Obituaries

Billie Star Brightwell

Billie Star Brightwell

Nov 3, 2015

The Reverend Billie Starr Brightwell died unexpectedly on November 3, 2015. She was born on December 14, 1954 to W.R. and Sadie Wootton Brightwell of Pamplin, VA. She was a graduate of Appomattox County High School, Appomattox, VA, and Longwood University, Farmville, VA. She received an MS in Education from Longwood University, an MA in Christian Education from the Presbyterian...

Patrice Anding Duncan

Patrice Anding Duncan

Oct 28, 2015

Patrice Anding Duncan, 56, of Appomattox, Va., passed away on October 29, 2015. Patrice was a proud cancer survivor, having triumphed over medulloblastoma brain cancer thirty plus years ago. She was a native Texan, born September 26, 1959, in Houston, Texas and never missed an opportunity to inform anyone she met that Virginia was certainly no Texas! Patrice was an...

Emma Louise Baldridge

Emma Louise Baldridge

Oct 26, 2015

Emma Louise Bailey Baldridge, 95, of Appomattox, died Monday October 26, 2015 at Lynchburg General Hospital. Twice married she was the widow of Daniel Veon Boone and John Baldridge. Emma was born in Kansas City, Mo. February 14, 1920 a daughter of the late Grace Snyder and Joseph Bailey. She was a retired Apartment Complex Manager She is survived by...

James "Buddy" Berkley Carter Sr.

James "Buddy" Berkley Carter Sr.

Oct 24, 2015

James Berkley (Buddy) Carter, Sr., 74, of Rose Lane, Appomattox died Saturday morning, October 24, 2015 at Appomattox Health and Rehab. He was the husband of the late Ella Louise Wilson Carter. Buddy was born in Appomattox, on August 20, 1941 a son of the late Etta Goodwin Gentry and Berkley Sanford Carter. He is survived by his children, Craig...

Hilda Jefferson Paulette

Hilda Jefferson Paulette

Oct 24, 2015

Hilda Jefferson (Tootsie) Paulette 89, of Hunter Street, Appomattox died Saturday October 24, 2015 at Lynchburg General Hospital. Hilda was born in Charlotte Co., Va. January 3, 1926 a daughter of the late Ola Bennett Jefferson and Faber Blaine Jefferson, Sr. Hilda was a graduate of Randolph Henry High School and Phillips Business College . She was a member of...

Richard Clark Lewis, Sr

Richard Clark Lewis, Sr

Oct 22, 2015

Richard Clark Lewis Sr, 88, of Liberty Chapel Road, Appomattox, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the loving and devoted husband of Lucille Coleman Lewis for 64 years. Clark was born in Appomattox County, July 17, 1927, a son of the late Ruby D. Caldwell and Charlie Davis Lewis. He was an active member...

William Thomas Daniel

William Thomas Daniel

Oct 19, 2015

William Thomas Daniel, 72, formerly of Watt Abbitt Rd., Appomattox, died Monday, October 19, 2015, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was the husband of the late Alexandra Mary Daniel. Born in Buckhingham, Virginia, on September 2, 1943, he was the son of the late Willie Newton and John William Daniel. He is survived by his son, David Anthony Daniel...

Julia Gillette Gossom Elder

Julia Gillette Gossom Elder

Oct 19, 2015

Julia Gillette Gossom Elder, 95, of Rocks Church Road, Pamplin, died Monday, October 19, 2015 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of the late Rev. Winfred Hugo Elder. Gillette will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on August 27, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Josie Dudley and...

Lorraine Ann Brown Johnson

Lorraine Ann Brown Johnson

Oct 17, 2015

Lorraine Ann Johnson, 83, resided in Niverville, NY for 60 years and spent her last days with her daughter and son-in-law in Appomattox. She went to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by her family, on Saturday, October 17, 2015. She was the wife of the late Robert Johnson Sr. to whom she was happily married for 11 years....

Carol Ann Jarzabek

Carol Ann Jarzabek

Oct 15, 2015

Carol Ann Grillo Jarzabek, 59, of Vermillion Road, Appomattox died October 15, 2015, at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in New Haven, Conn., on April 3, 1956, she was a daughter of the late Alice Jacuzio and Peter Donald Grillo. She was owner and operator of Tail Gait Farm in Appomattox. She is survived by her son, Peter T. Jarzabek of...

Thomas "Tommy" Richard Bass, Sr

Thomas "Tommy" Richard Bass, Sr

Oct 12, 2015

After a 5 month battle with cancer, Thomas Richard "Tommy" Bass, 64, passed away at his home on Fairway Place, Appomattox surrounded by his family and friends. He leaves behind his wife, Kimberly Hamblin Bass; two sons, Thomas R. Bass, Jr. and wife, Lindsay of Evington, Zachary Arritt of Somerset, NJ; three daughters, Sarah Anne Bass of Blacksburg, Kirsten A....

John Curtis Caldwell Jr.

John Curtis Caldwell Jr.

Oct 10, 2015

John Curtis (Jack) Caldwell, Jr., 76, of Lee-Grant Avenue, Appomattox, died Saturday evening October 10, 2015 at Runk & Pratt of Forest. He was the husband of Barbara Wooldridge Caldwell for 56 years. Jack was born Richmond, Va January 29, 1939 a son of the late Bessie V. Harwood and John Curtis Caldwell. Sr. He was a 1962 graduate of...

Adam Lee Morris

Adam Lee Morris

Oct 6, 2015

Adam Lee Morris, 36, of Horseshoe Road, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at his residence. Born in Lynchburg, September 25, 1979, he was a son of Nelwyn Coleman and Arthur Lee Morris. Adam was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Appomattox County High School and was employed by QIS as a Pipeline...

Lewis "Jimmy" Morgan Tibbs

Lewis "Jimmy" Morgan Tibbs

Oct 6, 2015

Lewis "Jimmy" Morgan Tibbs, 91, of Narrow Passage Road, Spout Spring, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at his residence. He was the husband of the late Jane Marshall Tibbs. Born in Campbell County, April 26, 1924 he was a son of the late Nolie Joy and Robert Bernard Tibbs. He was a member of New Concord Presbyterian where he served...

Hazel Jones Reynolds

Hazel Jones Reynolds

Oct 4, 2015

Hazel Jones Reynolds, 91, of Prince Edward Highway, Prospect, died Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her residence. She was the loving wife of the late Shirley Randolph Reynolds. Born in Appomattox County, November 6, 1923 she was a daughter of the late Thelma Tanner and Otey Jones. Hazel was a member of Prospect United Methodist Church and a seamstress for...

Taryn Taylor Christian

Taryn Taylor Christian

Oct 2, 2015

Taryn Taylor Christian, 28, of Megginson Mill Rd., Appomattox, died Friday, October 2, 2015, at her residence. Born in Freehold, NJ, on April 1, 1987, she was a daughter of Delia "Dee" Beldin Taylor and Jeffrey A. Taylor of Appomattox. Taryn was a 2005 graduate of Appomattox County High School, a graduate of Miller-Motte Technical College and employed by Central...

Carolyn Cardwell Wood

Carolyn Cardwell Wood

Sep 28, 2015

Due to inclement weather the service will be held 11 am, Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Robinson Funeral Home, Appomattox. Carolyn Cardwell Wood, 71, of Appomattox, died Monday, September 28, 2015, in Suffolk. Born in Farmville, Va., on May 31, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Grace Cobb Wood and Gilbert Nathaniel Wood, Sr. She was...

David Lynn Harris

David Lynn Harris

Sep 26, 2015

David Lynn Harris, 61, of Knoll Woods Drive, Rustburg, passed away Saturday September 26, 2015 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Vicki Ann Harris. Born in Appomattox County, March 13, 1954, he was a son of June (Jana) Wilmouth of Appomattox and the late Wallace Harris. He was an employee of Schewels Furniture for over 20 years....

Shirley Ferguson Childress

Shirley Ferguson Childress

Sep 25, 2015

Shirley Ferguson Childress, 82, of Anderson Highway, Gladstone went to be with her heavenly father Friday, September 25, 2015 at Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah "Pie" R. Childress. Born in Appomattox County, April 23, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Viola F. Mayberry and Edward Ferguson. Shirley attended Maple Grove...

Calob Dale Wilson

Calob Dale Wilson

Sep 25, 2015

Calob Dale Wilson, 16, of Susie Alice Drive, Spout Spring, died at his residence Friday September 25, 2015. Calob was born in Lynchburg November 16, 1998 a son of Tracey D. Wilson of Spout Spring and Stephanie Bryant Scott of Snow Hill, NC. He was a 11th grade student at Appomattox County High School. Calob is survived by his father,...

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