Obituaries
Mary "Berta" Alberta Dixon
Jan 19, 2021
Mary Alberta “Berta” Beckner Dixon, 89, of Smithfield, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Theodore Beckner and Lucille Virginia Cash Beckner and step father, William P. Taylor. Mrs. Dixon was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Irvine Dixon; she is survived by her daughters, Debra Saunders (McClenny}, Elizabeth “Beth”...
Anne Elizabeth Edwards
Jan 19, 2021
Anne Elizabeth Edwards, known to all as Beth, died at her Chesterfield County residence Tuesday, Jan. 19 following a brief illness. Her caregivers of many years were with her at the time of her death.
Beth was born in Arlington on July 29, 1969, the first child of Anne Reynolds and John Branch Edwards.
She grew up in the...
Kari Alan Timm
Jan 17, 2021
Kari Alan Timm, 59, of Smithfield, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021. He was the son of Karla Jean Hearn (Jarvis) and the late Kenneth Charles Timm. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Michelle Neitzke Timm; daughters, Kourtney L. Owens (Josh) and Kally Timm (Ian Stovall); sister, Kristy K. Vaughan (Ricky); brothers, Kennan Timm (Janis), Kevin...
Virginia "Bunky" Seward Thacker
Jan 7, 2021
On Thursday, January 7, 2021, Virginia “Bunky” Seward Thacker, 92, loving wife and mother of two children passed away peacefully at her home in Smithfield. Bunky, the youngest of six, was born on April 19, 1928, to the late Henry Elton Seward and Lillea Ellis Seward. On September 18, 1948, she married Raymond Gwaltney Thacker. She was a homemaker by...
Larry Phillip Brown
Jan 4, 2021
Larry Phillip Brown, 75, of Windsor, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021. He was the son of the late Phillip Warren Brown and Marian Eleanor Staffuer Brown. Larry is survived by his wife, Beverly Jean Harris Brown; daughter, Michelle Brown; son, Robert Brown; and a sister, Linda Brown. He proudly served in the U S. Navy, as an Engineman,...
Nettie Lee Carver
Dec 28, 2020
Nettie Lee Carver, 96, of Battery Park, VA, went home to be with the Lord Monday, December 28, 2020. Mrs. Carver was the daughter of the late William Stewart and Lillie May Ennis Lee. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl C. Carver, daughter Linda L. Carver, and brother William Stewart. Mrs. Carver is survived by her daughter,...
Norma Irene Chandler
Dec 27, 2020
Norma Irene Britain Chandler, 82, of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Harry W. Britain and Edna Gray Britain. She was also preceded in death by her husband Clifford Landon Chandler. Mrs. Chandler is survived by her daughters; Christina I. Agee Simpson; step daughters, Brenda C. Gibbs and Linda C. Horton;...
William Abraham Callis
Dec 27, 2020
Smithfield: On Sunday, December 27, 2020, William Abraham Callis, of Smithfield, VA passed away at the age of 92. Bill was born on February 29, 1928 in Ventura California to the late John Joseph Callis and Clara Maude Gardner. He is preceded in death by his brother John Faustin Callis; son, Robert William Callis and great grandson Daniel Mentik. After graduating from...
Charles Cecil Shaw, Jr.
Dec 27, 2020
Charles Cecil Shaw, Jr, 74, of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020. He was the son of the late Charles Cecil Shaw, Sr and Velma Hunter Shaw. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Campbell Shaw; sons, Charles Stephen Shaw (Amy), James Michael Shaw (Casey), Kevin Shaw (Michelle), Michael L. Easterling, Jr. (Kelly) and Christopher L. Easterling (Heather);...
Carolyn Jean Bundy Jordan
Dec 27, 2020
Carolyn Jean Bundy Jordan, 74, of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Jack Bundy and Mary Wainwright Bundy. Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Robert Norman Jordan. She is survived by her sons, Shaun Christopher Jordan (Heather) and Kelly Blake Jordan (Meagan); grandchildren, Dylan, Savannah, Isabella,...
Florence Godwin Robbins
Dec 24, 2020
Smithfield:
Florence Inez Godwin Robbins, 95, of Smithfield went to be with her heavenly father December 24th, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years Thomas Webb “Onions” Robbins. Florence is survived by three loving daughters, Marie Johnson (Tim), Anne Little (Bobby), and Evelyn Levine (Tom). Six grandchildren, Cathy Brown (Mike), Susan Mathias (Larry) Tiffany Moore...
Edmund Clarke
Dec 22, 2020
Edmund M. Clarke, 75, of Mt. Lebanon, PA passed away on December 22, 2020 from Covid-19. He was a 1963 graduate of Smithfield High School and married his high school sweetheart, Martha W. Clarke, in 1968. He was extremely proud of his three sons: Dr. James S. Clarke (wife, Lori) of Portland, OR; Dr. Jonathan E. Clarke (wife, Katie)...
Carrie Deaver Osmundson
Dec 22, 2020
Carrie Deaver Osmundson, 72, of Windsor, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Marion Harold Deaver and Catherine Florence Crosby. She is survived by her husband of thirty-five years, “Ozzy” Brian Lee Osmundson; daughter, Deana B. Boyd (Mark); grandchildren, Jeffrey, Amanda, Brieann, Alice and River; daughter in law, Kim Brannigan; special niece, Amy...
Beverly Wright Cochran
Dec 21, 2020
Beverly Wright Cochran, 71, of Smithfield, passed away on December 21, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Robert W. Wright, Sr and Virginia Slate Wright. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Atkins Martin (Eddie); grandchildren, Lauren Atkins, Aaron Martin and Jacob Martin; great grandchild, Max Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick Cochran; son,...
Mary Miller Hite
Dec 19, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Miller Hite, 80, of Smithfield passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020. She was the daughter of the late William Riddick Miller and Nannie Melissa Brown Miller. Mrs. Hite is survived by her husband of 56 years, Frank Hafer Hite; daughters, Stephanie Elaine Hite, Connie Hite Chapman, and Cheryle Hite Whitmore (Don, Jr.); grandchildren, Shelby, Cole and Mary;...
Linda Sue Farley
Dec 19, 2020
Linda Sue Woolard Farley, 74, of Carrollton, joined her Heavenly Father on December 19, 2020. She was born in Washington, N.C. to the late Thurston Dewitt Woolard and Reba Lee Leggett Woolard. Sue is survived by her husband of 48 years, Robert Arnold Farley; son, Brian Buss, Sr (Paula); daughters, Lisa Bernd and Christina Farley; great nephew, Ethan Grady and...
Charles Randall Saunders, Jr.
Dec 16, 2020
Charles “Bubba” Randall Saunders, Jr, 75, of Smithfield, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2020. He was the son of the late Charles Randall Saunders and Florence Joyner Saunders. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Helen Rakes Saunders; her daughters, Linda Firth (Roger), Charlotte Reece (David) and Shirley Colby (Chuck); and cousins, Robert Reveal and Dot Reveal....
Jane Delk Batten
Dec 9, 2020
Jane Delk Batten, 93, of Smithfield, passed away on December 9, 2020. Mrs. Batten was the daughter of the late William Merritt Delk and Emma Presson Delk. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tazewell Petron “Pete” Batten, Jr. She is survived by her sons, Lindy Wayne Batten (Marie) and Mitchell Delk Batten (Janet); grandchildren, Kimberley, Kevin (Charlie) and...
Walter Jay Grubbs
Dec 4, 2020
Walter Jay Grubbs, 67, of Smithfield, passed away on, Friday, December 4, 2020. He was the son of the late Floyd Fletcher Grubbs and Blanche Wiener Grubbs. Walter is survived by his wife of 19 years Leslie Ann Messick; daughter, Jennifer Grubbs Mathes; son, Erik Grubbs (Kela); grandchildren, Hunter, Cole, Teilor, Heiden and Karter; sisters, Debra Grubbs Welch and...
Norah K Bennett
Dec 2, 2020
Norah K Bennett passed away December 2nd, 2020. Born in Lucknow, India on March 25th 1925, she was the third of eleven children born to Myra (nee Gardner) and Colin O’Brien. While in Nurses’ Training during WWII, she married US Air Corps Sergeant Harold K Bennett and they traveled to the United States. Then, they shared 71 years of marriage....
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
