Obituaries

Dorothy Hegge Anderson

Dorothy Hegge Anderson

Apr 9, 2011

Dorothy Hegge Anderson, 83, of Log Cabin Rd., Appomattox, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 9, 2011. She was the loving wife of the late Harold A. Anderson. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 23, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Erling and Tora Salte Hegge. She was a member of Freedom...

Dennis Wayne Stanley

Dennis Wayne Stanley

Apr 8, 2011

Dennis Wayne Stanley, 56, of Oakleigh Ave., Appomattox, died Friday, April 8, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of Cathy D. Stanley. Born in Lynchburg, VA, on December 1, 1954, he was the son of the late William Russell and Barbara Ann Gilbert Stanley. Dennis was a 1973 graduate of Appomattox County High School, a lifelong member of...

Thomas Jackson Hutchison

Thomas Jackson Hutchison

Apr 2, 2011

Thomas Jackson "Tom" Hutchison, 55, of Westview Circle, Lynchburg, died at his residence on Saturday morning April 2, 2011. He was the husband of Patsy Harris Hutchison. Tom was born in Mechanicsburg, PA, June 11, 1955 a son of James W. Hutchison of Mechanicsburg, PA and the late Elizabeth Ingram Hutchison. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and...

Katherine Baker Dickerson

Katherine Baker Dickerson

Apr 1, 2011

Bessie Katherine Baker Dickerson, 95, of Pamplin, died April 1, 2011, at the Woodland in Farmville where she had received loving, skilled care from a compassionate, dedicated staff. She was the widow of Clyde R. Dickerson who died in 1968. Katherine was born in Charlotte County, August 13, 1915, to Purnel and Carrie Vassar Baker. She was a devoted member...

Norma Case Chuckek

Norma Case Chuckek

Mar 30, 2011

Norma Case Chuchek, 91, of Appomattox, Virginia passed away at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Norma was born on August 20, 1919, to Norma and Marion Case, in Birmingham, Alabama and spent her youth in Atlanta, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Donald S. Weightman of the Army Air-Corp, who...

Betty Kress Kershner

Betty Kress Kershner

Mar 25, 2011

Betty Kress Kershner, 72, of Pamplin, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Robert Whitney Kershner. Betty was born in Lynchburg October 18, 1938 a daughter of the late Dorothy Wilson Kress. She was retired from Thomasville Furniture Company. Betty is survived by a son, Phillip E. Kershner, and...

Mary Alice Paulette Staples

Mary Alice Paulette Staples

Mar 24, 2011

Mary Alice Paulette Staples, 87, of Evergreen, died Thursday night March 24, 2011 at Appomattox Health & Rehab Center. She was the widow of Ryland Wilson Staples. Mary Alice was born in Lynchburg the daughter of the late Ethel Calhoun and Oscar Cleveland Paulette. She was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church and a retired Nursing Assistant. She is survived...

Edythe Williams Peters

Edythe Williams Peters

Mar 17, 2011

Edythe Williams Peters, 90, died Thursday, March 17, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hebert H. Peters, Sr. and a son, Herbert H. Peters, Jr. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Eddie Peters and Dr. Mari Nagase, Ric and Laurinda Peters, Ken and Becky Peters; a daughter, Jan Peters Hatcher; a daughter-in-law, Linda Peters; a...

Shirley Hodges Garrett

Shirley Hodges Garrett

Mar 17, 2011

Shirley Hodges Garrett, 75, of Richmond Highway, Evergreen, died Thursday March 17, 2011 at her residence. For 54 years, she was the loving wife of David T. Garrett, Sr. Born in Appomattox Co., March 22, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Ruby Mae Hodges and Thomas Jefferson Hodges. Shirley was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church and was...

William Samuel Wood

William Samuel Wood

Mar 16, 2011

William (Billy) Samuel Wood, 93, of Rock Hill, SC and formerly of Appomattox, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011. He was the husband of the late Inez DeJarnette Wood. Born in Campbell County, on October 9, 1917, he was a son of the late Lorraine Cawthorne and William Floyd Wood. Billy was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and proudly served...

Harold Clifton Wingfield Sr.

Harold Clifton Wingfield Sr.

Mar 14, 2011

Harold Clifton Wingfield, Sr. 77, of Richmond, died Monday, March 14, 2011, in St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. He was the husband of the late Merle Watson Wingfield. Born in Altavista, VA, on November 12, 1933, he was a son of the late Twyman C. and Melissa Guthrie Wingfield. He retired as a plant supervisor from International Paper...

Donald T. Andrews, Sr.

Donald T. Andrews, Sr.

Mar 8, 2011

Donald Thomas Andrews, Sr., 52, of Promise Land Rd., Appomattox, died Tuesday morning, March 8, 2011 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Teresa "Terri" Aquilar Andrews. Born February 1, 1959 in Steubenville, Ohio, he was a son of the late Charles and Anna Weaver Andrews. He was a member of the Swift Island Hunting Club and an...

John Beverly Mccracken

John Beverly Mccracken

Feb 28, 2011

John Beverly McCracken, 92, of Ferguson Street, Appomattox, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Pauline Graves McCracken. Born in Abington, VA, on May 5, 1918, he was a son of the late John Floyd McCracken and Rhoda S. Widener McCracken. He was a member of Liberty Chapel Baptist Church where...

Robert Donald Roach

Robert Donald Roach

Feb 22, 2011

Robert Donald (Duck) Roach, 85, of Pamplin, died in Lynchburg General Hospital Tuesday, February 22, 2011. His wife was the late Evelyn V. Roach Born in Roanoke, VA, on June 28, 1925, he was a son of the late Robert Edward and Nellie Inge Roach. Donald was a member of Rocks Baptist Church, H&P Hunt Club and was retired from...

Walter Elmo Smith

Walter Elmo Smith

Feb 22, 2011

Walter Elmo Smith, 75, of Forbes Rd, Appomattox, died February 22, 2011. He was the husband of the late Hazel Thomas Smith. Born in Appomattox County, on October 1, 1935, he was a son of the late Alexander and Frances Godsey Smith. Elmo was a lifetime member of Hollywood Baptist Church and retried from the Virginia Division of Forestry. He...

William Wilson Dickerson Jr.

William Wilson Dickerson Jr.

Feb 20, 2011

William Wilson Dickerson, Jr., of Appomattox, local land surveyor and businessman died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. He was born November 24, 1946, in Farmville, VA, to Geneva M. Baber and William Wilson Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson grew up in an active Christian home, accepted Christ at an early age and joined Farmville Baptist Church, holding membership there and...

Bobby Mitchell

Bobby Mitchell

Feb 19, 2011

Raymond W. "Bobby" Mitchell was born on July 31, 1928 and went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 19, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine R. Mitchell of Appomattox; daughters, Lisa C. Godfrey & husband Allen of Chesterfield and Lori A. Mitchell of Pamplin; granddaughter, Amber N. Godfrey, New York, N.Y.; and a sister, Sarah...

David S. Nash

David S. Nash

Feb 18, 2011

David Sylvester Nash, 81, of Airport Rd., Appomattox, died Friday February 18, 2011 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of late Marion DeJarnette Nash. David was born in Appomattox County on October 10, 1929 a son of the late Willie Burks and Hunter Sylvester Nash. David was a 1947 graduate of Appomattox High School and was the retired...

Bettie Layne Gaines

Bettie Layne Gaines

Feb 18, 2011

Bettie Layne Gaines, 76, of Depot Lane, Spout Spring, died Friday morning February 18, 2011 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Archie Garland Gaines. Bettie was born on January 5, 1935, in Spout Spring, a daughter of the late Leavie Estelle Roberts and William Earnest Layne, Sr. She was a lifelong member of Salem United...

Nancy Davis Slagle

Nancy Davis Slagle

Feb 16, 2011

Nancy Davis Slagle, 63, of Paulette Lane, Appomattox, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Buckingham, County, on October 11, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Martha Kitchen and Percy Garland Davis, Jr. She was a long time employee of the CVS Drug Store in Appomattox. Nancy is survived by her son, Kevin Slagle...

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