Obituaries
Carolyn Joyce Williams
Aug 5, 2019
Smithfield:
Carolyn Joyce Manning Williams passed away Monday August 5, 2019 at Riverside Regional Medical Center. She is preceded in death by her husband Lester L. Williams and her parents Major and Hildamay Manning. Joyce is survived by her son Robert Blevins Jr. (Barbara), daughters Shirley B. McConnell (Pat), Lavinia Blevins, Molly B. Shackelford, and Martha B. Benoche (Donny). She...
Gary Charles Montanye
Aug 4, 2019
Surry:
Gary Charles Montanye passed away Sunday August 4, 2019 at his home in Surry Virginia. He was the son of the late Walter and Beulah Montanye. He is survived by his wife of 64 years Marilyn June Montanye; his two sons Daryl Reid Montanye (Allison), Gary Wayne Montanye (Brenda), and two daughters Robin Renee Pallett (Carlton), and Debora Ann...
Robert Robertson
Jul 30, 2019
Robert Robertson, 90, passed away on July 30, 2019, at his home in Smithfield with his family by his side. Mr. Robertson was the son of the late John McDonald Robertson and Jesse McCombe Robertson. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Nona Kay Ott Robertson; sons, Robert S. Robertson(Magdalena), Mark John Robertson(Mai), and Thomas Andrew Robertson(Marcelle O’Connell);...
Joyce Emily Felts
Jul 21, 2019
Joyce Henshall Felts, 93 of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Harold Ewart Henshall and Blanche Lewis. Mrs. Felts was born in Grappenhall, England on July 24, 1925. During WWII she met and married her late husband of 62 years, Thomas Morris Felts. She is survived by her...
Bobby Elmo Carawan
Jul 20, 2019
Bobby Elmo Carawan, 84, of Smithfield passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at his residence. He was the son of the late Rupert Royal Carawan and Winona Richardson Carawan. Mr. Carawan is survived by his wife Jean Jones Carawan; daughters, Karen Horner (Steve) and Angela Torrence (Wayne); son Edward Blake Carawan (Cheryl); grandchildren, Keli, Kendra, Katie, Beth, Wayne and...
Charles Edwin Smith III
Jul 8, 2019
Charles Edwin Smith, III, 83, of Smithfield, passed away on July 8, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Smith was the son of the late Charles Edwin Smith, Jr and Sarah Margaret Smith. He is survived by his wife Barbara Ann Scofield Smith, six children, fourteen grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mr....
Helen Marlow Finley
Jun 30, 2019
Helen Marlow Finley, 89, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., she had been a Smithfield resident since 1951. Helen was a devoted wife and mother and particularly loved and cared about the happiness of her grandchildren. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was Woman of the Year in...
James Paul Botko
Jun 28, 2019
James Paul Botko 68, of Smithfield, VA passed away on June 28, 2019. He was the son of the late Alexander Botko and Dorothy Rita Mills Botko. He is survived by his brother Alex Botko, and his sisters, Cyndi Villarial, Toni Kennedy, and Andrea Lynch. He was a veteran of the Navy and received various awards including the Good Conduct...
Janet Adkins Black
Jun 24, 2019
Janet Adkins Black, 54, of Smithfield passed away on June 24, 2019 with her family by her side. Janet was the daughter of the late Marion James Adkins, Jr. and Iris Eileen Romine Adkins. She is survived by her husband of 31 years Thomas Larry Black; their son, C. Brandon Black and his wife Katelyn; her sisters, Jo Adkins...
Anna Ilean Chantre
Jun 16, 2019
Anna ILean Chantre, 79, of Smithfield passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2019. Mrs. Chantre was the daughter of the late Nobleworth and Ruby Medlin. She was preceded in death by her husband Antonio M. Chantre and a son, Johnny Davenport. Mrs. Chantre is survived by her daughters, Connie Stanley (Harold) and Ruby Medeiros (Jaime); grandchildren, Stephanie, Cathy, Anthony and...
Howard Payne
Jun 5, 2019
William Howard Payne, 64 of Smithfield, passed away on June 5, 2019. He was the son of the late Shelton Melvin Payne and Annie Pearl Midgette Payne. Mr. Payne is survived by his sons, Jonathan H. Payne and Mathew Scott Payne (Carrie); grandchildren, Kaileigh, Channing, Micah, Ella, Willow and Brooke; sister, Cindy Modlin; brothers, Sherold Payne (Carolyn) and Michael Payne...
Camilla Hayes Price
Jun 5, 2019
Camilla Hayes Cox Price, 94 of Surry passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Robert Asbury Cox, Sr and Elsie Holland Cox. Mrs. Price is survived by her daughter Betsy J. Garber (Don); sister, Margaret C. Skinner; brother, Robert A. Cox, Jr and a host of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Price was preceded...
Melvin Lee Minga
Jun 5, 2019
It is with profound sadness the family of Melvin (Judge) Minga, acknowledges his passing on June 5, 2019. Mr. Minga was the son of the late Harry Cavalier Minga and Celestia Mae Hines Minga. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Margarette (Maggie) Minga; three sons, Michael Minga, Timothy Minga (Kim) and Todd Minga (Meredith); grandchildren, Ryan, Lindsay,...
George Easley Dashiell
May 29, 2019
George Easley (Boots) Dashiell, 94, passed peacefully on May 29, 2019 in his home at Magnolia Manor in Smithfield, VA. Born in Bacon’s Castle, VA to Herbert Holloway Dashiell and Anne Minerva Easley, George was raised in Smithfield and served in the USMC during WWII as a Staff Sgt. He received the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and several...
Michael Dean Wheeler
May 25, 2019
Michael Dean Wheeler, Sr., 60, of Carrollton passed away on May 25, 2019. Michael was the son of the late Vernon Lee Wheeler and Ethel Taylor Wheeler. Left to cherish his memory are his four daughters; Katie Shucker, JoAnne Carpenter, Hope Renee Major and Jessica Wheeler; two sons, Michael and Jason; 15 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; his sister Trudy Settles;...
Clyde Phillip Gibson
May 22, 2019
Clyde Phillip Gibson, 75, of Smithfield passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. He was the son of the late Jeff Gibson and Carrie Marie Salmon Gibson. Mr. Gibson was also preceded in death by his wife Betty Forehand Gibson. He is survived by his step-daughters, Katherine Maxwell, Dianne Nelms and Linda Edwards; brothers, Morris Lee Gibson, Sr and Garland...
Ronald Frank O'Berry
May 21, 2019
Ronald Frank O’Berry, 63, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. He was the son of the late Herbert Frank O’Berry and Elsie Barlow O’Berry. He is survived by his son Nathan B. O’Berry (Christina); sister, Arlene R. O’Berry; nieces, Carol O. Lankford (Neil) and Sandra O. Frost (Bobby); one great niece; three great nephews; and a Granddog Bean. He...
Kenneth Jeffrey Epling
May 20, 2019
Kenneth Jeffrey Epling, 70, of Smithfield passed away on Monday, May 20, 2019. He was the son of the late Dumers Epling and Bessie Texas Thacker Epling. He is survived by his wife Mary Wynne Epling; daughters, Amy Bradley and Tanya Frank; step- daughters, Rebecca Simpson (Randy), Kendall Kimball (Terry), Anna Butch and Stephanie Copes; three grandsons and one granddaughter;...
Carolyn Seward Edwards
May 18, 2019
Carolyn Seward Edwards died peacefully at home on Saturday, May 18, 2019. A native of Suffolk, Virginia, Carolyn was born on March 17, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Hughes T. Seward and Blanche Seward Johnson. Predeceasing Carolyn was her husband of 69 years and love of her life, DeDe Edwards, six months ago. Carolyn was a majorette at...
Heather Anne Irvine
May 17, 2019
Heather Anne Shannon-Sprouse-Irvine, 45, of Gloucester, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019. She was the daughter of Dennis and Marsha Krantz Sprouse and Terry and Melinda Shannon of Lynchburg. She is survived by her sisters, Kelsea Taylar Sprouse, Brandi Moore of Lynchburg, Samantha Shannon Brueckmann and Katelyn Shannon both of Tampa, FL; brother, Kory-Marshall Wayne Sprouse; Uncle and Aunts, Al...
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