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Billy R. Murphy passed away peacefully at his residence on March 30, 2019. He was the son of the late Everett and Stella Murphy. He is preceded in death by his son, Patrick Murphy.

Lonnie M. Massey went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2019. He was born in November of 1918, in Delta County, Texas, the oldest of Mann and Leeola Massey’s three children. He is predeceased by his wife of 47 years Iris C. Massey

Esther Smith Norris, 99, passed away peacefully at her home on March 25, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Elisha A. and Mary Smith. She is predeceased by her husband, Curtis Wilson Norris.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Brenda N. McClenney (Jerry) of Smithfield and Louise N. Blythe (Earl) of Franklin. Her grandchildren, Felicia, Tracy and Chris and six great grandchildren, Brittany, Lauren, Ashleigh, Jarrod, Carter and Caroline along with two great-great grandchildren, Arabella and Grayson.

Leroy Pope III, age 77, went to be with the lord on the 21st of March peacefully at his farm on the Chuckatuck Creek.Heaven is closer in a house by the Creek. He was the son of the late Leroy Pope Jr. and Mary Alice Woodward Pope and preceded by brother James Pope and brother-in-law Dwight Eddy.

Julian Eugene Payne, 87, of Smithfield, VA passed away on March 24, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late William Eugene Payne and Lizzie Ellen Payne and was predeceased by his wife Elouise Payne.

He served in the U.S. Navy and retired after twenty years. He also retired from the Newport News Shipyard. He was a member of the Isle of Wight Ruritan Club where he was known as Chief. He was a member of Benns United Methodist Church.