Obituaries
Michael Lee Johnson
Aug 27, 2023
Michael Lee Johnson, 57, of Windsor, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2023. He was the son of the late Jerry Preston Johnson and Erma Madeline Coffey Johnson. He is survived by his wife Tracey Lynn Johnson; daughters, Amanda Wright (William), Brittany Heasley; son, Lane Johnson; grandchildren, Bentley, Corey, J.C. and Jakobi; and brothers, Ronald Mull (Susan) and Richard...
Shirley Ann Dawson Mutter
Aug 26, 2023
Shirley Ann Dawson Mutter, 91, of Suffolk, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Dawson and Eva Crawford Dawson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years Robert Junior Mutter and a son, James Bower Mutter.
She is survived by her daughters, Stephanie Karen Murrell (Stan) of...
James P. Bonney, Jr.
Aug 26, 2023
James P. Bonney, Jr., 100, of Smithfield Va. passed away at his residence peacefully on 26 August 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents James P. Bonney Sr. and Margaret McDermott Bonney of Pine Bush NY, his brothers Joseph Michael, Richard, Thomas, Robert, Daniel and his sisters, Mary B. Edmunds, Margaret B. Szemplenski, and Elnora Bonney.
Jim is...
Lucille Crocker Turner
Aug 26, 2023
Lucille (Lucy) Rebecca Crocker Turner, 86, of Smithfield, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 26, 2023. Born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia on November 18, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Peter Frank Crocker, Sr and Lillian Marie Brock Crocker. She was preceded in death by her husband Eddie Seward Turner, Jr. Affectionately known as “Mimi,” she...
Patricia Diane Watkins
Aug 23, 2023
Patricia Diane Flanders Watkins, 65, pf Seminole, Fl, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. She was the daughter of Jerry E. Flanders and the late Oleta Mae Morgan Flanders. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Thomas James Milsom Watkins; sons, Thomas Watkins (April), Andrew Watkins (A.J.), William Watkins and Peter Watkins; grandchildren, Phoebe, James and...
Roland Holladay Lewis
Aug 22, 2023
Roland Holladay Lewis passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 after a long illness. He is predeceased by his father, John William Lewis, and his mother and step-father, Pearl Holladay Bunch and Harold Eugene Bunch, Sr., his first wife, Gloria Owen, and step-son, Gregory Ealy.
Born February 20, 1938, Roland grew up on the Holladay Farm in...
John "Johnny" Robert Stallings, Jr.
Aug 20, 2023
John “Johnny” Robert Stallings, Jr, 78 of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at his residence. He was the son of the late John Robert Stallings, Sr. and Sara Boykins Edwards Stallings. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sherri Lyn Stallings Woodyard.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years Brenda Lynn Gwaltney...
Noel Almagro Vandiver
Aug 18, 2023
Noel Almagro Vandiver, 82, of Smithfield, VA passed away peacefully on August 18, 2023 at home with his daughter, Karen Vandiver Thombley. Noel was born on February 21, 1941 to John Lafayette Vandiver and Alma Noel Vandiver in Greeneville, TN. After graduating high school, he attended University of Georgia, Emory University in Atlanta and Emory at Oxford.
Before...
Rose Drewry Whitehead
Aug 18, 2023
Rose Drewry Whitehead passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 18, 2023 at the age of 96. Rose was the daughter of the late Clinton McKinley and Harriet Drewry. Born in Sedley, Virginia, Rose lived most of her life in Smithfield and retired from retail sales in 2002. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 25 years...
Charles James Likens
Aug 16, 2023
Charles James “Jim” Likens, 71, of Smithfield, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. He was the son of the late Hartsel William Likens and Mary Frances Barb Likens. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Amanda “Mandy” Cook Likens; daughter, Terri Blashaw (Bill); son, Charles James Likens, Jr.; step daughter, Donna Crick; step son, Billy Nelms...
Jerry Raye Creech
Aug 11, 2023
Jerry Raye Creech, 74, of Smithfield passed away peacefully in his home on August 11, 2023. He was preceded in death by Shelly Creech; parents Thelbert “TR” and Alice Creech, and twin brothers Randy and Rudy Creech. He is survived by fiancé Brenda Mason; daughters Kim Infinger (Scooter), Jill Dillon (Danny), and Crimson Napier; many grandchildren, nephews, and a niece;...
Thomas Laughton Judkins
Aug 10, 2023
Thomas Laughton Judkins, age 68, passed away Thursday August 10th 2023, peacefully at home surrounded by family after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was a loving Husband, Father and Pop-Pop. Born and raised in Surry County, he was always a big part of his community. Thomas was a lifelong farmer, enjoying his cows and being on his tractor....
John Austin Hallinger, Jr.
Aug 9, 2023
John Austin Hallinger, Jr. was born on March 30, 1931 in Trenton, NJ to John Austin Hallinger, Sr. and Viola Kerr Hallinger (née Emmons) and left this life on August 9, 2023, aged 92.
John was the eldest of five sons and one daughter. He loved the outdoors and hunted, fished, and trapped with his brothers. He raced...
Laverne Watson Edwards
Aug 6, 2023
Laverne Watson Edwards died peacefully at her home in Smithfield, Virginia on August 6, 2023, after a long and courageous fight against multiple myeloma.
Verne was born in Franklin, Virginia on May 23, 1938 and grew up in Black Creek and later Deep Creek, where her father was a Baptist minister. When Verne was fourteen her parents moved to...
William Thomas Burris, Sr.
Aug 4, 2023
William Thomas Burris, Sr. was born to Wardell and Maggie Burris on December 18, 1952 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. In 1964, William moved to joined his mother and father in Long Island, New York; William was educated in the Roosevelt Public School System. William joined the Air Force in 1971. He worked as a truck driver for over 30...
Ray Baxter
Aug 3, 2023
Ray Baxter, 83, of Windsor, VA passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2023. He was the son of the late Robert Henry Baxter and Iler Stuckey Baxter. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Leonie Adelaide Wright Baxter; daughters, Michelle Suzanne Northway (Michael), Nicola Marie Vandevender (Kevin) and Joanne Patricia McClish (David); grandchildren, Michael Thomas Northway (Katie), Hillary...
James William Peden, Jr
Jul 25, 2023
James William Peden, Jr, 65, of Smithfield passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at his residence with his family by his side. He was the son of James William Peden, Sr. and the late Nelda Annette Peden. He is also survived by his wife Pamela Beale Gray; son, William Brent Peden (Amanda); daughters, Brittany Marie Peden and Katelyn...
Karen Hines Johnson
Jul 19, 2023
Karen Hines Johnson, 66, of Battery Park, VA passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 with her family by her side. She was the daughter of the late James Ray Hines and Helen Dale Hines. Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband of 44 years, Mark Kent Johnson; sons, Mark Kent Johnson, Jr.; Taylor Ray Johnson (Heather); grandchildren, Brody,...
Patricia Lowe Goodrich
Jul 19, 2023
Patricia Lowe Goodrich, age 79, of Surry, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Patricia was born on February 14, 1944, in Suffolk, VA, to the late Ernest B. Lowe and Mary Virginia Mancusco Lowe.
A loving mother and grandmother, she cherished her family and loved them so very much. Left behind to cherish her memory are her...
Alton Hambden Gwaltney, Sr.
Jul 16, 2023
Alton “Double Truck” Hambden Gwaltney, Sr., 95, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on July 16, 2023. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Betty Jean Meade Gwaltney; two sons, David Gwaltney (Jennifer) and Brian Smith (Stephanie); two daughters, Lea Harrington and Wanda Wood (Robert); daughter-in-law (Dianne Gwaltney); 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren....
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