Maurice Holt
Mar 4, 2012
Colonel Maurice Holt, age 78, of Callaway, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 4, 2012. He was born January 13, 1934, a son of the late Dewey Alger and Betsy Mullins Holt. He was also preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Mary H. Wimmer, James William Holt, Alger Marshall Holt, and Audrey M. Holt. Maurice was...
Roxie Sink
Mar 4, 2012
Roxie Hall Sink, age 94 of Rocky Mount passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital. She was born March 24, 1917 and was preceded in death by her husband, Cephas Monroe Sink; daughters Iva Hammock and Linda Ball; granddaughter, Cindy Perdue; brothers Dexter Hall and Noel Hall; and a sister Kathleen Daughtry. She is survived...
Tammy Lynne Stump
Mar 2, 2012
Tammy L. Stump, age 48 of Callaway, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012. Her family will be receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Conner Bowman Funeral Home & Crematory, Rt. 220 @ Wirtz Rd.
Marion Beaver
Mar 1, 2012
Marion Beaver, age 91, of Franklin County, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. Arrangements by Conner-Bowman Funeral Home, Route 220 @ Wirtz Road, Rocky Mount. 540-334-5151
Ann Shelor
Feb 25, 2012
Annie Sloane Shelor, age 79 of Boones Mill, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2012 at her home, reuniting with her husband, Frank Shelor and sons Rick and Andrew Shelor. Also waiting were her parents, Ed and Willie Sloane. She was also preceded in death by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Grace and Charlie Callahan, Thelma and Ralph Ferguson, Pauline and Percy...
Arthur Dennis Boone
Feb 23, 2012
Arthur Dennis Boone, 86 of Moneta, formerly Vinton, passed away on February 23, 2012, after a brief illness, in Homestead, FL. He was born in Franklin County, VA on August 29, 1925, the Son of Cline and Maggie Boone of Wirtz, VA. Mr. Boone was one of 14 children and was raised in Franklin County. Later he was employed with...
Bernie
Feb 22, 2012
Bernard Henry “Bernie” Ferron, age 63 of Penhook passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born February 10, 1949 a son of the late Robert and Jeanne Ferron. Bernie was a U.S. Marine Veteran having served in the Vietnam War, employed by the Moneta Post Office as a rural mail carrier and...
Jackson Milton Vaughan
Feb 16, 2012
Jackson (Jack) Milton Vaughan of Smith Mountain Lake, VA, passed away on February 16, 2012. He was born on March 8, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Kansas, the second son of Thomas Jefferson Vaughan and Rose Marie Respet Vaughan. He graduated from Powell Valley High School in Tennessee and attended Tulsa University in Oklahoma but he was really a self-made man. The...
Donald Keith Hodges
Feb 14, 2012
Donald Keith Hodges, age 49, of Roanoke and Callaway, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his home. Donald had a great sense of humor with a big heart and a kind soul. He loved his family and would do anything for anyone. He is survived by his loving wife Angela Hodges; two step-children, Alex Bye (Summer), and Joey Rose; step-grandchild...
Louise Hart Ward
Feb 11, 2012
Louise Hart Ward of Rocky Mount, passed away on February 11, 2012 at the age of 88. Preceded in death by her husband William H. Ward, Sr., she is survived by sons William H. Ward, Jr. of Rocky Mount and Charles R. Ward and wife Mary of Daleville; grandchildren Sarah Crowder and husband Dave, Jay Ward and Adam Ward. Originally...
Virginia E. Tedder
Feb 8, 2012
Virginia "Ginny with a G" E. Tedder, age 58 of Moneta, went home Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Arrangements to be announced by Conner-Bowman Funeral Home & Crematory. (540)334-5151
Vernie Louise Holland
Feb 7, 2012
Vernie Louise Divers Holland, age 71, of Wirtz, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012. She was born September 20, 1940 to the late Ralph and Izora Divers. Mrs Holland was also preceded in death by three brothers, Stelford (Stiff), Wade, and Nolan Divers. She is survived by her loving Husband Raymond (Buck) Holland, Jr.; Sons, Roger Manning and Jeff Manning...
Willard Douglas Bernard
Feb 6, 2012
Willard D. “Billy” Bernard, age 74 of Callaway and Lynchburg passed away Monday, February 6, 2012. He was born August 11, 1937 to the late Willard H. and Casey Jones Bernard. He was a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church in Callaway and loved Bluegrass music and dancing. Mr. Bernard is survived by his loving wife, Betty Keys Bernard; children,...
Shirley Ann Hodges
Feb 4, 2012
Shirley Ann Hodges, age 64 from Rocky Mount, born May 9, 1947 went home to Heaven on August 31, 2011. Welcoming her to Heaven were her parents Willie and Dorthory Stump; her husband Andrew Clifton Hodges; her daughter Lisa Brooks Hunt; granddaughter Crystal Lynn Hunt along with passed grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, and cousins. She will be loved and missed...
Mary Best Weber
Feb 2, 2012
Mary Helen Best Weber, 85, of Union Hall, VA, formerly of DeWitt, VA, passed away at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on February 2, 2012. She was born in Wayne County, NC to Andrew J. and Pearl V. Best. After graduation, she trained as a nurse at Goldsboro Hospital. She married and moved with her family to DeWitt, VA in 1952....
June Sutphin Sharp
Jan 27, 2012
June Sutphin Sharp, 81 of Roanoke, went to be with her Heavenly Father where she is resting in His Arms on January 27, 2012. She was born on February 9, 1930, to the late Sherman and Juanita Robertson Sutphin. In addition she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Berlin Sharp; two brothers; twin great-grandsons, Joshua and...
William Charles Martin
Jan 20, 2012
William Charles Martin, Jr., age 85, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2012. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in WW II and was an avid golfer. Born on February 9, 1926, he was a son of the late William C., Sr. and Minnie Martin and was also preceded in death by his wife,...
Martha Bonnell Dunbar
Jan 19, 2012
Martha Bonnell Dunbar “Big Nanny”, age 74 of Redwood passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2012. She was born June 7, 1937 a daughter of the late Wade Jefferson and Pearl Bridges Carr. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Morris Dunbar; brothers, Amos, A. J., Howard, Bud and Nathaniel Carr; a sister, Margie Mende. She is survived...
Martha Perdue
Jan 16, 2012
Martha Elizabeth Byrd Perdue, 69, of Union Hall VA, formerly of Columbus GA, passed away peacefully at home after a long and courageous battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), on Monday, January 16, 2012. She was preceded in death by her mother Frances H. Byrd of Columbus GA and father Leon Byrd; Uncles W. Ross Heck and William C. Daniel...
Joseph Robert Yopp
Jan 15, 2012
Joseph Robert Yopp, age 77, of Boones Mill went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 15, 2012. He was a member of Henry Fork Church of the Brethren and an avid fisherman. He was preceded in death by parents, Theodore and Cora Sloan Yopp; 4 Brothers and 3 Sisters. He is survived by his loving wife of 54...
