Obituaries

Buford Randolph Ashby, age 91, of Martinsville, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. He was the son of the late Andrew Ashby and Vera Martin Ashby. He was a member of Mount Olive Christ...

Jessamine “Jeppy” Shumate Calhoun, 97, passed away peacefully at ECU Health Hospice on Sunday, December 1, 2024. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and friend. She always had a s...

Violet Ann Turner, 80, of Bassett, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2024. She was born June 11, 1944, in Hinton, West Virginia, to the late Lacy McDowell Meador and Edna Irene Young Meador. In addition...

Gloria Jean Roberts, 53, of Ridgeway, VA went to her heavenly home on Sunday, December 1st, 2024, surrounded by her family in her home. Gloria was born in Martinsville, VA, to Karen Cannaday and the l...

Barbara Lynn Duncan Dove, 71, of Martinsville, VA passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born on September 26, 1953, in Martinsville, VA to the late Ro...

Violet Ann Turner, 80, of Bassett, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2024. She was born June 11, 1944, in Hinton, West Virginia, to the late Lacy McDowell Meador and Edna Irene Young Meador. In addition...

On Sunday, December 1, 2024, Larry Donald Mebane 74, of Birchwood Rd. , Axton, VA transitioned peacefully at SOVAH Health-Martinsville. He was born in Mebane, NC on March 23, 1950, the son of the late...

Ralph Donald Sebastian, 74, of Bassett, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2024, at his residence. He was born October 6, 1950, in Bassett, Virginia, to the late Earlie Dilma Sebastian and Ruby Bertha...

Shirley Martin, aka Tootsie, gained her wings on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Hospice of Rockingham County. The daughter of the late Rufus Repass Cobbs, and the late Rosa Mae Grant Cobbs, she was b...

Virginia Langston Reynolds Garlick, 90 of Bassett, VA passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. She was born on September 27, 1934, in Danville, VA to the late Charlie Ward Reynolds and Macy McNeel...

On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, Stella Marie Haislip 67, of Haislip LN. , Axton, VA transitioned peacefully at her residence. She was born in Martinsville, VA on May 22, 1957, to the late William Oli...

Ricky Carroll Ferguson Sr. , 63, of Martinsville, Virginia passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024. He was born November 19, 1961, in Martinsville, Virginia to Ellen Itasca Stevens Burnette and the lat...

Donald “Don” Edward Pruett, 86, of Collinsville, VA passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. He was born to the late Willie Edward Pruett and Eula Yates Pruett. In addition to his parents Don wa...

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Joe L. Hairston 87, of Fayette St. , Martinsville transitioned from this earthly life to eternal rest at his residence. He was born on July 4, 1937, in Martinsville, VA ...

London Sha’Ron Wilson, 39, of Collinsville, Virginia transitioned from this Earthly home on Monday, November 25, 2024. She was born on November 13, 1985, in Franklin County, Virginia to Viola V. Wi...

James Ashley King, 67, of Ridgeway, Virginia passed away Sunday, November 24, 2024. He was born August 26, 1957, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina to the late William Arthur King and Betty Nyburg King...

Sam Hubbard 57 of Bassett, VA passed away on November 24, 2024 after a hard fought battle with a rare debilitating disease - Corticobasal Degeneration. Sam was born on August 25, 1967. He attended ...

James Harden Stone Jr. , 69, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2024, at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Born on July 13, 1955, in Martinsville,...

Annie Ruth Hairston Harris, 81, of Ridgeway, VA transitioned on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at SECU Hospice Care Center in Yadkin, NC. She was born in Henry County, VA on February 18, 1943 a daughter...

Nancy Ruth Talbot, 82, of Collinsville, Virginia, passed away Friday, November 22, 2024, at SOVAH Health of Martinsville. She was born September 28, 1941, in Patrick County, Virginia, to the late Josi...

Richard James Baker, 75, of Bassett, Virginia passed away Thursday, November 21, 2024. He was born July 19, 1949, in New York to the late James Baker and Valence Zeller Baker. In addition to his pare...

Diane Pruitt Hall, 70, of Martinsville, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2024. She was born March 17, 1954, in North Carolina to the late Woodrow W. Pruitt and Earlean White Pruitt. In ad...

Frank Morris Johnson, Jr. , 74, of Ridgeway, Virginia transitioned to his heavenly home on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at his residence. He was born June 9, 1950, in Martinsville, Virginia to the la...

Samuel “Gray” Ingram Jr. of Bassett, VA, and formerly of Martinsville, passed away on November 20, 2024, at the age of 62. Gray is predeceased by his parents, Samuel Gray Ingram, Sr. and Marie Bu...

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Mary Ann Richardson Mason concluded her earthly sojourn. Having been born September 2, 1943, her stay was eighty-one years. Mary Ann was the daughter of the late Bisho...