Obituaries

W. Roger Wills

W. Roger Wills

Apr 19, 2015

William Roger Wills, 65, Trent Hatchery Road, Appomattox, died suddenly Sunday evening, April 19, 2015 at his residence. He was the husband of June Wright Wills. Roger was born in Elon, Va., Amherst County, on May 13, 1949, a son of the late Margaret (Peggy) Keith Wills Franklin and William Edward Wills. He was a member of Glory Baptist Church...

Dorothy Jean Jimison

Dorothy Jean Jimison

Apr 11, 2015

Dorothy Jean White Jimison, 82, of Edgewood Street, Appomattox died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Don Franklin Jimison. Born in Logan County, West Va., on April 12, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Effie Egleston and Ed E. White. She was a homemaker and a member of Liberty Baptist Church...

Ronald Wayne Gowin

Ronald Wayne Gowin

Apr 9, 2015

Ronald W. Gowin Ronald Wayne Gowin, 63, of Patteson School Road, Appomattox, went to be with his Lord on Thursday April 9, 2015 at Lynchburg General Hospital. For over twenty years, he was the beloved husband of Jane Dooley Gowin. Born in Lynchburg Virginia on September 9, 1951, he was the son of Barbara Layne and James A. Gowin of...

Franklin Delano Kellam

Franklin Delano Kellam

Apr 5, 2015

Franklin Delano Kellam, 81, of River Ridge Road, Appomattox, died April 5, 2015 at his residence. He was the husband of the late Marie Arlene Kellam. Franklin was born in Pungoteague, Va., on January 24, 1934 a son of the late Mamie Richardson and Allie James Kellam. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and a Soil Conservationist....

Leonard Waugh Oliver

Leonard Waugh Oliver

Apr 4, 2015

Leonard Waugh Oliver, 87, of Lynchburg died peacefully in Lynchburg on April 4, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-one years, Dorothy Chambers Oliver. He was born in Amherst County, Virginia on August 4, 1927 and was the son of the late John Bernard Oliver and Ella Maie Oliver. In addition to his parents, he was...

Deanna Jean Gaydos

Deanna Jean Gaydos

Apr 4, 2015

Deanna Jean Gaydos, 71, of Salem Road, Spout Spring, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her residence. She was the wife of David John Gaydos. Born in Mt. Hope, West Va., on September 1, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Fleta Holliday and Hubert Bryant. She was a retired histology technician. In addition to her husband she is...

Ethel Jane Beasley

Ethel Jane Beasley

Apr 3, 2015

Ethel Jane Marvin Beasley, 89, of Purdum Mill Road, Appomattox, died Friday, April 3, 2015, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born in Hector, New York, on February 9, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Cora Updyke and LaVerne Francis Marvin, Sr. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Hall Beasley; a daughter, Linda Hanlon and husband, Thomas of Lombard,...

Janie Grey Baldwin Layne

Janie Grey Baldwin Layne

Apr 1, 2015

Janie Grey Baldwin Layne, 85, of Wheelers Spring Road, Pamplin, went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at her residence. She was the loving wife of the late Carol Dixon Layne. Born in Pamplin, July 25, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Eunice Grey Wilkerson and Mack Glover Baldwin. Janie Grey was a...

Loretta Virginia Goggin Mayberry

Loretta Virginia Goggin Mayberry

Mar 31, 2015

Loretta Mayberry, 79, of Narrow Passage Road, Appomattox, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Appomattox Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Russell Elwood Mayberry, Sr. Born in Bedford County, October 31 1935, she was a daughter of the late Ruth Allen Young and Alvin Kenneth Goggin, Sr. Loretta was a member of Central Baptist Church...

Ted Allen Robinson

Ted Allen Robinson

Mar 25, 2015

Ted Allen Robinson, 68, of Appomattox died Wednesday March 25, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee. Born February 26, 1947 in Madison County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late William Wayne and Elsie Effler Robinson. Ted was, paradoxically, a quiet, yet opinionated man who lived a simple life and loved reading and the outdoors. He is survived by sisters...

Marie Norton

Marie Norton

Mar 21, 2015

Bertha Marie Hildreth Norton, 94, of Appomattox, quietly passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. Marie, or "Mimi", as she was known by friends and family, was born January 6, 1921, in Lyndon, Kansas to Ivy Helen Stanley and Jonathan Reed Hildreth. Marie grew up, attended school and junior college, and was married in Fort Scott,...

Mildred Redd Moore

Mildred Redd Moore

Mar 21, 2015

Mildred Redd Moore, of Lee Street, Appomattox, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 in Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Fred Hundley Moore. Born in Halifax County, on June 26, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Nannie Conner and Elvin Curtis Seamster. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church and worked for Courtland Manufacturing and...

William Richard Krantz

William Richard Krantz

Mar 18, 2015

William Richard Krantz, 78, of Hummingbird Lane, Spout Spring, died Wednesday at his residence. Born in Bedford on November 20, 1936, he was a son of the late William Davis and Elsie May Drewery Krantz. Richard was a member of Hebron Baptist Church where he had served as Training Union Director and a Deacon. He was a farmer and had...

Georgie Hamilton Giles

Georgie Hamilton Giles

Mar 18, 2015

Georgie Hamilton Giles, 93, of Atwood Street, Appomattox, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of the late Lew Ellewyn Giles, Jr. Born in Appomattox, County, Va., on November 1, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Emeline Shupe and Eugene H. Hamilton. She was a member of Appomattox Courthouse Presbyterian Church and...

Dixie Stacy Staten

Dixie Stacy Staten

Mar 17, 2015

Dixie Stacy Staten, 94, of Falling Creek Road, Appomattox, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Runk and Pratt at Liberty Ridge. She was the wife of late Vernal Andrel Staten. Born Hardy, Kentucky, on August 1, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Exie Keesee and William Bascomb Stacy. She was a longtime member of the Hebron Baptist Church...

Robert (Bob) I. Coleman, Jr.

Robert (Bob) I. Coleman, Jr.

Mar 17, 2015

Robert I. (Bob) Coleman, Jr., died March 17, 2015 in Cummings, Ga. He was born in Newport News, Va., on May 7, 1926, to the late Hazel Paige and Robert I. Coleman, Sr. Soon after graduation from Newport News High School, he joined the United States Marine Corps and proudly served his country during World War II. After the war,...

Mary Martin Hawkins

Mary Martin Hawkins

Mar 17, 2015

Mary Louise Martin Hawkins, 93, of Appomattox died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joseph Dennis Hawkins. Born in Appomattox County, on March 29, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Mary Eliza Garrett and Fitzhugh Lee Martin. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and a retired stenographer...

Vadie Dixon Elder

Vadie Dixon Elder

Mar 15, 2015

Vadie Dixon Elder, 78, of Gala Lake Road, Spout Spring, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at her residence. She was the wife of Lewis Ryland Elder. In addition to her husband she is survived by three children, Vickie Full and husband, Paul of Chesterfield, Breck Elder and wife, Cathy of Appomattox and Bryan Elder of Spout Spring; a granddaughter, Alison...

Henry Lewis Harper

Henry Lewis Harper

Mar 6, 2015

Henry Lewis Harper, 90, of Roanoke, died Friday, March 6, 2015, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was twice married; his first wife was the late Maxine Louise Mann Harper and his second wife the late Mary Crowder Harper. Born in Charlotte County, Va., on February 24, 1925, he was a son of the late Lucy Ledbetter and Mebane Harper. He...

Catherine (Sue) Hawkins Fox

Catherine (Sue) Hawkins Fox

Feb 28, 2015

Catherine (Sue) Rebecca Hawkins Fox, 90, of Oakleigh Avenue, Appomattox, died Saturday afternoon, February 28, 2015 at her residence. She was the loving wife of 47 years to the late Clarence Fox. Born March 29, 1924 in Madison County, Va., she was a daughter of the late Minnie Lee May and Charles Edgar Hawkins. Sue retired from the Loudoun County...

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