Obituaries
Local Obituaries for County, State

Valorie Barbara Bollettieri
Dec 27, 2010
Valorie Barbara Bollettieri, age 50, of Keysville, Virginia, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2010. She was the loving wife of Joseph Bollettieri; she is also survived by her brothers and sisters, Patty Jobes, Greg Vermilyea, Lynn Caltagirone, Christine Lawrence, Joe Vermilyea, Marie Vermilyea; her extended family, Thom and Frank Bollettieri; and seventeen nieces and nephews. A funeral service...

William Calvin Hall Sr.
Dec 26, 2010
William Calvin Hall Sr., age 82, of Charlotte Court House, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010.
He is survived by his wife, Audrey P. Hall; five Children, Betty Walker, Lorraine Mansius, William C. Hall Jr., Fay Hall, Virginia Sweeney; and numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 2...

Frances Sheldon Thompson
Dec 22, 2010
Frances Sheldon Thompson, 95, of Keysville, Virginia, died December 22, 2010. She was predeceased by her parents Clifford and Bessie Dixon, her brother H. E. “Buster” Dixon, her husbands, Grover L. “Buck” Sheldon and W. Carter Thompson. She is survived by her children, Virginia “Bunny” S. Cook and her husband, Wilson , of Burkeville, Betty S. Baldwin of Keysville,...

Alie Marie Wilmouth
Dec 11, 2010
Alie Marie Wilmouth, age 86, of Keysville, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2010. She is survived by four children, Frances Covington, Nancy Brown, Bonnie Nyquist, Gerald C. Robinette; twelve grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at the Browning-Duffer Funeral Home in Keysville, with interment to...

Timothy Wayne Foster
Dec 5, 2010
Timothy Wayne Foster of Chase City, Virginia, passed from this life peacefully in his sleep at his home on Sunday, December 5, 2010. He was born to James Monroe and Edna Adams Foster on May 31, 1960, in the state of Georgia. He was 50 years old. He was preceded in death by his father, three brothers, James Vernon,...

Lucille Dudley Jones
Dec 4, 2010
Lucille D. Jones, age 88, of Wylliesburg, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010. She is survived by two daughters, Constance Tatum, Rosalind Flournoy; one son Willard Buster Jones, Jr.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. A Graveside Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, December 5, 2010, in the Wylliesburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery in...

Geneva Waddell Hardy
Dec 4, 2010
Geneva Waddell Hardy, age 77, of Victoria, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010. She is survived by one son, Kenny Hardy of Blackstone; one grandchild, Kendal Foster; one brother, Robert Waddell of Drakes Branch, and two sisters, Blanche Murray of Farmville, and Emily Nelson of Keysville. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, at...

Nellie Hudson Featherston
Nov 28, 2010
Nellie Hudson Featherston, age 89, of Amelia, Virginia formerly of Drakes Branch passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry H. Featherston; and a son, Kenneth D. Featherston. Nellie is survived by a son, Douglas M. Featherston; two daughters, Jenny Lewis and Ruth Harrup; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shirley...

Frances Thorpe Foster
Nov 25, 2010
Frances Thorpe Foster, age 87, of Saxe, Virginia died Thursday, November 25, 2010. She is survived by one son, Stanley Foster and his wife, Darlene; one grandson, Jason Stanley and his wife, Mandy; two great-grandchildren, Cole and Russell Foster. Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Cole Foster, Jr.
Funeral services will be held at...

Edith Eudailey Tomlinson
Nov 20, 2010
Edith Virginia Eudailey Tomlinson, age 87 of Keysville, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2010. She was the widow of Claude L. Tomlinson, Sr. She is survived by two sons, Donnie Chaney of Kenbridge, Claude L. Tomlinson, Jr. of Victoria; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Richard Eudailey; one sister, Lucille Currin.
A funeral service will...

Randall Edwin Macgregor
Nov 18, 2010
Randall Edwin MacGregor, age 58, of Saxe, Virginia died Thursday, November 18, 2010. He is survived by seven children, Heidi, Danny, and Christopher MacGregor, all of Michigan, Randy, Charley, Shane, and Katrina MacGregor, all of New Jersey, four grandchildren, Mariah, Julian, Devin and Nicholas Diaz; two step-children, Carmen and Tim Diaz; a companion, Judith LeDuc. Randall was preceded in...

Daniel Wayne Tate
Nov 15, 2010
Daniel Wayne Tate age 11 weeks, of Drakes Branch, VA, passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010.
He is survived by his parents, David Wayne and Beverley Lockridge Tate; a brother, Allen Wayne Tate; grandparents, Johnny and Doris Lockridge, Wayne and Shirley Tate; Hazel Lockridge, and Tommy Hamlett.
A Graveside funeral service will be held...

Mildred Brown Rutledge
Nov 12, 2010
Mildred B. Rutledge, age 89, of Keysville, VA, passed away on Friday, November 12, 2010. She is survived by three children, Vivian Hume of Colonial Heights, VA, Larry Rutledge Pam of Shelby, NC, Terry Rutledge Nancy of Keysville , VA; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lonnie H. and Blanche E. Brown;...

Robert Lee Hudson, Sr.
Nov 2, 2010
Robert Lee Hudson Sr., age 63, of Drakes Branch, VA passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Lee Hudson; two sons, Robert L. “Robbie” Hudson Jr. Kimberley, Russell E.”Boone” Hudson Ashley; five grandchildren, Krystal Tucker, Alyssa Hudson, Chad Hudson, Colton Hudson, Halle Jackson; two sisters, Doris Waddell, Nancy Adams; one brother, Larry...

Nellie Duffey Martin
Nov 2, 2010
Nellie Selester Duffey Martin, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at her home in Randolph, VA. She was born on April 24, 1913, in Charlotte County, Virginia, and was the daughter of Frederick Holland and Susie Cassada Duffey. She is survived by two daughters, Ruth Martin Moore of Richmond, VA, Rochelle Martin Smith of Randolph, VA;...

John Edward Watts
Oct 25, 2010
Mr. John Edward “Buff” Watts passed away from this life on Monday, October 25, 2010 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born March 31, 1920 in Halifax County to Ernest C. and Lily McCullock Watts. John was a U.S. Marine who served during World War II in the South Pacific. He was a member of Herman Presbyterian Church and...

Carl Dennis King
Oct 24, 2010
Carl Dennis King, age 83, of Saxe, Virginia, born January 12, 1927, died October 24, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Henry and Sallie King; four sons, Steven, Billy, Sporty, and Chunk King; a grandson, Adam Whitlow. He is survived by his wife, of sixty-one years, Frances Masters King; a daughter, Sharon King Whitlow and...

John Thomas Mason
Oct 19, 2010
John Thomas Mason, age 58, of Saxe, VA died Tuesday, October 19, 2010. He is survived by one brother, Thomas Mason and his wife, Linda; four sisters, Elizabeth Waycaster and her husband, Glenn, Marguerite Rutledge, Betty Scott, Annie Mae Masters; and numerous nieces and nephews. John was preceded in death by his parents, Duval and Bertha Mason; a brother,...

Harriet Willson Rice
Oct 8, 2010
Harriet Willson Rice passed away at Seasons at the Woodview on Friday, October 8, 2010.
She was born on February 21, 1927, in Glasgow, Montana, and was the wife of the late Millard B. Rice, Jr. Harriet was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford & Claire Willson; brother, John T. Willson; and sister, Marjorie W. Wagner....

Henry Wilson Carwile, Sr.
Oct 7, 2010
Henry Wilson Carwile Sr., age 88, a retired dairy farmer of Madisonville, VA, went home to the Lord on Thursday, October 7, 2010. He was born March 9, 1922 to James Henry and Grace Roberts Carwile.
Henry was a veteran of World War II having served with the 1081st Signal Corp in North Africa and Italy, and...