Edna Frances Baars Webber
Jul 5, 2016
Edna Webber, 73, of Oakleigh Avenue, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Hanson Webber. Born February 1, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Mary Camden and Leonard Baars. Edna was a member of Bethel Bible Church and retired from Armstrong Furniture. She enjoyed attending and...
Florence Heath Richards
Jul 1, 2016
Florence Heath Richards of Bentley Commons, Lynchburg, passed away on July 1, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of George T. Richards. Born in Buckingham County on May 20, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Phebe McFadden and Charlie Heath. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara R. Williams and husband, Floyd of Appomattox and...
Beatrice Gertrude Blizard Moody
Jun 27, 2016
For 93 years, the world was a better place because Beatrice (BB) Gertrude Blizard Moody walked the surface. Upon meeting BB, you instantly felt loved and knew that if ever you needed anything, she would do everything in her power to take care of that need. BB was born on May 10, 1923 to the late Houston and Jennie Blizard...
Donna Allen Pankey
Jun 25, 2016
Donna Allen Pankey, 66, of Walnut Circle, Appomattox, died Saturday, June 25, 2016 at her residence. She was the wife of Robert Earl Pankey. Born in Blacksburg, Va., on September 21, 1949, she was the daughter of Claudine Hubbard Fox of Lynchburg and the late Howard Slusser Allen. She was an active member of Memorial United Methodist Church, where she...
James Hezekiah Ford Jr.
Jun 23, 2016
James Hezekiah "Jim" Ford, Jr., 74, of Bent Creek Road, Concord, died Thursday, June 23, 2016. He was the loving husband of Sue E. Ford. Born in Campbell County, Va., on July 17, 1941, he was a son of the late James H. Ford, Sr. and Marion Owen Ford Harwood. For 49 years, Jim was the State Farm Agent in...
John Daniel Whorley
Jun 20, 2016
John Daniel Whorley, 69, of Old Courthouse Road, died Monday, June 20, 2016 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. He was the loving husband of Joyce Rosser Whorley. Born in Buckingham County, December 23, 1946 he was a son of the late Hazel Edwards and John I. Whorley. John was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and retired...
Margaret Shirley Gobble Lockner
Jun 17, 2016
Margaret Shirley Gobble Lockner, 79, of Town Crest Lane, Rustburg, died Friday, June 17, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Clarence Lockner. Born in Appomattox, March 6, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Loraine Handy and Summers Lane Gobble. She is survived by one daughter, Margie Sue Foster and husband, Richard...
Vernon Hall Beasley
Jun 12, 2016
Vernon Hall Beasley, 84, of Purdum Mill Rd., Appomattox, died Sunday, June 12, 2016, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Ethel Jane Marvin Beasley. Born in Appomattox County, Va., on August 19, 1931, he was a son of the late Virgie Inge and Grover Palti Beasley, Sr. Vernon was a retired jet engine mechanic with United...
Emma Garrett Norcross
Jun 11, 2016
Emma Garrett Norcross, 90, of Appomattox, died Saturday, June 11, 2016 in Appomattox Health and Rehab Center. She was the wife of the late Walter Norcross. Born in Appomattox Co., Va., on April 291926, she was a daughter of the late Queen Victoria Harris and William Fletcher Garrett. She was a retired seamstress for Courtland Manufacturing and a member of...
Mary Ella Smith Mccauley Reintzel
Jun 10, 2016
Mary Ella "Polly" Smith McCauley Reintzel, 82, of Gladstone, departed this life on Friday, June 10, 2016. She was preceded in death by many loved ones including parents, Carrie Fitzgerald McCauley and Johnnie Henry Smith of Nelson County; husband, William "Willie" McCauley; second husband, Cliff Reintzel; sister, Carrie "Lou" Crickenberger; daughters, Rita Wood and Becky Spencer. She is survived by...
Mildred Fields Thompson
Jun 6, 2016
Mildred "Millie" Fields Thompson, 70, of Double Bridges Road, died Monday, June 6, 2016 at her residence. She was the loving wife of 50 years to Eugene "Buck" Thompson, Sr. Born in Lynchburg, July 5, 1945 she was a daughter of the late Emma Viola Mann and Haven B. Fields. Millie worked numerous years as a CNA at many establishments....
J.C. "Jake" Steadman
Jun 2, 2016
J. C. "Jake" Steadman, 82, of Spout Spring Road, died Thursday, June 2, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of the late Margaret Alice Orange Steadman. Born in Kingsport, TN, September 14, 1933, he was a son of the late Fannie Cox and Enoch Steadman. He was a former employee of Burruss Land and Lumber Company. J.C....
Barbara Ann Amick
May 25, 2016
Barbara Amick, 89, of Seminole Avenue, Lynchburg, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert Lee Amick. Born in New London, Iowa, January 16, 1927 she was a daughter of the late Lillian Harper and Charles Henry Heater. She was a member of Grace Hills Baptist Church and a Homemaker. She...
Margaret Steele Jones
May 25, 2016
Margaret Steele Jones, 96, of Village Highway, Concord, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at her residence. She was the wife of the late Cecil Barner Jones. Born in Campbell County, August 10, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Alice Weinman and Wade Hampton Steele, Sr. She was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church and was a...
Eloise Moore Martin
May 24, 2016
Eloise Moore Martin, 83, of Gladstone, peacefully entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center after a long and courageous battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis for over 21 years. She was the devoted wife of 64 years to Graydon C. (G.C.) Martin Born November 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Flossie...
Thelbert Legrand Stratton
May 24, 2016
Thelbert LeGrand Stratton, 73, affectionately known as "Papa Bert", of Red House Rd., Appomattox, Va., died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S. C. He was the loving husband of Faye Honeycutt Stratton for 46years. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on February 5, 1943, he was a son of the late Mary Lucy Taylor and Bert...
Richard Allen Blazer
May 23, 2016
Richard Allen Blazer, 57, lived in Madison Heights, Va. and was originally from Appomattox, Va., died Monday, May 23, 2016, at his residence. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on May 2, 1959, he was the oldest son of the late Margaret Ann Wooldridge and Troy Hancel Blazer. Richard was a supervisor for Wilbros Group and served his country in the US...
Clyde Milton Nash
May 21, 2016
Clyde Milton Nash, 80, of Oakleigh Avenue in Appomattox, died at his residence Saturday, May 21, 2016. He was the husband of Nancy Sims Nash. Born in Prince Edward County, on January 6, 1936, he was a son of the late Christine Lee and Frank Fisher Nash. He was a member of Evergreen United Methodist Church and a former member...
Gilda Marie Vivier
May 19, 2016
Gilda Marie Vivier, 66, of Concord, died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at her residence. She was loving wife of Robert Orville Vivier, Jr., for 50 years. Born in Erie, PA, April 22, 1950 she was a daughter of the late Esther Childress McCormick. In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, Robert Orville Vivier, III, of Spanaway,...
Etta Ranson Inge
May 18, 2016
Etta Catherine Ranson Inge, 87, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Runk and Pratt, Forest. She was the wife of the late Claiborne Inge for 54 years. Born in the Evergreen community of Appomattox County on September 22, 1928, Etta was a daughter of the late Elizabeth (Betty) Martin and Samuel Calvin (Cal) Ranson. Etta was a lifetime member of...
