Obituaries
Benny Fenton Peden, SR
Mar 11, 2018
Benny Fenton Peden, SR, 85 of Windsor passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Born to the late James Quinton Peden and Josephine Wells Peden. Benny retired from Smithfield Packing Company where he worked in maintenance. In his retirement he enjoyed spending time outside in his garden, where he was known for growing his collards and many other vegetables. Benny...
Renate Eve Gerhart
Mar 9, 2018
Renate Eve Gerhart, 60 passed away on March 9, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Wenzel Gerhart and is survived by her mother Sophie Laich Gerhart. Renate was a loving person and caretaker, who had many children she considered and treated as her own. She is also survived by her daughters, Kimberly Gerhart and Jennifer Pelletier, grandchildren Michael...
Robert Sidney Lentz
Mar 7, 2018
Robert Sidney Lentz, 88, of Smithfield passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 after a brief illness. A native of North Carolina, Robert was the son of the late John Franklin Lentz, Sr. and Ethel Currie Lentz. A veteran of the U S Army he had retired as a civil service engineer. After retirement he spent many years in...
Myra Chapman Gray
Mar 5, 2018
Myra Chapman Gray, 69, of Carrollton went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 5, 2018. She is the daughter of the late Charles Dupree Chapman and Ruby Thelma Arnold Chapman. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Judy, Sarah, and Pat, and brothers, Raymond and Carroll. She was a faithful wife to her husband of 47...
Martha Raye Whitley
Mar 1, 2018
Martha Raye Whitley, 72, of Smithfield was reunited with her twin sister Alice Faye on Thursday March 1, 2018. She was a native and lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County. Martha along with her sister Alice Faye operated The Twin’s Olde Towne Inn on Main Street in Smithfield for forty six years. She enjoyed serving numerous meals to friends...
William Henry Reed
Feb 16, 2018
William H. (Bill) Reed, Captain, SC, USN, Retired, of Smithfield passed away peacefully on February 16, 2018 surrounded by his children. Bill was born July 17, 1938, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to Howard and Dorothy Reed. He grew up in Bay Village, OH. He attended Bay High School and Edwin Denby High School, Detroit, MI. In 1961, he graduated from...
Larry Clinton Grizzle, Jr.
Feb 15, 2018
Larry Clinton Grizzle Jr., 53, of Rescue passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at his residence. He was the son of Larry Clinton Grizzle and the late Betty Oliphant Grizzle. Larry had been employed by Newport News Shipbuilding as a planner work control engineer. He is also survived by his children, Joshua C. Grizzle, Lorraine C. Grizzle and Stephanie...
Grace Justice Keen
Feb 7, 2018
Grace Justice Keen was born August 29, 1926 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia and passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Mrs. Keen is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 71 years, Carroll Edward Keen Sr. (Pete) and her parents James A. and Lillian M. Justice, and sister Annie Laurie...
Joshua William Savage
Jan 26, 2018
Heaven’s gain is our loss as infant Joshua William Savage was born and gained his angel wings on January 26th. He came into this world too soon and was gone too soon. Joshua is survived by his parents Nick and Valerie Savage and big sister Addie, maternal grandparents Dale and Jane Jones, and paternal grandparents Billy and Judy Savage, great...
Fletcher Glover Edwards, Jr.
Jan 26, 2018
Fletcher Glover “F.G.” Edwards, Jr., 95, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 in Obici Hospital. He was born in Isle of Wight County, January 20, 1923, the son of the late Georgie Kennie Whitley and Fletcher Glover Edwards, Sr. F.G. was a member of Smithfield Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and on several committees. He leaves to cherish...
Barbara Westmoreland Williams
Jan 24, 2018
Barbara Westmoreland Williams, 87, of Smithfield passed away peacefully at her residence with her family by her side. Born in Tennessee to the late Rudolph and Willie Chaffin Westmoreland. She was predeceased in death by her husband of 52 year Max Monroe Williams. Barbara was a past member of the Smithfield Women’s Club, volunteered as a docent at the Isle...
Conrad "Rod" Geist
Jan 23, 2018
Conrad “Rod” Geist, 76, of Smithfield passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. A U. S Army veteran, he lived most of his life in Connecticut where he served as an Executive Director of the YMCA. Rod was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, and also a former member of U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 59. He is survived...
Ernest Parker Jones
Jan 18, 2018
Ernest “Doodle” Parker Jones, 81 passed away peacefully with his family by his side on January 18, 2018. Born in Isle of Wight County to the late Robert Davis Jones and Sarah Taylor Jones. Ernest was a veteran of the United States Army and a retired farmer. He is survived by his daughters Darlene Jones, Lisa Bradshaw (Ronnie) and his...
Michael Chase Bell
Jan 17, 2018
Michael Chase Bell, 18 of Smithfield found peace on January 17, 2018 at UVA Medical Center with his family by his side. Chase is a graduate of Smithfield High School, class of 2017. He is known to be charismatic, kind, selfless, and empathetic. He is treasured for his handsome smile and uplifting wit. He loved playing video games, cooking, playing...
Dakota Matthew Gordon
Dec 31, 2017
Dakota Matthew Gene Gordon, 18 of Smithfield passed away unexpectedly on December 31, 2017. Dakota was the son of Maranda and Michael McKinney. He is also survived by his son Aydan Cook, a sister Lyndsy Gordon and two brothers Tyler Gordon and Richard Moore, III. His grandparents Mark and Pamela Wilcox, Kella and Alice Herald and Ned and Karen Giggy....
Francis Clement Pletl
Dec 24, 2017
Francis Clement “Butch” Pletl, 77, passed away unexpectedly at Sentara Obici Hospital, on Sunday, December 24, 2017. Born in New York State to the late Francis Clement Pletl and Dorothy S. Servatius Pletl. He had retired as manager from Metropolitan Insurance Company. He was a member of The Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Smithfield. He is survived by his wife...
Laura Marie Bare
Dec 10, 2017
Laura Marie Bare, 30, of Smithfield passed away on December 10, 2017 after a brief illness. Laura is the Daughter of Glen Alan Bare(Tina) of Edgewater, Florida and Lorie Colleen Vonderborn (William) of Smithfield. She is survived by her daughter Sadie Mae Colleen Wilson and son Dylan Bare-Crocker. Two sisters Casey Vonderborn and Kailee Cereghino, and fiancé Bobby Wilson. Her...
Mary Sutherland McFarland
Dec 10, 2017
Mary Otis Sutherland McFarland, 78, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister passed away peacefully at home on December 10, 2017. Mary was born in Dickenson County of southwestern Virginia and graduated from high school in St. Paul, Va. She attended Hiwassee College and graduated from Radford College with a teaching degree. Mary met her husband of 55 years, Warren McFarland,...
Willie Thomas "T" Warren, Jr.
Dec 6, 2017
Willie Thomas “T” Warren, Jr, 83 of Smithfield, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. He retired as the Manager at Little’s Supermarket where he was known by all as “T”. He is survived by his wife of 12 years Debra Sue Warren, his son Larry Warren and daughter Jessica M. Dale(John), a brother John Warren(Joyce), and...
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