Obituaries

Riley Thomas Megginson

Riley Thomas Megginson

Jul 17, 2009

Riley Thomas Megginson, 94, of Appomattox, died Friday, July 17, 2009. He is survived by his devoted wife of 69 years, Edythe Martin Megginson. Riley was born in Appomattox County, June 24, 1915, a son of the late Samuel Thomas Megginson and Virginia Spradlin Megginson. He was a retired farmer, was employed at the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse in Lynchburg for...

Beverly Kinckle Martin

Beverly Kinckle Martin

Jul 10, 2009

Beverly Kinckle Martin, 88, of Coleman's Mill Road, Gladstone, went home to be with the Lord Friday, July, 10, 2009, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was married 59 years to his beloved wife, the late Ellen M. Martin. Born in Appomattox County, December 27, 1920, he was a son of the late Edward Kinckle and Mary Adams Martin. Beverly was...

Vergie Hodges White

Vergie Hodges White

Jul 9, 2009

Vergie Hodges White, 93, of Rustburg died Thursday, July 9, 2009 in The Carrington. She was the wife of the late Julian Thomas White. Born in Charlotte County, September 22, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Henry Thomas and Leecie Garrett Hodges. Mrs. White was a member of Clearview Baptist Church where she had been a member of...

Ellen Miles Cunningham

Ellen Miles Cunningham

Jul 9, 2009

Ellen Miles Cunningham, 84, of Dunn St., Amelia, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, March 24, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Carroll and Grace Hirst Miles. She was a member of Farmville Seventh Day Adventist Church. Ellen was a retired register nurse and following her retirement she was an administrator...

Helen Burks Warburton

Helen Burks Warburton

Jul 8, 2009

Helen Burks Warburton, 83, of Confederate Blvd., Appomattox, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 in Heritage Hall in Dillwyn. She was the wife of the late Stanley B. Warburton of Richmond. Born in Buckingham County, March 11, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Josiah and Bessie Wright Burks. Helen was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church and attended...

Evie Goin Harris

Evie Goin Harris

Jul 6, 2009

Evie Carson Goin Harris, 87, widow of Lewis Walter Harris, died July 6, 2009. Born in Appomattox County, January 20, 1922, she was the third of five children of the late DeWitt Talmadge Goin and Katie Cifronia Greb Goin. She accepted the Lord and was baptized in 1935 at her home church, Walker's Presbyterian Church. She and her husband were...

Bascomb Taylor Almond, Sr

Bascomb Taylor Almond, Sr

Jul 5, 2009

Bascomb Taylor Almond, Sr., 85, of Rough Creek Rd., died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Appomattox Health and Rehab. He was the husband of the late Doris Lucille Mann Almond. Born in Appomattox County, May 25, 1924, he was a son of the late Lacy Konney Almond and Virginia Frances Dickerson Almond. He was retired from N&W Railroad. He is...

Virginia Hall Carter

Virginia Hall Carter

Jun 28, 2009

Virginia H. Carter, 94, of Jones St., Appomattox, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at her residence. Born in Appomattox County, December 12, 1914, she was the fourth of nine children born to the late Oscar Willis Hall and Lucy Jane Marshall Hall and was the last survivor of her family. She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly...

Thomas Franklin Smith

Thomas Franklin Smith

Jun 27, 2009

Thomas F. Smith, 57, of Appomattox, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, in Lewis Gale Hospital. Born in Norfolk, September 29, 1951, he was a son of the late Margaret L. Walker and William F. Smith. He was a member of the Appomattox Seventh Day Adventist Church and a construction worker. He was preceded in death by a good friend, Mike...

Katherine Matthews Alvis

Katherine Matthews Alvis

Jun 24, 2009

Katherine Matthews Alvis, 91, of Spanish oaks Rd, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009. She was the wife of the late John Pleasants Alvis, Jr. Born in Orange County, a daughter of the late J. Herbert Matthews, Jr., and Kate Smith Matthews. Katherine started teaching in 1938 in a one-room school in Madison Co. From there she taught primary grades at...

Louise Mayberry Carter

Louise Mayberry Carter

Jun 21, 2009

Louise Mayberry Carter, 82, of Appomattox died Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Harry D. Carter. Louise was born in Evergreen on July 23, 1926, a daughter of the late Doctor Nowlin Mayberry and Virginia Elder Mayberry. She worked for the Appomattox Garment Company, and Thomasville Furniture Company and was a...

Frances Cralle Hill

Frances Cralle Hill

Jun 16, 2009

Frances Cralle Hill, 82, of Appomattox, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Charles Dudley Hill, Sr. Frances was born in Appomattox County, May 8, 1927, a daughter of the late Charles Craddock (Captain) Cralle and Lucy Parker Cralle. She was a member of Appomattox Anglican Church and the Appomattox Woman's...

Gracie Riddle Thompson

Gracie Riddle Thompson

Jun 11, 2009

Gracie Riddle Thompson, 81, of Rustburg, died Thursday, June 11, 2009. She was the wife of the late Reese Marvin Thompson, Sr. A memorial service will be held, 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 18, 2009 in New Concord Presbyterian Church with a visitation to follow the service.

Richard Hugh Paul Hauser

Richard Hugh Paul Hauser

Jun 8, 2009

Richard Hugh Paul Hauser, 62, of Appomattox died Monday, June 8, 2009 at his residence. Born January 19, 1947 in New Jersey, he was the Beloved son of the late George Hauser and Agnes Walsh Hauser. Richard was a Vietnam Navy Veteran serving on the U.S.S. Hancock, a member of the Brookneal Moose Lodge # 1507, Brookneal, Va., and the...

William Luther Carroll, Jr.

William Luther Carroll, Jr.

May 31, 2009

William Luther Carroll, Jr., 52, of Red House Rd, Appomattox, died Sunday morning, May 31, 2009, at his residence following a brief illness. He was the husband of Maryann Carroll. Born March 26, 1957, in Buckingham Co., he was the son of the late Christine Wilkerson and William Luther Carroll, Sr. He was a member of Thomas Terrace Baptist Church...

Connie Gunter Litchford

Connie Gunter Litchford

May 23, 2009

Connie Louise Gunter Litchford, 83, went home to be with the Lord at the residence of her son on May 23, 2009. She was the wife of the late Russell (Joe) Litchford, Sr. Connie was born in Gladstone, Va., on May 24, 1925 to Johnny Lee Gunter and Daisy Bell Tyree Gunter. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist...

Rawlings Clayton Martin

Rawlings Clayton Martin

May 23, 2009

Rawlings Clayton Martin, 80, of Salisbury Circle, died Saturday, May 23, 2009. He was the loving husband of Alice Clapp Martin for 61 years. Born in Appomattox County on August 5, 1928 he was a son of the late John Graydon and Nellie Moore Martin. Clayton was a life long member of Mt. Comfort United Methodist Church where he was...

Jerry Wilson Justice

Jerry Wilson Justice

May 23, 2009

Jerry Wilson Justice, 62, of Lynchburg died Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Lynchburg Health and Rehab. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 26, 1946, he was a son of Eleanor Blackwell Walton of Farmville and the late Everette Eugene Justice. In addition to his mother he is survived by two children, Jerry Wilson Justice, Jr and Janet Hansen both of...

Barbara Caldwell Jordan

Barbara Caldwell Jordan

May 21, 2009

Barbara Caldwell Jordan, 85, of Midgett Farm Rd., Concord, died Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Appomattox County, February 24, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Elsie Alvis and Jack Sears Caldwell, Sr. On June 16, 1947, she married her beloved husband of 61 years, James Edward Jordan, Jr. She was a...

R. Wayne Pillow

R. Wayne Pillow

May 21, 2009

Reginald Wayne Pillow, 59, of Phenix, died Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Duke University Hospital. He was the husband of Gwendolyn Hamlett Pillow. Born in Farmville, October 26, 1949, he was a son of Reginald E. and Daisy Tuck Pillow. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and was a supervisor for Babcock and Wilcox. Wayne was...

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