Current Obituaries

Feb 3, 2009

Mrs. Margaret Steele Bailey, 75 of Farmville passed away Tuesday evening in Farmville. She was born March 23, 1933 in Coylton, Scotland. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Carina Berritti Steele. She was the wife of Joseph M. Bailey. She is survived by her husband, her children, Joseph C. Bailey and wife Jazmin of Farmville, Virginia, Karen...

Jan 30, 2009

Mae Reynolds Shepherd, 90 formerly of Richmond passed away January 30, 2009 in Roanoke, VA where she was a resident of Our Lady of the Valley. She was born June 19, 1918 in Buckingham County. She was the daughter of the late Lelia Morris Reynolds and William H. Reynolds. She was preceded in death by her four sisters and two...

Jan 19, 2009

Thomas Bernard Driskill, Sr., 84 of Keysville passed away Monday morning in Richmond. He was born January 2, 1925 in Prince Edward County. He was the son of the late Robert L. and Helen Driskill. He was the husband of Elizabeth Driskill. Mr. Driskill was a retired farmer. He loved the outdoors and working on the land. He is survived...

Jan 13, 2009

Dorothy Watson passed away at Southside Community Hospital on January 13, 2009. Dorothy was born in Newington, Connecticut on June 16, 1929. She began her life-long career in nursing in the Air Force, followed by work in a physicians practice, then moving on to 38 years of service at Southside Community Hospital, devoting herself to providing quality care to generations...

Jan 6, 2009

Donna Kirk, 64 of Farmville passed away Tuesday in Richmond after a long illness. She was born June 22, 1944 in Huntington Park, California and raised in Iowa. She was the daughter of Wesley Dorn and Marjorie Collister. She graduated from Jessup High School in Jessup, Iowa. She then graduated in Nursing from Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa in 1966....

Jan 4, 2009

Mrs. Elizabeth K. Rich, 80 of Farmville passed away Sunday in Farmville. She was born August 11, 1928 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Balok Kostry. She was the widow of Henry Rich. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church. She is survived by her sisters, Helen Rodd of...

Dec 28, 2008

Mr. John Muscarella III, native of Newark, NJ worked for CGI-Welco for many years died peacefully in his log home in Dillwyn, VA on Sunday, December 28, 2008 with his fiance Dawn Kingsley at his side. He was survived by three children, four grandchildren, two sisters and many nieces and nephews. He will be cremated and brought back to New...

Dec 25, 2008

Mrs. Pearl Edith Perkins Hickman, 75 of Prospect passed away Thursday evening in Farmville. She was born December 13, 1933 in Buckingham County. She was the daughter of the late George Lee Perkins, Sr. and Pearl Kent Jones Perkins. She was a long time member of Glenn Memorial Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and kept the...

Dec 23, 2008

Mr. James Oscar Parker, 93 of Farmville passed away Tuesday morning in Farmville. He was born February 24, 1915 in Conway, North Carolina. He was the son of the late James Marcus and Agnes Flythe Parker. Mr. Parker was the husband of Helen Y. Parker. He was the territory manager for Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in Virginia and parts of North...

Dec 12, 2008

Visitation: Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:00-8:30PM at the Puckett Funeral Home. Service: A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:00AM at the chapel of Puckett Funeral Home with interment in Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Nov 26, 2008

Mrs. Lottie Irene Langford, 67 of Keysville passed away Wednesday evening in South Boston. She was born February 2, 1941 in Lunenburg County. She was the daughter of the late William T. Bentley Sr. and Marie Watson Bentley Dickerson. She was the wife of Lonnie Langford. Lottie was an active member of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Nov 17, 2008

Nason Arnold Arrington, 76, of Farmville, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at the Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center in Richmond after a six-month battle with cancer.He was born on a small farm in Charlotte County on Oct. 16, 1932, as the eldest of Carson and Mabel Arringtons six children.After graduating from Randolph Henry High School in 1951 as a hard-nosed football...

Mar 17, 1920

Louis Atkins Graham was born March 27, 1925 in Kenbridge, VA to Samuel Lyle Graham III and Natalie Hardy Graham. He lived in Farmville, VA until adulthood. Louis Atkins Graham attended Hampden-Sydney College for one year, then served with the United States Navy in World War II from 1942-1945. Louis later graduated in 1949 from the University of Virginia where...

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