Obituaries
Joy Helen Ferree
Oct 3, 2024
My wife Christina, our daughter Jenna, and I would like to share the moment of joy we experienced with the birth of our angel, Joy Helen Ferree.
At only twenty-two weeks, she was in such a hurry to be a part of our loving family that the world could not keep up with her. She passed through our world for just...
Larry V. Odom
Sep 29, 2024
It is with sadness that the family of Larry V. Odom of Smithfield, Va. announce his passing on September 29, 2024. A New Madrid, Mo. native and graduate of Christopher Newport University, Larry was a resident of the Hampton Roads area for over 50 years. He retired from the City of Newport News, Va. He was honorably discharged from the...
Miguel Ramone Nunez
Sep 29, 2024
Miguel Ramone Nunez, 67, of Carrollton, VA passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2024. He was the son of the late Miguel Ramondo Nunez and Romona Jean Fancher Nunez. He is survived by his sister, Mona Lisa Nunez (Vernon); a brother, Fernando Juan Nunez (Debbie); a sister-in-law, Lisa Nunez; several nieces and nephews; and his four legged friend, his dog...
Kristen Lea Baker
Sep 29, 2024
Kristen “Kris” Lea Baker, 58, of Carrollton, Va, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2024. She was the daughter of the late William “Bill” Cooper Miller and Loraine “Laura” Laffey Miller. She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Robert Charles Baker; daughter, Samantha Taplin (Vincent Owens); grandsons, Lucas and Wilder. She was also preceded in death by a...
Charles "Tink" Walter Marshall
Sep 28, 2024
Charles "Tink" Walter Marshall, born June 13, 1941, the second son of late Nellie Minga Marshall and Ray Parker Marshall Sr., passed away on September 28, 2024. Tink graduated from Smithfield High School in 1959, where he was an outstanding baseball player. After high school he farmed then was later drafted into the Vietnam War. During that time, he served...
Charles Turner Henegar
Sep 27, 2024
Charles Turner Henegar, HMCM (SW) Retired USN passed away on September 27 after a brief illness. Born in Saltville, VA, he was predeceased by his parents, Lloyd Turner and Earnestine (Teenie) Henegar. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Marsha Pope Henegar of Carrollton, VA, sister Jane H. Barrett (Andy) of Bristol, VA, nieces, nephews, and much loved...
Darlene Toby Brown
Sep 27, 2024
Darlene Toby Brown, age 71, of Smithfield, Virginia, passed at 8:51 a.m. on September 27th, 2024. After years of illness, her passing was peaceful. Family, music and the comfort of home ushered her on to heaven.
She was born on February 25, 1953, to Joseph M. Sr. and Caroline Hasenour Toby. Raised in St. Anthony, Indiana, Darlene moved to Virginia and...
Holly Adeline Wright
Sep 22, 2024
Holly Adeline Wright, 79, of Smithfield, passed away on September 22, 2024, in the peacefulness of her home.
Holly was a beloved Wife, Mother, Sister, Aunt, Gram and Great-Grandmother.
Holly grew up in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She later met the love of her life at United Airlines, Jerry Raymond Wright. They had two beautiful children, Tim and Tara. Holly and Jerry shared...
Elizabeth Carol Webb
Sep 19, 2024
Mrs. Elizabeth Carol Webb, 83, widow of Andrew (Andy) J. Webb, Jr., passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Carol was born on March 12, 1941, in Sweet Springs, WV to Grover and Ethel Porterfield.
While working as a secretary for the FBI in Washington DC, Carol met Andy Webb, a U.S. Air Force Airman from White Sulphur Springs, WV. Carol...
Patricia Johnson Hall
Sep 18, 2024
Patricia Johnson Hall, our beloved matriarch and a true Southern lady in all ways, passed away on September 18, 2024. She was a woman of great Christian faith who loved her family with all her might, her church and her little community of Smithfield.
Pat was born December 9, 1936 and raised in Surry, VA, the only daughter of Majorie Kincaid...
Helen Maude Saunders
Sep 17, 2024
Helen Maude Saunders, 91, of Newport News, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. She was the daughter of the late William Stuart Rakes and Cessie Teague Rakes.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Firth (Roger) and Charlotte Reece (David); her son in law, Chuck Colby; and a daughter in law, Patricia Brown; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren....
Michael David Andrews, Sr.
Sep 12, 2024
Michael David Andrews, 84 passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Michael is preceded in death by his parents, mother, Helen Newton and father, Mark Andrews.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Judith Andrews, sons, David Andrews and Matt Andrews and two brothers, Mark and Peter Andrews.
Michael was born in Dover, New Jersey but moved to Orange, Virginia...
Richard Allen Woolsey
Sep 6, 2024
Richard Allen Woolsey, 88, of Yorktown, Va, passed away on Friday September 6, 2024. He was the son of the late Ira Lavone Woolsey and Dorothy Vesper Woolsey. “Happy” as he was known by many who met him, is survived by his wife of 28 years, Karen Sue Woolsey; daughters, Tiffany, Lori and Rebecca; sons, Jimmy and David; many grandchildren...
Margaret Ann Hubbard
Aug 29, 2024
On Thursday August 29th 2024, Margaret Ann Hubbard (82) of Smithfield, VA peacefully left this life. Ann, to her many friends and neighbors, was originally from Richmond, VA where she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and attended Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied piano.
In the early 1980s Ann traded classical piano for a life of art and color with...
Ellen Oris Holland Gauthier
Aug 28, 2024
Ellen Oris Holland Gauthier, 96, of Windsor, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Eugene Richard Holland and Ella Higgins Holland. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Joseph Gauthier. Mrs. Gauthier is survived by her daughter, Marian Elizabeth Gauthier; son, Stephen Joseph Gauthier; grandchildren, Nathan, Christina, Morgan and Joseph; and...
Judy Ann Duncan
Aug 28, 2024
Judy Ann Duncan, 74, Smithfield passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Felton Corinth Benton and Alma Louise Barfield Benton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Houston Duncan; and a daughter, Tracey Dawn Duncan. Mrs. Duncan is survived by her son, Terry Brian Duncan (Kendel); grandchildren, Clay and Leah;...
Colonel James Patrick Walsh
Aug 25, 2024
Colonel James Patrick Walsh (USMC Ret), 78, of Suffolk, VA passed away on on Sunday, August 25, 2024. He is survived by his wife Peggy Vannoy Walsh; son, John Mauney; sister, Elizabeth Casalett; a nephew, Michael Casalett (Nora); and a niece Danielle Casalett Dewey (Matthew). He was preceded in death by his parents, Owen Joseph Walsh and Ann Helen Sambrailo...
Senior Chief Jacob ID Moody
Aug 20, 2024
On August 20, 2024, Senior Chief Petty Officer Jacob ID Moody, of Smithfield, passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer. He was 44 years old. Jacob was born August 9, 1980 in Temple, TX to David and Reina Moody. They lived a life of travel before settling in Grifton, NC when Jacob was 14 and was proud to...
Bertha Mae White Gardner
Aug 19, 2024
Bertha Mae White Gardner of Smithfield, born on May 11, 1929, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, August 19, 2024, at the age of 95. She was the daughter of the late James Nicholas White and Margaret Bertha Vellines White. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Allen Duncan Gardner, Sr. She is survived by...
Rickie Dean Bailey (Wendell)
Aug 17, 2024
Rickie Dean Bailey (also known as Rickie Dean Wendell), of Hollywood, Florida died August 17, 2024, in the hospice unit of the Hampton VA Medical Center.
He was born in Portland, Oregon on April 8, 1954 and was the son of the late Lester Edward Wendell and Betty Mae Wendell.
He is survived by his son Rickie Dean Wendell, II. In addition...
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