Dora Abbitt Conner
Apr 28, 2011
Dora Abbitt Conner, 98, of High Street, Appomattox, died Thursday, April 28, 2011. She was the wife of the late Lacy Evrod Conner. Born in Appomattox County, on July 7, 1912, she was a daughter of the late Otway (Totsie) Moorman, and the late George F. Abbitt Sr. Dora was a lifelong member of New Hope Baptist Church, a faithful...
Tish Christian Inge
Apr 27, 2011
Tish Christian Inge, 65, of Appomattox passed away Wednesday April 27, 2011 with her sisters, brother-in-law and best friend by her side. Tish died from cancer after a nine year struggle.She was born to the late William David and Lucille Ryan Christian on April 5, 1946 in Appomattox. In 2010 Tish accepted Christ as her Savior and became a member...
Leonard C. Garrett
Apr 23, 2011
Leonard Christian Garrett, 97, of Wildway Rd., Appomattox, died Saturday, April 23, 2011 in the Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of the late Emma Robertson Garrett. Born in Appomattox County, on October 25, 1913, he was a son of the late William Fletcher and Queen Victoria Harris Garrett. Leonard was a lifetime and the oldest active...
Mary Catherine Mitchell Whitehead
Apr 22, 2011
Mary Catherine Mitchell Whitehead, 67, of Appomattox, died Friday, April 22, 2011, in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Appomattox County, on March 17, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Curtis Lewis Mitchell and Willie Woodford Jones Mitchell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Maymond Mitchell Mary Cat is survived by four...
Scott Brian Roberge
Apr 22, 2011
Scott Brian Roberge, 35, of Redbird Drive, Gladstone, died suddenly Friday, April 22, 2011. Born in Manchester, NH, on December 1, 1975, he was the son of Thomas Raymond and Jean Olheiser Roberge. Scott was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church where he served as an usher. He was a sports enthusiast and an avid NY Yankees...
Thelma Bryant Franklin
Apr 20, 2011
Mrs. Thelma Bryant Franklin, 79, of Old Courthouse Road, Appomattox, died at her residence Wednesday, morning April 20, 2011. She was the loving wife of James W. Franklin, Sr. Born in Appomattox County, on June 30, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Dallas Clifton and Maggie Ferguson Bryant. She was the owner and operator of Thelma's Beauty Shop...
Paul F. Ford Sr.
Apr 20, 2011
Paul F. Ford, Sr. 74, of Acorn Drive, Appomattox died at home on Wednesday April 20, 2011. His beloved wife, Carolyn Bailey Ford died in July, 2010. Paul was born March 21, 1937, in Lynchburg, a son of the late Ralph Michael Ford, Sr. and Christine Stillwell Ford. Paul was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and...
J. C. Jennings
Apr 16, 2011
James Cawthorne Jennings, 75, of Jennings Farm Lane, Prospect, died Saturday morning, April 16, 2011 in the Community Memorial Health Care Center, South Hill. He was the husband of Myrtle Hodnett Jennings. Born in Lynchburg on November, 1, 1935, he was the son of the late George L. and Bradley Cawthorne Jennings. He was a member of Hollywood Baptist Church...
William Jude Darrar
Apr 13, 2011
William Jude Darrar, 71, of Wildway Rd., Appomattox, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Ruth Charlotte Darrar. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on January 17, 1940, he was a son of the late William T. and Ann Mooney Darrar. He was a member of Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church, a...
Franklin Delano Harris
Apr 13, 2011
Franklin Delano "Frank" Harris, 67, of Iris Lane, Pamplin, died Wednesday April 13, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of Nancy Childress Harris. Born in Crewe, VA, on July 1, 1943, he was the son of the late Eunice Estell Ray and Walter Harris. Frank was a retired carpenter and cabinet maker working for both J. E. Sears...
Deborah Davidson Gunn
Apr 13, 2011
Deborah Davidson Gunn, 44, of Rustburg, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Lynchburg General Hospital following a short illness. She was the loving wife of Scott Christopher Gunn. Deborah was born in Lynchburg on June 12, 1966 a daughter of Betty Gilbert Davidson of Rustburg and the late James Larkin Davidson. She was the former owner and operator of Rustburg...
Bill Francis
Apr 11, 2011
"Papa Bill" William (Bill) Thornton Francis, Jr., 58, of Confederate Blvd., Appomattox, died Monday, April 11, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of Edna Carwile Francis. Born in South Boston, VA, on April 9, 1953, he was the son of Thelma Jennings Francis of Halifax and the late William T. Francis, Sr. Bill was a member of Pleasant...
Elmina Barlow Guill
Apr 9, 2011
Elmina Barlow Guill, 92, of Church Street, Appomattox died Saturday, April 9, 2011 in the Appomattox Health and Rehab Center. She was the wife of the late James (Joe) Alfred Guill. Born in Appomattox County, on September 29, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Vane and Mattie Pearl Gunter Barlow. She was a member of Liberty Baptist...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
