Helen Booker Lawson
Apr 5, 2017
Helen Booker Bumgarner Lawson, 87, of Hummingbird Lane, Spout Spring, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Valley View Assisted Living. Twice married, she is survived by her second husband, Thurman E. Lawson. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on November 4, 1929, she was a daughter of the late John Carter Booker and Virgie Smith Booker Guard. She retired from G. E....
William "Bill" Mcdonald Mcgrath
Apr 4, 2017
William McDonald "Bill" McGrath, III, 77 of Gobbler Hill Lane, Appomattox, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at his residence. Born in St. Augustine, Fla., on June 10, 1939, he was a son of the late Margaret Cason and William McDonald McGrath, Jr. He was a graduate of Augusta Military Academy and retired from Phillip Morris. Bill was a member of...
James "Jimmy" Carl Mitchell
Apr 1, 2017
James "Jimmy" Carl Mitchell, 77, of Horseshoe Rd., Appomattox, died Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Appomattox Health and Rehab Center. He was the husband of Martha Jo Icenhour Mitchell for 51 years. Born in Campbell County, Va., on August 22, 1939, he was the son of the late Lucille Jordan and James Alvin Mitchell. He was a member of Timberlake...
Aleck Joseph Lecco
Mar 29, 2017
Aleck Joseph Lecco, 86, of Watt Abbitt Road, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at his residence. He was the loving husband Frances Ann Brooder Lecco. Born in Chattaroy, West Virginia, July 3, 1930 he was a son of the late Julia Mosolygo and Stephen Lekka. Aleck was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church where he served on...
James Alfred Gowin
Mar 26, 2017
James Alfred Gowin, 89, of Pumping Station Road, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the loving husband of Barbara Layne Gowin for over 66 years. Born in Buckingham, December 21, 1927, he was a son of the late Lucy Franklin and Richard Ayers Gowin. James was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where...
Roscoe A. Norton
Mar 26, 2017
Roscoe Alexander Norton, Jr., 93, of Appomattox, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017. Roscoe was born February 1, 1924, in Mexia, Texas to Toye Mae Wells Norton and Roscoe Alexander Norton, Sr. He grew up and attended high school in Oklahoma. After high school his parents and he moved to Fort Scott, Kansas where Roscoe attended junior college. While...
Teresa Ann Cordani Bryant
Mar 26, 2017
Teresa Ann Cordani Bryant, born on January 31, 1952, was called to be with the Lord, on March 26, 2017. There to greet her into their loving arms were her parents, Dorothy P. and Robert Cordani. In Teresa's early years she knew from the start she wanted to use her heart and passion to help others. At the age of...
W. Carlton Smith
Mar 25, 2017
Rev. William Carlton Smith, Sr., 81, of Cawthorne St., Appomattox, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Raleigh, NC. He was the husband of the late Janet Rooker Smith. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on March 30, 1935, he was a son of the late Reva Turns and Otis C. Smith. He was a member of Rocks Baptist Church and Falling River...
Robert "Watt" Watkins Jamerson Sr.
Mar 20, 2017
Robert Watkins "Watt" Jamerson, Sr., 74, of Church Street, Appomattox, died Monday, March 20, 2017, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Pamela Ferguson Jamerson for 48 years. Born in Appomattox County, Va., on January 15, 1943, he was a son of the late Virgie Litchford and Thomas Melvin Jamerson, Sr. He was a...
Glenna Oliver Hix
Mar 20, 2017
Glenna Mae Oliver Hix, 83, Hixburg Rd., Pamplin, died Monday, March 20, 2017, at her residence. She was the wife of William Daniel Hix for 63 years. Born in Prospect, Va., on January 13, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Moon and Rueben Hutton Oliver. She was a member of Elon Baptist Church, Pamplin and...
Joyce Ann Johnson
Mar 20, 2017
Joyce Ann Johnson, 73, of Cub Creek Rd, Appomattox, died Monday evening March 20, 2017 at Centra Health Care Facility. She was the wife of Marvin L. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was born in Powhatan Virginia July 9, 1943 a daughter of the late Harvey Louis and Jessalyn Mae Simpson. She attended La Plata High School, La Plata, MD. Joyce's first...
J. Wesley Williams
Mar 14, 2017
James Wesley Williams (Wes), 64, of Appomattox, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017. He was the husband of Nancy Bennett Williams. Wes was born January 28, 1953, in Enoree, S.C., a son of Julia D. Williams and the late Bill H. Williams. In addition to his wife and mother, Wes is survived by a son, Gregory T. Williams and his wife,...
Erma Shelton Woody
Mar 11, 2017
Erma Shelton Woody, 76, of Old Bethany Road, Pamplin, died Saturday, March 11, 2017, at her residence. She was the wife of the late William L. "Bill" Woody. Born February 23, 1941, in Unicoi, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Edith and Walter Shelton. She was a member of Rocks Baptist Church. Erma retired first from Craddock and...
Samuel William Kress
Mar 10, 2017
Samuel William Kress, 68, of Railroad Lane, Pamplin, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at his residence. Born in Appomattox, September 15, 1949, he was a son of the late Virginia Ellen Childress and George William Kress. He is survived by two brothers, John Thomas Kress, and James Ray Kress; five sisters, Ella Katherine Johnson and husband, Ray, Teresa Jennings,...
Mary Jane Harvey Phelps
Mar 9, 2017
Mary Jane Harvey Phelps, 89, of Appomattox, left this earth for her Heavenly home on Thursday, March 9, 2017. She was the wife of Twyman Phelps for 71 years. Born in Evergreen, VA, on May 13, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Edward Larkin and Manie Clark Harvey. Mary was a member of Red Oak Baptist Church where...
Betsy Lee Ratcliffe Coleman
Mar 9, 2017
Betsy Lee Ratcliffe Coleman, 91, of Village Park Court, Lynchburg, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at The Summit. She was the wife of the late James Ralph Coleman. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on January 29, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Hoyt William Ratcliffe and the late Margaret Ratcliffe Kratz. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist...
Travis Payton Harvey
Mar 8, 2017
Travis Payton Harvey, of Appomattox, Virginia, better known as "Pate" to family and friends, blazed through this life going full tilt. The saying, "only the good die young", certainly applies to him. Pate was born in Lynchburg, VA to the late Phyllis Cyrus Harvey and the late Jesse Payton Harvey, Jr. on Wednesday, November 13, 1968 at 10:30 a.m. and...
Richard R. Reed
Feb 25, 2017
Richard R. Reed, 78, of Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, went home to be with his heavenly Father on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Born in Surgoinsville, TN, August 14, 1938, he was a son of the late Sarah Tate Reed and Warren W. Reed. He was a retired salesman with Kroger, John P. Hughes and Graceland of Lynchburg. He is survived by...
Payton Glenn Cumbie, Sr
Feb 23, 2017
Payton Glenn Cumbie, Sr., 82, of Appomattox, went to be with his heavenly father on Thursday, February 23, 2017. He was a son of the late Perry Major and Effie Myrtle Cumbie. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Cumbie Page; one brother Perry Major "Buster" Cumbie; and three sisters, Violet Edmonds, Bertis Clark and Avis Wooldridge. He...
Mary Robertson Gunter
Feb 20, 2017
Mary Robertson Gunter, 78, of Old Thirteen Road, Gladstone, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at her residence. She was the wife of Richard Gunter. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on December 24, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Louise Doss and Curtis W. Robertson, Sr. She was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church and a former magistrate for...
