Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Uva Marie Conner
Jul 9, 2016
CONNER, Uva Marie Rhodes, 80, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 9, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo Amos and Lillian Montgomery Rhodes. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, George V. Conner, Jr.; son George V. Conner III and his wife Britte; daughter Susan C. Luther and her husband Eric; grandchildren...
Elizabeth Jenny Jones
Jul 5, 2016
Elizabeth Jenny Jones, 63 of Powhatan, VA passed away on July 5, 2016. She was born in Baltimore MD to the late Mario DelCostello and Georgia Yarber DelCostello on April 2, 1953. She was a member of St Theresa’s Catholic Church and had lived in Virginia since 1989. She was active in many organizations; the Cumberland County Ruritan Club, The...
Ernest Banner Higgins
Jul 3, 2016
Ernest Banner Higgins, 54 of Farmville, VA went peacefully to sleep at home with his wife and woke up in Paradise with his Lord and Savior on July 3, 2016. He was a loving son, husband, father and friend to whomever he met. He was born January 26, 1962 at Southside Hospital in Farmville, to the late James E. Higgins...
Kenneth Dean Mottley
Jul 3, 2016
Kenneth Dean Mottley, 71 of South Boston, VA passed away on July 3, 2016. He was born in Farmville, VA on June 2, 1945 to the late Joel F. and Parrie Denton Mottley. He grew up on the family farm and later became a truck driver but always worked the farm with his family. He was married to his love...
Peggy Mcgrath Snow
Jun 30, 2016
Peggy McGrath Snow, age 60 of Burkeville, VA lost her 11 month battle to pancreatic cancer and went to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Peggy was born in Landsburg, West Germany on June 2, 1956. She was adopted by Lt.Col. Harry and Virginia Snow. Peggy was blessed to have found her birth sisters and one...
Naomi Marie Armstrong
Jun 27, 2016
Naomi Marie Armstrong, 88 of Pamplin, VA passed away on June 27, 2016. She was born in Baltimore MD to the late William John Huhn and Mildred Margaret Krause on March 4, 1928. She was especially close to her grandmother, who raised her and her sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, grand mother, husband Donald F. Armstrong...
Edward Olean Womack
Jun 26, 2016
Edward Olean Womack, 86 of Rice passed away on June 26, 2016. He was born on May 16, 1930 in Darlington Heights, VA to the late William L. and Anita Hodges Womack. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Woodrow “Foots” Womack and Newton Womack and two sisters, Mattie Barr and Margie Morgan. He is survived by...
Theresa Oertel Shelton "Tess"
Jun 23, 2016
Theresa "Tess" Oertel Shelton, age 83, of Farmville died Thursday, June 23, 2016. She was born in Cumberland County, Virginia to Willie and Allie Browning Oertel on June 11, 1933. Known by her family and many friends as "Tess", she was a lifelong member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Tess was preceded in death by her husband, Walker "Rocky" D. Shelton....
John Micheal Baldwin
Jun 22, 2016
John Micheal Baldwin 57 of Cumberland, VA passed away on June 22, 2016. He was born in Cumberland on April 7, 1959 to Charlie J. and Minnie Marion Baldwin. He grew up in Cumberland and was a former member of the Fire Dept. He owned his backhoe business for over 23 years and before that worked as a painter. He...
Lou Ellen Turpin Bagley
Jun 20, 2016
Lou “Mimi” Turpin Bagley Born on September 7, 1917, in Rising Star, TX, Lou Turpin Bagley died on June 20, 2016, in Farmville, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eunice Amanda Sudderth Turpin and Grover Cleveland Turpin, four siblings and her husband Jewell Lee Bagley. As an 8-year-old child, she moved with her family from “deep in...
Douglas Macarthur Oakes
Jun 15, 2016
Douglas MacArthur “Mack” Oakes born October 30, 1943 passed away at home on June 15, 2016 after a long and hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He is preceded in death by his parents, Estelle Morris Oakes and Howard G. Oakes and his sister, Phyllis Oakes Martin. He is survived by his wife of 52 years Mabel Thorpe Oakes; two...
Joan Carwile Wilson
Jun 8, 2016
Joan Carwile Wilson of Prospect passed away on June 8, 2016. She was born in Farmville, VA on May 22, 1952 to the late Richard and Anne Carwile. She loved working with young children through her job at CPAC and HOPE. She leaves behind her loving husband of 22 years Bobby Wilson. She is survived by her two children; Ashleigh...
Marie Metcalf Carson
Jun 1, 2016
Marie Metcalf Carson, 90 of Cullen, VA passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. She was born on October 10, 1925 to the late Frank and Burgie Allman Metcalf. She was married to her love of 65 years Howard L. Carson who preceded her in death. She was an active member of Madisonville Presbyterian Church and served...
Donald Richard Reid
May 25, 2016
Donald Richard Reid 68 of Farmville, VA passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. He was born in Melbourne FL to the late Mabel Henderson Reid and Richard Reid. He graduated from Melbourne High School in 1965 and went to work for Braniff Airlines in Chicago. After employment with Braniff Airlines, National Airlines and service in the U.S. Air Force,...
Stephen Howard Ferguson, Jr.
May 15, 2016
Stephen Howard Ferguson, Jr., 91, of Farmville, passed away on May 15, 2016. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 61 years, Iris Coleman Ferguson, his son, Steve Dodridge Ferguson, and hisparents Stephen Howard Ferguson, Sr. and Carrie Jordan Ferguson. He is survived by his daughter Jackie F. Reid and husband Bill of Blackstone and daughter-in- law...
Earl E. Seamster
May 14, 2016
Earl E. Seamster, 76, of Farmville, died Saturday, May 14, 2016 at home. Mr. Seamster was born in Charlotte County August 17, 1939, a son of the late Frank Edward Seamster and Gracie Mae Jackson. He was a retired police officer. Surviving are his wife, Florence (Cookie) Phaup Seamster; two daughters, Lee S. Womack of Waynesboro and Wendy S. Spivey...
William Earl Kimbrough
May 14, 2016
William Earl Kimbrough passed peacefully from this life on May 14, 2016 at his home in Pamplin, VA where he lived with his wife of 51 years, Sherry Kimbrough. He was 76 years old. Known as Bill, "Pops" to his family and friends, he was a family man who was devoted to his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Bill was...
Marion Elizabeth Larregui
May 5, 2016
Marion Elizabeth Lewis Larregui, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Lewis, made her transition to God on May 5, 2016. Marion was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 30, 1920 and resided in New Jersey until 2005 when she, her husband and daughter relocated to Farmville, Virginia. Marion leaves to mourn her passing, husband Andrew Larregui, her daughter Brenda...
James Everett Duff
Apr 30, 2016
James Everett Duff Jr. 53 of Farmville, VA passed away on April 30, 2016. James was a kind, caring and generous person who loved life, traveling and was a devoted friend and very special son. He started his career in real estate then moved onto finance as a stock broker and later went into banking. He retired from Farmers Bank...
Albert Lee Williamson
Apr 28, 2016
Albert Lee Williamson, 66, passed into His Savior’s arms on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born on January 7, 1950, in Granville County, North Carolina, to the late Patrick and Julia Williamson. He is preceded in death by his brother, Lawrence Williamson, of Roxboro, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife...
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