Obituaries

Beatrice Ann Holland Wagoner, age 80, of Martinsville, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2026, surrounded by her loving family at Mountain Valley Hospice. was born on September 2, 1945, in Stokes Co...

In Loving Memory of Gerald Compton Jr. 7/3/42 - 4/22/26 To know Gerald was to hear his signature phrase, “wide open” when you asked him how he was doing, Not just something he said, but something ...

Betty Lou Taylor, 83, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. She was born on March 30, 1943, in Franklin County, Virginia, to the late Luther James Robertson and Susie Ad...

Audrey Beal, 79, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 19, 2026. She was born on June 24, 1946, in Martinsville, Virginia, to the late Early Valentine and Virginia Beal V...

Jeffrey Allen Carter, 58, of Collinsville, Virginia passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2026. He was born on September 22, 1967, to the late Harvey L. Carter and Mabel Sharree Thomas Carter. In addition...

DeMarquis Gilbert, 34, of Bassett, Virginia passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2026. He was born on October 1, 1991, in Martinsville, Virginia to Trevor Chelton and Cindra Fuller. DeMarquis graduated f...

Gaynell Dutton Jones, 79, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026. She was born on September 14, 1946, in Clintwood, Virginia, to the late Lacy and Opal Dutton. In addition...

Wanda Gail Gee, 63, of Martinsville, Virginia passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026. She was born on October 2, 1962, in Martinsville, Virginia to the late Alfred Bell Gee and Juanita Burnette Gee. ...

James Edward “Jim” Flint, Jr. , 66 of Martinsville, VA passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at his home. He was born on April 9, 1960, in Lexington, VA to the late James E. Flint, Sr. and Car...

David Wayne Bowles passed on April 22, 2026, at the age of 77. Born October 16, 1948, in Martinsville, Virginia, David lived in Ridgeway, Virginia. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at McKe...

Brenda Joyce Martin, born Brenda Sue Joyce, 81, of Cool Springs, Tennessee, and formerly of Martinsville, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2026. She was born in Henry County, August 26, 1944, to the late...

Walter passed away peacefully from this life the morning of April 20th at Stanleytown Health and Rehab in Bassett, Virginia while dealing with declining health. Prior to going to Stanleytown Health an...

Annie Turner Cassell, 96, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026. She was born on December 4, 1929, in Glade Hill, Virginia, to the late Owen Hall and Annie Hubbard Hall. ...

James Norman Aseph, 56, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. He was born on December 11, 1969, in Stoughton, Massachusetts to John Butch Green and the late Charlene Bre...

Miss Olivia Yvette Knott, age 12, of Ararat, North Carolina entered eternal rest unexpectantly on April 12, 2026. Miss Knott was born on January 30, 2014, in Forsyth County to Tabatha Hope Key and Gar...

Roger Claude Cousins, 67, of Axton, Va. passed away, Thursday, April 16, 2026. He was born July 20, 1958, in Danville, Va. to Norma Gray Cousins and the late Frank Roosevelt Cousins. In addition to h...

Dorothy Haskins Smith, 99, of the Kings Grant Retirement Community passed away Thursday, April 16, 2026. She was born in Windham, Connecticut, September 17, 1926, to the Heywood Douglas Haskins and Et...

William Delathia Lowe II, 85, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026. He was born on March 5, 1941, in Franklin, Virginia to the late Marshall Thomas Lowe and Marion Carr Lowe. ...

Larry Johnson, the mastermind behind Mindvisions and Taboo Ink, featured in ink magazines and over 30 years of tattoo experience, left quite the mark. Gary Lawrence “Larry” Johnson II, 56, passed...

William Allen Mitchem, 62, of Collinsville, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. He was born on October 28, 1963, in Havre de Grace, Maryland to the late Joyce Annette Smith Carpenter a...

Joyce Ann Keffer Ray, 78, of Bassett, Virginia, entered the presence of the Almighty God on April 14, 2026. She was born on December 18, 1947, in Patrick County, Virginia to the late Bittle Keffer and...

Richard James Hairston, 69, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. He was born on November 6, 1956, in Martinsville, Virginia, to the late Zachary Hairston and Mary Louise ...

William “Roy” Parnell, 94, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2026. He was born on November 18, 1931, in Staunton, Virginia to the late James William Parnell and Opal May South...

Fannie Rachael Cox Shrader, 82, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2026. She was born September 21, 1943, in Ridgeway, Virginia to the late Virginia Marie Moore Cox and Grady Sanders...

Joyce Marie Tarpley, 59, of Martinsville, Virginia transitioned Sunday April 12, 2026 at her home. Joyce was born September 19, 1966 in Martinsville, Virginia to the late Bobby Elvis Witcher and Cathe...