Obituaries

Triston O’Bryan Dodson, 25, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2023. He was born July 4, 1998, in Eden, North Carolina, to Brian O’Neal Dodson and Misty D. Wilson. He was pr...

Aubree Renae Harris, 8, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Monday, July 10, 2023. She was born March 25, 2015, in Danville, to Samuel Harris and Aaleigha Averette. She is proceeded in death by he...

Nyjeon Damerae Brandon, 20, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2023. He was born September 23, 2002, in Martinsville, to Nicole Brandon. Nyjeon was a graduate of John Motley Moreh...

Retired U. S. Army Sergeant First Class Connie Michael Compton, age 77, of Dry Fork, Virginia, passed away July 9, 2023. He was born in Martinsville, Virginia, July 27, 1945, to Gerald Compton Sr. and...

Delois Ann Mitchell, 79, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at Forsythe Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born March 4, 1944, to the late John Lee Mitchell and Ida Bowe ...

Gracelyn Elaine Fitzgerald, infant, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away July 7, 2023, at SOVAH Health of Marinsville. She was born May 23, 2023, to James Fitzgerald and Rebecca Lauren Poff Fitzgerald. ...

Jeffrey Wellington Newton, 55, of Bassett, VA passed away Monday, July 3, 2023. He was born September 7, 1967 in Martinsville, VA to Ronnie Jean Newton and Shirley Craig Newton. In addition to mother,...

Shelia Ann Davis Ebbert, 72, of Stuart, VA passed away Sunday, July 9, 2023. She was born September 27, 1950, in Martinsville, VA to the late Arthur Eldred Davis and Mary Elizabeth Ramsey Davis. In ad...

Thomas Eugene Sifford, 80, of Bassett, VA passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at his home. He was born March 16, 1943 in Welch, WV to the late Melvin Marion Sifford and Athleen Avery Sifford. He was al...

Simon Cornell Spencer, 87, of Martinsville, VA departed from this life on Thursday, July 6, 2023, at Kindred Hospital, Greensboro, NC after a long illness. He was born on October 31, 1935, to the late...

On Thursday, July 6, 2023, Darryl Ramon “DJ” Johnson of Roanoke, VA, transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life. He was born in Martinsville, VA on March 6, 1994, to Jackie Johnson, and A...

Norma Marie Donelli, passed away on July 4, 2023, in Blacksburg, VA, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She was predeceased by her husband of sixty years, Dr. Allan Donelli, and her sisters, Rita R...

Sarah Wilson Quessenberry, 104, of Martinsville, Va. passed away Monday, July 10, 2023. She was born in Axton, Va. September 28, 1918 to Joseph Willis Wilson and Janie Barker Wilson. In addition to h...

Evelyn Minnick Duncan, 84, of Bassett, VA, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was born on January 29, 1939, to the late William Miller Minnick and Mary Luc...

Timothy “Tim” Scott, 33, of Bassett, VA, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023, peacefully at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born on October 12, 1989, in Forsyth County, N. C. , to Ja...

Betty Jean Muncy, 83, of Martinsville, VA, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023, peacefully at Hospice of Rockingham-Gibson. She was born on September 27, 1939, to the late Noah Arthur Keen and Mandy E...

Rodaliah “Sissie” Rorrer, 78, of Bassett, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2023, at her home. She was born in Patrick County on February 6, 1945, the daughter of the late Lester Gilley and the late El...

Norma June Boyd, 91, of Collinsville, Va. , passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Richmond with her family by her side. She was born July 13, 1931, in West Virginia, to the late Luther W. Gartin ...

Janet S. Thomas, 79, of Stonecrest, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at Emory Decatur Hospital, Decatur, Georgia. A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023, at 12:00 Noon...

Donald Dean Spencer, 61, of Fieldale, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at his home. He was born in Martinsville on April 29, 1962, the son of the late Paul Fredrick Spencer and the late Ruby Lawless...

Brooksie Mae Mize, 87, Bassett, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at her home. She was born on May 21, 1935 in Martinsville to the late Ellen Smith Vaughn and the late Russell Smith. In ad...

Theresa Martin Wright, 69, of Martinsville, Va. passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. She was born in Augusta, Ga. August 15, 1953 to Lowanda McGuire Martin and the late Fred Thomas Martin, Sr....

James Edward Douglas, Jr. , 59, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away Friday, December 9, 2022, at SOVAH Health in Danville. He was born February 7, 1963, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Edwa...

Brewster Camden Fain, 79, of Henry, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022. He was born March 14, 1943, in Patrick County, Virginia to the late John Fain and Myrtle Edwards Fain. Brewster ...

Douglas H. Earles, 90, of Fieldale, Va. , died on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. He was born February 11, 1932, in Henry County, to the late Fred R. Earles and Berta Ho...