Glenn Nelson Strickland
Apr 4, 2025
Java……Glenn Nelson Strickland, age 58 of Java died Friday, April 4, 2025 at his residence.
Born March 25, 1967 in Danville, he was a son of Edna Redd Strickland of Gretna and the late Alvin Hubert Strickland. Â He was predeceased by his wife, Angela Barnes Strickland; and one brother, Mark Strickland. Â Glenn was a...
Linda Gail Alderson
Apr 2, 2025
Gretna……Linda Gail Alderson, age 65 of Gretna went home to our Lord on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at Duke University Hospital at 1:40 p.m.
Born April 1, 1960 in Pittsylvania County, she was the daughter of Mary Cassidy Ayers and the late Aubrey "Buddy" Ayers. Â She was predeceased by two sisters, Barbara Ann Ayers...
Deborah Ann Mitchell
Mar 31, 2025
Gretna……….Deborah Ann Mitchell, age 70 of Gretna died Monday, March 31, 2025 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born March 12, 1955 in West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Granville Eugene McKinney, Sr. and Eva Nell Webb McKinney. Â She was predeceased by a son, Matt Mitchell III; and a grandson, Joshua "Bubba"...
Luke Avery Davis
Mar 31, 2025
Danville……...Luke Avery Davis, age 27 of Danville died Monday, March 31, 2025.
Born February 11, 1998 in Danville, he was a son of Hilton Ray Davis, Jr. and significant other, Vicky of Hardy and Jackie Lynn Martin of Chatham. Â He was predeceased by paternal grandparents, Hilton Davis, Sr. and Patricia Davis; and maternal grandparents,...
Mack Eatmon, Sr.
Mar 27, 2025
Chatham……….Mack Rome Eatmon, Sr., age 76 of Chatham died Thursday, March 27, 2025 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born December 4, 1948 in Maryland, he was a son of the late Hubert Eatmon and Mary Forline Eatmon. Â He was predeceased by his wife, Cecile Ann Tuck Eatmon; and two sisters, Rose March and Martha...
Nelson Washington Simpson
Mar 24, 2025
Gretna……Nelson Washington Simpson, age 76 of Hurt died Monday, March 24, 2025 at Gretna Health and Rehab Center.
Born November 15, 1948 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late Glady Lee Simpson and Bessie Faris Simpson. Â He was predeceased by a brother, Stanley Simpson. Â Mr. Simpson was a U.S. Army National...
Jessie Lynn Burks
Mar 23, 2025
Sandy Level……Jessie Lynn Burks, age 82 of Sandy Level died Sunday, March 23, 2025 at Franklin Health and Rehab Center.
Born September 18, 1942 in Bedford County, he was a son of the late Hollie Lynn Burks and Mary Davis Burks. Â Mr. Burks was a U.S. Air Force Veteran having served in Vietnam. Â He...
Betty Ann Hines
Mar 20, 2025
Gretna……Betty Ann Hogan Hines, age 79 of Gretna died Thursday, March 20, 2025 at her residence.
Born October 5, 1945 in Campbell County, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Hogan and Eleanor Louise Childress Hogan. Â She was predeceased by her husband, Tony Gilmore Hines; two brothers, Lewis Hogan, Jr. and James Leslie...
Theresa Rice
Mar 19, 2025
Altavista……Theresa Rice, age 86 of Altavista died Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at her residence.
Born January 30, 1939 in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Jack Larkin Burnette and Kathleen Langford Burnette. Â She was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence William "Bud" Rice, Jr.; and one brother, Robert Wayne Burnette. Â Mrs. Rice attended...
Paige Hite
Mar 19, 2025
Gretna……….Alice Paige Hite, age 66 of Gretna passed away Wednesday March 19, 2025 at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born January 26, 1959 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Nancie Yeatts Allgood Oltarzewski (Dale) and the late Garland Rex Allgood. She was predeceased by a sister-in-law Yvonne Allgood.
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Edwin Thomas 'Tommy' Merricks
Mar 18, 2025
Gretna………Edwin Thomas "Tommy" Merricks, age 78 of Gretna passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at his residence.
Born September 15, 1946 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late Howard Archie Merricks, Sr. and Helen Alice Bailess Merricks. Â He was predeceased by a sister, Dale Wright.
After...
Ellis "Wayne" Lambert, Sr.
Mar 17, 2025
Hurt………Ellis Wayne Lambert, Sr., age 78 of Hurt went to see Jesus and be united with his family on Monday, March 17, 2025 with the love of his life Brenda Carol Almond Lambert of 59 years of marriage by his side.
Wayne was born August 30, 1946 in Altavista, VA, a son of the...
Trinity Virginia Duff
Mar 17, 2025
Vernon Hill………Trinity Virginia Duff, age 22 of Vernon Hill died Monday, March 17, 2025 at Duke Hospice in Durham, NC.
Born January 16, 2003 in Fort Bragg, NC she was a daughter of Michael Lee  Duff of Vernon Hill and JoAnna Virginia Dawson of Chatham.  She was predeceased by her paternal grandparents, Sam and...
Jan Gordon-Holt
Mar 14, 2025
Jan Gordon-Holt went home to be with Jesus on March 14, 2025. For the past several years she has lived very happily on the farm in Gretna, Virginia. Prior to that, she spent her life in Howard County, Maryland. She graduated from Glenelg High School in 1969. She held different government jobs for twenty years, ran a restaurant...
Mary Ellen Owens O`Quinn
Mar 14, 2025
Danville……….Mary Ellen Owens O`Quinn, age 80 of Danville died Friday, March 14, 2025 at Gretna Health and Rehab Center.
Born June 19, 1944 in Grundy, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Harry Owens and Minnie Compton Owens. Â Mrs. O`Quinn was a homemaker.
She is survived by her...
Janie Powell Johnson
Mar 12, 2025
Gretna……….Janie Mae Powell Johnson, age 85, of Gretna, VA entered her eternal home Wednesday, March 12,2025 at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born October 7,1939, in Johnsonville SC, she was the daughter of the late Artis and Ilee Powell. She was married to her faithful husband Reverend Bert Johnson for 52 years and worked alongside him...
Charles "Charlie" Huber
Mar 12, 2025
Hurt………Charles Joseph "Charlie" Huber, age 88 of Hurt died Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at his residence.
Born November 25, 1936 in Jacksonville, FL, he was a son of the late George Barron Huber, Sr. and Mildred Goethe Huber. Â He was predeceased by two brothers, George Barron Huber, Jr. and James Huber. Â Mr. Huber was...
Jerry Lewis Hudson
Mar 12, 2025
Bedford……….Jerry Lewis Hudson, age 73 of Bedford died Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at Spring Oak Senior Living in Bedford.
Born March 22, 1951 in Lynchburg, he was a son of the late Artie Thomas Hudson and Rosie Bixby Hudson. Â He was predeceased by six brothers, Larry Hudson, Gene Hudson, Eldridge Hudson, James Hudson, Charles...
Judith M. Lamm
Mar 11, 2025
Judith M. Lamm, 76, of Hurt passed away March 11, 2025, at Lynchburg General Hospital.
She was born November 14, 1948 in Campbell County and was a member of Clifford Baptist Church.
Judith is survived by her three precious grandchildren that she loved with all her heart, Stella Lovelace and...
Justin Jones
Mar 10, 2025
Gretna.........Justin Alexander Jones, age 31 of Altavista died Monday, March 10, 2025 at UVA Medical Center.
Born March 11, 1993 in Danville, he was a son of Roy Edward Jones, Jr. of Biloxi, MS and Deborah Rigney Jones of Altavista. Â He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Clinton and Geraldine Rigney; and his uncle,...
