Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for Farmville, VA and surrounding areas
Phyllis Berry
Feb 7, 2012
Phyllis Nadine Berry age 53 of Farmville, VA passed away Tuesday February 7, 2012 in Lynchburg, VA. She will be loved and missed by: her husband Lawrence Berry; her children Billy Berry and wife Camilla , Marina Berry and Duane Berry ; three sisters Judy Tolley and James, Sissy McAtee and her husband Scott, Arlene Green and Rodney; two brothers Jerry Wynne...

Henry Cumbie, Iii
Feb 4, 2012
Henry H. Cumbie III, 41, of Crumptown passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 at his home. He was born in Lynchburg, July 13, 1970 and was employed as a glass installer with Appomattox Glass and Storefront. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis J. Cumbie of Crumptown, mother, Arlene Golf Johnson and her husband, Sid of Madison Heights, father, Henry...

Paul Lane
Feb 4, 2012
Paul Anderson Harris Lane, 77, of Farmville passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Farmville, He was born at Carter’s Mountain, Albermarle County, Virginia April 11, 1934 to the late Roland and Louise Young Harris. He was retired as a Railroad Switchman and was a veteran of both the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Air Force. Survivors include...
James Huddleston
Jan 18, 2012
James Jared “Jimmy” Huddleston, 91, of Farmville, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at his home. He was the son of the late Thomas R. and Mildred Simmons Huddleston and was an employee of Ayers Building Supply. He was also a member of Gideon International and a life-long member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife Louise Coates...

John Waycaster
Jan 17, 2012
Mr. John Windell Waycaster, 62 of Buckingham, passed away Tuesday January 17, 2012. John was the son of the late James and Louise Waycaster and the late brother Bernard Brooks. He is survived by his wife, Pamela; his son Jason and wife Carey; his daughter Amy and grandson Gabriel; one sister Barbara and her husband Earl Dunn; brothers in law...
Charles Barton, Sr.
Jan 11, 2012
Charles P. Barton, Sr. age 73 of Keysville, Virginia passed away Wednesday January 11, 2012 in Farmville, Virginia. He is survived by: his wife Betty Barton, a son Charles P. Barton, Jr. of Tennessee, a son son David E. Barton of Texas and his daughter Elizabeth A. Barton of Newport News, Virginia. He retired from a long stint in the United States...

Elizabeth Benhoff
Jan 6, 2012
Elizabeth Slayton (Foster) Benhoff, aged 101, passed away on January 6th. after an extended illness. She was born in Fairfax County, December 2, 1910. Her husband , William Henry Benhoff, Jr. passed away November 7, 1997. On Benny’s retirement, in 1975, they relocated from the DCMETRO area to Prospect, Virginia, where they were active in the Prospect United Methodist Church....
Louise Wilck
Jan 4, 2012
Mrs. Louise Ford Harris Wilck, age 94, of Farmville, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at the Woodland in Farmville. She was the wife of the late Joseph H. Wilck, Sr. Mrs. Wilck was born November 21, 1917, at Five Forks, the daughter of Marshall Diuguid Harris and Mary Elam Harris. She was a Veteran of the Korean War, and served...
Doris Witt
Dec 18, 2011
Mrs. Doris M. Witt age 87 of Farmville, Virginia passed away Sunday December 18, 2011 in Farmville. She is survived by her; son Allen Witt of Farmville, VA, son Jerry Witt and his wife Sandra Witt of Dillwyn, VA, daughter Debbie Witt of Farmville, VA, daughter-in-law Lois Witt of Danville, VA, her grandchildren Tabbie Witt and Alana Witt both of...
Bernice Warren
Nov 24, 2011
Mrs. Bernice E. Warren age 83 of Farmville, Virginia passed away Thursday November 24, 2011 in Farmville. She is survived by; her husband William S. “ Mickey” Warren , her daughters Sandra Lee Green and her husband Dennis of Cumberland, VA, Betty Jo Timberlake and her husband Tommy of Powhatan, VA, three grandchildren; Wendy Ownby, Tracy Babcock and Brad Timberlake, and two...

Edna Dove
Nov 18, 2011
Edna L. Dove, 72, of Farmville passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 in Farmville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freddie E. Dove and parents, Hubert V. and Nellie Frances Dollinger Reedy. She is survived by three sons, Thomas E. Dove of Greenbay, Johnny E. Dove of Appomattox and Richard J. Dove of Rice, one brother, Hubert Reedy,...

Marilyn Davis
Nov 15, 2011
Marilyn L. “Grammy” Davis, 49 of Keysville passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 in Charlottesville. Born in Jackson, NC she was the daughter of the late Howard Glynn Manning, Sr. and Dorothy Meade Pierce Manning. She was the Youth Coordinator for the Farmville District United Methodist Church and a member of Keysville United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, George...

Francisco Rivera
Nov 2, 2011
Francisco Malave , 80, of Farmville passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in Farmville. He was born in Puerto Rico, April 2, 1931 to the late Jose Domingo Malave and Juanita Rivera Malave. He was preceded in death by his son, Francisco Malave, Jr. He is survived by his wife of over 37 years, Maria Rosario Malave, eleven children: Noel...
Ralph Mitchell
Oct 29, 2011
Mr. Ralph Edward Mitchell age 73 of Rice, Virginia passed away Saturday October 29, 2011 in Midlothian, Virginia. He is survived by; his wife Janet R. Mitchell, his son Scott A. Mitchell and his wife Rebecca of Huntington, West Virginia, four sisters , one brother and numerous nieces and nephews. He was a Veteran of the Unites States Air Force Reserves. A...

Norma Lowry
Oct 28, 2011
Mrs. Norma J. Lowry age 76 of Abilene, Virginia passed away Friday October 28, 2011 at her residence. She is survived by; her husband Harry E. Lowry of Abilene, VA, her daughter Beverly Bailey and her husband James of Drakes Branch, VA, four granddaughters; Stephanie Roach, Jamie Lowry, Susan Harris, Abrea Lowry; one grandson Zachary Williams and eight great-grandchildren. She was...
Edith Townsend
Oct 13, 2011
Edith McLean Townsend, 90, of Farmville passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 in Farmville. Born in Caldwell County, NC January 15, 1921, Mrs. Townsend was the daughter of the late, Wallace G. and Mary E. Talbort McLean. She was retired as a Seamstress with Crewe Garment Company. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph E. Townsend, Sr., Brother,...
Katie Chandler
Oct 6, 2011
Our Lord called home one of his special ladies Katie S. Chandler on Thursday October 6, 2011. She was born on January 24, 1925 in North Carolina to Carley and Essie Shelton. She was a dedicated worker at Craddock Terry for over 20 years. She is survived by her daughter; Betty C. Easter and her husband Allen, five grandchildren; Beverly Baldwin,...
James Mahan
Oct 1, 2011
James Hudgins Mahan, 92, of Rice passed through the gates of heaven on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at St Francis Medical Center in Midlothian. He was born September 22, 1919, in the Rice countryside of Prince Edward County, the son of the late Lemuel Mahan and the late Eunice Thompson Mahan. He was also preceded in death by his wife...

Ola Dunnavant
Sep 27, 2011
Mrs. Ola Mae Cook Dunnavant age 95 of Burkeville, VA departed this life into eternal rest on Tuesday September 27, 2011 in Farmville, VA. She was a lifelong member of Bagby Memorial Baptist Church in Burkeville, VA. She is survived by; her daughter Janice D. Burkhart and her husband Wayne of Burkeville, VA, her sister-in-law Golda W. Whittley of Victoria, VA,...
Elvira Rolle
Sep 22, 2011
Elvira “Rita” Rolle, 87 of Rice, VA passed away, Thursday, September 22, 2011 in Charlottesville, VA. She was the wife of the late Arthur F. Rolle, Jr. She was born in Baltimore, September 2, 1924 to the late Ettor and Mary Poge Mascetti. Surviving are her son, Arthur F. Rolle, III of Rice, two daughters, Rita Evans of Baltimore, and...