Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Leonard Sherman Dove
Jun 9, 2024
Leonard Sherman Dove, lately of Rice, VA, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2024, at home with his wife, Sara Dove. Leonard is also survived by his son, Andres Arce, daughter-in-law, Jenn Arce, and grandson, Roman Arce.
A native of Northern Virginia and a graduate of Falls Church High School, Leonard took over the family roofing business and later worked as a...
Roger Dayle Bates
Jun 4, 2024
Roger Dayle Bates
January 31, 1969 - June 4, 2024
Loved mostest by Shady, Grady, Scootaboot, Pretty Girl, Turtabug and Cornbread followed by lots of immediate family.
Love you Mostest
If tears could build a stairwell and memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.
No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye...
You were...
Robert Steve Metcalf
May 29, 2024
Robert Steve Metcalf, 77, passed away with his family by his side on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. He was born September 20, 1946 in Farmville to the late William R. Metcalf and Katherine H. Metcalf. Steve made his living as a detailed carpenter and retired from Kenbridge Construction. During his retirement, he would spend his days making rounds to the...
Alvin & Maria Henshaw
May 28, 2024
Alvin Pollard Henshaw (85) and his beloved wife Erika Maria Andrescu Henshaw (77), residents of Dillwyn, Virginia, were welcomed into the embrace of their loving Heavenly Father on Tuesday, May 28th, 2024. Their departure marks the end of an era defined by love, commitment, and unwavering faith.
Alvin, born on January 13th, 1939, to Mary and Alton Henshaw in Chesterfield County,...
Denise Elizabeth Penick Basham
May 11, 2024
Denise Elizabeth Penick Basham, “DeeDee,” aged 72 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, passed awayunexpectedly on May 11, 2024. Denise is survived by her husband, Richard Basham of Virginia Beach,her son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Tanya Penick of Gretna, her daughter, Joanna Penick ofRichmond, as well as her two step-sons, Brian and Brandon Basham, Brandon’s wife Kelly and theirchildren Hailey Truitt and...
Abram Carrington Read Charlton Sr
Apr 29, 2024
Abram Carrington Read Charlton Sr. “Read”, 88, of Charlotte County died on April 29, 2024 in Farmville after a brief illness. Read was a longtime resident of Greenfield Plantation, which has been in his family since 1771.
Born July 15, 1935 in Savannah, Georgia to Thomas Jackson Charlton IV and Anne Read Charlton he split his time between Savannah and the...
Michael George Adams Sr
Apr 23, 2024
Michael George Adams Sr.54 of Farmville, Va passed peacefully on Tuesday April 23rd,2024.He was born April 8th,1970 to King George and Ann Baldwin Adams whom predeceased him. He is survived by two sisters Lisa Burton of Farmville, Va and Robin Owen of Cumberland, Va. Brother in law Skeeter Burton. His children Olivia Clark, Joseph Adams, Michael G Adams. and...
Jack Stewart Sandford Sr
Apr 23, 2024
Jack Sandford 93 years old passed away on April 23, 2024 at the age of 93, in Farmville, Virginia. Jack passed after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by loved ones. Jack was born in Richmond Virginia 11 December 1930. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Frankie. He is the proud father of four children: Sandy (Kathy),...
Sumner Riddick Pugh, Jr.
Apr 19, 2024
Pugh, Sumner Riddick Jr., 89 of Farmville, VA passed away peacefully on April 19, 2024. Born in Portsmouth, VA on July 28,1934 to the late Sumner Riddick and Grace Ruggles Pugh. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and then received a Masters of Education from Longwood University. He was principal of Gloucester County High School followed by Page County High...
Hilda Clanton Nuckols
Mar 31, 2024
Hilda Nuckols, age 100, wife of Colonel Ernest B. Nuckols, Jr. (deceased), passed on March 31, 2024 peacefully, at the Woodlands in Farmville Va. Born on July 26 1923 in Andalusia Alabama, Daughter of Luther B. and Daisy C. Clanton (deceased), sister to Lloyed B. Clanton (deceased). Married to Major Ernest B. Nuckols, Jr USAF of Cumberland VA 1945. They...
William Leslie Turns III
Mar 30, 2024
William Leslie Turns III, of Richmond, VA and Weems, VA, died peacefully at his waterside home in the Northern Neck on Saturday, March 30, 2024, after a long struggle with kidney cancer. A retired senior vice president and chief electrical engineer with Hankins and Anderson Engineering firm, Bill was instrumental in designing projects at government buildings and at U.S. Embassies...
Peggy Shupe Cave
Mar 27, 2024
Peggy Ann Shupe Cave of Farmville, VA, passed away peacefully at The Woodland/Brookview on March 27, 2024. Born in Gate City, VA, on August 20, 1934, Peggy was the youngest child of Granville Mitchell Dee and Cora Belle Henry Shupe. Predeceased by her husband, Paul, and daughter, Kim, she is survived by daughter Cindy (Stacey) of Lynchburg; son Mark (Gail)...
Shelly Diane Farley
Mar 22, 2024
Shelly Diane Farley (Shanaberger), 70, born December 15,1953 went home to be withthe Lord while surrounded by family on March 22, 2024.She is survived by her husband, Douglas Shipman Farley; her four children D. ShayFarley (Christy), Tiffany Capati (Rodney), Mark Farley (Sarah), Leah Reed (Matt), her parentsRobert S.and Carol Shanaberger; her siblings, Steve Shanaberger (Sandy), Jeanne Hayden(John), Jeff Shanaberger, Gary...
Nan-Lewis Jennings Simmons
Mar 21, 2024
Nan-Lewis Jennings Simmons of Farmville, VA passed away on March 21, 2024, at the age of 73. She wasthe daughter of the late William Henry and Beatrice Jennings. Nan was preceded in death by her oldersisters Sara Camden, and Nell Collie.Nan is survived by her husband of 45 years, Donnie Simmons of Farmville, VA, daughters CamdenSimmons of Los Angeles, CA,...
Margaret Stanley Carter
Mar 12, 2024
Margaret S. Carter, 97, passed away on March 12 th in Farmville, VA. She was born inBuckingham County, the daughter of Edith Eppert Stanley and Melvin Gentry Stanley.Margaret is survived by her two sons, Charles M. Carter Jr. of Weems, VA, wife Karen andMichael S. Carter of Chesterfield, VA, wife Brenda. Four grandchildren Katie Bavuso ofKilmarnock, VA, husband Dr. Salvatore,...
William Ashley Nelson
Mar 10, 2024
William Ashley Nelson, 80, of Meherrin Va passed on to paradise on Sunday March 10,2024. William was born on April 20, 1943 in Meherrin, VA. He was preceded in death by hisparents, Otis H. Nelson and Mabel Newcomb Nelson, his daughter Terri Ann Nelson, and his sixbrothers and sisters. He is survived by the love of his life of 52...
Gary Louis Atkins
Mar 9, 2024
Gary Louis Atkins passed away peacefully on Saturday, March9, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Gary was born onAugust 13, 1953, the fourth child and youngest son of LandonGayle Atkins and Adeline Smith Atkins.Gary was preceded in death by his parents, Landon and AdelineAtkins and his older brother, Jimmy Gayle Atkins.Gary is survived by his two daughters, Stephanie Atkins Hein(Will)...
Margery Ellen Hopkins Fuller
Feb 28, 2024
Margery Ellen Hopkins Fuller, age 99, passed away on Wednesday, February 28 at Hickory Hill Retirement Community. Margery received her bachelor’s degree in Home Economics Education from Bowling Green State University in 1945 where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She married Richard G Fuller on July 5, 1946 in West Springfield, PA. They lived in Conneaut...
Neil Francis O'Donohue
Feb 28, 2024
Neil F. O'Donohue, 82, of Keysville, Virginia, and formerly of Fredonia, New York, passed away February 28th, 2024.
Neil was born November 25th, 1941 to Daniel J. O'Donohue and Evelyn R. (Gould) O'Donohue in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Regis High School, Fordham University, and Cornell Medical School.
In 1968, he married Frances...
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