Obituaries

Shirley Hawkins Jennings

Shirley Hawkins Jennings

Nov 20, 2005

Shirley Hawkins Jennings, 76, formerly of Evergreen died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, NC. She was the wife of the late Herbert Douglas Jennings. Born in Campbell County, October 1, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Walter William Hawkins and Evelyn Willis Morris. Mrs. Jennings was a member of Evergreen United Methodist Church....

Grover Cleveland Smith, Jr.

Grover Cleveland Smith, Jr.

Nov 20, 2005

Appomattox: Grover Cleveland Smith, Jr., 83, of Rt. 2, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Carrie Ruth Banton Smith. Born in Williamson, WV, he was a son of the late Grover C. Smith Sr. and Hallie Elizabeth Wilhoit Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Grace Hills Baptist Church, an Army Veteran...

Mildred Staton Tyree

Mildred Staton Tyree

Nov 14, 2005

Spout Spring: Mildred Louise Staton Tyree, 80, of Rt. 1, died Monday, November 14, 2005 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Walter Roy Tyree. Born in Amherst Co., June 11, 1925, she was a daughter of the late James Anderson and Mary Sue Drumheller Staton. Mrs. Tyree was a beloved mother, homemaker and was a...

James Leslie Gordon

James Leslie Gordon

Nov 12, 2005

Appomattox: James Leslie "Boodley" Gordon, Jr., 87, of 407 Ferguson St., died Saturday, November 12, 2005 in the Summit Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of the late Aldah Barlow Gordon. Born in Appomattox County, May 12, 1918, he was a son of the late J. Leslie Gordon, Sr. and Jessie Miller Morris Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a...

Peggy Hughes Crawford

Peggy Hughes Crawford

Nov 12, 2005

Appomattox: Peggy Hughes Crawford, 72, of Rt. 1, died Saturday morning, November 1, 2005 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of Robert Bill Crawford. Mrs. Crawford was born September 15, 1933, in Lebanon, Virginia, the daughter of the late Betsy Smith and Charles Hughes. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Susan Williams and...

Helen Coleman Carroll

Helen Coleman Carroll

Nov 10, 2005

Concord – Mrs. Helen Coleman Carroll, 93, of 152 Settlers Row died Thursday night November 10, 2005 at Lynchburg Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was the widow of Robert Louis Carroll. Mrs. Carroll was born in Appomattox County August 9, 1912, a daughter of the late Walter and Mittie Nowlin Coleman. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem...

Virginia Smith Kress

Virginia Smith Kress

Nov 6, 2005

Virginia Smith Kress Appomattox: Virginia Lee 'Jenny' Smith Kress, 47, died Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Grace Lodge Nursing Home. Jenny was born in Baltimore, MD, on December 5, 1957 to William Lee Smith and Gladys Dixon Smith. She was preceded in death by her mother and brother, William David Smith. Survivors include her beloved son, Timothy Michael Kress, one...

Gilbert Eugene Mays

Gilbert Eugene Mays

Oct 30, 2005

Appomattox – Gilbert Eugene Mays, 82, of 104 Peach Street died Sunday October 30, 2005 at his residence. He was the husband of the late Irene Page Mays. Gilbert was born in Appomattox County, January 16, 1923, a son of the late William Arthur and Margaret Thompson Mays. Gilbert proudly served his country during World War II serving in the...

Janet Hix Scott

Janet Hix Scott

Oct 23, 2005

Farmville: Janet Hix Scott, 50, of 437 Angola Rd., died Sunday, October 23, 2005 at her home. She was the wife of Thomas Porter Scott, III. Born in Farmville, March 25, 1955, she was the daughter of John and Florence Oliver Hix of Hixburg. Janet was a member of Hobson's Chapel United Methodist Church, a consummate educator, and a strong...

Lynford Walker Cumbey

Lynford Walker Cumbey

Oct 23, 2005

Pamplin: Lynford Walker Cumbey, 96, died Sunday, October 23, 2005. Born in Appomattox County, June 8, 1909, he was a son of the late Thomas C. and Rosa Fore Cumbey. Mr. Cumbey was a member of Pamplin United Methodist Church for 82 years and was a clerk with Davidson's Department Store retiring after 20 years of service. Following retirement he...

Clara Williamson Stanley

Clara Williamson Stanley

Oct 16, 2005

Appomattox: Clara Bell Williamson Stanley, 81, of Rt. 2, died Sunday October 16, 2005 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Ned Stanley. Born in Appomattox Co., July 8, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Henry H. and Goldie Wootton Williamson. Mrs. Stanley was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. In addition to her husband, she...

Robert Frank Berg

Robert Frank Berg

Oct 10, 2005

Appomattox: Robert Frank Berg, 82, of Rt. 1, died Monday, October 10, 2005 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Florence LoPresti Klinger Berg. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, January 20, 1923, he was a son of the late Arthur and Emma Atkins Berg. Mr. Berg served his country as an Air Force Veteran of World War II,...

Thomas Quinn Taylor

Thomas Quinn Taylor

Oct 8, 2005

Thomas Quinn Taylor, of 6030 Old Evergreen Road, Evergreen, died October 8, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born in Roanoke, VA, January 11, 1947, a son of the late Betty Shelton and Thomas Henry Taylor III. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a graduate of Longwood University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology,...

Harvey Louis Simpson

Harvey Louis Simpson

Oct 3, 2005

Appomattox: Harvey Louis Simpson, 85, of 8275 Jacksontown Rd, Nanjemoy, MD, died Monday, October 3, 2005 at the Washington Hospital Center. He was the husband of the late Jessalyn Mae Simpson. Born in Powhatan, October 1, 1920, he was a son of the late Elijah and Alice Blair Webb. Mr. Simpson was a member of Bible Baptist Church and was...

Raymond Howard Raymsey, Sr.

Raymond Howard Raymsey, Sr.

Oct 2, 2005

Charlotte Court House: Raymond Howard Ramsey, Sr., 78, of 5081 Wood Fork Rd., died Sunday, October 2, 2005 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born in Charlotte Court House, May 14, 1927, he was a son of the late Thomas W. and Ina Taylor Ramsey. He proudly served his country as a Marine Veteran of the World War II. Mr. Ramsey was...

Michael Eugene Highfill

Michael Eugene Highfill

Oct 1, 2005

Michael Eugene Highfill, 43, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2005, at his home in Appomattox. Born January 3, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of Maryann Carroll and husband, William of Appomattox and Norman Highfill of La Porte, Texas. In addition to his parents he is survived by a sister, Tammy M. Ferguson and husband, Larry of Vera;...

James T. (Pete) Davis, Jr.

James T. (Pete) Davis, Jr.

Sep 29, 2005

Pamplin: James Thomas (Pete) Davis, Jr., 79, died Thursday, September 29, 2005 at his residence. Born in Appomattox Co., July 31, 1926, he was a son of the late Wilsie P. and James T. Davis, Sr. Pete was a member of Pamplin United Methodist Church and had served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict where he...

Jonathan Paul Schell

Jonathan Paul Schell

Sep 22, 2005

Rustburg: Our Lord above shared Jonathan Paul Schell with us before taking him Home to be by His side on Thursday, September 22, 2005. Jonathan Paul, God's small gift, was born on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is survived by his loving parents, Scott and Stephanie Schell; two brothers, Mikey Hinkle and Brandon Schell; maternal grandparents, Johnny...

Nettie Hunter Cunningham

Nettie Hunter Cunningham

Sep 2, 2005

Nettie Hunter Cunningham Gladstone: Nettie Hunter Cunningham, 95, of Rt. 2, died Friday, September 2, 2005 at the Appomattox Health Care Center. She was twice widowed to the late Bernard L. Moore and the late Emmett Carter Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham was born in Appomattox County, October 4, 1909, a daughter of the late Myra Martin and Mosley William Hunter. She...

Hazel L. Franklin

Hazel L. Franklin

Sep 2, 2005

Hazel Lee Lawrence Franklin, 77, of 138 Babcock Rd., went to be with the Lord on Friday morning in Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of Benjamin A. Franklin. Born in Campbell Co., May 8, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Thurman and Elizabeth Ruth Wingfield Lawrence. As a homemaker and member of Rustburg Baptist Church...

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