Obituaries in Gretna, VA

Kalani Rose Compton daughter of John Kane Compton and MaKaila Jean Marie Dreysse passed away Friday January 23 2026. She was predeceased by her paternal greatgrandfather Lindsey Moore maternal greatgrandmother Terrie McLeod a greatuncle Ryan Compton and an uncle Chase Crum. In addition to her parent...

LynchburgIrene Saunders Harding age 93 of Lynchburg passed away Sunday January 18 2026 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Born March 16 1932 in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late William Ashford Saunders and Fannie Jones Saunders. She was predeceased by her husband Samuel Haden Ha...

GretnaClyde Roosevelt Mayhew age 89 of Gretna passed away Tuesday January 13 2026 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Born January 28 1936 in Pittsylvania County he was a son of the late Morris Monroe Mayhew and Nellie Eanes Mayhew. He was predeceased by his wife Mary Jane Chappell Mayhew a grands...

GretnaNomie Jean Doss age 85 of Gretna passed away Monday January 12 2026 at Parkview Retirement Village in Sanford NC. Born August 30 1940 in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late Wilsie Barnard Doss Sr. and Octavia Frances Haskins Doss. She was predeceased by a brother Henry Clarence ...

GretnaMary Katherine Daniel Gibson age 81 of Gretna passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at her residence. Born July 5 1944 she was a daughter of the late James Dallas Dolly Daniel and Mary Magdelene Daniel. She was predeceased by her husband Garry Lee Gibson one son Ronnie Gibson and 3 siblings. Mrs....

Altavista.James Christopher Jamie Franklin age 47 of Altavista passed away Saturday January 3 2026 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Born July 13 1978 in Lynchburg he was a son of James Michael Jimmy Franklin of Lynchburg and the late Christine Chris Chumley Franklin. In addition to his father h...

Gretna.Russell Reed Mayhew age 95 of Gretna passed away peacefully on Friday January 2 2026 at Gretna Health and Rehab surrounded by his family. Born June 30 1930 in Pittsylvania County he was the son of the late George Calvin Mayhew and Myrtle Shelton Mayhew. He was predeceased by his wife Joyce Si...

The beloved son of Jean M. Crider Wright Brown and the late Val E. Wright Duane was born May 9 1961 in Richmond VA and raised in Doswell VA. A 1980 graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Ashland VA he embarked on a career in supermarket service working first for Safeway then later devoting 26 year...

GretnaMargaret M. Midkiff age 85 of Gretna passed away Monday December 29 2025 at her residence. Born December 4 1940 in Miami FL she was a daughter of the late Frank Tyler Midkiff Sr. and Martha Head Midkiff. She was predeceased by her first husband William Wilson Sr. her second husband Kenneth Way...

Cynthia Sater Scruggs age 72 of Penhook VA passed away on Sunday December 28 2025 at Bedford Hospice Home. Mrs. Scruggs was born on August 2 1953 in Danville VA a daughter of the late William Sater and Billie Blair Sater. She lived most of her life in Penhook and was a teacher with Pittsylvania Coun...

Gretna.Joyce Hunt Vasser Sardella age 85 of Gretna passed away Thursday December 18 2025 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Born August 11 1940 in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late Felix Bennett Hunt and Gladys Katherine Johnson Hunt. She was predeceased by a son Jeffrey Wayne Va...

Maynard Lee Sonny Pruitt Jr. age 59 of Hurt VA went home to our Lord on Wednesday December 17 2025 at UVA HealthUniversity Hospital at 933 p.m. Born August 12 1966 in Danville VA he was the son of Betty Dalton Bravo of Gretna and the late Maynard Lee Pruitt Sr. He was predeceased by one brother Mark...