Obituaries

Mia Grace Whorley was born sleeping on December 22, 2023 at 10:39 AM at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She weighed 1 lb, 0. 8 oz, had the longest legs, the prettiest dark hair and the cutest litt...

Howard “Dean” Vaughn, age 82 of Fieldale, VA passed away on December 26, 2023 after a decline in health. Dean was born on December 10, 1941 to the late June Vaughn and the late Bessie Ferguson Va...

Paul Wilson McKee Jr. , age 87 of the Oak Level Community, passed away on December 22, 2023 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Paul was born on October 7, 1936 in Christiansburg, VA and was th...

Jerry Dean Mayhew, age 58, of Collinsville, Virginia passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Daniel Eugene Walker, 86, of Cascade, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2023. He was born May 21, 1937, in Museville, Virginia, to the late Daniel Owen Walker and Veora Garnette Doss Walke...

Robert Byron Sparks, 76, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2023. He was born September 28, 1947, in Stoneville, North Carolina to the late James Byron Sparks and Della Lee...

Gail House Gladwill, 66, of Spencer, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2023. She was born December 27, 1956, to the late Don House and Myrnalee House. Gail attended Old Well Church in Spe...

Leslie S. Williamson, 62, of Joya St, Martinsville, VA departed from this life Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at his residence. Born in Martinsville, VA November 14, 1961, to America Virginia Williamso...

Richard Wayne Hodges, 82, of Bassett, Va. , died on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at Sovah Health Hospital, Martinsville, Va. Richard was born April 12, 1941, in Franklin County, Va. , to the late V...

Harold David Richardson, 87, of Patrick Springs, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born July 27, 1936, in Henry County to the late Claude ...

Henry Lee Brim, 62, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023. He was born September 18, 1961, in Ridgeway, Virginia, to the late Henry Matthew Brim and Sarah Foster Brim. Henry w...

Kenneth Lee Davis, 80, of Axton, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023. He was born January 16, 1943, in Martinsville, Virginia, to the late Clifton Francis Davis and Ella Griggs Davis Nanc...

Myrtle Inez Compton, 86, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. All services will be private. Bassett Funeral Service is serving the Compton family.

Georgie Anna Hicks Hall, 80, of Ridgeway, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023, at her residence. She was born September 13, 1943 in Virginia, to the late George Ford Hicks and Nannie Mabe Hicks. Sh...

James Nathan Cardwell, 76, of Collinsville, Virginia, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1947 in Montcalm, West Virginia, to the late Grover Cardwell and Beul...

Milford Curtis Witt, Sr. , 77, of Martinsville went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, December 17, 2023. He was at home, surrounded by family. Milford wasborn, June 27, 1946, in Patrick County, t...

Lena Mae Gatewood LaPrade, 80, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023, at The Landmark Center in Stuart, Virginia. She was born November 3, 1943 in Ridgeway, to the late Bobby Pr...

Glen Robert Athey, 86, of Axton, VA passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at Piney Forest Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on April 12, 1937, in Power, WV to the late Francis Asbury A...

Wilfried Dusing, age 74 of Hardy, Virginia passed away at his residence after a decline in health on Monday, December 11, 2023. Wilfried was born on August 27, 1949 in Germany to the late Gerhard Dus...

Juan Martinez Aguilar, 60, of Bassett, VA, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 22, 2023, fro...

Marcus “Shawn” Mashawn Walker, 41, of Collinsville, passed away on December 15, 2023. He was born August 26, 1982, in Martinsville, to Augusta Marie Walker Piggott and the late Howard Williams. M...

Jimmy Wall, 88, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. He was born April 14, 1935, in Henry County, to the late Clayton Wilford Wall and Eunice Barrow Wall. In additio...

Perry Michael Polychrones, 87, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023. He was born November 18, 1936, in Virginia, to the late Michael J. Polychrones and Mary C. Polychron...

Wilma Lee Sands, 66, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023. She was born May 12, 1957, in Saltville, Virginia, to the late Robert Neal and Mary Hoover Neal. In addition ...

Billy Gene Handy, Sr. , 88, of Fieldale, VA passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023. He was born on January 17, 1935, in Martinsville, VA to the late William Hassell Handy. In addition to his fathe...