Ruth Voncelle Dooley Wetzel
Dec 15, 2016
Ruth Dooley Wetzel, 78, passed away Thursday, December 15th, in Smithfield, VA at the home of her daughter and son in law, Patty and Ellis Wills, surrounded by her family. She was born in Carrollton, MO, and she was the daughter of James and Mary Dooley. Mrs. Wetzel and her former husband, Dr. William C. Wetzel, worked many years together...
Rosemary Katherine Lassiter
Dec 12, 2016
Rosemary Katherine Lassiter died peacefully at home, with her children by her side on December 12, 2016, following a brief but valiant battle against cancer. Born on February 23, 1940, to Alvino and Gladys Medrano in Lawton, Oklahoma, she moved to Virginia and worked as a Nurse before she was united in marriage to Randolph Lassiter on March 27,1959, in...
Sarah Ballard Jenkins
Dec 12, 2016
Sarah Ballard Jenkins, 92, of Windsor, VA passed away December 12, 2016. She was born in Bedford, VA to the late William and Sammie Ballard. She is also predeceased by her husband, Irvin Pierce Jenkins, Sr. Sarah was a retired school teacher from the Isle of Wight County Schools. She was a member of Colosse Baptist Church where she taught...
Charles Richard Price
Dec 11, 2016
Charles Richard Price, 61, loving husband and father, passed away December 11, 2016. He was born in Richwood, WV to Charles Eugene and Virginia Bays Price. Charles retired after 36 years of service at Huntington Ingalls as a QID Inspector. He served in the United States Army from 1973-1977. Other than his parents, Charles is survived by his wife of...
William Ivan "Billy" Crawley
Dec 10, 2016
William Ivan "Billy" Crawley, 42, passed away on December 10, 2016. He is survived by his mother, Cynthia Crawley; father, Don Crawley and wife, Beth; brother, Charles Crawley; sister, Stacey Nearhoof nieces, Asia Crawley, Brianna and Bella Nearhoof; nephew, Sabian Crawley; great nephew, Bently Luke Crawley; and aunts, uncle and friends. Billy's memorial service will be Friday, December 30, 2016...
John Daniel Barr
Dec 9, 2016
John Daniel "Jack" Barr, 90, passed away on December 9, 2016. He was born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Patrick and Margaret Barr. He is also predeceased by his wife, Florence McGill "Penny" Barr and brother, James Barr. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII in Company A, 511 Parachute Infantry and also served in the U.S. Coast...
June Rebecca Moore Holland
Dec 9, 2016
June Rebecca Moore Holland, 86, passed away December 9, 2016. She was born on July 15, 1930 in Portsmouth, VA to the late Arthur Wesley Moore, Sr. and Florence Skinner Moore. June was predeceased by her husband of 41 years, Clifton Hunter Holland and sister, Jean M. O'Berry. She was a retired teacher's aide with the Suffolk City School System....
Marjorie Channell Bleiler
Dec 4, 2016
Marjorie Channell Bleiler, 90, passed away December 4, 2016. She was born in Suffolk, VA to the late John Andrew Channell and Gladys Mae Cones Dale. Marjorie was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Charles Bleiler, grandson, Brandon K. Cortez and 3 sisters. She was a member of Whaleyville United Methodist Church and enjoyed bowling, reading and her grandchildren...
Patricia Rosemary Green Edwards
Dec 1, 2016
Patricia "Momma" Rosemary Green Edwards, 80, passed away December 1, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Oxford, England to the late Frederick Edward Green and Dorothy May Green. She is also predeceased by granddaughter, Rosalynn Yvonne Mercier, sister and husband, Joan and Tom Bennett and brother, Freddie Green. She retired from NEXCOM in 1998 as an...
Terry Elaine Truitt
Nov 30, 2016
Terry Truitt, 65, answered the Lord's call to become one of his precious angels. Surrounded by her family, Terry peacefully went to be with the Lord on November 30, 2016 at Sentara Obici Hospital, after a strong battle with pneumonia and other complications, arising from underlying COPD and recently-diagnosed inoperable Stage IV Cancer. Born in 1951 in Fort Lee, VA,...
Louise Piland "Ma" Snook
Nov 30, 2016
Louise Piland "MA" Snook, 78, went to be with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior on November 30, 2016. She was born in Nansemond Co, VA to the late Richard Roland Piland and Flossie Joe Smith. She is predeceased by her loving husband of 53 years, Charles Orie Snook, sisters in law, Carol Piland and Lucy S. Bradshaw and brother...
Lucy Amelia Muse
Nov 24, 2016
Lucy Amelia Muse, 5 months old, whose family was of Franklin, Virginia, passed away at 9:00 AM on Thanksgiving morning in the arms of her mother and father after a long battle with her illness. Lucy was born at Sentara's Norfolk General Hospital but spent her 159 days fighting for her life in the NICU at the Children's Hospital of...
Franklin D. Dejarnette
Nov 23, 2016
Franklin D. DeJarnette, 84, born in Halifax County, VA, passed away, November 23, 2016 at home surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Blanche G. and Richard P. DeJarnette. Frank was predeceased by two sisters, Beatrice D. Twine and Barbara D. Holland, and three brothers, Jennings B. DeJarnette, A.T. DeJarnette and Waverly E. DeJarnette. He was...
Virginia Lee Stockley Hutchens
Nov 20, 2016
Virginia Lee Stockley Hutchens, a resident of Willow Creek in Smithfield passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016. Virginia resided in Smithfield for nearly her entire adult life. She was predeceased by her parents, Nathaniel H. and Sallie Johnson Stockley of the Eastern Shore as well as by each of her seven siblings. Her husband, William M. Hutchens, a Smithfield...
Alan Glen Richardson
Nov 20, 2016
Alan Glen Richardson, 59, passed away on November 20, 2016. He was born in Dover, NH to the late Keith Edward and Barbara June Dlabal Richardson. Alan worked as a Nuclear Engineering Technician at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Smithfield Ward, serving as High Priest Group Leader and Cub...
Mary Louise Turner Taylor
Nov 17, 2016
Mary Louise Turner Taylor, 93, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016. She was born in Isle of Wight Co, VA to the late Joe Sepha Turner and Mary Ethel Carr. She is predeceased by her husband, William Henry Taylor and brother, William S. "Little Bill" Turner. After graduating from high school, she went to work at Farmer's & Merchant's Bank...
Dennis Frank Ruth
Nov 15, 2016
Dennis Frank Ruth, 35, of Suffolk , VA passed away November 15, 2016. He was born in Suffolk, VA to Bruce Franklin "Frank" Ruth, Jr. and the late Deborah Joy Melton Ruth. Dennis attended Fork Union Military Academy and worked in the parts department at First Team Subaru. Dennis is survived by his grandfather, Bruce F. Ruth; father and step-mother,...
William Linwood "Buck" Jones
Nov 13, 2016
William Linwood "Buck" Jones, 75, died peacefully at home on November 13, 2016 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Isle of Wight Co, VA to the late Samuel L. Jones Jr. and Annie E. Wells Jones, and was predeceased by his daughter, Jennifer J. Gore. Buck is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 54 years,...
Barbara Louise Anderson Gluse
Nov 13, 2016
Barbara Louise Anderson Gluse, 85, passed away peacefully on November 13, 2016 after a long struggle with progressive dementia. Barbara was born in Waterbury, CT on November 21, 1930, the daughter of the late Charles H. and Adelaide E. Anderson, and sister of the late Harold W. Anderson, a combat veteran of World War II. She attended local public schools...
Mary Ann Mesaros Kennedy
Nov 12, 2016
Mary Ann Kennedy, 89, peacefully passed away November 12, 2016. She was born September 16, 1927 in Starý Tekov, a rural farming community in the Levice District of western Slovakia. Her parents were Karl and Marta Mesaros; Mary was the youngest of three children born in Slovakia. Like many eastern Europeans, Karl immigrated to the US in the early 1930s....
