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Index of Obituaries Published in
The Independent- Messenger Newspaper, Greensville Co., VA
2005

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Cemetery

Surname

First Name

Age

Birth Mo.

Birth Day

Birth Year

Death Mo.

Death Day

Death Year

Issue Date

Vol

Pg.

Spouse

Parents

Residence

Adkins Family

Adkins

Jimmy Junious, Jr.

 

11

11

1950

2

3

2005

2/13/2005

13

3A

h/o Shirley Adkins

s/o Jimmy Junious Sr. & Eunice Myrick Adkins

 

Not listed

Alexander

Carrie Worley

74

 

 

 

8

11

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

 

Independence UMC

Allen

Sarah Cooke

91

 

 

 

11

5

2005

11/9/2005

90

10

 

 

 

Not listed

Andrews

Luie (Deacon)

 

8

28

1928

9

14

2005

9/21/2005

76

10

 

 

 

Jerusalem Bapt Ch

Atkins

David

 

 

 

 

7

29

2005

8/7/2005

63

3

 

 

Emporia, VA

Rocky Mt Bapt Ch

Atkins

James Pete

 

10

13

1916

8

16

2005

8/28/2005

69

5

 

 

 

Greensville Mem

Avent

Evelyn Newsome

 

 

 

 

12

31

2004

1/9/2005

3

10

w/o Leroy C. Avent

 

 

Avent Family

Avent

Pearline Ester

43

 

 

 

1

16

2005

1/30/2005

9

5

 

d/o James Woodrow & Ethel Christine Jordan Avent

Emporia, VA

West Virginia

Blankenship

Mary

89

 

 

 

8

9

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

Emporia, VA

Pleasant Grove Bapt Ch

Boone

Doris Jean Robinson "Micey"

 

3

13

1958

4

11

2005

4/20/2005

32

3

w/o Kenneth Boone (md 2/28/1996)

d/o Elsie Boone & Theodore Robinson Sr.

 

Oakwood

Bowen

Nellie Moseley

85

 

 

 

3

19

2005

3/27/2005

25

3A

w/o Lloyd Oscar Bowen

 

Alberta, VA

Greensville Mem

Bradley

Charles G.

72

6

12

1932

1

10

2005

1/16/2005

5

3A

 

s/o P. L. & Susan Bradley

 

Greensville Mem

Bradley

Linda Tuck

84

 

 

 

5

18

2005

5/25/2005

42

5

 

 

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Brailey

Arthur T., Jr.

 

10

5

1927

2

6

2005

2/13/2005

13

3A

h/o Ethel Brailey

s/o Flossie & Arthur Brailey Sr.

Emporia, VA

Antioch Missionary Ch

Branch

Frank Daniel Roosevelt

 

3

18

1933

10

2

2005

10/16/2005

83

10

 

 

 

Robinson Family

Brewer

Shirley Ann Tyler

 

 

 

 

5

10

2005

5/22/2005

41

8

 

 

 

Greensville Mem

Brewer

Stephen Elmore

52

7

17

1953

10

14

2005

10/23/2005

85

7

 

 

Henrico Cnty, VA

Maury (Richmond)

Brinser

Anne Bussey

79

 

 

 

4

25

2005

5/1/2005

35

6

w/o Edwin W. Brinser

 

 

Greensville Mem

Brooks

Patricia Dunlow

57

 

 

 

4

27

2005

5/4/2005

36

3B

w/o Timothy Lawrence Brooks Sr.

 

Emporia, VA

Greensville Mem

Brown

Bobby Gene

71

 

 

 

10

4

2005

10/12/2005

82

12

 

 

 

Brown's

Brown

Don Ray

 

11

26

1967

4

12

2005

5/25/2005

42

5

 

 

 

Rising Star Bapt Ch

Brown

Herbert Welton

61

 

 

 

10

29

2005

11/2/2005

88

15

 

 

Prince George, VA

Diamond Grove Bapt Ch

Brown

Johnnie L., Sr.

 

4

17

1945

3

9

2005

3/23/2005

24

14

h/o Mary Alice Brown

s/o Freddie & Mattie Lee Brown

 

Robinson Family

Brown

Victoria T.

 

11

16

1913

5

9

2005

5/22/2005

41

8

 

 

 

New Hope Christian Ch, Danieltown, VA

Brown

William Walker

83

 

 

 

3

3

2005

3/9/2005

20

15

h/o 1st w; Minnie H.  & 2nd w; Janie R. Brown

 

Lawrenceville VA

Bryant Family, Emporia

Bryant

Early Gray (Tommy)

 

2

4

1936

3

18

2005

3/30/2005

26

13

h/o Nancy V. Moore

s/o Herman & Mamie Bryant

 

Emporia

Bryant

William Edward

67

 

 

 

7

14

2005

7/24/2005

58

12

 

 

Emporia, VA

South View (Franklin, VA)

Burnette

Arthur Joseph

64

 

 

 

12

17

2005

12/21/2005

102

8

 

 

 

Not Listed

Butler

Herbert Jr.

 

 

 

 

1

14

2005

1/23/2005

7

3

 

 

Zuni, VA

Mt Hebron UMC, (Winchester)

Butler

Joseph Elliott

83

9

27

1921

5

5

2005

5/18/2005

40

9A

 

 

Winchester, VA

Macedonia Bapt Ch

Cain

Shirley Jones

 

8

22

1929

10

20

2005

11/6/2005

89

11

 

 

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Camp

Martha Jaunita

 

12

23

1931

8

1

2005

8/14/2005

65

5

 

 

Emporia, Va

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Carey

Bessie Mae Powell

 

10

10

1924

4

14

2005

5/4/2005

36

3B

 

Wyatt Jr. & Mary Turner Powell

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Carrington

Elaine Harrison

 

2

1

1920

3

3

2005

3/20/2005

23

3A

w/o Thomas H. Carrington Jr.

 

 

Jerusalem Bapt Ch

Chambliss

George Alton

 

9

14

1940

4

10

2005

4/24/2005

33

8

h/o Myrtle Smith (md 9/26/1984)

s/o Jessie & Pearl Chambliss

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Chatman

Lawyer

 

8

22

1938

8

7

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

 

Greensville Mem

Clark

Nannie Daughtry "Nunnie" "Noot Noot"

82

5

1

1922

4

13

2005

4/20/2005

32

3

 

d/o Romie Daughtry & Pauline Gray Daughtry Ferguson

Roanoke Rapids, NC

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Clark

Willie, Jr.

 

7

27

1975

3

1

2005

3/9/2005

20

15

 

s/o Peggy J. & Willie Sr, Clark

 

Not listed

Claud

Gene Arnold

69

 

 

 

7

10

2005

7/24/2005

58

12

 

 

Richmond, VA

Pleasant Plains Bapt Ch

Claude

Jacqueline Denise

29

11

8

1975

10

28

2005

11/2/2005

88

15

 

 

 

Independence UMC

Clements

Dorothy Mae Allen

 

 

 

 

7

19

2005

7/24/2005

59

7

 

 

 

Cedarwood

Collins

Ophelia Sadler Slagle

84

 

 

 

12

17

2005

12/25/2005

103

8

 

 

Emporia, VA

Ivor

Cook

Clyde Francis "Pete"

62

 

 

 

9

5

2005

9/7/2005

72

7

 

 

 

Greensville Mem

Council

John Ralph

82

 

 

 

9

6

2005

9/11/2005

73

4

 

 

Gasburg, VA

Greensville Mem

Darden

Geraldine Harrell

 

 

 

 

5

28

2005

6/5/2005

45

12

 

 

Cropwell, AL

Greensville Mem

Daughtry

Ruby Woodroff

83

 

 

 

3

31

2005

4/6/2005

28

12

w/o Floyd L. Daughtry

 

Emporia, VA

Not Listed

Davis

Beulah Harvey

83

 

 

 

1

13

2005

1/19/2005

6

14

w/o Sterling E. Davis Jr. (md 56 yrs)

d/o John Wyatt & Josephine Styles Harvey

Dinwiddie Cnty, VA

Greensville Mem

Davis

Fletcher Carroll (Buddy)

83

 

 

 

1

21

2005

1/30/2005

9

5

h/o Frances Trevathan Davis

 

Emporia, VA

Jerusalem CC, King Wm.

Davis

Francis Earl

62

 

 

 

1

9

2005

1/16/2005

5

3A

h/o Sylvia Bowie Davis

s/o Robert Earl & Lillie White Davis

Farmville, VA

Not Listed

Davis

Katherine H.

83

 

 

 

1

20

2005

1/30/2005

9

5

s/o Howard E. Davis Sr.

d/o Vernon & Alice Peebles Hawthorne

Emporia, VA

Not Listed (Probably TX)

Davis

Lelia Holloway

80

 

 

 

12

17

2005

12/25/2005

103

8

 

 

Carthage, TX

Zion Community

Davis

Ronnie

 

3

23

1957

6

?

2005

6/8/2005

46

13A

 

 

 

Zion Community

Dobie

Laura Thomas

 

3

21

1926

8

28

2005

9/4/2005

71

11

 

 

 

Emporia

Doyle

Rosa D.

70

2

12

1935

4

18

2005

4/24/2005

33

8

w/o Joseph H. Doyle

 

Emporia, VA

Emporia

Doyle

Rosa D.

 

2

12

1935

4

18

2005

4/24/2005

33

1 & 2

w/o Joseph H. Doyle

article re-death

Emporia, VA

Not Listed (possibly Ch of the Holy City)

Drake

Missouri Chavis

 

 

 

 

2

9

2005

2/27/2005

17

3

w/o Raymond L. Drake

 

 

Greensville Mem

Drummond

Allen

52

 

 

 

4

18

2005

5/1/2005

35

6

 

s/o C. A. & Hazel Harrup Drummond

Arlington, VA

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Dugger

James Wesley

 

5

4

1927

1

2

2005

1/12/2005

4

14

h/o Louise Dugger (md 12/30/1949)

s/o Allen & Adelaide Dugger

 

Dale Mem, Richmond

Duncan

Frances Cannon

61

 

 

 

1

8

2005

1/16/2005

5

3A

w/o Perry Roger Duncan

d/o Charlotte S. Weaver

Richmond, VA

Chadbourn Mem

Duncan

Herman Goldsberry

87

 

 

 

3

19

2005

3/23/2005

24

15

h/o Margaret Rabon & Doris Shepard

 

Emporia, VA

Private

Dunn

Margaret Barnhill

84

 

 

 

2

10

2005

2/16/2005

14

6A

w/o Harvey M. Dunn

 

Yale, VA

Rising Star Bapt Ch

Easter

Clifton A. "Tad"

 

4

20

1942

9

13

2005

9/21/2005

76

10

 

 

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Easter

James R.

 

4

17

1941

1

3

2005

1/12/2005

4

14

h/o Peggy Easter

s/o Paul & Gracie Daniels Easter

 

St Johns Lutheran Ch

Edwards

Daisy Bell Hobbs

78

 

 

 

12

10

2005

12/14/2005

100

5B

 

 

 

Edwards Family, Seaboard, NC

Edwards

Robert Wayne

66

 

 

 

4

12

2005

4/17/2005

31

4

h/o Mary Louise Pair Edwards

 

 

Pineview (Rocky Mt, NC)

Ellis

James Harold

 

 

 

 

1

31

2005

2/6/2005

11

4A

h/o Betty Henry Ellis

 

Emporia, VA

Jefferson Family

Elridge

William Amos, Jr.

 

6

5

1923

9

26

2005

10/5/2005

80

14

 

 

Washington, DC

Greensville Mem

Felton

Roscoe T.

92

 

 

 

3

30

2005

4/6/2005

28

12

h/o Lell Bailey Felton

 

Emporia, VA

Not Listed (Possibly Grnv Mem)

Felton

Thomas E. "Tommy"

66

 

 

 

4

1

2005

4/10/2005

29

8

h/o Elaine W. Felton

s/o Roscoe & Lell B. Felton

 

Emporia

Fitchett

Annie Mae

88

9

10

1916

3

1

2005

3/6/2005

19

3

 

 

Rome, GA

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Ford

Wilbert Green

 

3

7

1962

8

22

2005

9/4/2005

71

11

 

 

 

Greensville Mem

Fuller

Archie L.

84

 

 

 

11

24

2005

11/30/2005

96

8

 

 

Emporia, VA

Jones Family, Freeman, VA

Gamble

Lisa Jones

 

10

27

1963

 

 

2005

11/27/2005

95

3

 

 

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Garrett

Linda

 

10

1

1949

9

4

2005

9/14/2005

74

9

 

 

 

Private

Gaultney

Whitley Nichole

3

 

 

 

2

3

2005

2/9/2005

12

6

 

d/o Tommy Lee & Brandi Henderson Gaultney Jr.

Emporia, VA

Not listed

George

Faith Weeks

 

12

8

1925

12

29

2004

6/5/2005

45

12

 

 

Bloomington, IN

Concorida (Ft. Wayne, IN)

Gerke

Richard R.

85

 

 

 

10

15

2005

10/23/2005

85

7

 

 

Ft. Wayne, IN

Funeral Service held at  Antioch Bapt Ch

Gilliam

Estee

 

2

20

1944

2

8

2005

2/9/2005

12

6

 

s/o William S. & Mahalie C. Gilliam

 

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Goode

Walter Bernard

 

11

4

1930

9

14

2005

9/25/2005

77

4

 

 

 

Hassidiah Bapt Ch

Goodwyn

Lester

 

7

31

1954

8

8

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

Richmond, VA

Forest Lawn Mem Gdns

Goodwyn

Mary Ann Carrington

 

5

7

1927

3

3

2005

3/9/2005

20

15

w/o John Randolph Goodwyn (MD 4/1949)

d/o Thomas & Lottie Carrington

 

Forest Hill Bapt Ch

Gordon

Gene Alton

60

 

 

 

11

16

2005

11/30/2005

96

8

 

 

 

Rising Star Bapt Ch

Green

Frank A.

 

12

24

1943

 

 

2005

10/16/2005

83

10

 

 

 

Mars Hill

Green

Gladys O.

 

1

18

1961

8

26

2005

9/4/2005

71

11

 

 

 

Forest Hills Bapt Ch

Griles

David Wayne

53

 

 

 

1

18

2005

1/26/2005

8

3

h/o Bobbi Griles

 

Emporia, VA

Emporia

Grizzard

Garnet

91

 

 

 

11

15

2005

11/20/2005

93

5

 

 

Skippers, VA

Beechwood

Grizzard

Odelle Allen Edwards

82

 

 

 

6

30

2005

7/10/2005

55

9

 

 

Emporia, VA

Mason Grove Bapt Ch

Gundy

Erceal Jones

 

3

2

1915

 

 

2005

6/22/2005

50

13

 

 

 

Not listed

Hakes

Juliana W.

 

10

21

1942

11

8

2005

11/13/2005

91

8

 

 

Indianapolis, IN

Hall Family (Freeman)

Hall

James, Sr

 

11

17

1945

9

27

2005

10/5/2005

80

14

 

 

 

Jerusalem Bapt Ch

Harding

Katherine M.

81

 

 

 

1

18

2005

1/30/2005

9

5

w/o Elmo E. Harding

d/o James & johnnie Lena Hicks Moody

Emporia, VA

Antioch Bapt Ch

Hardy

Rouser Woodrow

 

10

9

1921

1

28

2005

2/2/2005

10

5

h/o Mattie Jones Hardy

s/o Robert Levi & Estelle Robinson Hardy

 

Greensville Mem

Harrell

Marion Grizzard

56

 

 

 

1

13

2005

1/16/2005

5

1

 

d/o Robert H. & Mary C. Grizzard

Emporia, VA

Greensville Mem

Harrell

Mary Elizabeth

82

 

 

 

12

8

2005

12/14/2005

100

5B

 

 

Emporia, VA

St. Paul's Lutheran (NY)

Harrington

Edith Schultz

 

 

 

1919

6

17

2005

7/6/2005

54

3

 

 

 

Emporia

Harris

Bertha Evelyn Long

87

 

 

 

7

27

2005

8/3/2005

62

8

 

 

 

Emporia

Harris

Narrice Emmart

 

 

 

 

3

6

2005

3/23/2005

24

14

w/o Linwood Reid Harris

d/o James David & Prudence Blackburn Emmart

 

Greensville Mem

Harris

Sarah Bracey

84

3

16

1921

9

3

2005

9/7/2005

72

7

 

 

Emporia, VA

Bethlehem Luthern Ch

Harrison

Brian Kenneth

39

2

26

1966

3

17

2005

3/23/2005

24

15

 

s/o Robert Calvin & Maida Jackson Harrison

Waynesboro, VA

Emporia

Harvey

Sherman F.

84

 

 

 

6

26

2005

7/3/2005

53

12

 

 

Emporia, VA

High Hills Mem

Hawkins

Marion Rhea

72

 

 

 

3

13

2005

3/20/2005

23

3A

h/o Nancy B. Hawkins

 

 

Hill Family

Hill

Nathan

 

12

25

1912

2

11

2005

2/20/2005

15

4A

h/o Mabel Hill

s/o Lottie Hill

Stony Creek, VA

Not listed

Hobbs

Joseph Randolph "Randy"

 

 

 

 

8

10

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

Emporia, VA

(Not listed but her husband is buried at the Emporia Cem)

Hoke

Hattie Powell

87

 

 

 

2

24

2005

3/6/2005

19

3

w/o Charles L. Hoke Sr.

 

 

(Not listed but her husband is buried at the Emporia Cem)

Hoke

Hattie Powell

87

 

 

 

2

24

2005

3/9/2005

20

15

w/o Charles L. Hoke Sr.

 

 

Grace Episcopal

Holloway

George C. "Corky", Jr.

62

 

 

 

4

5

2005

4/10/2005

29

8

h/o Shirley A. Holloway

 

Jarratt, VA

Not listed

Hopson

Joyce Fowlkes

 

 

 

 

6

23

2005

7/24/2005

58

12

 

 

 

Grace Episcopal

Ivey

Dorothy Grant

86

 

 

 

6

2

2005

6/15/2005

48

7

 

 

Jarratt, VA

Rivers Family

Ivey

Wesley Dennis, Jr. "Buddy"

 

6

26

1964

10

1

2005

10/16/2005

83

10

 

 

 

St. Especial Ch

Jackson

Johnnie

 

8

21

1921

10

10

2005

10/16/2005

83

10

 

 

 

Rivers Family

Jackson

Mavis T.

 

7

2

1975

10

1

2005

10/16/2005

83

10

 

 

 

Fields Family

Jones

Emil Craig

39

2

26

1964

1

14

2005

1/23/2005

7

5

h/o Connie Gullus Jones

s/o Roy Jones & Evelyn Upton

Emporia, VA

Not Listed

Jones

Emil Craig

39

 

 

 

1

14

2005

1/23/2005

7

3

 

 

Emporia, VA

Greensville Mem

Jones

James Murdic

78

 

 

 

4

23

2005

4/27/2005

34

20

h/o Anita E. Jones

 

Emporia, VA

LaCrosse (LaCrosse, VA)

Jones

Robert Beasley, Sr

66

 

 

 

5

13

2005

5/18/2005

40

9A

 

 

Dinwiddie Cnty, VA

Greensville Mem

Jones

Walter Reese (Jack)

79

 

 

 

2

23

2005

2/27/2005

17

3

h/o Ursla Allen Jones

 

Emporia, Va

Emporia

Jordan

Sara Myers

95

 

 

 

11

28

2005

12/4/2005

97

4

 

 

Richmond, VA

Pleasant Grove, Drewyville

Joyner

Jean Elizabeth

 

8

27

1940

3

12

2005

3/23/2005

24

14

w/o Lawrence Joyner

d/o John Henry Smith & Mary Blow

 

Pleasant Grove Bapt Ch

Joyner

Yvonne Daisy "Tee Tee"

 

5

2

1952

3

13

2005

3/23/2005

24

14

 

d/o John Arthur Sr. & Ruth Anna Bynum Joyner

 

Bethany Ch

Lambert

Agnes Jeanette "Net"

72

 

 

 

3

1

2005

3/6/2005

19

3

w/o James Irvin Lambert

 

Broadnax, VA

Not listed

Lane

Ada Evans

86

1

17

1919

8

12

2005

8/17/2005

66

11

 

 

Newport News, VA

Not listed

Lasley

John "Jack" W., III

 

6

23

1925

11

27

2005

12/11/2005

99

5

 

 

Cocoa Beach, FL

Little Shiloh Bapt Ch

Lee

Herman

 

3

3

1924

10

29

2005

11/9/2005

90

10

 

 

Jarratt, VA

Rising Star Bapt Ch

Lee

Robert E. Sr.

82

12

27

1922

3

13

2005

3/24/2005

24

15

h/o Rosa Adams

s/o George & Matilda Adams Lee

 

Emporia

Lewis

Chester Purnell

57

 

 

 

9

12

2005

9/18/2005

75

7

 

 

Emporia, VA

Crestview

Lewis

Kindred Elton "Jimbo"

74

 

 

 

12

25

2005

12/28/2005

104

5

 

 

Emporia, VA

Antioch

Lundy

Kevin Terrell

 

 

 

 

4

14

2005

4/17/2005

31

7

 

 

Jarratt, VA

Antioch Bapt Ch

Lundy

Kevin Terrell

35

 

 

 

4

14

2005

4/20/2005

32

3

 

s/o Carolina Scott & James Lundy Sr.

Jarratt, VA

Mt Jackson

Lutz

Sally R.

74

 

 

 

7

7

2005

7/13/2005

56

5A

 

 

Emporia, VA

Cedarwood Cem., Roanoke Rapids, NC

Lynch

Joyce Jean Phillips

69

 

 

 

4

30

2005

5/4/2005

36

3B

w/o Thomas Lyncy

d/o Beauford C. & Virginia Jackson Phillips

Roanoke Rapids, NC

Rock UMC

Lynch

Nelia Gurkin

89

 

 

 

3

4

2005

3/9/2005

20

15

h/o Erby Benjamin Lynch

 

 

Aberdour Presby Ch

Maitland

William James "Butch"

64

 

 

 

9

15

2005

9/21/2005

76

11

 

 

 

Riverside Mem Pk, Norfolk

Major

Samuel Henry

84

 

 

 

12

30

2004

1/16/2005

5

3A

 

 

Lawrenceville, VA

Tyler Family

Mason

Eunice Elizabeth

 

2

10

1931

3

16

2005

3/27/2005

25

3A

 

d/o Robert & Clara Tyler Sr.

 

Greensville Mem

Matthews

Elmer Nathaniel, Sr

 

3

10

1918

1

21

2005

1/26/2005

8

3

h/o Kerzena Grizzard Matthews

s/o Herbert & Lena Connell Matthews

Emporia, VA

Drewryville

Mattox

Minnie Cobb

84

 

 

 

4

13

2005

4/20/2005

32

3

w/o P. J. Mattox

d/o Charlie & Annie Ellis Cobb

 

Emporia

McLaughlin

Silas E.

62

 

 

 

4

9

2005

4/17/2005

31

4

h/o Mary Frances McLaughlin

 

 

Greensville Mem

Michael

Elizabeth (Biddie) Wesson

83

 

 

 

3

12

2005

3/20/2005

23

3A