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...
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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,...
