Mar 9, 2010

A funeral for Gavin Tyler Craig, 1 month old of Collinsville, who died Feb. 27, 2010, was held Friday at Bassett Funeral Service. The Rev. Ronnie Craig and Pastor Calvin Reynolds officiated. Burial was in the Sheffield family cemetery in Ridgeway.

Pallbearers were Terry Craig, Casey East, Doug Adams Sr. and Ronnie Ratcliff.

Mar 9, 2010

Delene Hope Fain Curry, 49, of Stuart, died Friday, March 5, 2010, as the result of an automobile accident in Patrick County.

She was born in Danbury, N.C., on Sept. 21, 1960, and was preceded in death by her mother, Paula Juanita McPeak Fain.

She had worked at Results in Stuart, and she attended Stuart United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Howard Barry Curry of the home; her father, Clayton Fain of Stuart; two sisters, Dreama Jane Fitzgerald of Stuart and Paulette Anita Hodges of Kill Devil Hills, N.C.; two nephews; and one niece.

A memorial graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stuart Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Moore officiating.

The family will receive friends at Stuart United Methodist Church after the service Wednesday.

Memorials may be made to the Delene Curry Burial Fund, c/o Moody Funeral Home, P.O. Box 307, Stuart, Va. 24171.

Moody Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mar 9, 2010

The funeral for Nancy Carolyn Nowlin France, 98, of 105 Landmark Drive, Stuart and formerly of 3820 Preston Road, Martinsville, who died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Olive East Christian Church with Dr. Kenneth Davis officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the church for a half-hour before the funeral Thursday and other times at her home on Preston Road.

She was born in Patrick County on April 3, 1911, to Thomas Nowlin and Stella Sheffield Nowlin. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Joseph France.

She was a domestic worker for 45 years and was the oldest member of Mt. Olive East Christian Church, where she was in the Christian Women’s Fellowship, Sunday school and Senior Choir.

Surviving are a daughter, Lula Mae Joyce Moses of St. Louis, Mo.; a brother, the Rev. James Nowlin of Martinsville; a sister, Mattie Tatum of Patrick Springs; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Hines Funeral Services in Martinsville is in charge of arrangements.

Mar 9, 2010

The funeral for Ralph Clifford “Porkey” Hagee Jr., 39, of Bassett, who died March 4, 2010, was held Monday at Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Home, Bassett Chapel, with the Rev. Hugh Edward Rakes officiating. Burial was in Henry Memorial Park.

Pallbearers were Liberty Buller, Okey Cooper, John D. Helms Sr., Charles Rakes, Mitch Hodges, Christopher Bowers, James Hoback and Jeffrey Cassell.

Mar 9, 2010

The funeral for Betty Young Herndon, 77, of Siler City, N.C., and formerly of Martinsville, who died March 4, 2010, was held Monday at Norris Funeral Services with the Rev. J. Eldon Morgan officiating. Burial was in the Herndon family cemetery in Pittsylvania County.

Pallbearers were Shaun Bradshaw, Troy Spencer, Eric Mann, Matthew Fulcher, Eddie Fulcher and Bobby Dean Herndon.

Mar 9, 2010

The funeral for Pearl Elizabeth Hodge, 84, of Martinsville, who died March 3, 2010, was held Monday at Jerusalem Christian Church with the Revs. Robert Smith and Eugene Reynolds officiating. Burial was in the Hodge family cemetery.

Pallbearers were James Hairston, Ronald Spencer, Jeff Hairston, Renado Hairston, Corey Mullins, Ryan Hairston, Jim Jamison and Troy Gravely

Hairston Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Mar 9, 2010

The funeral for Onie Delois Hairston Joyce, 70, of Roanoke, who died March 4, 2010, was held Monday at Star of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor William C. Randolph, the Rev. Clarence Thweatt and Dr. Charles T. Hash officiating. Burial was in the Booker T. Hairston family cemetery.

Pallbearers were Clarence Simington, Booker Woods, Rodney Clay Hairston, Benny Hairston, Cephus Hairston, Vance Hairston Jr., Doug Woods, Robert Hairston and Dana Reynolds.

Bassett Funeral Service handled arrangements.

Mar 9, 2010

Louise T. West

Louise Turner West, 82, of Bassett, died Monday, March 8, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville.

Arrangements were incomplete at Bassett Funeral Services