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Falkland…………………………Melissa Godley Stancil, age 55, died December 25, 2025.
Funeral service will be held Sunday January 4, 2026 at 3:30 P.M. at the Farmville Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Queen Anne Cemetery in Fountain. The family will receive friends Saturday, January 3, 2026 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., and on Sunday one hour prior to the service from 2:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
Melissa was preceded in death by a sister, Jackie Lynn Taylor; and her late-father, Wayne Williamson.
She is survived by her husband, J.P. Stancil; mother, Shirley Dail Williamson; father, James B. Godley and wife, Katherine; daughters, Jenny Stancil and fiancé, Coltrane Stokes, Lana Lynn Stancil, Macey Leigh Sabo and husband, Taylor, and Tracey Lynn Briley; sons, Tyler Scott and James Percy Stancil III and wife, Maria; sister, Ashley Godley; brothers, Don Murry and wife, Wanda, Jimmy Taylor and wife, April, Blake Godley, and Kenny McLeod; and nine grandchildren;
Online condolences may be made at www.farmvillefh.com.
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