Brenda Faye Perkins Starr

September 12, 1951 - March 6, 2021

Brenda Faye Perkins Starr, 69, of 936 Ringgold Depot Rd., Ringgold, VA, died peacefully on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at her home with her family by her side, after a decline in health for the past two years. Mrs. Starr was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, on September 12, 1951, a daughter of the late David Logan Perkins and the late Betty Lee Payne Perkins. She lived all of her life in the Danville area where she worked as a Weaver for Dan River Mills, Inc. She then went on to work as a school bus aide for the Pittsylvania County School System. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, who she adored, and working in her yard planting flowers. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith. On May 19, 1986, she married Kenneth Wayne Starr, who survives of the residence. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Rhonda Kendrick, of Halifax, VA, Wendy Blake (David), of Louisiana, and Donna Yeatts (John), of Danville, VA; a step-daughter, Lisa Jones (Danny); a step-son, Richard Wilson; nine grandchildren, Dakota Williams, Joshua Williams, Ricky Giles, Brittany Starr, Jonathan Giles, Makayla Blake, Andrew Blake, Justin Yeatts, and Hunter Yeatts; two great grandchildren, Caleb Starr and Winter Giles; and a step-grandson, Damon Jones. Mrs. Starr was predeceased by her parents and grandson Ralph Starr, Jr. A service will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM, from the graveside, in Floral Hills Memory Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Foley officiating. The family will be receiving friends at the residence. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Commonwealth Hospice for their excellent care of Mrs. Starr. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 10, Ringgold, VA, 24586. Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel is serving the Starr family.