Obituaries
Angela R. Gore
Oct 4, 2025
Angela R. Gore passed away on October 4th 2025 in her home in Smithfield, VA.
She is survived by her husband Joseph Harris; her three children, Robert Flores, Chris Gore and Casey Gore; and her four beloved grandchildren, David, Kaylee, Rebecca and Jermiah.
Angela brought warmth and light into every room she entered. She touched many lives with love and energy. She...
Glenn Robert Erwine
Oct 3, 2025
Glenn Erwine, age 65, of Smithfield Va, entered into the arms of his Lord and Savior, whom he faithfully served throughout his life on Oct 3rd 2025, at 5:31am surround by family, leaving behind a legacy of love, laughter & unforgettable memories. Born December 3rd 1959 in Zanesville Ohio, Glenn was the son of the late Russell Bruce Erwine and...
James "Jim" M. Ware
Oct 2, 2025
James “Jim” M. Ware went home to his Lord on October 2, 2025. He was born in Monroe, North Carolina to Edgar M. and Mary Katherine Austin Ware.
Jim was a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy where he played football. He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. After graduation, he sailed for Humble Oil &...
Delores Turner Cahoon
Sep 30, 2025
Delores Ann Turner Cahoon, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and community leader, passed peacefully into her heavenly home on September 30, 2025, at the age of 87.
Born on June 2, 1938, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Delores lived a life defined by faith, family, hard work, and service to others. Known affectionately as “Granny,” Delores was the heart and matriarch...
Mary Frances Irvine
Sep 28, 2025
Mary Frances Irvine, 90, of Smithfield, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late John Robert Ellis and Mary Cleo Holland Ellis. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Carl Coleman Irvine. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Carla I. and Frank Harris; son and...
Brandon Allen Huie
Sep 26, 2025
Brandon Allen Huie, 40, of Carrollton, VA passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025. He was the son of Allen Lee Huie and Sandra Leigh Huie. Brandon is also survived by his daughter, Emmilen “Emmi” Elizabeth Huie; paternal grandparents Charles “Daddy Bob” Robert Huie and Rebecca “Mama Beck” Olivia Chambers Huie; paternal aunts, Laura J. Garcia, Robin H. Folsom and...
Faye Edwards Stephenson
Sep 24, 2025
Faye Edwards Stephenson, 90 years old, of Windsor, Virginia went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Faye was the first child born on February 26, 1935 to Bernice and Archer Edwards in the downtown Franklin hospital. Faye grew up at the Edwards farm homeplace on Trump Town Road and was a big helper to both her...
Timothy Lee Ferguson
Sep 24, 2025
Timothy Lee Ferguson, 63, of Smithfield, VA, passed away peacefully on September 24, 2025. Born on April 5, 1962, he was the beloved son of the late Ernest and Gloria Ferguson.
Tim is survived by his devoted wife of 43 years, Delores Mae Ferguson, and their daughters: Ashley Vangel (Chris), Katie Ferguson (Anthony DaSilva), and Elizabeth Ferguson (Brian Bryant Jr.). He...
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...
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