Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas

Elizabeth Joy Henry
Nov 15, 2010
Elizabeth Joy Henry, of Farmville, Va. and formerly of Annapolis, died of cancer November 15 at the Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va. She was born March 29, 1941, in Tarrytown, N.Y., to the late Elizabeth Joy and Barham R. Gary. Joy was an avid crafter and participated in many local craft shows. She was also a member of Beta...

Adrian Francis Swanick
Nov 10, 2010
Adrian Francis Swanick, 70, of Rice, passed away, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at his home. He is survived by his wife Eniko M. Swanick of Rice, his son Kurt A. Swanick of Alexandria and his brother, Theodore G. Swanick, Jr. of Bricktown, NJ. Mr. Swanick was born in Perth Amboy, NJ, April 1, 1940 to the late Theodore G. and...

William Morgan Smith Ii
Nov 9, 2010
William Morgan Bill Smith II William Morgan Bill Smith II, 64, of Cumberland, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010, in Charlottesville. Bill was the son of Barbara Hope Almond Smith of Cumberland and the late Meriwether Vaughan Smith. He was the former editor of The Cumberland Bulletin newspaper and executive director of Central Piedmont Action Council. In addition to his...

Bernard Jerome Callan
Oct 26, 2010
Mr. Bernard Jerome Callan, 75 of Farmville passed away Tuesday in Farmville. He was born December 4, 1934 in North Conway, New Hampshire. He was the son of the late Arthur and Alice Callan. He served his country in the United States Navy. Mr. Callan was a retired consultant. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Callan. He...

Charles Francis Weaver
Oct 25, 2010
Mr. Charles Francis Weaver, 83 of Keysville, passed away Monday, October 25, 2010 in Farmville. He was born March 11, 1927 in Green Bay, Virginia the son of the late Henry Thomas Weaver and Laura Eiseman Weaver. Mr. Weaver served his country in the United States Marines during WWII. He was very active in the VFW Post in Crewe, Virginia....

Helen Yount Parker
Oct 23, 2010
Helen Yount Parker, 90, of Farmville passed away Saturday, October 23, 2010 in Farmville. Mrs. Parker was born in Hickory, North Carolina, March 14, 1920 to the late Clee and Fannie Wyant Yount. She was preceded in death by her husband, James O. Parker. Survivors include two daughters, Jane P. Fitzhugh and husband, Berryman J. Fitzhugh, Jr. and Agnes P....

James William (Egg) Eggleston
Oct 18, 2010
Mr. James William (Egg) Eggleston, 73 of Farmville passed away Monday morning at his residence. He was born October 2, 1937 in Rice, Virginia. He was the son of the late George and Annie Carmichael Eggleston. He was a charter member of the Prince Edward County Rescue Squad. Egg was a used car dealer and loved collecting antique cars and...

John Matthew Jarrell
Oct 13, 2010
John Matthew Jarrell, age 63 of Farmville, passed away October 13, 2010. He is survived by one son Michael T. Jarrell of Appomattox and two brothers, James R. Jarrell and Allen Jarrell, of Charlottesville. He was preceeded in death by his daughter, Krystal Marie Jarrell, His brother, Roger Jarrell and is Great Uncle and Aunt, J. Harris and Mallie Phillips....

Grace Butler Waring Putney
Oct 11, 2010
Grace Butler Waring Putney, age 91, passed away at her home in Farmville on Monday, October 11. She was the widow of Samuel Waverly Putney Jr. and the daughter of the late Lucie Butler and Dabney Taliaferro Waring. Mrs. Putney is survived by one sister and two brothers: Lucie Hughes and husband, Andrew of Orange City, FL. and Dabney T.Waring...
John Garland Chernault
Oct 7, 2010
John Johnny or Big John Chernault, 69, of Worsham, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2010 in Centra Southside Community Hospital, Farmville. Born September 13, 1941, he was the only child of the late Elmira Elizabeth McCourt Chernault and Raymond Barksdale Boo Chernault. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Ann Bryant Chernault; two children Danielle Renee Chernault and significant other, Jamie Walters...

Reed Walthall Gates
Oct 7, 2010
Reed Walthall Gates, 94, of Rice, passed away October 7, 2010. She was the wife of the late Bruce W. Gates and is survived by three sisters, Ann W. Osborn of Farmville, Edith Stafford of Richmond, and Emily Wilkerson and her husband, Emory of Richmond. Her late parents were Richard and Mildred Walthall of Rice. She had many special and...

Kenneth Victor Kragh
Oct 7, 2010
Kenneth Victor Kragh, Sr., 79, of Curdsville, VA, passed away after an extended illness on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Born and raised in Southern Maryland (Charles County), and previously of Roanoke, VA, he was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War, a former Virginia State Police Trooper and retired from a career with the U.S. Treasury Department,...

Emma Smith Barksdale
Sep 29, 2010
Mrs. Emma Smith Barksdale, 89 of Farmville passed away Wednesday morning in Farmville. She was born April 8, 1921 in Cumberland County to the late Hardy Preston and Mary Isaacs Smith. She was the widow of Thomas Irving Barksdale. She was the last of the family of nine children, being preceded in death by her four brothers and four sisters....

Beulah O. Turbyfill
Sep 26, 2010
Cemetery: Graveside service will be Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:00AM at Westview Cemetery. Visitation: Visitation will be Monday, September 27, 2010 6:00-7:30PM. Service: A funeral service will be held Monday, September 27, 2010 7:30PM at the chapel of the funeral home.

Ronald Gray Ronnie" Lawhorne
Sep 15, 2010
Ronald Gray "Ronnie" Lawhorne, of Farmville, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010. He was born in Lynchburg, on August 28, 1934, to Clarence Wiley and Lula Allen Lawhorne and moved to Farmville at age four. He loved growing up in Farmville and told many wonderful stories about "the good old days." As a teenager, he worked at The Farmer's Supply and...

Lois Elliott Johnson
Sep 15, 2010
Lois Elliott Johnson, 70, of Burkeville, daughter of the late Johnnie and Fronnie West Elliott, joined her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Charles Edwin Johnson; daughter, Teresa Johnson; sons, Benjamin Johnson and Patrick Metellus Johnson and wife, Barbara; seven grandchildren, Meredith, Meagan, Hailey, Brad and Landon, Austin and Lincoln; a...

Billie (Bula) Haynes Tunstall
Sep 11, 2010
Billie (Bula) Haynes Tunstall, 87 began her eternal life on Saturday, September 11, 2010. She was born April 17, 1923 in Cumberland County to the late Willie Lewis and Mollie Wright Haynes and adopted parents, Willie and Allie Oertel. Billie was educated at John Randolph High in Cumberland County and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She was preceded in death...

Robert Lee Bates
Sep 9, 2010
Robert Lee Bates, 74, of Rice passed away on Thursday September 9, 2010 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Ester A. Bates, son, Ricky McDaniel of Gainesville, daughters Peggy Lawson of Rice and Robin Stone of Brighton M.I, brother Cleve Bates, sister, Lucy Mae Skipper, eight grandchildren: Sharisse Poblete, Stephanie McDaniel, Amanda Jones, Amelia Lawson, Robert Crowder,...

Rondi Lee Arlton
Sep 4, 2010
Rondi Lee Arlton passed away at her home on September 4, 2010. She was born on July 19, 1953 to Roland and Marie Arlton in Sioux Falls, South was Dakota and was baptized on August 23, 1953. She confirmed her baptism at first English Lutheran Church in Lennox, SD on October 13, 1968. Rondi attended public school in Lennox, SD,...

Alice B. Carneal
Sep 4, 2010
Alice B. Carneal, 62, of Cumberland County, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 4, 2010. She was predeceased by her parents, Phillip and Gladys Binford Sr., and a brother, Phillip Binford Jr.She was a dedicated member of New Life Assembly of God in Farmville and devoted her life to the staff and students of New...