Barbara Ann Hogan Vedder
Aug 21, 2026
Gretna………Barbara Ann Hogan Vedder, age 91 of Gretna passed away Friday, August 21, 2026 at Gretna Health and Rehab Center.
Born October 2, 1934 in Bedford County, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Henry Hogan and Elsie Joanne Updike Hogan. Â She was predeceased by her husband, Joel Lee Vedder; a son, Joel...
Roy James Haymore, Jr.
Aug 18, 2026
Roy J. Haymore Jr., 95, departed this life for Heaven on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at Wyndhurst Health and Rehab, Lynchburg.
Born in the Whittles community of Pittsylvania County on January 31, 1931, he was the son of the late Lula Hodnett Haymore and Roy Haymore Sr. and was the eldest of three sons....
Carroll Jennings
Aug 14, 2026
Java……….Carroll Jennings, age 94 of Java passed away Friday, August 14, 2026 at Chatham Health and Rehab.
Born June 24, 1932 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late Hubert Jennings and Lena Brown Jennings. Â He was predeceased by one brother, William Jennings; and four sisters, Lora Shelton, Mary Dalton, Frances Crews...
Dorothy "Dot" Simpson Rowland
Aug 14, 2026
Gretna……….Dorothy "Dot" Simpson Rowland, age 97 of Gretna passed away Friday, August 14, 2026 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born December 24, 1928 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late John Lucas Simpson and Lucille Walker Simpson. Â She was predeceased by her husband, Russell Ramsey Rowland; a grandson, Darren Wills; two...
Jack Wilson
Aug 13, 2026
Gretna…..Woodrow "Jack" Jackson Wilson, age 81 of Gretna passed away Thursday, August 13, 2026 at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Born September 10, 1944 in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of the late William Noel Wilson and Lillie Mae Dove Wilson. Â He was predeceased by one sister, Virginia Wilson Rowland; and one brother, James Anderson...
Faye Tanksley
Aug 12, 2026
Keeling……Elizabeth "Faye" Doss Tanksley, age 79 of Keeling passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at Wyndhurst Health and Rehab of Lynchburg.
Born April 14, 1947 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Doss and Toy Elizabeth Owen Doss. Â She was predeceased by her husband, James Otis Tanksley, Jr.; a...
Willis Alfred Landrum, Jr.
Aug 11, 2026
Sandy Level…….Willis Alfred Landrum, Jr., age 74 of Sandy Level passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at Autumn Care Nursing and Rehab of Altavista.
Born November 11, 1951, in Danville, he was a son of the late Willis Alfred Landrum, Sr. and Eva Nowlin Landrum.
Willis grew up in Danville...
Susie Mae Johnson Talbott
Aug 9, 2026
Gretna……Susie Mae Johnson Talbott, age 94 of Gretna entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Susie was born October 23, 1931 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Silas "Sam" Johnson and Blanche Hamlett Johnson.
Susie was born and raised on the...
Harold Lee Bowling
Aug 9, 2026
Hurt……Harold Lee Bowling, age 91 of Hurt passed away Sunday, August 9, 2026 at his residence.
Born September 26, 1934 in Nottoway County, he was a son of the late Herbert Lee Bowling and Eleanor Akers Bowling. Â He was predeceased by his wife, Gladys Arthur Bowling; a daughter, Linda Laney and husband, Jim Laney,...
Tina Birdsall
Aug 6, 2026
Tina Gail Seymour Birdsall passed away peacefully on August 6, 2026, surrounded by the family she loved so deeply.
To know Tina was to know someone who truly loved life and who made sure the people she loved knew just how much they meant to her.
Born to the late...
Gertrude Houlik
Aug 5, 2026
Gertrude Houlik, age 100 of Gretna passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at her residence.
Born October 23, 1925, in Bronx, NY, she was a daughter of the late Milton Nohowec and Gertrude Catherine Gross Nohowec.
Mrs. Houlik lived her early years on Long Island, NY, then later in the...
Glenn Haskins
Aug 5, 2026
Pittsville……….Melvin Glenn Haskins, age 77 of Pittsville passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at Centra Gretna Medical Center.
Born March 22, 1949 in Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late James Ernest Haskins and Snowie Barber Haskins. Â He was predeceased by two brothers, James Haskins and Pete Haskins; and one sister, Anne...
Chase Arthur
Aug 4, 2026
Gretna.……Chase GuyAnn Arthur, age 24 of Gretna passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2026 from complications from a medical procedure at VCU Medical Center of Richmond.
Born September 8, 2001 at Lynchburg, she was a daughter of Cherie Arthur of Gretna and the late Calvin Wayne Arthur. Â She was predeceased by her paternal grandfather, Gerald...
Phyliss Burnette
Aug 3, 2026
Hurt………Phyliss Betterton Burnette, age 84 of Hurt passed away Monday, August 3, 2026 at her residence surrounded by her family.
Born September 12, 1941 in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Bennie Arnold Betterton, Sr. and Mamie Roark Betterton. She was predeceased by her husband, Benjamin "Benny" Franklin Burnette; and one...
Bailey Thompson
Aug 2, 2026
Gretna…….Arthur Bailey Thompson, age 84 of Gretna passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2026 at Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg.
Born June 3, 1942 in Halifax County, he was a son of the late Dorcey Witt Thompson and Alma Faye Clay Thompson. He was predeceased by his wife, Gail Mayhew Thompson; two brothers, Owen...
Claude "Sammy" Shelton
Jul 29, 2026
Gretna.......... Claude Samuel "Sammy" Shelton was born July 21, 1938, in Gretna, VA, to the late Claude Swanson "Swannie" Shelton and Ruth Haley Shelton. A lifelong resident of Gretna, Sammy passed away at his residence on Watts Street on July 29, 2026. He was predeceased by his sisters, Margie Shelton, Patsy Shelton Cundiff, Dolly Shelton Clingempeel, Kittie Shelton;...
Jeff Tilghman
Jul 24, 2026
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynn Tilghman age 75 of Pittsville, VA passed away suddenly Friday, July 24, 2026, at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA.
Born April 11, 1951, in Danville, VA, he was a son of the late Cecil Herman Tilghman and Doris Abbott Tilghman. Jeff was a former real estate agent and retired...
David Cook
Jul 23, 2026
Gretna……..Woodrow "David" Cook, age 75 of Gretna passed away Thursday, July 23, 2026 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Born August 11, 1950 Pittsylvania County, he was a son of the late Woodrow Wilson Cook and Viola Mayhew Cook. Â He was predeceased by one brother, Danny Cook. Â Mr. Cook was a U.S. Army veteran and...
Justin Wayne Compton
Jul 20, 2026
Altavista………Justin Wayne Compton, age 35 Altavista passed away Monday, July 20, 2026.
Born February 27, 1991 in Lynchburg, he was a son of the late Elizabeth Ann Rowland Richardson. Justin loved hunting, fishing, his dogs, riding his motorcycle and listening to music.
He is survived by one daughter, Lena Mae...
Janice O'Dell Kidd
Jul 18, 2026
Janice Yvonne O'Dell Kidd, of Hurt, Virginia, went home to be with her Lord on July 18, 2026, at the age of 88.
A devoted member of Crossroads Church in Altavista, Virginia, she lived a life that reflected her deep and abiding faith. She was selfless and unfailingly positive, never one to speak an...
