Obituaries

Mrs. Shirley Ashcroft Wetherbee

Mrs. Shirley Ashcroft Wetherbee, age 86, of South Hill, died on Thursday April 18, 2024. Shirley was a very accomplished woman. Among her accomplishments, she was a 1958 graduate of the Portsmouth General Hospital School of Nursing, a former director of nurses at VCU Community Memorial Hospital and the Hundley Center, a former medical director for the Mecklenburg Correctional Center, past president of the Tri-County Nurses association, past president of the Gosport Lodge #20 of the Fraternal Order of Police, former chairman of the Southside Community Services Board, a former member of the South Hill Revitalization Committee, an active member of the South Hill United Methodist Church, a member of the board of directors for MARC of Virginia, Vice-President of the Mecklenburg Association of Retarded Citizens, Vice-President and Secretary of the Virginia Association of Retarded Citizens, a member of the Northington Sheltered Workshop advisory board and a member of the LCAAA advisory board. Shirley is survived by her husband, Martin R. Wetherbee of South Hill; her daughter, Shirlene Vaughan and her husband Alan of La Crosse; her son, Edward M. Wetherbee of South Hill; her grandson, Michael Vaughan and his wife Tiffany of South Hill; her two great-grandchildren: Cayleigh and Carleigh and her daughter by choice, Starr Oliver of Chesapeake. A memorial service will be conducted on Monday April 22nd at 2:00 P.M. in Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorial contributions may be made to the South Hill Volunteer Fire Department at 114 N. Brunswick Avenue, South Hill, Virginia 23970 or to the South Hill United Methodist Church Music Department at 105 Franklin Street, South Hill, Virginia 23970. Online condolences may be made through our website, www.crowderhitecrews.com. Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Wetherbee family.