ROADWATCH: May 1-8, 2026 
Blue Ridge BBQ Cook Off and Moonshine Heritage Car Show Return to Ferrum College April 25 
Franklin County Board of Supervisors Work Session Time Change 
Kitty Wray Sutherland
December 22, 1936 — December 17, 2025 Kitty Wray Sutherland, age 88 of Rocky Mount…
Robert Stephen “Rob” Hurt
August 22, 1947 — December 14, 2025 Robert Stephen “Rob” Hurt, age 78 of Hardy…
Sallie Kate Hodges
May 21, 1934 — December 13, 2025 Sallie Kate Hodges, age 91 of Rocky Mount…
Helen Catherine Carson
April 5, 1934 — December 13, 2025 Helen Catherine Carson, age 91 of Penhook passed…
Cynthia Smith
November 7, 1951 — December 12, 2025 Cynthia Margaret Smith, age 74, passed away unexpectedly…
Jerry Ellis
January 14, 1961 — December 12, 2025 Jerry Ellis, age 64 of Rocky Mount passed…
Ernestine Pasley Hartigan
September 22, 1924 — December 11, 2025 Ernestine “Ernie” Pasley Hartigan., age 101, of Scruggs,…
Arlene Poindexter Thomas
October 2, 1937 — December 11, 2025 Mrs. Arlene Thomas, age 88 of Glade Hill,…
Rosemarie Rutten Dillon
July 18, 1942 — December 11, 2025 Rosemarie Rutten Dillon, age 83 of Ferrum, Virginia,…