Obituaries

On Friday, August 11, 2023, John Henry Hairston 83, of Third St. , Martinsville transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life at Rocky Mount Health & Rehab Center. He was born in Virginia on...

Joan Prillaman Barnes, 89, of Martinsville, Va. passed away Sunday, August 13, 2023. She was born October 27, 1933, to Henry Wilson Prillaman and Mamie Carter Prillaman. In addition to her parents, s...

Kenneth Lee "Jack" Weeks, AKA "Papa," 92, of Bassett, Va. , passed away peacefully on August 12, 2023, at Stanleytown Health and Rehab Center. He was born on September 27, 1930, in Floyd, Va. , to the...

Rebecca Marie Fulcher, 79, of Bassett, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 14, 2023, at Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, VA. She was born on May 16, 1944, to the late Jesse W. Fulcher and the la...

Mark Skrinski, 60, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2023. He was born August 21, 1962, in Springfield, Virginia, to the late Edward Skrinski and Wanda Crandall Skrinski. In...

Erizzell Alton Martin was born on August 30, 1947, and departed this life on August 11, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Inez Cook Martin. Erizzell was a member of Mt. Zion Ho...

Jesse Chrispen Myers, 88, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023, at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Georgia. He was born May 3, 1935, in Bassett, to the late Malon Myers and Bes...

Dorothy Caroline Williams Smith, 82, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023, at Mulberry Creek Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Smith was born on December 8, 1940, in Martinsville to the late Lofton Benjam...

Patricia Reid Flathmann, 86, of Martinsville, VA passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2023. She was born August 2, 1937, in Detroit, MI, and was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Reid and Olga Panag...

Lewis Thomas Drane, 84, of Martinsville, Va. passed away Thursday, August 10, 2023. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on December 31, 1938, to Ferdinand Becker Drane and Gertrude Donovan Drane. In...

Ralph Leon Hazelwood, 74, of Stanleytown, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was born on March 21, 1949, to the late J...

Ralph Frederick Spraker, 88, of Bassett, VA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at Skyline Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born on September 15, 1934, to the late Henry Marshall S...

Eleanor Frances Compton, 85, of Kernersville, North Carolina, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2023. She was born July 3, 1938, in Ridgeway, Virginia, to the late Ernest Joseph Richard Compton “Pinesk...

Sonya Lee Friar Hernandez-Banda, 54, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2023, at Roanoke Carilion Memorial Hospital. She was born June 28, 1969, in Valdosta, Georgia, to the late Cha...

Rickie Dale Lee, 70, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2023. He was born November 19, 1952, in Savannah Tennessee, to the late H. B. Lee, Jr. and Bessie Brown Lee. In addition to h...

In Loving Memory of James David Draper III, affectionately known as Jay Dee. On a summer day in Greensboro, NC, Eleanor Bowles and James David Draper Jr of Martinsville, VA welcomed their beloved son...

Michael Benjamin Campbell, 27, of Collinsville, Virginia passed away Friday, August 4, 2023. He was born January 29, 1996, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Patricia “Dawn” Campbell. Michael was a 20...

Benjamine Randolph Weaver, 82, of Martinsville, VA passed away Sunday, August 6, 2023, at his home. He was born May 13, 1941, to the late Luther Benjamine Weaver and Margaret Louise Stanley Weaver. In...

Vera Ann Pruitt Bowers, 84, of Martinsville, Va. passed away Monday, August 7, 2023. She was born June 10, 1939, in Axton, Va. to Joe Pruitt and Martha Sue Stegall Harris Pruitt. In addition to her p...

Annie Marie Guynn, 66, of Patrick Springs, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7, 2023, at Stanleytown Health and Rehab. She was born on January 12, 1957, to the late Brosie Foster and Jewel ...

Bernice “Ann” Myers Millner, 75, of, Danville, Virginia, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2023. She was born May 19, 1948, in Callands, Virginia, to Marcella Pinkard Myers Dickerson and the late Ru...

John Dillard Duncan, 85, of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2023, at UNC- Rockingham. He was born July 21, 1938, in Draper, North Carolina to the late George Washington and Nancy N...

On Sunday, August 6, 2023, Rosezetta P. Niblett, 88, of Elijah Circle, Martinsville, transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life at Franklin Health & Rehab Center. She was born on December...

On Saturday, August 5, 2023, Mother Sallie F. Lampkins, 98, of Martin Ln. , Axton transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life at Martinsville Health & Rehab Center. She was born on June 8,...

Dorothy "Dot" B. White, 87, of Collinsville, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7, 2023, at her residence. She was born on August 1, 1936, to the late Lilburn Bellamy and Lula Wolfe Bellamy....