Obituaries

Ruth Banton Smith

Ruth Banton Smith

Apr 25, 2007

Appomattox: Carrie Ruth Banton Smith, 82, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in The Carrington. She was the wife of the late Grover C. Smith, Jr. Born in the Hollywood community of Appomattox County, April 20, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Charles Richard and Lena Ann Smoot Banton. She was a member of Grace Hills Baptist Church. She...

Clarence William Jones

Clarence William Jones

Apr 24, 2007

Appomattox: Clarence William Jones, 75, of 185 Dark Leaf Rd., died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Dale Carter Jones. Born in Campbell County, June 25, 1931, he was a son of the late Jesse Herbert and Eva Nash Jones. Clarence was a life member of Central Baptist Church and a tobacco and...

Leo Damian Machak

Leo Damian Machak

Apr 24, 2007

Leo Damian Machak, 52 of Spout Spring, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. He is survived by his loving wife, Linda Waller Machak, who will always carry him in her heart; his parents, Leo E. Machak and Doris Machak; his daughter, Jessi and son-in-law, Ben Footer and grandson, Kaden; sisters, Patty Woolard, Laura Machak and Michelle and...

Mabel Fairfull Harse

Mabel Fairfull Harse

Apr 23, 2007

Appomattox: Mabel Marie Fairfull Harse, 85, of 934 Falling Creek Rd., died Monday, April 23, 2007 in Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late William Everet (Bill) Harse. Born in Detroit, Michigan, August 7, 1921, she was the daughter of the late James and Laura Agnes Esch Fairfull. Mabel was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church...

M. Rebecca Jennings

M. Rebecca Jennings

Apr 23, 2007

Mary Rebecca (Becky) Jennings, 94, died Monday, April 23, 2007 in Richfield Recovery and Care Center, Roanoke. She was the wife of Robert W. Jennings. Born in Evergreen, March 17, 1913, she was a daughter of the late James Tipton and Lula Rutledge Jennings. She is survived a son and daughter-in-law, Samuel E. and Dorothy Carter of Appomattox. Graveside funeral...

Robert H Johnson

Robert H Johnson

Apr 21, 2007

Robert "Bob" Harding Johnson, 80 of Pamplin was called to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, April 21, 2007. He was born July 9, 1926 in Morristown, New Jersey. Bob was a faithful member of Beale Memorial Presbyterian Church of Pamplin, VA., and also a member of the American Legion and the VFW. He was Vice-Mayor for the Town...

Loraine M Guill

Loraine M Guill

Apr 20, 2007

Loraine McCormick Roberts Guill, 87, of Lynchburg passed away Friday, April 20, 2007 at the Medical Care Center. She was the wife of the late James William Roberts who was killed in action serving in France in WWII September 18, 1944 and later married her second husband James Middleton (Motey) Guill who passed away April 20, 1966. Born January 6,...

Alice Brown Goin

Alice Brown Goin

Apr 18, 2007

Ruth Alice Brown Goin, 94, of 2777 Horseshoe Road, Appomattox, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at her home. Born November 25, 1912, in the Hollywood Community of Appomattox County, she was a daughter of the late William Henry and Mary Ruth Franklin Brown and the widow of DeWitt Talmadge Goin. Alice was a homemaker, a member of Walker's Presbyterian Church,...

Thomas Wallace Oliver

Thomas Wallace Oliver

Apr 14, 2007

THOMAS W. OLIVER Appomattox – Thomas Wallace "T.W." Oliver, 63, of 400 Skyline Road, died Saturday afternoon April 14, 2007 at Virginia Baptist Hospital following a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Gayle Power Oliver. Thomas was born in Farmville on September 25, 1943 a son of the late Otto McRoy Oliver and Bessie Mann...

Ellis Mckinley Davis

Ellis Mckinley Davis

Apr 12, 2007

Ellis "Dave" McKinley Davis, 70, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Lynchburg General Hospital, surrounded by his loving wife and children. Born in Clayton, Alabama, November 11, 1936, he was the son of the late James Walter and Dovie Martin Davis. He was married 48 years to Betty Jean...

Herbert Moorman Abbitt

Herbert Moorman Abbitt

Apr 9, 2007

Herbert Moorman Abbitt, born May 4th, 1916 died on April 9, 2007. He attended Wake Forest College and Medical College of Virginia. Herbert served in the U.S. Army during WWII, operated Village Drug Store in Highland Springs, and worked at the Appomattox Rexall Drug store in Appomattox since 1972. He taught Sunday school at New Bridge Baptist Church in Highland...

John Fedison

John Fedison

Apr 5, 2007

John Fedison was born the eldest son of William and Mary Fedison on June 12, 1915, in Newark, NJ, and died Thursday, April 5, 2007 in Lynchburg. He and his wife, the former Dorothy Romaine, had been married for 66 years. He graduated from Hillside High School, in Hillside, NJ, where he was active in the school orchestra, band and...

Ann Clark Pittman

Ann Clark Pittman

Mar 31, 2007

Appomattox: Anne Temperance Clark Pittman, 81, of 116 Winston Place, died Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of Thomas Everette Pittman Jr. Born in Dinwiddie County, September 1, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Louise Parke Boisseau and Benjamin Lewellen Clark, Jr. She was a devoted member of Memorial United...

Dorothy Woodson Martin

Dorothy Woodson Martin

Mar 31, 2007

Dorothy Woodson Martin, 98, of the Carrington, died March 31, 2007. She was born December 16, 1908, in Appomattox County, a daughter of the late Willie Wert Woodson and Ada Cheatham. While living in Appomattox County, she was employed as a school teacher. She was married to the late Leslie N. Martin, Sr. for sixty years. She and her family...

Mae Morris Holt

Mae Morris Holt

Mar 27, 2007

Mae Morris Holt of Police Tower Road, Appomattox, Virginia died at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, R. Garland Holt. Born in Charlotte County, Virginia on October 24, 1915, she was the youngest of five children of Joseph D. Morris and Sally Elwood Morris. Her parents and siblings,...

Virginia Wooldridge Brannan

Virginia Wooldridge Brannan

Mar 23, 2007

Virginia Elvira Wooldridge Brannan, 81, formerly of Appomattox died Friday, March 23, 2007 at Fairmont Crossing Nursing Home in Amherst. She was the wife of the late George Pritchard Brannan. Born in Appomattox County, April 16, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Travis Taylor and Inice Maude Pugh Wooldridge. Virginia was a member of Appomattox Court House Presbyterian...

Edith Smith Fitzgerald

Edith Smith Fitzgerald

Mar 23, 2007

Edith Fitzgerald, 87, died Friday, March 23, 2007 in Cookeville, TN. Born in Washington County, January 12, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Jefferson and Mary Winnie Myers Smith. Mrs. Fitzgerald was of the Methodist faith. She was a retired retail buyer and had been associated with Baldwin Department Store in Lynchburg, Schwarz Department Store and Smith...

David Baxter Foster

David Baxter Foster

Mar 22, 2007

David Baxter Foster, 88, of Gouyer Drive, Madison Heights, died March 22, 2007 at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born February 4, 1919 in Concord, he was a son of the late Douglas Baxter and Nannie Franklin Foster. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army, 29th Infantry Division, 110th Field Artillery Battalion, participating in the D-Day invasion...

Anne Gminder Mitchell

Anne Gminder Mitchell

Mar 18, 2007

Anne Gminder Mitchell, 79, of 2005 Cobb St., Farmville, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 18, 2007, due to complications from pneumonia following a lengthy illness. Born in Washington, DC, June 13, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Edward Evans Gminder and Ellynor Chadwick Gminder. Anne attended St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Appomattox, was a...

Clarence Carlton Riley, Sr.

Clarence Carlton Riley, Sr.

Mar 14, 2007

CLARENCE CARLTON RILEY,Sr. Rustburg- Clarence Carlton Riley, Sr., 84, of 3279 Bethany Rd. died Wednesday night March 14, 2007 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Gladys Moore Riley for 43 years. Clarence was born in Rustburg March 5, 1923 a son of the late William Sidney Riley and Nellie Beeler Riley. He was a retired farmer and...

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