Ryan Allen Smith
Jul 30, 2009
Ryan Allen Smith, 25, of Moonlight Rd., Appomattox, died Thursday, July 30, 2009. He was born in Lynchburg on March 7, 1984 to Charles Allen (Mike) and Marsha Ouellette Smith. In addition to his parents he is survived by a brother, Jason Michael Smith and wife, Ashley; paternal grandparents, Charles and Ellen Smith all of Appomattox; maternal grandfather, Romeo Ouellette...
Odelle Mann Ranson
Jul 28, 2009
Odelle Grey Mann Ranson, 89, departed this life on July 28, 2009. She was the wife of the late Boyd Calvin Ranson. She was born in Charlotte County on August 22, 1919, to the late Walter Scott Mann and Bessie Deaner Mann. Odelle was a devoted member of Rocks Baptist Church where she served as Sunday school teacher, kitchen worker...
Barbara Jean Shepherd
Jul 28, 2009
Barbara Jean Shepherd, 64, of W. James Anderson Hwy., Buckingham, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 in Heritage Hall in Dillwyn. She was the wife of William J. "Bill" Shepherd, Jr. Born in Washington, DC, June 15, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Phelps and Helen Burks Warburton. Barbara was a member of Gladstone Memorial Baptist Church and...
Brian Lee Jamerson
Jul 25, 2009
Brian Lee Jamerson, 26, of Oakville Rd., died Saturday, July 25, 2009. Born in Lynchburg, August 10, 1982, he was a son of Deborah Phelps Jamerson of Appomattox and the late Michael Kent Jamerson. Brian was employed by Evergreen Basement Systems and a member of Red Oak Baptist Church. In addition to his mother he is survived by a son,...
Mary Helen Harris
Jul 25, 2009
Mary Helen "Granny" Childers Harris, 72, of North Creek Rd., Appomattox, died Saturday morning in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born December 29, 1936, in Appomattox Co., she was the only child of the late Grover Davis and Margaret O'Brien Childers. Granny loved and attended all activities that her children and grandchildren were involved in. All you had to do was mention...
Ann Frances Cullens Riley
Jul 25, 2009
Ann Frances Cullens Riley, 67, of Sunnydale Ave, Appomattox, died Saturday morning, July 25, 2009 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Edwin George Riley. Born August 31, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel Lafayette and Ann Elizabeth Bruton Cullens. Ann along with her husband were the...
Thomas Patrick Callahan
Jul 22, 2009
Thomas Patrick Callahan, 61, of Red House, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at Lynchburg General Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Born in Wells Bridge, NY, December 4, 1947, he was a son of the late John and Ruth Bissonnette Callahan. Thomas is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Janice Callahan; two daughters, Kara and...
Robert William Jennings
Jul 21, 2009
Robert William (Buddy) Jennings, 84, of Starkey Rd., Roanoke, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at his residence. He was the husband of the late Mary Rebecca Jennings. Born in Appomattox County, July 17, 1925, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Louise Simmons Jennings. Buddy was a US Army veteran serving in the Korean War. He was...
Corean Reynolds Davidson
Jul 21, 2009
Corean Reynolds Davidson, 84, wife of the late James Lyle Davidson, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009, in Columbus, OH, her home for 59 years. She was born November 1, 1924, in Appomattox County, a daughter of the late Jesse Herbert and Alice Hagood Reynolds. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grand-daughter, Andrea Renee Binegar,...
Barney Dorst Jones
Jul 17, 2009
Barney Dorst Jones, 90, of Appomattox, Virginia, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born September 18, 1918, in Henryetta, Oklahoma, to Sylvanus K. and Dora Mae Dorst Jones, he was preceded in death by a sister, Meryl Gertrude Gish, and a brother, Winfred Jones. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Nellie NaDean Branham Jones;...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
