FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue is accused of falsifying a court document in Franklin County Circuit Court. The case stems from a contested will where Perdue, whose day job is an attorney, was representing a widow in a dispute with her late husband’s estate.
The widow, Valerie Venning, was not named as an heir in her late husband Selby Gregorie “Greg” Venning III’s estate after he died on January 4, 2024. Valorie Venning filed on February 16, 2024, to nullify a prenuptial agreement.
Through Perdue, Valerie Venning also filed a written claim at the courthouse, claiming a share of her late husband’s estate. This claim set up a six-month deadline to August 21, 2024, to submit a follow up document to determine the financial amount in this claim against the estate…