May 23, 2020
Betty Beck Marshall, 92, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020 at home. She was the wife of the late Charles Douglas Marshall. Mrs. Marshall was born in Washington, D.C. March 10, 1928 a daughter of the late Frederick Eugene B...
May 18, 2020
Alice Milton Elder, 97, of Brookneal passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 peacefully at home. She was the wife of the late Thomas Prescott Elder. Mrs. Elder was born in Charlotte County, a daughter of the late Willie Dewey Milton and Viola Holt Milto...
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May 9, 2020
Barry Eugene Claybrook, 64, of Arlington, VA passed away May 9, 2020 in Lynchburg, VA after a brief illness. Born October 11, 1955, in Lynchburg, he was the son of Eugene Douglas Claybrook and the late Rachel Holt Claybrook. He is survived by his...
May 7, 2020
Shirley Childress Holt, 84, of Phenix, a loving and wonderful mother, grandmother, and Christian lady who always put her family and others first, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late R...
May 4, 2020
Walter Thomas Sowell, 86, of Phenix passed away Monday, May 4, 2020 at home. He was the husband first to the late Lona May Dunaway Sowell and second to the late Frances Walker Sowell. Walter was born in Campbell County, November 6, 1933, a son o...
April 21, 2020
Betty Hamlett Davis, 80, of Vernon Hill passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Brookneal. She was the wife of the late Troy Davis. Mrs. Davis was born in Charlotte County, December 29, 1939 a daughter of the late Ha...
April 7, 2020
Corita Patterson Owen passed peacefully from this life to the next on April 7, 2020, at Guggenheimer Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lynchburg. She was 86 years old. The daughter of James Edward Patterson and Mildred (Clark) Patterson, she was bo...
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April 6, 2020
Marvin T Childress, U.S. Navy Ret (MMC), 84, went to be with his Lord on Monday, April 6, 2020, on the 120th Anniversary of his Mother’s Birthday. He was the son of Volney H. and Elsie Reid Childress. He is survived by his high school sweetheart an...
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April 4, 2020
Bertha Mann Sheppard, 88, of Brookneal passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Thomas G. Sheppard, Sr. Mrs. Sheppard was born in Campbell County, March 30, 1932 daughter of the late ...
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March 23, 2020
Omar Frank Ellis, 83, of Nathalie passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of the late Sieglinde Rankl Ellis. Mr. Ellis was born in Richmond, Indiana, April 2, 1936 a son of the late John Garton...
March 11, 2020
Judith Ann Wolcott Waters, 79, of Appomattox passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Mrs. Waters was born January 10, 1941, a daughter of the late Chester A. Wolcott and Dorothy Roswell Walcott. She is surviv...
March 10, 2020
Irma Dawson Seamster, 68, of Nathalie passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at home. She was the wife of David Lynn Seamster. Mrs. Seamster was born in Halifax County, May 8, 1951 a daughter of the late Tommy Dawson and Mary Doss Dawson. She was...
March 3, 2020
Dorothy Henderson Marstin, 89, of Brookneal passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Earl L. Marstin. Mrs. Marstin was born in Campbell County, August 30, 1930, a daughter of the late ...
March 1, 2020
Barbara Schmidt Ferguson, 78, of Lynchburg passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Cecil Barry Ferguson, Sr. Mrs. Ferguson was born in Prince Edward County, July 18, 1941 a daughter of the late...
February 28, 2020
Kaye Abbott Smith, 68, of Republican Grove passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at home. She was the wife of Frederick “Freddy” Smith. Kaye was born in Halifax County, February 18, 1952 a daughter of the late Richard E. Abbott and Maureen J...
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February 16, 2020
Herbert Carlton “Buck” Saunders, Jr., 65, of Brookneal passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at home. He was the husband of Lucinda F. Stephenson. Buck was born in Lynchburg, March 1, 1954 son of the late Herbert Carlton Saunders, Sr. and Mat...
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February 3, 2020
Robert Gordon Owen, 71, of Brookneal passed from life on earth February 3, 2020 at Bedford Centra Hospice, following several years of declining health. He went peacefully in the company of his devoted and loving friend Sue Rankin. Robert was born...
January 29, 2020
William Thomas Smith, 83, of Lynchburg, died January 29, 2020. Bill was born in a cabin in "downtown" Oakville, Appomattox County, Virginia, May 26, 1936, to Grace Mae Blanks and Richard Edward Smith. He attended Appomattox High School and served in ...
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January 24, 2020
Herman Evans, Jr., 80 of Brookneal passed away Friday, January 24, 2020 at home. He was the husband of Patricia P. Evans. Mr. Evans was born in Campbell County, August 30, 1939 a son of the late Herman Evans, Sr. and Ethel Sowell Evans. He was a...
January 19, 2020
Shirley Dean Hamlett McCluster, 83, of Phenix passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the Bedford Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Patrick Bill McCluster. Mrs. McCluster was born in Charlotte County, May 8, 1936 a daughter of the late ...
December 29, 2019
Shirley Viar Wilson, 80, of Brookneal passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of William Page Wilson. Shirley was born in Amherst County, September 17, 1939 a daughter of the late Ralph Hunter...
December 25, 2019
Margaret Clark Elder, 94, of Brookneal passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late James Lewis Elder for 60 years. Margaret was born in Campbell County, June 17, 1925 a daughter of t...
December 17, 2019
Faye Francis Smith, 74, of Gladys passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at home. Faye was born in Halifax County, March 22, 1945 a daughter of the late Louis Walter Francis Sr. and Hilda Bomar Francis. She was a member of Childrey Baptist Ch...
December 5, 2019
Gilbert Perkins Hamlett, 79, of Charlotte Court House, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Vera Kay Dodd Hamlett. Gilbert was born in Charlotte County, June 24, 1940 a son of the late...
November 22, 2019
Kenneth David Peade, 64, of Nathalie passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at home. He was the husband of Cathy Crews Peade. Kenneth was born in Halifax County, November 15, 1955 a son of the late Lacy R. Peade and Shirley Francis Peade. He was ...