Franklin County High Virginia Alumni Obituaries

Out of the silence there tenderly falls the sound of Gods voice He lovingly calls this is my will come home weary one a trusting voice answers Lord thy will be done. On Monday November 3 2025 this Godfearing man was called home. He passed peacefully and quietly in his home 2914 Chatham Rd. Martinsvi...

Lois Jane Smith Rust 97 of Jacksonville Illinois died Wednesday December 17 2025 at The Pointe in Jacksonville. She was born July 6 1928 to LeRoy Thomas and Hattie Belle Scott Smith in Jacksonville. Lois married Paul Oliver Rust on July 24 1949 at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville they were m...

age 90 of Franklin WV passed away on Tuesday December 30 2025 at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg WV. She was born on November 16 1935 in Franklin WV the daughter of the late William Isaac and Gladys Laura Huffman Hedrick. On February 9 1955 Doll married Marshall Rolan Huffman who preceded her ...

age 39 of Morgantown WV formerly of Franklin WV passed away following a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday November 18 2025 at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital Morgantown WV. He was born on August 7 1986 in Elkins WV the son of Thomas F. Sites of Franklin WV and Melissa Mae Teter Adams Kirk of Headw...

Deborah Lee Pope Horst 75 of Brandywine West Virginia passed away peacefully on Saturday January 10 2026 surrounded by family and loved ones at Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation in Harrisonburg Virginia. She was born on December 18 1950 in Harrisonburg Virginia at Rockingham Memorial Hospital to...

Thomas Reon Kline age 90 of Franklin WV passed away on Tuesday November 25 2025 at his home due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was born on November 13 1935 in Franklin the son of the late Reon Howard Red Kline and Selma Grace Hinkle Kline. A 1953 graduate of Franklin High School he beg...

Shelby Jean Griffin Dickens 87 went to be with her Lord and savior Jesus Christ on Monday January 5th 2026. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. Born in Franklin County North Carolina to Hallie Griffin and Melvie Collins Griffin Shelby was the second oldest of 10 children. She gradua...

Carrsville Robert Bobby Milton Butler Sr. went to be with his Lord at the age of 92 on January 4 2026. He was born in Isle of Wight County on April 151933 son of the late Pressley B. Butler Sr. and Francys O. Butler. He was married to the love of his life the late Mary Carr Butler for 68 years. He ...

Franklin Joseph Wesley Joe Russell 78 passed away December 6 2025 in McGuire VA Medical Center. Born in Suffolk he was a son of the late Stanley Horton Russell and Ophelia Belle Parker Hill. He was also predeceased by a daughter Tammy Jo Russell Steinert and two brothers Stanley Parker Russell and ...

Earl was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and one of 13 children of the late Gholie and Lizzie Newsome Burgess and was a 1951 graduate of Courtland High School. He was a devoted member and former trustee of Sedley Baptist Church. A determined man with a strong work ethic Earl founded Burges...

The family will receive friends from 1130 a.m. 1200 p.m. Saturday November 1 2025 at Mayo Missionary Baptist Church 3554 Horsepasture Price Road Ridgeway VA. with the "Celebration of Life will beginning at 1200 p.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Public viewing will be held Friday Oct...

Angela "Angie" Denise Koch was born in Washington, Missouri on June 14, 1957, to Richard Griffin and Arla Griffin (nee' Roloff). She passed away on Monday, January 12, 2026, in Washington, Missouri at the age of 68.Angie grew up in Washington and graduated from Washington High School in 1975. Follow...

Mr. Donald Don Wilborne Sr. 92 of Thomasville passed away Saturday January 10 2026 at Hospice Home at High Point. Don was born March 12 1933 in Halifax County Virginia to the late Jefferson Davis Wilborne Sr. and Nora Scott Wilborne. Don served his country in the United States Army. He was a faithfu...

MILWAUKEE, NORTH CAROLINA Glenn Paul Martin, 84, passed away Sunday, January 17 at Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, NC.  He was born on February 2, 1936 in Milwaukee, Northampton County to the late Gordon Paul Martin and Emily Vann Martin, the third of six children.  He was preceded in...

Lawrence “Larry” Pope, 88, was born on May 12, 1937, in Washington, DC, to Otis A. and Ruby (Trail) Pope and passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. In keeping with Larry’s wishes, no services will be held. Arrangements entrusted to Autry Funeral Home in Frankston.Larry and h...