Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas

Robert Lee Davis
Jun 19, 2010
Mr. Robert Lee Davis, 88 of Farmville passed away Saturday at his residence. He was born June 10, 1922 at Stony Point Mills in Cumberland County to the late Nathaniel Lee and Martha Maria Ranson Davis. He was retired from Craddock Terry Shoe Factory in Farmville where he was a former plant manager. He is survived by his wife, Doris...

Brooks S. Bryant
Jun 17, 2010
Mrs. Brooks S. Bryant, 65 of Farmville passed away Thursday in Richmond. She was born July 12, 1944 in Albemarle County. She was the daughter of Glenn and Estelle Drumheller Stargell. She was the widow of Jack Bryant. She was retired from the Department of Motor Vehicles. She was survived by her sons, Dwayne Bryant (Nancy Bryant) of Buckingham and...

Stewart David Grant
Jun 15, 2010
Stewart David Grant, 49, passed away peacefully at his Buckingham home on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Lynchburg on July 5, 1960. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Susan Southall Grant; son, Adam Chase Grant; step-daughter, Laiken Blair Jacobs; his mother, Joyce Grant of Rice and four siblings...

Sandra A. Aubin
Jun 7, 2010
Mrs. Sandra A. Aubin, 61 of Farmville passed away Monday evening in Lynchburg. She was born July 14, 1948 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of the late Marianno and Cecelia Borges Costa. She was the wife of Edward Lee Aubin, Sr. She is survived by her husband, her children, Edward L. Aubin, Jr. (Denise) of Rice, Michael...

Naomi Earle Nunnally Jenkins
Jun 7, 2010
Mrs. Naomi Earle Nunnally Jenkins, 88 of Green Bay passed away Monday, June 7, 2010. She was born December 10, 1921 in Green Bay. She was the daughter of the late Earl Clarke and Adeline McFarland Nunnally. She was dearly devoted to her family, the Church, and her community. She graduated from Green Bay High School in 1939 and attended...

Estel Arlon Cook
May 31, 2010
Mr. Estel Arlon Cook, 80 of Farmville passed away Monday evening May 31, 2010 in Farmville. He was born February 16, 1930. He was the son of the late Estel and Inez Chandler Cook. He served his country in the U.S. Army. He was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Maebelle Bowles Cook, his sons, William Thomas...

Hester Morgan Forbes
May 31, 2010
Hester Morgan Forbes, widow of J. Branch Forbes, born July 22, 1918, died at her home in Andersonville, VA on Monday, May 31, 2010. She served in the Andersonville post office for 57 years before retiring in 1996, the last 21 years succeeding her late husband who had been postmaster from 1934 to 1975. She was a charter member of...

Rosa Martin Inge
May 25, 2010
Mrs. Rosa Martin Inge, 90 of Farmville passed away Tuesday evening in Farmville. She was born February 21, 1920 in Appomattox County. She was the daughter of the late Lacy and Anna Cawthorne Martin. She was educated in the schools of Appomattox County and in Lynchburg City Schools. She attended Radford College for two years then received her Bachelor of...

Evelyn O'Dell Scruggs Layne
May 21, 2010
LAYNE, Evelyn O'Dell Scruggs, 79, of Cullen, Va., passed away peacefully at her home on May 21, 2010 after a short battle with liver cancer. Born December 28, 1930 in Cullen, she was the daughter of the late Herman S. Sr. and Blanch Young Scruggs. Mrs. Layne was predeceased by two brothers, Herman Scruggs Jr. and Lewis Scruggs; one sister,...

John Vance Jackson, Jr.
May 20, 2010
Retired Virginia Commissioner of Litter Control, John Vance Jackson, Jr., 85, of Farmville died May 20, 2010 in Southside Community Hospital after a short illness. He was born January 19, 1925 in Wake Forest, NC to the late John Vance and Macie Ray Jackson. He served in the U. S Army and was stationed in Germany during World War II....

Hattie Hazel Arrington Templeton
May 20, 2010
Hattie Hazel Arrington Templeton passed away Thursday, May 20, 2010 at her daughters home in Farmville, Virginia. She was born February 24, 1920 in Danville, Virginia. She was the oldest of 11 children born to David Stokely Arrington and Grace Sams Arrington. She was predeceased by her husband, Noah, her sisters, Lucy Simpson and Faye Meredith and her brothers, Melvin,...

Charles Calvin Rosser
May 20, 2010
Mr. Charles Calvin Rosser, 74 of Farmville passed away Thursday, May 20, 2010 in Lynchburg. He was born February 11, 1936 the son of the late Calvin and Doris Swan Rosser. He graduated from Worsham High School. He was a member of the National Guard and a member of Farmville Baptist Church. Mr. Rosser was the Plant Manager of Craddock-Terry...

Doris Patterson Hardison
May 14, 2010
Mrs. Doris Patterson Hardison, 61 of Richmond passed away Friday morning in Richmond. She was born December 19, 1948 in Farmville, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late William and Gladys Horton Patterson. She was a long time employee of VASCO where she worked as an accounts receivable/payable clerk. Mrs. Hardison was a member of Hatcher Memorial Church. She...

Virginia Lockett Morris Jones
May 10, 2010
Virginia Lockett Morris Jones passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 10, 2010, at her home on the Poor House Farm in Rice. Affectionately known as Big Mama by friends and family and Prissy by her grand-children, she was born on June 21, 1921, the daughter of James Willie Morris Sr. and Gladys Garnett Morris, of Burkeville. She...

Charlie Warren Green, Jr.
May 3, 2010
Mr. Charlie Warren Green, Jr., 65 of Farmville passed away Monday morning in Farmville. He was born March 18, 1945 in Petersburg, Virginia. He was the son of Charlie W. Green and Blanche Spencer Green. He served his country in the United States Army on Active Duty, 1968 1974; United States Army Reserve, 1974-1998 when he retired as Lieutenant Colonel....

Edna Mae Scruggs Finch
Apr 27, 2010
Edna Mae Scruggs Finch, 93 died at her home in Prospect, VA on Tuesday April 27, 2010. She was born in Buckingham, VA on September 22, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Will and Eula Scruggs, and the wife of the late Alfred Monk Finch. She was the oldest member of Prospect United Methodist Church and was well...

Elsie Mae Hackney
Apr 24, 2010
Mrs. Elsie Mae Hackney, 62 of Farmville passed away Saturday in Richmond. She was born January 16, 1948 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Lula Webber Lewis and the late John Thomas Hackney. She is survived by her sons, Irving Holman and wife, Catherine, Jesse and John Holman and Frank Holman and wife, Bernadette all of Farmville, daughters, Mary...

Lucy Charlton Johns
Apr 24, 2010
Mrs. Lucy Charlton Johns, 89 of Buckingham passed away Saturday evening in Buckingham. She was born May 3, 1920 in Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Edgar Charlton and Theresa Johnson Charlton. She was a Home Economics Teacher and a wonderful wife, mother and grandma. She was the widow of Frank Hatcher Johns. She is survived by her...

Elizabeth Anne Fretwell
Apr 21, 2010
Elizabeth Anne Fretwell, 73 died in Southside Community Hospital in Farmville on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. She was born December 5, 1936 in Farmville. She was the Daughter of the late James William Fretwell and Mary Banks Fretwell. She graduated from Farmville High school class of 1955. She was a graduate of Stratford College in Danville, VA. She was a...

Alma Teresa Barden Mottley "Bunny
Apr 13, 2010
Mrs. Alma Teresa Barden Mottley Bunny, 58 of Burkeville passed away Tuesday in Farmville. She was born December 18, 1951 in Mosley, Virginia. She was the daughter of Pearl Lloyd Steele and the late Herbert Steele. She was a driver for Nottoway County Public Schools. She is survived by her husband, W.T. Mottley Jr., sister-in-law, Nancy Jennings and husband, Tadd,...