Obituaries
Barbara Cordes Bowman
Feb 21, 2014
Barbara Ann Cordes Bowman, 69, of South Fork Rd., Pamplin, VA, died Friday, February 21, 2014, in Southside Community Hospital. Born in West Orange, New Jersey, on January 2, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Elsie and Robert Cordes. She was employed by Emmett R. McLane, D.D.S., P.C. Barbara loved animals, gardening, and was a loud and proud...
Loee Wallis
Feb 20, 2014
Loee Alley Lair Wallis, 86, of Crane Creek Rd., Pamplin, died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at The Summit. She was the wife of the late Commander Harold Patrick Lair and the late Major Woodrow Wilson Wallis. Born in Cherokee, NC, on February 2, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Ida Moses and Felix Morris Alley. She was a...
Robert Lewis Childress
Feb 19, 2014
Robert Lewis (Puddin) Childress, 74, of Walton Dr., Appomattox, VA died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Anne Stanley Childress. Born in Buckingham County, VA, on July 9, 1939, he was a son of the late Hallie Bell Bryant and Robert Clarence Childress. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church...
Carl Boyd Murphy Jr.
Feb 18, 2014
Carl Boyd Murphy, Jr., of Police Tower Rd., Appomattox, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, in Lynchburg General Hospital. He and his wife, the former Catherine Erickson, shared their lives together for 63 years. Born in Camden, New Jersey, on November 27, 1930, he was a son of the late Claire Piot and Carl Boyd Murphy, Sr. He was a member...
Helen Fitzgerald Doss
Feb 17, 2014
Helen Lucille Fitzgerald Doss, 69, of Country Estates Road, Appomattox, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Gene Autry Doss, Sr. Helen was born in Albemarle County, VA, March 24, 1944, a daughter of the late Florence Bryant and Carrington Fitzgerald. She was a retired employee of Courtland Manufacturing and after retirement served...
Bernice Paulette Dodd
Feb 17, 2014
Bernice Paulette Dodd, 83, of Phenix, died Monday afternoon February 17, 2014 at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of Thomas Franklin Dodd. Bernice was born in Lynchburg, April 1, 1930, a daughter of the late Caroline Brandon and Thomas Jackson Paulett. She was a member of Rough Creek Presbyterian Church, South Central Parish Quilters and a...
Wayne Frank Clark
Feb 14, 2014
Wayne Frank Clark, 86, of Timberline Lane, "Little Portion Farm" otherwise known as "Yankee Hill", Appomattox, died Friday night in Lynchburg General Hospital, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014, a special date for Wayne and his wife. He was the husband of Winifred Dorothy Brooder Clark for 65 years. Wayne was born in Tacoma, Washington April 18, 1927, a son...
Ralph M. "Butch" Choma
Feb 12, 2014
Ralph Michael " Butch" Choma, 59, of Spout Spring, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014. He was the husband of Michelle Bowers Choma. Ralph was born in Coaldale, PA, July 24, 1954, he was a son of Henry Choma and Charlotte Hosler. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Michael Choma of Reading, PA, Joseph Choma of...
Victor Lyle Meadows
Feb 12, 2014
Victor Lyle Meadows, 65 of Pamplin died Wednesday February 12, 2014 in the University of Virginia Medical Center. Victor was born in Lynchburg on January 31, 1949 a son of the late Virginia Williams and Joseph Lyle Meadows. He was a member of Piney Ridge United Methodist Church. Victor was a 1967 graduate of Appomattox County High School and a...
Herbert Curtis Rader
Feb 5, 2014
Herbert Curtis Rader, 83, of Forest Chapel Rd., Pamplin, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at his residence. He was the husband of Margaretha Buchinger Rader. Born in Israel Township, Ohio, on January 27, 1931, he was a son of the late Alta Miller and Roscoe Rader. He was a retired Sergeant Major in the US Army serving in the Korean...
F. Leonard Flynn, Jr.
Feb 4, 2014
F. Leonard Flynn, Jr., 54, of Patteson School Rd., Appomattox, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Evelyn Yvonne Taylor Flynn. Born in Lynchburg, VA, on August 21, 1959, he was the son of Francis Leonard Flynn, Sr. of Appomattox and the late Mary Judith O'Brien Flynn. He was a member of...
Steven Braxton Mitchell
Feb 4, 2014
Steven Braxton Mitchell, 53, of Cawthorne St., Appomattox, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at his residence. Born in Lynchburg, VA on March 16, 1960, he was a son of Rosalia Wright Mitchell of Appomattox and the late Charles (Charlie) Braxton Mitchell. Steve was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He worked for Thomasville Furniture Company and was presently employed by...
Myrtle Hodnett Jennings
Feb 3, 2014
Myrtle Hodnett Jennings, 77, of Prospect, died Monday, February 03, 2014, in Heritage Hall of Blackstone. She was the wife of the late James Cawthorne Jennings. Born in Nottoway County, on July 4, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Lillie Hodnett Brandau and George Moore. She was a homemaker and member of Hollywood Baptist Church She is survived...
Jane Inge Woody
Feb 3, 2014
Betty Jane Inge Cyrus Woody, 65, of Forest died Monday, February 3, 2014 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the widow of Harry Woody. Jane was born in Lynchburg, VA on November 27, 1948 a daughter of the late Alice Smith and Holmsey Inge, Jr. She was a homemaker and member of Rocks Baptist Church. She is survived by a...
Laura Woody Evans
Jan 31, 2014
Laura Lee Woody Evans, 45, of Countryside Rd., Appomattox died Friday, January 31, 2014. Born in Lynchburg, VA on October 18, 1968, she was the daughter of Bertha Webber Woody and Clarence P. Woody both of Appomattox. She was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College and employed by Appomattox County School District as the Federal/State Grants Coordinator, Student System Specialist....
Mable Doss Smith
Jan 24, 2014
Mable Doss Smith, 86, of Rocky Farm Rd., Appomattox, was called home to be with her Lord on Friday, January 24, 2014 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of the late James Elmo Smith. Born in Appomattox County, on March 23, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Gwendolyn Smoot and Aubrey Layfette Doss. She was a...
Hester Filer Asman
Jan 24, 2014
Hester Lee Filer Asman, 68, of Saxe and currently residing in Appomattox, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 24, 2014. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 24, 1945, she was a daughter of Rowland Franklin Filer of Virginia Beach and Margaret Lee (Bo Bo) Toombs of Keysville. Hester loved to serve others, enjoyed crafts, and was a...
Thomas M. Franklin Sr.
Jan 24, 2014
Thomas Malcolm Franklin, Sr., 81, of Concord, died Friday, January 24, 2014, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was twice widowed; his wives were the late Marie Loraine Pinnette Franklin and the late Phyllis Joy Franklin. Born in Concord, VA, on July 22, 1932, he was a son of the late Marie Lucille Jones and George Frost Franklin. He was a...
Reverend Robert James Mceleney
Jan 23, 2014
Reverend Robert James McEleney of Appomattox died Thursday, January 23, 2014, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Ann and Thomas McEleney. He was born April 15, 1928, in New York City. In 1936, he traveled with his parents to their native Scotland. Because he had dual citizenship, he was drafted into the British...
Marjorie Harrell Tweedy
Jan 23, 2014
Marjorie Harrell Tweedy, 96, of New Chapel Rd., Rustburg, died Thursday, January 23, 2014 in Westminster Canterbury. She was the wife of the late Reginald Edward Tweedy, Sr. Born in Suffolk, VA, on July 2, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Zuzzie Pierce Harrell and William Burgess Harrell. She was preceded in death by her step-mother, Lillian Carr...
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