Obituaries

Herbert Lee Handy Sr.

Herbert Lee Handy Sr.

Mar 27, 2013

Herbert Lee Handy, Sr., 82, of Trent Hatchery Rd., Appomattox, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Nora Doss Handy. Born in Appomattox, VA on June 28, 1930, he was a son of the late Cessie Mays and James Emmitt Handy, Sr. Herbert started working from a young age on his family's...

Linda Lee Burnette

Linda Lee Burnette

Mar 23, 2013

Linda Lee Burnette, 63, of Appomattox died March 23, 2013 at her residence. She was the wife of Edwin Glenn Burnette. Born in Baltimore, MD, on April 3, 1949, she was a daughter of the late James W. Chenoweth, Sr. and Dorothy Wilson King. In addition to her husband she is survived by a grandson, Phillip Michael Zetter; a brother,...

Gladys Ranson Anderson

Gladys Ranson Anderson

Mar 22, 2013

Gladys Ranson Anderson, 99, of Pamplin died Friday, March 22, 2013, after a brief illness at the residence of her nephew, Charlie Goodman and Beverly Ranson. She was the wife of the late Jesse James Anderson. Born in Appomattox County, on July 28, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Goodman Henry Ranson and Alma Cawthorne Ranson. She was...

Lizzie Harris Spencer

Lizzie Harris Spencer

Mar 21, 2013

Lizzie Harris Spencer, 83, of Rough Creek Road, Pamplin, died at her residence Thursday morning March 21, 2013. She was the wife of Alvin F. Spencer. Lizzie was born in Nottoway County on June 13, 1929, a daughter of the late Eunice Estell Ray and Walter Harris. She was a homemaker. In addition to her husband, she is survived by...

Dorothy Lucille Cordani

Dorothy Lucille Cordani

Mar 18, 2013

Dorothy Lucille Prestele Cordani, 92, of Country Club Rd., Appomattox, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at her residence. Born in Washington, DC, on August 22, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Albert Edward Prestele and Mary Adelaide Nash Prestele. She was a member of St. Annes' Episcopal Church and the St. Anne's E. C. W. She is survived...

Curtis Alton Harris

Curtis Alton Harris

Mar 18, 2013

Curtis Alton Harris, 76, of Kimball Road, Concord, died Monday March 18, 2013 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Gladys Drinkard Harris. Curtis was born in Appomattox County on November 10, 1936 a son of the late Ellen Doss and Curtis Dashwood Harris. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, founding member of Long Mountain Hunt...

Dorothy Ragland Simmons

Dorothy Ragland Simmons

Mar 13, 2013

Dorothy Lee Ragland Simmons, 77, of White Pine Dr., Appomattox died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at her residence. She was the wife of John Henry Simmons. Born in Appomattox County, on August 30, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Eva Carrico Ragland Paulette and the late Robert Ragland. Dot was a member of Evergreen United Methodist Church and...

Daniel Wencil Herncall

Daniel Wencil Herncall

Mar 12, 2013

Daniel Wencil Herncall, 65, of Walton Drive, Appomattox, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Phyllis Joiner Herncall. Born in Lynchburg, VA on December 17, 1947, he was a son of the late Marvin A. (Buddy) and Frances Driskill Herncall. He graduated from Lynchburg College with a BA in Business. Dan was an...

Melissa Anne Smith

Melissa Anne Smith

Mar 10, 2013

Melissa Anne "G" Smith, 18, of Wheeler's Spring Rd., Pamplin, died Sunday, March 10, 2013. She was born in Lynchburg, VA on May 31, 1994. "G" was a member of Piney Ridge United Methodist Church, a student of Lynchburg College, and an employee of Tolley's Market. Melissa is survived by her loving parents Kelly Webber and Allen Barclay Smith; her...

Phyllis Mayberry Smith

Phyllis Mayberry Smith

Mar 8, 2013

Phyllis Mayberry Smith, 67, of Lucy St., died Friday, March 8, 2013, at her residence. Born in Appomattox, VA on April 19, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Bessie Cyrus and James Hunter Mayberry. Phyllis was an active longtime member of Memorial United Methodist Church where she coordinated the prayer chain, was a member of the United Methodist...

Harold A. Mann

Harold A. Mann

Mar 7, 2013

Harold Abner Mann, 81, of Red House Rd., Appomattox, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Ethel Jane Giles Mann. Born in Bedford, VA on June 15, 1931, he was a son of the late Julian Abner and Bernice Gray Mann. He was a US Army veteran, a member of American Legion...

J. T. Guill

J. T. Guill

Mar 7, 2013

Jesse Taylor Guill, Jr. (J. T.), 77, of Piney Mt. Rd, Appomattox, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born in Monroe, VA on August 25, 1935, he was the son of the late Jesse Taylor Guill, Sr. and Hilda McGuire Guill. He is survived by a son, Ronald Lee Guill of Lynchburg; two daughters, Catherine Reynolds and...

Robin Spiggle Ribeiro

Robin Spiggle Ribeiro

Mar 7, 2013

Robin Lee Spiggle Ribeiro, 50, of Spring Mill Road, Concord, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Lynchburg, VA on September 7, 1962, she was the daughter of the late David Wilson Spiggle and Peggy Crowder Spiggle Lotts of Appomattox. In addition to her mother she is survived by two daughters, Jordan Marie and Ryan Lee...

Herman Cleveland Wingfield

Herman Cleveland Wingfield

Feb 27, 2013

Herman Cleveland Wingfield, 94, of Pamplin died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Appomattox County, on January 14, 1919, he was a son of the late Charles Andrew Wingfield and Martha Jane Godsey Wingfield. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Terry Wingfield and all of his brothers and sisters. He is survived by...

Priscilla Dawn Parsons

Priscilla Dawn Parsons

Feb 24, 2013

Priscilla Dawn Ellis Parsons, 70, of Tony Drive, Concord, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at her residence after a long illness. She was the loving wife of Thomas J. (Jim) Parsons, Jr. for over 52 years. Born in Roanoke, VA, on August 15, 1942, she was a daughter of William Clyde Ellis Sr. of Concord and the late Mildred Lorraine...

Sandra O'Brien Mitchell

Sandra O'Brien Mitchell

Feb 21, 2013

Sandra O'Brien (Mimi) Mitchell, 74, of Morningside Dr., Appomattox, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 21, 2013 in Fairmont Crossing Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Maymond Lewis Mitchell, Sr. Sandra was born on June 8, 1938, in Appomattox, the daughter of the late Jennings L. O'Brien and Grace Wooten Cunningham. She...

Charles "Charlie" B. Mitchell

Charles "Charlie" B. Mitchell

Feb 17, 2013

Charles "Charlie" Braxton Mitchell, 80, of Cawthorne St. Appomattox, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Rosalia Wright Mitchell. Born in Appomattox County on March 15, 1932, he was a son of the late Curtis L. and Willie Jones Mitchell. Charlie was a retired truck driver for Appomattox Hardware, an avid Red Sox...

Donnie Ray Eagle

Donnie Ray Eagle

Feb 13, 2013

Donnie Ray Eagle, 51, of Purdum Mill Road, Appomattox, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in Lewis-Gale Hospital, Salem, VA. Donnie was born in Farmville on August 29, 1961 a son of the late Bobby Ray Eagle and Elsie Bryant Mann and her husband, Harry of Appomattox. In addition to his mother and step-father, he is survived by a son, Michael...

J. Ralph Coleman

J. Ralph Coleman

Feb 12, 2013

James Ralph Coleman, 93, of Lynchburg, died Tuesday night February 12, 2013 at his residence. He was the husband of Betsy Lee Ratcliffe Coleman for 65 years. Ralph was born in Appomattox County on Nov. 20, 1919 a son of the late Mary Martin and Royal Judson Coleman. He was a lifetime member of Trinity United Methodist where he served...

Edith Mann Tolley

Edith Mann Tolley

Feb 7, 2013

Edith Mann Tolley, 93, of Little Cub Road, Pamplin, died February 7, 2013 at her home after an extended illness. She was the wife of the late O. Hunter Tolley, Sr. Edith was born in Ronceverte, WV on May 8, 1919 a daughter of the late Mary Winton and Arthur Mann. She was a member of Piney Ridge United Methodist...

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