Obituaries
Local Obituaries for County, State

Joshua “Josh” Palmer West
Apr 18, 2015
Joshua “Josh” Palmer West, age 22, of Green Bay, VA, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015. He is survived by his parents, Palmer and Juleen West; two sisters, Megan Rundstrom and her husband, Brian, and Robin West; two nephews, Brian Rundstrom Jr., and Austin Kassel; one niece, Addison Rundstrom; his paternal grandmother, Florence West; his maternal grandparents, Donald...

Judith Hensley Coleman
Apr 17, 2015
Beloved wife, mother, and sister, Judith Hensley Coleman, 50, of Chase City, VA, passed away peacefully Friday, April 17, 2015. She is survived by her husband, Mark Coleman of Chase City; her daughters, Nicolette Hall, Jessica Lewis, and Susan Lewis, all of Jacksonville, FL; her six sisters , Verna Brown and Revonda Hensley of Virginia Beach, Charlotte Gaines of...

Richard Creston “Pete” Tharpe Jr.
Apr 17, 2015
Richard Creston “Pete” Tharpe, Jr., age 74, of Drakes Branch, VA, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015. He is survived by his wife of fifty-four years, Gracie M. Tharpe; one daughter, Gracie Newcomb; one brother, Carroll Tharpe of Chester; and one sister, Sue Dunn of Keysville; seven grandchildren; two nephews; and one niece. He was preceded in death...

Raymond Clarke “Mickey” Johnson
Apr 13, 2015
Raymond Clarke Johnson “Mickey”, age 84, of Phenix, VA, departed this life at home on April 13, 2015. He is survived by his wife of fifty-four years Willie Jean; three sisters, Anne Price, Ross Gallion, and Joyce Banton; and one brother, Curtis Johnson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Flossie Johnson; one sister, Naomi Childress;...

Stacey Kolich Hatcher
Apr 10, 2015
Stacey Kolich Hatcher, age 39, of Drakes Branch, VA, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. She is survived by her husband, Mark Hatcher; three children, Hunter Carson, Cody Carson, Leah Hatcher; her father, Bob Kolich, her mother, Kathleen M. Kenny; a brother, Bobby Kolich; two sisters, Amy Hudson, Tricia Lougal, numerous nieces and nephews; and lots and lots...

Tucker Watkins Tharpe
Apr 10, 2015
Tucker Watkins Tharpe, age 76, of Rustburg, VA, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. He was born on November 8, 1938, in Charlotte County, VA. Tucker was the son of the late Nelson Tucker Tharpe and Mary Bigger Tharpe. He is survived by his wife, Lois Dawson Tharpe; two sons, Nelson and his wife, Ashley Tharpe, and Norman...

Larry Grey Parnell
Apr 8, 2015
Larry Grey Parnell, 81, born on April 22, 1933, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. He retired from The Town of Farmville, VA. He was a veteran serving in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Larry lived life to the fullest and had a love for Nascar. He was preceded in death by his parents, Estel and Effie...

Frances Tucker Hudson
Mar 24, 2015
Frances Tucker Hudson, age 86, of Drakes Branch, VA, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Frances was the widow of Tommy Hudson. She is survived by her children, Wayne Hudson and wife Phyllis, Tuck Hudson and wife, Mary, Jimmy Carroll Hudson and wife, Vicki, Tammy Hudson; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; three sisters, Peggy Copal, Callie Tucker, and Christine...

Wade Bruce Keller
Mar 23, 2015
Wade Bruce Keller, age 70, of Bassett, VA, passed away March 23, 2015. He was the son of the late Jackson and Texie Keller of Keysville, VA. Wade was employed by Burlington Industries and retired on medical disability in 1981. He is survived by three sons, Bruce Keller and wife Julie, Brian Keller both of Edmond, Okla., and Jason...

Nina Ocie Tucker Dunn
Mar 22, 2015
Nina Ocie Tucker Dunn, age 91, of Saxe, VA went to be with the Lord on March 22, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Dunn; a son, Marvin “Butch” Dunn; her parents, William and Nannie Tucker; two brothers, William Tucker and Sam Tucker; a sister, Isabelle Foster. Nina is survived by a son, Kenneth “Boo”...

Edith Hood Murray
Mar 17, 2015
Edith Hood Murray, age 80, of Lunenburg, VA, went to be with the Lord on March 17, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mathews and Lela Hood; her husband, Raymond Murray; and her son, Cecil Murray. Also, Edith was preceded in death by brothers, Thorbon T.W. Hood, Floyd Hood, Kenneth Hood, Clyde Hood, Robert Hood; sisters,...

Martin Burton
Mar 13, 2015
Mr. Martin Burton, 74, of Covington passed away Friday, March 13, 2015. He was born March 31, 1940 in Lynch Station, Virginia to Charles Harrison and Jenny Hargis Burton who have preceded him in death. Mr. Burton was a graduate of the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He married Jean Brown on December 21,...

Betty Clark Queensberry
Mar 7, 2015
Betty Clark Queensberry rejoiced in the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 7, 2015. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 23, 1929 Betty was preceded in death by her loving husband of fifty years, Garland Queensberry, daughter Linda Shook Jenkins and son, Gary Queensberry. She is survived by seven children: Dennis and wife Judy, Lunenburg;...

Hertha Else Wolf Rogers
Mar 5, 2015
Hertha Else Wolf Rogers, devoted wife and mother, passed peacefully on March 5, 2015, while residing at Riverside Convalescent Center in Saluda, Virginia. Born in Kobe, Japan in 1929, she was the only daughter of Hermann Ernst Oskar Wolf and Shioko Kashima Wolf. She attended both the British Windsor House School and the Kobe German School, where she graduated...

Peggy Hilliard Keeling
Mar 2, 2015
Peggy Ann Hilliard Keeling , 82, of Keysville, Virginia went home to be with the Lord on Monday March 2, 2015. She was born in Danville, Virginia on September 12, 1932 to Cumbia Clementine Vass and Jesse Hiram Hilliard. She is survived by her husband, Albert Cordell Keeling as well as her two daughters- Angela Keeling Woodruff and Katherine...

Mary Rosalie Deforest
Feb 26, 2015
Mary DeForest of Phenix, Virginia, returned to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Mary DeForest was raised in a Catholic Orphanage in New Jersey. She spent her life as a live-in caregiver for children. She started caring for the Donald Baker Family where she was thier caregiver for approximately 2 years. Then around the Christmas of...

Phyllis Marie Moore Clements
Feb 20, 2015
Phyllis Marie Moore Clements, 80, of Saxe, VA, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Freeman Moore and Jennie Ennis Clark Moore. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of sixty years, Carl Clements; her sons, Thomas Dale Clements, and Christopher Carl Clements Debbie; daughter, Debra Elliott, son-in-law, Steve; along with...

Doris Jean Hicks
Feb 20, 2015
Doris Jean Hicks, 77, passed away February 20, 2015. She was born in Lunenburg Co., VA the daughter of the late Geneva T. and Earnest B. Dix, Sr. She was predeceased by her brother, June Dix. Doris was a member of Ontario Christian Church. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Raymond L. Hicks; daughter, Rose Hicks...

William “Buddy” James Fifield Sr
Feb 20, 2015
William “Buddy” James Fifield, Sr., age 84, of Charlotte Court House, VA, passed away on February 20, 2015. He was born in Lowell MA, on June 5, 1930, to the late Raymond and Alice Fifield. He served in the U S Navy for four years and was on the U S S Columbus. William is survived by his wife...

Darwin “Dean” Dale Vogt
Feb 19, 2015
Darwin Dale Vogt, age 76, of Charlotte Court House, VA, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015. He was born in Michigan on December 12, 1938. Darwin served nine years in the United States Navy. He was a member of Phenix Presbyterian Church and the American Legion Post 260. He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Linda...