Nancye Davis Goolsby

July 15, 1936 - January 21, 2021

Nancye Davis Goolsby, 84, of 214 Northmont Blvd, Danville, VA went to her forever home on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at SOVAH Health Danville. Ms. Goolsby was born in Franklin County, VA on July 15, 1936, a daughter of the late Winbon Clyde Davis and Susie Bowen Davis. She worked in Human Resourses for Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute where she retired after 25 years in 2002. She was an active member of Melville Avenue Baptist Church, the Women’s Baptist Association and the Red Hat’s Society. In 1955, she married Paul Malcolm Goolsby, who died on December 8, 1988. Survivors include a brother, Clyde B. Davis (Susan); three children, Ellen Sparrow (Ricky), David Goolsby (Donna), and Marianne Goolsby Adkins (Earl); four grandchildren, April Sparrow (Johnny), Justin Strader (Kenneth), Brittany Criser (Kelsy), and Jessica Cannady (Joshua); Three great-grandchildren, Sidney Sparrow, Ashton Criser and Rorey Criser. In addition to her husband, Paul Malcolm Goolsby, she was preceded in death by her brother, Wallace Reid Davis, and her daughter, Paula Sue Goolsby. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Melville Avenue Baptist Church from 11:00 until 12:30 p.m. followed by a graveside service at Highland Burial Park at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Charles Swanson officiating. The family will receive friends at Nancy’s residence, 214 Northmont Blvd, Danville, VA on Monday, January 25, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and other times at the home of her son, David Goolsby, 740 Dodson Road, Blairs, VA, 24527. Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel is serving the family.