June 16, 2020
Reva Carey DeKeyser, 95, of Lynchburg passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at home. She was the wife first to the late Lyle Lee and second to Emile DeKeyser. Mrs. DeKeyser was born in Campbell County, August 29, 1924 a daughter of the late James He...
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June 13, 2020
Kathryn Geraldine Byerly Baker, 93, of Brookneal passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife first of the late Bernard L. Clevinger and second to the late Carlton C. Baker. Mrs. Baker was born in West...
June 9, 2020
Danny Melvin Carwile, 77, of Madison Heights passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Runk and Pratt, Liberty Ridge. He was the husband of Mary Ruth Bright Carwile for 29 years. Mr. Carwile was born in Campbell County on February 18, 1943, son of Mar...
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May 30, 2020
Richard Irving Patterson, 88, of Nathalie passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020 at home. He was the husband of Rhodamary Watkins Patterson. Mr. Patterson was born in St. Johnville, N.Y., July 9, 1931, a son of the late Hubert Dudley Patterson and My...
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...