Recent Obituaries
Margaret Haynes Saunders
Jun 24, 2025
Margaret Haynes Saunders transitioned from this life on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in Sentara Obici Hospital.
On Wednesday, July 02, 2025 from 3-6pm viewing will take place at Shivers Funeral Chapel. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00am Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Scott's Revival Church, 1816 South Street, Franklin, Va. Interment will follow in Chapel Grove UCC...
Thomas Hall
Jun 24, 2025
Thomas Hall transitioned from this life on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Windsor, VA.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date. Please keep the Hall family in your prayers.
Nannie R. Walker
Jun 15, 2025
Nannie Ruth Walker, affectionately known as "Sis Nan," peacefully entered into her eternal home with her Heavenly Father on Sunday evening, June 15, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Nannie was born in Windsor, Virginia, on May 4, 1948, to the late George B. Gray and Elsie Weaver Gray. She received her early education at Georgie Tyler Public Schools and...
Samuel P. Jenkins, Jr.
Jun 15, 2025
Samuel "Big Slice" Jenkins, Jr. transitioned from this life on Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Riverside Regional Medical Center.
On Monday, June 23, 2025, viewing will take place from 3-6pm at Shivers Funeral Chapel, 12749 Courthouse Highway, Smithfield, VA 23430. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11am on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at Main Street Baptist Church, 517 Main...
Jeffrey M. Brown
Jun 11, 2025
On June 11, 2025, Jeffrey M. Brown was called by God from this earthly journey to his heavenly home.
Jeffrey was born March 3, 1964 to the late Barbara Jean Davis Smallwood and the late Bobby Price.
Jeffrey attended Southampton High School. He was a self-employed mechanic. He loved working on vehicles. He enjoyed fishing and playing music. He loved joking with...
Francis Ottway Mason
Jun 11, 2025
Francis Ottway Mason transitioned from this life on June 11, 2025. He was a resident of Macon, Georgia.
Francis was born April 15, 1941 in Surry, Virginia to the late Nathaniel and Adelle Mason. He graduated from Luther Porter Jackson High School, Dendron, Virginia. He served for two years in the Armed Forces/Military.
He was employed by Huntington Ingalls/Newport News Shipyard and...
Catherine Eley Diggs
Jun 8, 2025
“Heaven Must Have Been Missing An Angel”
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, our beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend, peacefully and quietly departed this earthly life at her home of residence in Newport News, VA.
Catherine was born on April 30, 1944 to the late Jake Eley, Sr. and Louise Mills Eley. Catherine received her formal education in Isle of Wight...
Stacy Wise
Jun 8, 2025
Stacey Ray Wise, Sr., peacefully gained his wings on Sunday June 8, 2025 at his home in Windsor, VA, Stacy was born April 16, 1964 to Richard wise, Sr., and Estelle Newby Wise. He has a twin sister, Tracy Wise, who will miss him very much.
Stacey attended school in Smithfield, VA. He worked for Gwaltney, Joyner’s, Smithfield Inn, Smithfield Bakery...
Hortense Robinson Harrell
May 31, 2025
Hortense Bernice Harrell, 81, entered eternal rest in the early morning of Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. She was born October 23, 1943, to the late Horace and Edith Robinson of Isle of Wight County. She was a member of Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church where she enjoyed singing in the Senior Choir and the...
Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Johnson
May 22, 2025
The Life of Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Johnson
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, our beloved Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Whitney Greene Johnson transitioned at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk Virginia.
Deaconess Johnson was born to the late Robert Whitney, Sr., and Mrs....
Mary E. Gatling
May 21, 2025
The Life of Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling transitioned from this life on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in Williamsburg, Va.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling was born on May 20, 1943, in Little Surry, Virginia, to the late Pearl and MaeBelle Ellis.
She attended Bruton High School in Williamsburg, Virginia and went on to dedicate over thirty years of service to...
Lori A. Davis
May 16, 2025
On May 16, 2025, God sent his Heavenly Angels to Portside Health & Rehab Center in Portsmouth, VA, to bring his daughter Lori Ann Davis to a peaceful rest in his arms. A native of Carrollton VA, and lived in Suffolk, VA. Lori graduated from Smithfield High School in 1981 . Lori was born on June 24,1962, the middle daughter...
Brenda Diane Lane
May 15, 2025
Brenda Diane Lane transitioned from this life on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Riverside Regional Medical Center.
Brenda Diane Lane, 70 a native of Surry County, was born on August 29, 1954, to the late Jesse Lane Sr. and Clara White Lane. She was the fifth of eight children and affectionately known as Diane by family and friends.
From an early age,...
Curtis Green, Jr.
May 10, 2025
Curtis Green, Jr. transitioned from this life on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
A Memorial Service will be held 11am Thursday, June 5, 2025, at Shivers Funeral Chapel. Please keep the Green family in your thoughts and prayers.
Delcie Mae Jones
Apr 30, 2025
Obituary for Delcie Mae Jones
"A Virtuous Woman"
Delcie Mae Jones transitioned from this life on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Smithfield, VA.
Delcie Mae Jones was born on December 30, 1930, in Smithfield, Virginia. She was the eldest child of Essie Mae Johnson ad Icesome Crocker. From an early age, Delcie displayed a strong, assertive spirit — a trait that remained with...
Sarah Chapman Hatton
Apr 28, 2025
Life Story of Sarah Wallace Chapman Hatton
Sarah Wallace Chapman Hatton affectionately known as “Big Mama” transitioned peacefully on April 28, 2025 surrounded by her loving family and held by the same grace that she gave so freely in life. Born on August 4,1952 in Suffolk, Virginia to the late Booker T. Chapman Sr. and Clara C. Wooden Chapman, she attended...
Peggie L. Melton
Apr 25, 2025
Peggie Melton, a beloved mother, passed away on April 25, 2025, in Suffolk, Virginia. She is preceded in death by her mother, Nadine Edwards Melton, her father, Troy Melton Sr., and her siblings, Sherly Melton, Troy Melton Jr., Ricky Melton, Thomas Melton and son Fuller Melton.
Peggie was born to the late Troy and Nadine Melton and grew up in Isle...
Girlie E Collins Walker
Apr 24, 2025
Girlie Essie Collins-Walker, 88, of Windsor, Virginia passed away peacefully at Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospital in Newport News, Virginia on April 24, 2025. Girlie was born to the late Johnnie Collins and Girlie Baker Collins on May 06, 1936, she was one of their twelve children.
She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-nine years, Rural Lee Walker;...
Joyce C. Delk
Apr 20, 2025
On April 20, 2025, our sweet Joyce C. Delk departed this life in Sentara Obici Hospital. Joyce was born on March 12, 1949, in Whitaker, North Carolina to the late Leonard Pittman, Sr. and Elizabeth James. She was the oldest of nine children. She moved to Isle of Wight County, where she married Ernest H. Delk on June 25, 1966....
Shirley N. Newby
Apr 19, 2025
In Loving Memory of Shirley R. Newby
96 Years Loved: A Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved
“This is my story, this is my song, I am praising my Savior all the Day Long.”
Our beautiful Queen, Mother, Mama, “Mom,” Shirley Rozelia Newby, 96 years young, crossed over peacefully into her Heavenly home, early on Saturday morning April 19, 2025. When she entered the gateway...
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