Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Annie E. Newman
DELTONA, Fla. - Annie E. Newman, 91, died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002 at Florida Hospital in Orange City.
Born August 15, 1911, in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of Fred D. Anderson and Mary M. Oakley.
She moved to Danville shortly thereafter and lived there until 1997. She moved in with her grandson, William H. Roth in Deltona and lived there until her death. She graduated from Danville High School in 1929, then attended Averett College and graduated in 1931 with a teaching degree. She taught Sunday School class to the youth at Moseley Memorial United Methodist Church where she was a life long member. She worked at Dan River Mills from October 1940 until August 1976.
She was married to Harry Allen Walker, who predeceased her. She was also married to Hugh Jones and Charlie Newman.
She is survived by six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a daughter, Jo Ann Walker; a brother, Fred Nathaniel Anderson; and six sisters, Mabel S. Anderson, Faye D. Mays, Carolyn H. MacKenzie, Myra K. Ashworth, Mary J. King and Grace A. Geyer.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 6 at Moseley United Methodist Church.
Gracie Hargrove Taylor
DANVILLE, Va. - Gracie Hargrove Taylor, 84, formerly of 222 Courtland St., died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home.
Born July 4, 1918, in Pittsylvania County, she was the daughter of Lawrence Fulton Hargrove and Dura Della Parker Hargrove.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by three sons, William Taylor of Danville, Arthur Taylor Jr. of Blanch, N.C. and James Martin Taylor of Arlington; three daughters, Nellie Stoots of Pelham, N.C., Alice Angle of Bassett and Evelyn Lowe of Danville; one sister, Alma Owens of Baltimore, Md.; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur D. Taylor; a brother, William Hargrove and a half brother, Stanford Guinn.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Smith officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at Community Baptist Church and at other times the family will be at the residence of her daughter, Evelyn Lowe, 58 Hylton Ave.
Marley Funeral Home, Yanceyville, N.C., is in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Tyrone Thornton
PFAFFTOWN, N.C. - Rev. Dr. Stephen Tyrone Thornton, 36, 4110 Crestview Place Dr., died October 21, 2002 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2002, at Phillips Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, burial will be in Danville Memorial Gardens in Danville, Va.
He was born in Rockingham County, March 20, 1966 to James and Mary Thornton in Cascade, Va.
He was a graduate of Tunstall High School and received his doctorate degree from Jacksonville Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Fla. He married the former Portia Patterson, August 6, 1988. Rev. Thornton was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Cascade, Va. and the senior pastor of Phillips Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
In addition to his wife of the residence, he is survived by a daughter, Tashemia Rashel and son, TaShan Ra'quis, also of the residence; his parents, James and Mary Thornton of Cascade, Va.; brother, Kenneth Lyle Thornton (Evonda), Cascade, Va.; nieces, Brittney Thornton, Cascade, Va., Kailyn and Kristen Patterson of Maryland; nephew, Kenneth L. Thornton Jr., Cascade, Va.; father and mother-in-law, James and Frances Patterson of Cascade, Va.; brother-in-law, Shawn Patterson (Stacy) of Maryland; sisters-in-law, Toni Smith (Brian), Eden, Crystal Patterson, Cascade, Va. and a host of relatives and friends.
His remains will be placed in Shiloh Baptist Church in Cascade, Va. at 5 p.m. Friday for viewing, with the family receiving friends from 7 to 8 p.m. at the church. He will be placed in Phillips Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, Saturday at 11 a.m. for viewing, with family receiving friends from 12 noon to 1 p.m. prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made for a trust for his children, c/o Mrs. Portia P. Thornton, 4110 Crestview Place Dr., Pfafftown, NC 27040.
Arrangements entrusted to Perry-Spencer Funeral Home, Eden.
Edith May Witt Williamson
HALIFAX, Va. - Edith May Witt Williamson, 73, of 3208 Mountain Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, at Halifax Regional Hospital after one week of declining health and one week in the hospital.
Born Jan. 17, 1929, in Danville, she was the daughter of Napoleon Dave Witt and Ada Fink Witt.
She lived her life in the Danville area and prior to her retirement, she was employed with Danville Regional Hospital in the Housekeeping Department. She was of the Baptist faith.
She was married to Johnny L. Williamson, who predeceased her in 1960.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbara H. Lodge and Brenda W. Berkley, both of Danville; a sister, Joyce W. Marshall of Halifax; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel with the Rev. Richard Berkley officiating.
The family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Friday at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel and at other times at the daughter's residence, Barbara Lodge, 430 Bryant Ave., Danville.
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home, North Main, is in charge of arrangements.
Brenda Diane Dix Dalton
RINGGOLD, Va. - Brenda Diane Dix Dalton, 55, of 2841 Ringgold Depot Road, Lot 15, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Danville Regional Medical Center.
Born May 5, 1947, in Danville, she was the daughter of James Dix Sr. and Grace Vernon Dix.
She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She married Roger D. Dalton on Dec. 21, 1972.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Charles Rudder Jr. and Steven Alan Rudder, both of Danville; two daughters, Linda Kay R. Laws of Gretna and Kim Polley of Kentucky; two brothers, Robert L. Dix of Danville and James Dix Jr. of Texas; and five grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a sister, Vera Dalton.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Barker Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hylton Lawrence officiating. Interment will be in Highland Burial Park.
The family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday at Barker Funeral Home and at other times at the residence.
Barker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dessie Mae Dickerson
DANVILLE, Va. - Dessie Mae Dickerson, 80, of 231 Ivy St., died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Piney Forest Health Care Center.
Born Nov. 10, 1922, in Pittsylvania County, she was the daughter of William and Nannie Waller Dickerson.
She is survived by two sisters, Velma Lindsey and Frances Walton, both of Danville.
She was predeceased by a brother, Wesley Dickerson.
The funeral will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Guildfield Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Vann officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park.
The family will receive friends at 204 Cunningham St.
Fisher and Watkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Patsy 'Pat' George
BASSETT, Va.- Patsy "Pat" George, 45, of 234 Franklin Heights, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County.
She was born on Dec. 26, 1956, in Franklin County, a daughter of Billy and Zelma Barbour George, both of the home. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bassett. She was preceded in death by her brother, Mike George; maternal grandparents, Ollie and Annie Barbour and paternal grandfather, Frank George.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Judy and Charles Woolridge, both of Bassett; brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Mary George, both of Martinsville; paternal grandmother, Cornelious George of Franklin County; one niece, Alicia Cornett; four nephews, Cody George, Trent Hopkins, Matthew Woolridge and Hunter Woolridge and one great-nephew, Austin Reed Hopkins.
The funeral will be held Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Bassett with the Rev. Lew Bennett officiating. Interment will be held in Henry Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends Sunday night from 7-9 p.m. at Collins Funeral Chapel.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Bassett Building Fund, P.O. Box 557, Bassett, VA 24055.
Collins Funeral Services, Bassett, will be handling the arrangements.
Doc Harris
BLAIRS, Va.- Parrish Justus "Doc" Harris, 85, of Blairs, VA died at the Danville Regional Medical Center on Friday, November 22, 2002. He had been a resident of Roman Eagle Memorial Home for 26 months.
He was born on Friday, February 23, 1917, in Pittsylvania County.
He was the son of the late Hattie Easley Harris and William J. Harris. He was the husband of the late Minnie Shields Harris. He is survived by one sister, Julia H. Overstreet of Brenard, N.C.; four brothers, Harry F. Harris, William J. Harris and his wife Mary, Nathan A. Harris, and Ennett E. Harris and his wife Ann, all of Chatham. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Elizabeth S. Davis of Blairs. He was predeceased by three sisters, Lois H. Swann, Virginia H. Elliott and Nora H. Haymes; and one brother, Eben B. Harris.
He was a long time member of Oakland United Methodist Church, having served on the administration board of trustees and was a lay speaker. He was a member of the fisherman's club and a Sunday school teacher for 30 plus years.
After his retirement from Dan River Mills with 45 years of service, he raised vegetables and fruit for his friends and neighbors and was a beekeeper and an avid sportsman. He gave his time visiting the shut-ins.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Oakland United Methodist Church Monday, November 25, 2002 at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Steve Lewis. Interment will be at Highland Burial Park in Danville.
The family will receive friends Sunday, November 24, 2002 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Scott Funeral Home and at other times will be at the residence of his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Davis, 3996 Snakepath Road, Blairs.
Arrangements are being handled by Scott Funeral Home, 147 South Main Street, Chatham, Va.
Mary Louise Litten
DANVILLE, Va. - Mary Louise Litten, of 334 Maple Grove Ave., died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at Danville Regional Medical Center.
Born Aug. 8, 1919, in Keyser, W.Va., she was the daughter of Horace and Mary Emma Menefee.
She was a mother and homemaker. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Florence, Ala.
She is survived by five children, Margo Judy of Danville, Tinker Burkhardt of Hurt, LeeRoy Litten II of Greensboro, N.C., Michael Litten of Brandon, Fla. and Frances G. Clark of Harrisonburg.
She was predeceased by a daughter, LeeAnn Polantz and two brothers, William G. Menefee and Horace F. Menefee.
The funeral was Nov. 7 at Greenville Memorial Gardens in Florence, Ala. The Rev. Leonard McDowell officiated.
A celebration of her life will be held 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the residence of Charles and Margo Judy, 334 Maple Grove Ave.
Robert Glenn Jones
DANVILLE, Va. - Robert Glenn Jones, 75, of 1111 Main Street, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002 at his residence.
Born September 3, 1927, in Floydada, Texas, he was the son of Glenn Jones and Arie Jones.
He was raised in Stockton, California, and entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 16. While still an undergraduate, he spent a year in Paris and earned a diploma in French Civilization from the University of Paris, the Sorbonne. He served in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in French, he attended the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York. While he was working towards his Master's degree, he was offered a position with Texaco. Since the position advertised called for a French-speaking college graduate, he believed he would be sent back to Paris, a city he loved. However, after agreeing to the job, he was sent to Dakar, Senegal, as a young executive within the company. He spent most of the 1950s in Africa in varying capacities within Texaco, and lived in the Ivory Coast, Kenya and Tanzania. While in the Ivory Coast, he met and fell in love with Monique Cleau, whom he married in Ankara, Turkey in 1954.
Moving up the ladder in Caltex, a joint venture of Texaco and Chevron, he was named Managing Director in Italy in the late 1960s, and in 1967 they had a daughter, Nathalie, who died shortly after her birth. After a brief stint as Managing Director in Switzerland and Benelux he moved to London, England, where he was asked to form the Kuwait National Petroleum Company. In three years he created a multi-billion dollar company from the ground up. While in London, their only son, Glenn Cartier Jones, was born. Shortly after, he was chosen as the Executive Vice President of Occidental Petroleum, and the family moved to Los Angeles. The last ten years of his career was in international management consulting, and included partnerships with Arthur D. Little in Boston, and Booz Allen and Hamilton in New York.
After his retirement, he volunteered with the International Executive Service Corps and helped create a consulting agency in Cairo, Egypt. When his health precluded him from volunteering, he spent time in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Norman, Oklahoma. At age 65, he received a Master's in Liberal Studies from the University of Oklahoma. When his son moved to Danville in July 2001, he moved to Danville and soon after moved into the Stratford House where he resided until the time of his death.
He was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his ex-wife, Monique Jones; his son, Glenn Jones and daughter-in-law, Trisha Jones. His family would like to express their deep gratitude for the kindness and friendship offered by the people of Danville during his last year with us. He enjoyed living at Stratford House, and loved the wait-staff at Red Lobster, Joe and Mimma's, Shoney's and the Danville Golf Club.
There was a visitation at Townes Funeral Home from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 23rd. A graveside service will be held at Mountain View Cemetery at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24th.
The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to WUNC Public Radio, 120 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517.
O. Harold Ramsey Jr
SOUTH BOSTON, Va. - O. Harold Ramsey Jr., 70, of 4021 Philpott Road, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Duke University Medical Center.
Born April 19, 1932, in Halifax County, he was the son of Otis Harold Ramsey Sr. and Hester Ellen Meeler Ramsey.
He was a retired lineman for Dominion Virginia Power and a veteran of the army. He was a member of Alton Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Moore Ramsey of South Boston; two daughters, Lisa Ramsey Holt of Scottsburg and Susan Ramsey Scearce of South Boston; a sister, Audrey R. Long of Richmond; and two grandsons.
The graveside funeral will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Halifax Memorial Gardens with the Rev. H.V. Conner and Dr. Carlyle Ramsey officiating.
The family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday at Brooks Funeral Home and at other times at the residence.
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Halifax County Cancer Association, P.O. Box 875, South Boston, VA 24592.
Brooks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Seldon ‘Fitz' Fitzgerald
SALEM, Va. - Hugh Seldon "Fitz" Fitzgerald of Salem, Va., died Monday, April 22, 2002 at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Danville, Va., and was the son of the late Hugh Patrick Fitzgerald and the late Nolie Keesee Fitzgerald. A sister, Norma Fitzgerald Wyatt, predeceased him.
He is survived by his wife, Katharine Adams Fitzgerald of the residence; one daughter, Katherine Fitzgerald Bush and her husband Joseph of Hampden-Sydney, Va.; one son, Thomas Patrick Fitzgerald of Richmond, Va.; one brother, Alton Patrick Fitzgerald of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; one granddaughter, Katrina B. Cantrell and her husband Fitzhugh of Norfolk, Va.; one grandson, Joseph Fitzgerald Bush and his wife Julie of Roanoke, Va.; one great-grandson, Charles Fitzhugh Cantrell of Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Fitzgerald was the former vice president of Boyle-Swecker Tire Company.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. from the Payneton United Methodist Church, Payneton Church Road, off U.S. 29, North of Chatham, by the Rev. Thomas R. Boggs. Interment will be in the Payneton United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Scott Funeral Home.
Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Griffin
DANVILLE, Va. - Mary Lucille Smith Griffin, 84, of 257 Greenfarm Road, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at Roman Eagle Memorial Home.
Born March 2, 1918, in Pittsylvania County, she was the daughter of Emmitt Smith and Lucille Waddell Smith.
She was married to Charlie Hayward Griffin Sr., who survives. She was a shift worker for Diston Plant, a homemaker and a member of Kentuck Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her husband of the residence, include three sons, Billy Griffin of Goosecreek, S.C., Charlie H. Griffin Jr. of Danville and Horace Olander Griffin of Hopkinsville, Ky.; two daughters, Darnell Griffin of Lynchburg and Nancy G. Chambliss of Richmond; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Kentuck Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse Fitz officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Burial Park.
The viewing will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home.
The family will be at the residence.
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
