2, 2015. Bob was born in 1928 to C. T. and Louise Owen Redd of Green Bay, Virginia, and was the youngest of their eight children. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Frances Shepard Redd; his daughter, Kathy Redd Brodie of Farmville; his grandson,...
Donna Weaver Smith
Sep 26, 2015
Donna Weaver Smith age 50 of Farmville, VA passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015. She was born on March 25, 1965 in Farmville, VA to Henry T. and Doris Beck Weaver. She is survived by her mother, her husband; Gary W. Smith, a daughter; Erica (Rob) Lee, three sisters; Sandra Clements, Peggy Eagle, Julie (Matt) Gepp, 3 nieces and...
Darrel Lynn Nelson
Sep 24, 2015
Darrel Lynn Nelson age 51 of Keysville, VA passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015. He was born in Farmville, VA and is the son of Louis H. and Emily Waddell Nelson and worked as a heavy equipment logging operator all his life. He loved being outside hunting and fishing. He is survived by his mother, a brother; “Joe” L....
Harvie L. Whitus
Sep 23, 2015
Harvie L. Whitus, of Green Bay, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at The Woodland in Farmville. He was born on April 28, 1937 in Wood County, Texas to the late Everett L. and Beatrice N. Whitus. He was predeceased by brothers, E. B. Whitus and Ray Whitus; Sisters, Joy Dowell and Helen Pomes. He is survived by his...
Ruth Layne Ferguson
Sep 10, 2015
Ruth Layne Ferguson of Farmville, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015 peacefully at the Woodland Watson Center surrounded by loving family and care takers. She was born in Cullen, VA on Apr1l 4, 1927 to the late Spencer Hatcher Layne and Marion Allen Layne. She was well known for her service to the Farmville Baptist Church and her hundreds...
Mary Hester Stewart
Sep 9, 2015
Mary Hester Stewart of Keysville, Virginia went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. She was 70 years old. Mary had been an employee of Southside Community Hospital prior to retiring in 2004. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lou and Ila Stewart, also of Keysville, Virginia, formerly of Virgilina, Virginia where numerous relatives live....
Roscoe Carl Thompson
Aug 21, 2015
Mr. Roscoe Carl Thompson, 85, of Buckingham, Virginia, died August 21, 2015. Roscoe was a construction superintendent with Andrews, Large and Whidden for many years and ultimately retired from Kenbridge Construction. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and puttering around in his workshop. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Dale Thompson (Teresa), Steven Thompson (Becky), and Gary Thompson (Kim), all...
Jean Cunningham Wilson
Aug 21, 2015
Jean C. Wilson of Farmville, VA passed away peacefully on August 21, 2015. She was 86 years old. Jean Alice Cunningham was born in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 1929, to Norman Jay and Edith M. Cunningham. She had an older brother, Norman, Jr. She attended State Teacher’s College in Farmville and married John D. Wilson, a native of Rice,...
Betty Jo Wallwork
Aug 20, 2015
Betty Jo Wallwork died August 20, 2015. She was the loving wife of David Wallwork Sr. and the mother of three children; Ben Johnson and wife Susan, Dr Drew Johnson and wife Maggie of Farmville, Johanna Beasley and husband Tommy of Kill Devil Hills N.C. She also had two step children; Deborah Booze and husband Gene of Appomattox and David...
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