Obituaries
Harry McAllister Cooper, III
Sep 16, 2020
Harry “Buzz” McAllister Cooper, III, 81, of Smithfield passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. He was the son of the later Harry McAllister Cooper, Jr. and Margaret Grace Patterson Cooper. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty years, Betty Louise McKown Cooper. Mr. Cooper is survived by his daughter Tammera Missel (Kevin); son, Harry McAllister Cooper,...
Billy Ray Beacham, Sr
Sep 16, 2020
After a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, Billy Ray Beacham Sr. 76, of Carrollton has gone home to be with the Lord. Billy was born in Pitt County, NC to Bud and Minnie Mae Beacham. The family moved to Hampton Roads, VA where he married Patricia Mace and started a family. After dedicating many years as a foreman to Newport News...
Lewis Linwood Chapman Jr.
Sep 10, 2020
Lewis Linwood Chapman Jr. passed away Thursday September 10, 2020. He was the son of the late Lewis Linwood Chapman Sr. and Blanche Adams Chapman. He is survived by his sons, Lewis Linwood “Woody” Chapman III (Ann) and Britt Adams Chapman (Susan); grandchildren, Joshua, Sarah, Kent and Cole; a great-granddaughter, Ally. He was preceded in death by his wife Jeanette...
Terry Turner Harrison
Sep 8, 2020
Terry Lynn Turner Harrison, 74, of Smithfield, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at her residence. She was the daughter of Kathryn “Kitty” Edwards Turner and the late I. Wilson Turner. Terry Lynn is survived by her husband and best friend of 52 years James “Jim” K. Harrison; son, Dwayne Kenneth Harrison and his wife Deborah; daughter, Stephanie Noel...
Jeanne Margaret Groves
Sep 4, 2020
Jeanne Groves, loving wife, and mother of four sons died Sept. 4, 2020 at the age of 88.Jeanne, a coal miners’ daughter was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on July 22, 1932 to Benjamin and Stella Casner. After high school, she moved to Phoebus, VA and became a secretary at Fort Monroe where she met and married Sergeant James (Jim)...
Malcolm Thomas Cofer
Sep 4, 2020
Malcolm Thomas Cofer, whose pride in being a Surry County native was matched only by his love for his chosen home of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County and the family he nurtured here, died Thursday, Sept. 4 at his Magruder Road residence.
Mr. Cofer, the son of the late Thomas Linwood and Paulline Johnson Cofer, was born May 29,...
James Jackson Duck Sr.
Sep 3, 2020
James Jackson Duck, Sr, 72, of Smithfield passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020. He was the son of the late Joseph Jackson Duck and Kathleen Parsons Duck. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Cynthia Kay Roberts Duck; sons, Chris Duck, Michael Duck and James J. Duck, Jr; many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Jimmy was a simple...
James Wesley Brown
Aug 27, 2020
James “Jim” Wesley Brown, 86, of Smithfield passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at his residence, after a brief illness. Born in Southampton County he was the son of the late Levy Brown and Cora Belle Pittman. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 35 years, Arlene Bunch Brown, the mother of his three sons, James...
Teresa Sexton Estes
Aug 25, 2020
Ringgold, VA:
Teresa Louise Sexton Estes, 61, of Ringgold, VA passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She was the daughter of Virgie Louise Wells Sexton and the late Otto Sexton. She is survived by her husband of 20 years, Michael Roland Estes; sons, Jonathan Charles Parron (Sarah) and Joshua Oakley Johnson; grandchildren, Jedidiyah and Miriam; brothers, Donnie Sexton (Lisa)...
Evelyn Mary Benson
Aug 20, 2020
Evelyn Mary Benson, 74, of Smithfield, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, Otto Norman Nilssen and Evelyn Ione Russen; brothers, John Nilssen and Nils Nilssen; nephew, Erik Nilssen. She is survived by her sister, Estelle Forcelle; daughter, Nancy Owen (Tom); sons, Bruce O. Benson and Charles Benson; grandsons, Matthew Benson, Dylan...
Michael Clinton Newsome
Aug 19, 2020
Michael Clinton Newsome, 53, of Smithfield, passed away on August 19, 2020. He was the son of Betty Jean Farley Newsome and the late Clinton Burwell Newsome. He is survived by his wife Kimberlee Ann Turner Newsome; son, Vann Clinton Newsome; daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Jean Newsome; sister, Pamela Edmund; nephew Jonathan Hubert Edmund. The family will receive friends on Monday,...
Sherri Lyn Woodyard
Aug 18, 2020
Sherri Lyn Stallings Woodyard, 51, of Windsor, VA, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, after a short illness. Sherri is survived by her husband of 26 years, Curtis Anthony Woodyard; sons, Colin Anthony Woodyard and Christian Austin Woodyard; her parents, Johnny and Lynn Gwaltney Stallings; sister, Cynthia S. Edwards and her husband Chris; nieces, Connor and...
Barbara Ellen McIntire
Aug 16, 2020
Barbara Ellen McIntire, 66, of Smithfield, VA, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Vincent Bernard Comerford and Mary Dmitruk Comerford. She is survived by her loving husband of 34 years, Lawrence David McIntire; daughters, Cheryl McIntire Jones (Bobby) and Jeannie McIntire Harlow (Tim); grandchildren, Austyn McIntire, Kyleigh Jones, Kaitlyn Jones, Eddie Goodknecht,...
John O'Rawe
Aug 11, 2020
Surry:
John O’Rawe, 81, passed away Tuesday August 11, 2020 at his home in Surry, Virginia. He is preceded in by death by his parents Richard and Sabina O’Rawe. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 45 years Terri O’Rawe; three sons Ed Wedge (Renee), John R. O’Rawe (Angie), Daniel O’Rawe (Sharon); daughter Jeannine Russell (Jeff); brother...
Glenn Addy
Aug 8, 2020
Glenn Reed Addy, 69, passed away at home on Saturday evening, August 8, 2020 after a battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his father Julian Addy, son Reid Addy and brother Jerry Addy. Left to cherish his memory is his mother Lula Addy; son Jeremy Addy; daughter Christy Wicker Sprayberry (John); grandson Marshall Sprayberry; brother Gene Addy (Donna);...
Sharon Louise Scott
Aug 4, 2020
Sharon Louise Scott, 65, of Surry, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at her residence with her family by her side. Sharon is survived by her parents, Floyd “Joe” Barham Scott and Mary Louise Edwards Scott and her sister Donna Jo Scott. A graveside service will be held on Friday, August 7, 2020, 11 a.m. in Old Brick Church...
Carole May Millsap
Aug 1, 2020
Smithfield:
Carole May Millsap, 77, passed away at her home on Saturday August 1, 2020. She is survived by her daughter Tammy Lynn Smith (Michael); granddaughter Raynee Diane Richard (Joey); brother Richard Lee Johnson, and sister Patricia Ann Gryder; 2 great grandchildren Evelyn and Anabella. Carole was preceded in death by her loving husband of twenty- two years John Dee...
Marianne Stein
Jul 31, 2020
Smithfield:
Marianne Stein nee Matthews, 69 of Smithfield VA died Friday, July 31, 2020 of complications from leukemia. She was surrounded by family at the time of her passing. She is survived by her loving husband, Al; daughter, Emily; and siblings Kevin Matthews, Terry DiPresso, Betty Matthews and Kathy Perrone. She was a dedicated member of her community, Master...
Michael Amory Howell
Jul 29, 2020
Michael Amory Howell, 65, of Carrollton passed away on July 29, 2020 at his residence with his family by his side, after a courageous battle with Cushing’s Disease for the past several years. He was the son of the late Otis Amory Howell and Marion Frances Hall Howell. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice Ann Mills Howell; daughter, Michelle...
Frances Graham
Jul 27, 2020
Frances Brown Graham, 77, of Smithfield passed away at her residence on July 27, 2020. Frances was recognized by all who knew her as a force of life, a person who approached all her endeavors with inextinguishable energy. She was devoted to home, family and friends. She was a champion of the underdog and loved the beauty of nature, which...
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