Obituaries
Jean Edwards Barcroft
Oct 18, 2026
Heaven has a new resident as of Sunday, October 18, 2026. Our mom has gone home to be with Jesus!Jean Edwards Barcroft was born to George Hayden, Sr. and Vena Doree Edwards on September 21, 1940. She lived a little over 86 years on this Earth…..”good years” she said.She lived all of her life in the counties of Surry and...
Celia Rea Wagner Coughlin
Oct 9, 2026
Celia Rea Coughlin(Wagner), 87, passed away Friday, October 9th, 2026 at Hospice House of Williamsburg. Born in Isle of Wight County to Alton and Hazel Wagner(Purdie), she graduated Chuckatuck High School in 1956 and the Louise Obici School of Nursing in 1959. She then married Richard "Dick" E. Coughlin, Jr. USAF also in 1959. They were married for over 54...
Mary Katherine Burgess
Oct 18, 2026
Mary Katherine Corron Burgess, 70, of Suffolk, VA, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2026. She was the daughter of the late Frank Calvin Corron and Sally Edith Moody Corron. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Dan Gilmer Burgess; sons, Jason Burgess (Courtney) and John Burgess (Kristen); her grandchildren, Myla, Murphi, Jack and Ashby; and her beloved...
David Earl Rawls
Oct 10, 2026
David Earl Rawls passed away peacefully on October 10, 2026. He was born on October 15, 1943, in Hertford County, North Carolina.
David was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. After his military service he worked at Newport News Shipbuilding for 40 years and retired as the Manager of Office Services. Outside of work, he was a member of...
Shirley Warren Burton
Oct 9, 2026
Shirley Warren Burton, 85, of Smithfield, VA, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2026. Born in Isle of Wight County, she was the daughter of the late Joe Clifton Warren and Rose Brown Warren. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Carl Martin Burton.
She is survived by her daughter, Donna Sue Burton; sisters, Barbara Snyder...
Ernest Cecil Powell, Sr
Oct 8, 2026
Ernest C. Powell, Sr, 93 of Smithfield, passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2026. He was born in Blackstone, VA, on May 9, 1933 to the late, Thomas Lenis Powell and Etta Pearl Bridgman Powell. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Theresa Matilda Maifeld Powell. He is survived by a daughter, Faith Collet Powell...
Stoney Cooper Wells
Sep 28, 2026
Stoney Cooper Wells, 75, of Ivor, VA, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2026. He was the son of the late Walter Guy Wells and Virgie Jones Wells. He is survived by his sisters, Anna Snow Totoritis, Louise Sexton, Bernice Cook and Wilma Slayton (Marlow); brother, Guy Walter Wells (Joyce); and many nieces and nephews.
Stoney lived on the family farm...
Jessie Spivey Eason
Sep 27, 2026
Jessie Spivey Eason, 87, of Smithfield, VA passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2026. She was the daughter of the late William Lucious Spivey and Minnie Lee Henninger Spivey. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, George Merrill Eason, Sr; She is survived by daughters, Tammy Shenk (Dale) and Pamela Buskee (Dwayne); son, George Merrill...
Joyce (Carol) Morris Tucker
Sep 24, 2026
Joyce (Carol) Morris Tucker. Age 78, passed peacefully at Riverside Regional Medical Center after an ongoing illness on Thursday, September 24, 2026. She passed with the comfort of her family by her side. She was a native of Kelford, NC, but moved to Virginia after the passing of her parents.
She was employed by Muller Martini wiring electrical boxes, known to...
Claudia Mauree Duncan Burckard
Sep 24, 2026
Claudia Mauree Duncan was born to Perdema Mauree Miller and Theodore “Ted” Norman Duncan on May 28, 1950, in Tulsa, Okla. Her father Ted was serving there as an executive hydraulics engineer with Sperry-Vickers while her mother Perdema was studying for her degree in psychology.
Growing up on her parent’s farm in Metamora, Mich., Claudia competed in dressage shows as an...
Wayne Steven Horner
Sep 19, 2026
Wayne Steven Horner, 37, of Newport News, VA, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2026. He was the son of Steven Wayne Horner and Karen Lee Carawan Horner. He is also survived by his sisters, Beth Horner and Brandon Lowery and their daughter, Jessica and Katie Horner and Paul Willey and their daughter, Kennedy; his grandmother, Jean Carawan; his best...
William Clyde Spencer
Sep 16, 2026
William Clyde Spencer, 82, of Smithfield, VA, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. He was the son of the late Lincoln Vernon Spencer and Mildred Verlie Furlough Spencer. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara Alethia Spencer; son, William Jack Spencer; grandsons, Nathaniel L. Tucker and Christian Angel Spencer; grand daughter, Adriana N. Taylor; sister, Anne...
Irene Marie King
Sep 12, 2026
Irene Marie King, 94, of Carrollton, Virginia, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on September 12, 2026. Irene was born on March 25th 1932 in Floyd County, Virginia to parents Bessie Reed and Jessie Booth. Irene was a loving wife, strong mother and beloved grandmother. During her 46 years of marriage to Harvey King, she...
Joseph Holleman Barlow, III
Sep 12, 2026
Joseph “Joey” Holleman Barlow, III died in his sleep on September 12, 2026. He was born September 16, 1984 in Hampton, Virginia and lived in Smithfield all his life.
A graduate of Smithfield High School, Class of 2002, he was a member of the Football, Baseball and Wrestling teams. He attended Radford University and was a Virginia Tech Hokies Fan. In...
George Frederick Walls
Sep 11, 2026
George “Fred” Frederick Walls, 76, of Smithfield, Virginia, passed away on September 11, 2026, in Smithfield, VA. Fred was born on August 31, 1950, in Newport News, Virginia, to George Francis Walls and Katherine Wilson Walls. He grew up in Isle of Wight County and graduated from Smithfield High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the College of...
Carol O'Neal Johnson
Sep 9, 2026
Carol O’Neal Johnson, 82, of Suffolk, Va, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. She was the daughter of the late Alvah Elbert O’Neal and Sadie Valentine Brice O’Neal. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, James Roy Johnson. She is survived by her sons, Michael Alan Johnson (Cheryl), Anthony Neil Johnson, Mark Andrew Johnson(Lori);...
Za'Kais Ka'Zari Dansberry
Sep 6, 2026
Za’Kais Ka’Zari Dansberry passed away unexpectedly on September 6, 2026 at seven months old.
Za’Kais came into the lives of his loving parents, Kam’ron Dansberry and Deliah Childs, on January 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Though his time with us was far too short, the love he brought into our lives was immeasurable. Za’Kais had already developed a personality all his...
Barbara Lorraine Keeton
Sep 6, 2026
Barbara Lorraine Bass Keeton, 86, passed away on September 6, 2026. Barbara was born on July 11, 1940, in Asheville, North Carolina, to Robert Burnett Bass and Vaughty Marie Bass. She later moved with her family from Asheville to Norfolk, Virginia, where she attended Maury High School.
Barbara enjoyed a long career with JCPenney Corporation before retiring in 2000. While she...
Joseph George Smith, Jr
Sep 6, 2026
Joseph George Smith, Jr, 64 of Smithfield, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026. He was the son of Joseph George Smith and Rosemary Behringer Smith. He is survived by his wife, Karen Marie Kinsley-Smith; and two daughters, Genevieve Smith and Patricia Smith; and by his sister, Veronica Tkach.
He was a chemist at NASA Langley Research Center, where he earned...
Karen Michelle Perkins
Sep 5, 2026
Karen Michelle Perkins, 70, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Sancerre Atlee Station in Mechanicsville, VA under the devoted and compassionate care of the staff in the Memory Care Unit as well as A Touch of Grace Health and Hospice.
Born on March 20, 1956, in Hampton, VA, Karen was the daughter...
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