Obituaries

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...

John Jackson Gillette, Jr.

John Jackson Gillette, Jr.

Feb 15, 2011

John Jackson Gillette, Jr., 64, of Tonawanda Lake Rd., died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at his residence. Born in Lynchburg, VA, on February 18, 1946, he was a son of the late Verna (Nellie) Ferguson and John Jackson Gillette, Sr. John was a member of Liberty Baptist Church,a member of Spout Spring Ruritan Club, a US Navy veteran, and a...

Katherine Woodall Wingfield

Katherine Woodall Wingfield

Feb 12, 2011

Mary Katherine Woodall Wingfield, 88, of Looner Den Rd., Appomattox, died Saturday evening, February 12, 2011, at her residence. She was the wife of the late Walter Hampton Wingfield. Born in Appomattox County, October 12, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Lucy Covington and Clement R. Woodall, Sr. Mrs. Wingfield was a member of Hollywood Baptist Church and...

John Anthony Masserini

John Anthony Masserini

Feb 8, 2011

John Anthony Masserini, III, 68, of Purdum Mill Road, Appomattox; a devoted father, avid outdoorsman, and a loving husband to his wife Laurie Marie Masserini, died in his home, February 8, 2011. John was born in Trenton, NJ, July 26, 1942, son of the late Christine Sereni and Joseph Masserini. For 25 years John served on the East Windsor Township,...

Elfriede Krause Boewer

Elfriede Krause Boewer

Feb 1, 2011

Elfriede Erna Gertrud Krause Boewer, 94, of Green Acres Lane, Gladstone, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in Heritage Green. Born in Breslau, Germany, on January 9, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Wilhelm and Anna Schiege Krause and the wife of the late Otto Boewer. She was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters. She is survived...

Virginia Elaine Sass

Virginia Elaine Sass

Feb 1, 2011

Virginia Elaine Sass, 48, of County Line, Appomattox, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Cleveland Ohio, on Mar. 9, 1962, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Norma Sass. She is survived by a daughter, Amber St. John of Appomattox; a brother, Randall and Stephanie Sass of Red House; two step-brothers, Andrew and...

Oscar Rogers Hudson

Oscar Rogers Hudson

Feb 1, 2011

Oscar Rogers Hudson, 62, of Appomattox and formerly of Rustburg, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at home. Born in Halifax County, on March 16, 1948, he was a son of the late Fletcher Green Hudson and Etta Logan Conner Hudson. Oscar was employed by Progress Printing. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, April Lynn and Lee Scruggs of...

Doris Franklin Dalton

Doris Franklin Dalton

Jan 31, 2011

Doris Franklin Dalton, 79, of Salem Rd., Spout Spring, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at her residence. She was the wife of Avery Malcom Dalton. Born in Appomattox County, on February 21, 1931, she was a daughter of the late D. Julian and Edith Jamerson Franklin. Doris was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church where she served as assistant...

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