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David Lee Langley
Sergeant Major David Lee Langley (Retired), 89, passed away in his home with his loved ones on May 5th, 2023. Born in Pitt County, NC, ...
Jen Jaqua, Author at Smithfield Times
Obituaries
Linda White Peden Tusinski
Linda White Peden Tusinski, 70, of Windsor, VA passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022, after a courageous life long struggle with diabetes. She was ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 5:42 pm
Obituaries
Robert Noel Woods
Robert (Bob) Noel Woods, 91, of Smithfield passed away July 18, 2022. Bob was born in Decatur, Illinois, March 11, 1931. He was the elder ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 5:14 pm
Obituaries
Edward Wayne Hontz
Edward Wayne Hontz, 74, of Newport News, passed away Feb. 7, 2022. Edward was raised in Smithfield and later moved to Newport News. He is ...
by Jen Jaqua, Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:09 pm
Editorial
Let Windsor probe play out
Reaction has been swift to outgoing Attorney General Mark Herring’s lawsuit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination by the Windsor Police Department in the way ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:51 pm
Obituaries
Nanyrl Felker
Nanyrl A. (Nelson) Felker, 87, passed away on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 18, 1934. At a young ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, December 28, 2021 5:33 pm
Obituaries
Angela Burdetta Edwards
God, in His infinite wisdom, dispatched an angel to claim His own, Angela Burdetta Edwards, peacefully on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Bridgepoint Hospital in ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, August 31, 2021 6:26 pm
Letters To The Editor
Oppose developers, unbridled growth
Editor, The Smithfield Times: Last year, a longtime York County developer proposed a clustered, high-density community on land zoned for much lower residential single-family homes ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, April 27, 2021 7:02 pm
News
Mental Health Matters: Teenagers persevere in the pandemic
By Akilah Frye Intern The pandemic has taken a toll on the worldwide economy and health, but one thing that has gone mostly overlooked is ...
by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:48 pm
News
Zoo-Nye Closet opens its doors
Felicia Pennell knows what it’s like to fall through the cracks. Over the past 17 years, the single mother says she’s earned just $3 to ...