Obituaries
Carlton & Lola Drewery
Sep 23, 2025
Carlton Earl Drewery and Lola Hancock Drewery
Carlton Earl Drewery, 78, of Ivor, VA, passed away peacefully at home on September 23, 2025. He was born on April 4, 1948, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, to the late Mark and Nellie Drewery.
Lola Hancock Drewery, 69, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Ivor, Virginia, on October 5, 2025,...
Ted Russell Pendleton
Sep 20, 2025
Ted Russell Pendleton, 93, of Smithfield, Virginia, passed away peacefully on September 20, 2025, with his family by his side. He was born on March 20, 1932, in Martinsville, Virginia, to the late Theron Lancaster Pendleton and Beatrice Fannie Pendleton. Ted was preceded in death by his brother, Vance Pendleton, his sister Margaret Frazier and his beloved wife of 65...
Christine King Wilson
Sep 20, 2025
Christine “Chris” King Wilson, 63, passed away peacefully on September 20, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 19, 1962, in Portsmouth, VA, the daughter of the late Jack and Barbara King. Chris dedicated her life to creating a warm sense of belonging in her home, her preschool classroom, and to all those she met.
Chris spent...
Joyce Spruill Kallaher
Sep 18, 2025
Joyce Spruill Kallaher, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and nurse who cared for people all her life, died Thursday Sept. 18, 2025, in Brunswick, Georgia.
She was 95 and died after a short illness.
Joyce and her twin brother were born Dec. 6, 1929, in Hertford, North Carolina, to a family of sharecroppers. They moved frequently among farms in northeastern North...
Bernice Wellington (BW) Kelly
Sep 18, 2025
Bernice Wellington (BW) Kelly, 83, of Carrollton, VA passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025. BW was born and raised on a farm in Clinton, NC as the 4th of 8 children born to the late Gordon and Mary Kelly. BW spoke of farming with a mule for years until the family got their first tractor. Clinton NC is where...
James William Spady
Sep 17, 2025
James William Spady, "The Zoo Man," passed away peacefully on September 17, 2025 at the age of 88. He is preceded in death by his parents Lawrence M. and Elizabeth Brock Spady, his brothers Lawrence M. Jr. and Mollie Sue Spady, O.A Spady and his beloved adopted son Charlie Culliton, all of Battery Park, VA.
Uncle Jimmie, the name he introduced...
Betty Jean Harper Goad
Sep 14, 2025
Betty Goad, affectionately known as “BeBe,” passed peacefully into the arms of her Heavenly Father on September 14th, 2025 surrounded by her loving family.
Born July 22, 1940 in Shelmerdine, North Carolina, to Agnes and Carl Harper, Betty was the youngest of six girls among eleven siblings. She is survived by her devoted husband, Henry Goad; her daughters, Cyndi Fisher (Brack)...
Stanley John Stefanowicz, Jr.
Sep 12, 2025
Deacon Stanley John Stefanowicz, Jr. of Smithfield died Friday, September 12 at the age of 84. Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Stan graduated from St. Pius X High School in 1959. It was there that he met his beloved wife, Pat. Stan and Pat grew in love of Christ and each other by attending Mass daily at the school.
Deacon Stan is...
Morgan Laura Walls
Sep 10, 2025
Our beloved daughter, Morgan Walls, age 32, of Smithfield, left this world on September 10, 2025. To know her was to know love. She was a bright light in our lives, a daughter who filled our hearts with joy, and above all, a devoted and loving mother. Her absence leaves us with a grief that words cannot truly capture. Born...
Patricia Ann Gregory
Sep 9, 2025
Patricia Ann Gregory, 93, of Portsmouth, VA, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Russell Howard Hood and Marie McDonald Hood. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, William Bernard Gregory. She is survived by her daughter, Donna Gregory Pitt (Lawrence); son, Bill Gregory; grandchildren, Courtney Petley (Jon) and...
Wayne T. Edwards
Sep 9, 2025
Wayne Taylor Edwards, 78, was born on June 2, 1947, and passed away on September 9, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Gwaltney Lee Edwards, Sr. and Mary Taylor Powell Edwards. Wayne is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Linda Worrell Edwards; son, Jason Edwards (Ashley Johnson); daughter, Jennifer Wauer...
Carol Erna Augusta Jones
Sep 6, 2025
Carol Erna Augusta Jones, formally of Port Jefferson, NY, passed away September 6, 2025, at the age of 92, with her family by her side. Carol was married to Walter Everett Jones on November 10, 1951.
Carol is survived by her loving children Terry Sue Byce, Mark Steven Jones, and his wife, Ann Marie, and Victoria Jean Jones. Cherished grandmother of...
William "Bill" Pagel
Sep 6, 2025
William "Bill" Pagel, age 84, of Newport News, passed away on September 6th, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on February 11, 1941, in Flandreu SD, he was the son of the late Charles and Leila Pagel.
Bill was a dedicated husband to his beloved wife, Karen, for 57 years and a devoted father to K.Lynne and Kori.
After graduating from...
Joseph W. Luter, III
Aug 28, 2025
Joe Luter III, Visionary Behind Smithfield Foods' Global Rise, Dies at 86
Joseph Williamson Luter III, born July 17, 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia, passed away peacefully at home in Palm Beach, Florida on August 28, 2025. He was 86.
Joe, the eldest of three children born to Pearl Stockman and Joseph Luter Jr, grew up in the small, southern tidewater town of...
Gloria Jean Smith
Aug 17, 2025
Gloria Jean Smith of Smithfield, VA passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025.
As a devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Gloria grew up in Morehead City, NC. She attended beauty school during her senior year of high school and received her cosmetology license. She married in 1962 to the love of her life, Loyd Howell Smith and had two...
B. Daniel Smith, Jr
Aug 14, 2025
B. Daniel “Danny” Smith, Jr, 79 of Smithfield, passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2025. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Debra White Smith; sons, Richard “Rick” Smith, Michael Smith (Laura), and Kirk Smith (Whitney); grandchildren, Xavier, Aspen, Scarlett, and Kaito; and a sister, Joanne Bryant.
Danny was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed spending time...
Charles Swain Davis
Aug 14, 2025
Charles Swain Davis, 91, passed peacefully into the arms of Heaven on August 14th, 2025, surrounded by love. Born to the late Hazel W. and John Davis, and beloved brother to the late Ann Davis Austin, Swain lived a long, full life marked by dedication to family, service, and community.
A devoted father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Swain’s greatest joy came from...
Linda Vaughan Frasher
Aug 13, 2025
Linda “Stink” Vaughan Frasher, 72, of Carrollton, VA passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Charles Henry Vaughan and Frances Virginia Sykes Vaughan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Paul Frasher; and a brother, Ronnie Vaughan. She is survived by her son, Christopher D. Ford (April); granddaughter, McKinley Faith...
Ellen Carole Williams Jones
Aug 13, 2025
Ellen Carole Williams Jones passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 13th, 2025, at the age of 86.
She was born to her parents, Frank and Eugenia, in Powhatan, Virginia, on February 24th, 1939. She was a proud graduate of Powhatan High School, class of 1957. On September 13th, 1958, she married Herbert Jones in Providence Presbyterian Church. After marriage, they built...
Suzanne Gwen Leenders
Aug 11, 2025
In Loving Memory of Suzanne Leenders
With heavy hearts and profound sadness, we announce the passing of Suzanne Leenders, 57, of Smithfield, Virginia. Suzanne passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, August 11th, 2025, after a brave and unyielding battle with cancer, which she faced with extraordinary grace and strength since her diagnosis in 2019.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on January...
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