Obituaries

Lynwood TorShawn “Wood” Frazier departed this life Wednesday April 16, 2025, at Southwest Reginal Hospital in Petersburg Virginia. He was born in Martinsville Va. to the parentage of Mr. Dwayne “Doc” Ellis and Miss Carlesia Frazier on October 30, 1985.

He was a 2003 graduate from Martinsville High School. He was active in football. He was a member of the Martinsville Gospel Choir.

He was preceded in death by his parents Dwayne Ellis and Carlesia Frazier; maternal grandparents Andrew and DeLores Frazier; paternal grandmother Nancy Hodge. He is survived by his cousin/brother Kevin Inge of Chesapeake, Va.; six aunts Lorraine Patterson of Martinsville, Va., Wyliette Johnson of Bronx, NY, Laurence Frazier of Chesapeake, Va., Corrine Frazier of Newark, NJ, Marian Frazier of Greensboro, NC, and Valerie Frazier of Chesapeake, Va. Three uncles Stephen Johnson Bronx, NY, Clarence Ellis of Martinsville, Va, and Malcolm Frazier of Chesapeake, Va, Godmother Brenda Inge of Martinsville, Va and a host of cousins and friends.

Shawn “Wood” was full of love and life; he loved to joke around and have fun. As a child Shawn was a mischievous child always getting into something, but his friendliness and love for family and people has touched the lives of everyone who was blessed to have known him. He will truly be missed.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former thing have passed away.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the C.R.V. Memorial Chapel at Hairston Funeral Home, 301 Fayette St., Martinsville with Elder Gerald Kidd, Eulogist. Interment will be private. Live streaming of the memorial service will be available at Hairston Funeral Home live via Facebook.

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