Obituaries

Kay Goad Owens, 74, of Collinsville, VA. went home to be with the Lord on December 13th 2023. Per Kay's wishes, no service will be held. Norris Funeral Services Inc. and Crematory is handling the fam...

Octavia Marie “Rea” Slaughter, 82, of Sunset Drive, Bassett, VA, departed from this life on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at her residence. She was born in Patrick County, VA, on May 28, 1941, to th...

Rodger Lee Scott, 82, of Ridgeway, Va. passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023. He was born in Pax, West Virginia February 23, 1941 to John Daniel Scott and Ruby Coleman Scott. In addition to his pa...

Charles William (Bill) Vaughn, 78, of Martinsville, VA died Friday, December 15, 2023 at King’s Grant Retirement Community. Bill was born August 6, 1945 in High Point, NC, the son of the late Walter...

Laura Ann Foley Carter, 44, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. She was born on October 3, 1979, in Roanoke, Virginia, to the late Gary Foley and Teresa...

Ricky Wayne Carter, 68, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at his residence. He was born on June 8, 1955, in Roanoke, Virginia, to the late George Elmer Carter Jr. and th...

Leonard Filmore Hurd, Jr. , 78, of Martinsville, passed away Monday, December 11. 2023. He was born December 27, 1944, to the late Leonard Filmore, Sr. , and Mary Carter Hurd. He was a member of Coll...

Hulet Williams Montrief, 77, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on October 4, ...

Steven Renay Eggleston, 62, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2023, at his home. He was born May 5, 1961, in Martinsville, to Alphanzo Stockton and Delois Eggleston Waller. ...

On Saturday, December 9, 2023, Fletcher Adams, Jr. , 65, of E. Church St. , Martinsville transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life at his residence. He was born in Chester, PA on October 25,...

Frances Gravely, 84, departed from this life on Monday, December 11, 2023, at Blue Ridge Therapy Connect, Stuart, VA. She was born in Martinsville, VA on May 27, 1939, the daughter of Mort M. Hairston...

Barbara Rea, 87, of Fieldale, Virginia, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born on August 16, 1936, in Virginia, to the late Thelma Lucy Snow. In addition ...

Betty Frith Jones was born on January 14, 1932 in Franklin County, VA to the late Herbert Frith and the late Ada Ingram Frith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Jackson Jones, Sr, ...

Jan Curtis Reed, 88, of Martinsville, Va. passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023. He was born in Martinsville, May 23, 1935 to Charles Edward Reed and Doris Jane Gregory. In addition to his parents, ...

James A. Jones, 80, of Martinsville, VA passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023. He was born on December 7, 1942, in Fairfax, VA to the late Irene Minnie Reed Jones and James W. Jones. In addition to...

Linda Gayle Earles, 74, of Martinsville, VA passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at her home. She was born June 9, 1949 to the late Fred Douglas Earles and Beatrice Kelley Earles. In addition to her...

Tay Byrum of Martinsville, VA died peacefully in Arbor Acres Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC on Monday morning December 4, 2023. He was surrounded by family and a tremendously dedicated heal...

Harry Ray Grubb, 78, of Ringgold, Virginia, passed away Friday, December 8, 2023, at Martinsville Health and Rehab. He was born March 20, 1945, in Danville, Virginia, to the late Charles M. Grubb and ...

Michael Wayne Spence, Jr. , 50, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2023, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. He was born June 28, 1973, in Martinsville, Virginia, ...

Eugene Robert Helms, Jr. , 82, of Axton, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2023. He was born July 10, 1941, in Boissevain, Virginia, to the late Eugene Robert Helms, Sr. , and Nellie Mae Let...

Linda Lou Bond, 76 of Stuart, VA passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Maryland on July 18, 1947 to the late Roland Preston Howard Sr and Marth...

Emmett Clyde "LeRoy" Viars, Jr. , 74, of Axton, VA. , passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2023, at his residence. He was born May 1, 1949, to the late Emmett Clyde, Sr. and Versie Newby Viars. He was re...

Ruby Smith Davis, 71, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at her residence. She was born February 22, 1952 in Franklin County, Virginia, to the late Daniel Smith and Jan...

Thomas “Tom” Parker Penn, 75, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at his residence. He was born July 27, 1948 in Fieldale, Virginia, to the late Douglas Penn and Ma...

John B. Amos Jr. , 83, of Collinsville, VA. passed away Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, at Stanleytown Health and Rehab in Bassett VA. He was born on November 18th, 1940, in Martinsville to the late Johnn...