Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Hildred Ruble Gobble
Dec 9, 2013
Mrs. Hildred Ruble Hendrix Gobble, 99, of Farmville, VA died December 09, 2013. She was born in Carter County, TN on March 30, 1914, a daughter of the late John Seahorn Hendrix and Bernice Smalling Hendrix. Mrs. Gobble was a descendant of the First Families of The State of Franklin. She was educated at East Tennessee State Teachers College, presently...
Mckay Edward 'Mac' Massey
Dec 5, 2013
McKay Edward “Mac” Massey, age 86, of Farmville, VA passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013. He was born on March 21, 1927, in Bryson City, NC to the late Geneva Cunningham Massey and Kenneth Massey. He enlisted in the US Navy on Feb 27, 1945 and did his recruit training in Bainbridge, MD. He served in various duty stations,...
Dorothy Vice Smith
Dec 3, 2013
Dorothy Louise Smith, 'Dot', 92, of Farmville, VA, died at her home on December 3, 2013. She was born to the late Will Linder Vice and Willie Ida Lee Vice on November 7,1921, in Wellington, Alabama. She married the late Lynwood Gordon Smith, 'Linnie', on September 8,1945 and they made their lifelong home in Farmville, Virginia. Dot met Linnie at...
Lula Webber Hackney Lewis
Nov 28, 2013
Lula Webber Hackney Lewis age 87 of Farmville, VA passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born May 9, 1926 the daughter of the late Frank and Verna Webber. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter; Elsie Hackney and her 4 brothers and...
June Marie Spittle
Nov 26, 2013
June Marie Spittle, age 82 of Farmville, VA passed away on November 26, 2013. She was born in Danville, VA on August 27, 1931 to the late Marie Scearce Farthing and Ryland Farthing. She grew up in Danville but later moved to Southside Va. She was an avid Atlanta Braves Fan and enjoyed watching her sons grow up playing baseball....
Reginald Glenn Steepleton
Nov 23, 2013
Reginald Glenn Steepleton age 80 of New Canton, VA passed away at his home on Saturday, November 23, 2013. He was born in Eagle Rock, VA on January 9, 1933 to the late Mildred Wright. He joined the army and pulled two tours in Vietnam where he received the Bronze Star Medal, and served in Japan and Germany. He enjoyed...
Charles Claiborne Scruggs
Nov 21, 2013
Charles Claiborne Scruggs, age 52, of Cullen, VA passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at his home. He was born in Prince William County, VA on June 9, 1961 to the late Jo Ella Dixon Scruggs Andrews and Henry Claiborne Scruggs. Charles grew up in Charlotte County Virginia, where he was well known for his wide-open love of life....
Jerry Lee Jamerson Jr.
Nov 12, 2013
Jerry Lee Jamerson Jr. passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at his home in Cumberland. He was born in Farmville on August 3, 1964. He graduated from Buckingham County High School in 1982. Jerry Lee was a dedicated employee of Fisher Auto Parts for 22 years and was promoted to manager in 2009. Jerry Lee is survived by his loving,...
Richard 'Wally' Clayton Walters
Nov 10, 2013
Walters, Richard Clayton “Wally,” 60, of Crewe, Va., passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013. He was born on March 13, 1953 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Richard Edgar Walters and Mary Ellen Walters, both deceased. He was a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the United States Army. Wally was an active member of St. Theresa Catholic Church and of his...
Richard Carl Mathews
Nov 9, 2013
Richard Carl Mathews, 51 went to be with the Lord on November 9, 2013 after a short, hard fight with cancer. He was born March 27, 1962 in Chesterfield Co. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Carl and Ida Mathews and Richard and Pearl Baird. He is survived by one son, Damon Gilbert Mathews (Heather), a loving ex-wife...
Shyleen 'Charlie' White
Nov 8, 2013
Shyleen “Charlie” White passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 8, at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was born in Radford, Virginia on April 6, 1948, to the late James Thomas Simmons and Gladys Simpkins Womack. She was also predeceased by her stepfather, Wilson Howard Womack and a brother, James Steven Simmons. She is survived by her husband and...
Daniel Brafman Phillips
Oct 16, 2013
Daniel Brafman Phillips, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Born in Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1929, he is preceded in death by his parents Thelma Lucille and John Herbert Phillips, and siblings John Phillips, Herbert Phillips, and Mary Anna Lenning. He is survived by his devoted wife of 64 years, Jean L. Phillips, and four children: Randal...
Edna Mcfadden Davis Rice
Oct 11, 2013
Edna Rice, 97, of Farmville, passed away on October 11, 2013. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles W. Rice. She is survived by two sisters: Josephine Muto and Bea Walker, two sons: Gordon Davis and his wife Jane, Rick Davis and his wife Candy, two grandchildren: Kim and her husband Ricardo Guerzoni and their son Philip...
Ricky Lee Companion
Oct 3, 2013
Ricky Lee Companion Sr. age 53 of Farmville , VA passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013. He was born in Hopewell VA to Mary Dennis Companion and the late Joseph Companion, Sr. on February 28, 1960. He grew up in Farmville and always stayed very close to his mother and siblings. His favorite pass time was fishing, hunting, camping...
Ricky Lee Companion
Oct 3, 2013
Ricky Lee Companion Sr. age 53 of Farmville , VA passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013. He was born in Hopewell VA to Mary Dennis Companion and the late Joseph Companion, Sr. on February 28, 1960. He grew up in Farmville and always stayed very close to his mother and siblings. His favorite pass time was fishing, hunting, camping...
Leonard R. Vogel
Oct 2, 2013
Leonard R. Vogel, 77 of Farmville, VA passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. He was born in Ashland, MA on October 22, 1935 to the late Anna Sheehey Vogel and Joseph Vogel. He retired from Raytheon in 1989. After retirement he enjoyed his garden, tending to his chickens and birds, hunting, deep sea fishing and spending...
Margaret Kachadoorian
Oct 2, 2013
Margaret Lydia Menendian Kachadoorian, widow of Leo Kachadoorian, passed away Wednesday October 2. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 28, 1919 to parents Keteon Aristotle Menendian and Isabel Papazian Menendian of Armenian descent. With two older brothers, Raymond and Ernest, Margaret was the apple of her father’s eye. A graduate of East High School (Columbus), Dennison University and...
Michael Wayne Burley
Sep 25, 2013
Michael Wayne Burley, 56 of Farmville, VA passed away at his home on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. He was born in Farmville on December 3, 1956 to the late Ruby Hatcher Burley and Walker R. Burley. He grew up in Farmville and in 1976 married his high school sweetheart, Terri A. Burley. Soon after, he started his own backhoe business,...
Anthony Berry Rowlette
Sep 19, 2013
Anthony Berry Rowlette age 93 formally of Drakes Branch VA passed away on September 19, 2013. He was born in Jetersville, VA to the late Martha Jane Yeatts Rowlette and Henry Rowlette on July 3, 1920. He was a WWII veteran and when he came home he married the love of his life, Doris Dickerson in 1947. Together they had...
Joyce Gillespie Whitlock
Sep 16, 2013
Joyce Gillespie Whitlock passed away peacefully Monday, September 16, 2013, with her children and husband by her side after a long illness. She was born in Washington, DC on June 11, 1940. She graduated from Appomattox High School and Longwood College and taught elementary school for seven years in Richmond and Virginia Beach. Mrs. Whitlock loved her children and grandchildren...
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