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Maxine Sowell Elder

March 15, 2024

Maxine Sowell Elder, 78, of Concord, passed to the other side peacefully at home on Friday, March 15, 2024. She was the widow of the late John F. Elder. Mrs. Elder was born in Lynchburg, February 13, 1946, a daughter of the late Maxw...
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Janice Anderson Wright

March 11, 2024

Janice Anderson Wright, 92, of Rustburg passed away Monday, March 11, 2024 at home. She was the wife of Ben Johnson Wright, Sr. Mrs. Wright was born in Halifax County, May 15, 1931, a daughter of the late Robert Lee Anderson and Bessie Wright Ander...
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Serena Seckman Green

March 7, 2024

Serena Seckman Green passed from this life to the next March 7, 2024. A lifelong resident of Brookneal, she was the wife of the late Dr. George Green. Serena was born in Charlotte County, July 16, 1930 to the late Beulah Mae and Donald Parker Seckm...

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Marvin Hudnal Hines

March 6, 2024

Marvin Hudnal Hines, 88, of Nathalie passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Joan Tucker Hines. Mr. Hines was born in Halifax County, June 17, 1935 a son of the late Thomas Herbert Hines and ...
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Aaron Michael Bruhnsen

March 3, 2024

Aaron Michael Bruhnsen, 39, of Spout Spring passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024. Aaron was born in Lynchburg, March 23, 1984. He was a computer analyst for MA-Com. Those who survive him are his father, Robert Michael Bruhnsen and wife Gail Bruhnsen, ...
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Kenneth Bruce Johnson

March 2, 2024

Kenneth Bruce Johnson, 82, of Gladys, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Bessie Nichols Johnson for almost 22 years. Kenneth was born in Charlotte County on June 29, 1941, a son of th...

JoAnne Banton Whittaker

March 2, 2024

JoAnne Banton Whittaker, 65, of Rustburg, was called home on March 2, 2024, to be reunited with her son, Joseph, after a long illness. JoAnne was born in Lynchburg on May 15, 1958, daughter of the late Edward Lee Banton, Sr. and the late June Anne ...
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John Milton Poindexter

February 13, 2024

John Milton Poindexter, 94, of Phenix, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at home. He was the husband of Elizabeth “Betty” Scruggs Poindexter. John was born in Charlotte County on July 4, 1929, a son of the late John Robinson P...
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William "Billy" Smith

February 10, 2024

Billy Smith, 63, of Nathalie, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Dorita Holt Smith. Billy was born in Halifax County on September 26, 1960, a son of Benny William Smith (Sandy) and...

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Walter Lee Piotrowski

February 3, 2024

Walter Lee Piotrowski, 89, of Locust Grove, formerly of Alexandria, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 3, 2024, at the Culpeper Village Retirement Center. He was ill for eight years. He is survived by his partner, Eileen Bell. Mr. Piotrowski...

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James Beale Booker

February 2, 2024

James (Jim) Beale Booker, 86, of Powhatan, passed away peacefully at St Francis Hospital in Midlothian on February 2, 2024. He was the husband of Arlene Rakers Booker. Jim was born in Lynchburg, June 4, 1937, the son of the late Wise Samuel Booker...
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Peggy Lipscomb Montgomery

January 15, 2024

Peggy Lipscomb Montgomery, 89, of Brookneal passed away Monday, January 15, 2024 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Richard T. Montgomery. Peggy was born in Charlotte County, March 11, 1934 a daughter of the late Col...
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Lois Mae Daniel

January 13, 2024

On January 13, 2024, God called Lois Mae Daniel to Heaven to be reunited with her parents, H. Melvin Daniel and Lucy Elder Daniel; brother, M. Keith Daniel; sister, Dorothy Daniel; pets, Andy (dog), Renee, Ashley, and Lindsay (cats); and good friend,...

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Elwood Junior Davis

December 31, 2023

Elwood Junior Davis, 73, of Brookneal passed away December 31, 2023 at home. He was the husband of the late Nina Ziegler Davis. Elwood was born in Rocky Mount, May 5, 1950, a son of the late Harry C. Davis, Jr. and Casteen Robertson Davis. He was a...
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Ernest William Crews, Sr.

December 31, 2023

Ernest William Crews, Sr., 77, of Brookneal passed away Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Linda Vassar Crews for 58 years. Ernest was born in Charlotte County on December 28, 1946, a son of the lat...
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Phyllis Clay Byron

December 30, 2023

Phyllis Clay Byron, 88, of Charlotte Court House passed away Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Southside Community Hospital. She was the wife of Glenn Lelan Byron. Mrs. Byron was born in Kentucky, June 2, 1935 a daughter of the late Floyd Wesley Clay a...

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Jerry James Ward

December 29, 2023

Jerry James Ward, 79, of Brookneal, passed away Friday, December 29, 2023 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Heidrun Groegel Ward. Jerry was born in Jefferson, Iowa on February 9, 1944, a son of the late Maurice Ward and the...
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"Bill" Lewis Mitchell East

December 21, 2023

Lewis Mitchell “Bill” East, 70, of Long Island, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Centra Gretna Medical Center. He was the husband of Cathy Childress East. Bill was born in Halifax County on February 13, 1953, a son of the late Clifton ...
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Franklin Delano McKinney

December 18, 2023

Franklin Delano “Crow” McKinney, 89, of Halifax passed away Monday, December 18, 2023 at home. He was the husband of the late Virginia Jennings McKinney. Mr. McKinney was born in Halifax County, November 1, 1934, a son of the late Phil Henry McK...

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William Granville Hamlett

December 17, 2023

William Granville Hamlett, 92, of Brookneal passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at home. He was the husband of the late Agnes Holt Hamlett. Mr. Hamlett was born in Roxboro, N.C. on November 14, 1931, a son of the late Roger William Hamlett and Cop...

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Gerald Ellsworth Miller

December 14, 2023

Gerald Ellsworth Miller, 82, of Nathalie passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023 at home. He was the husband of Saralee Kibler Miller. Gerald was born in Wilkes Barre, PA on April 26, 1941, a son of the late Archie Ellsworth Miller and the late Rut...
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Myrtle Bryant Fisher

December 11, 2023

Myrtle Bryant Davidson Fisher, 92, of Rustburg passed away Monday, December 11, 2023 at the Destiny House in Lynchburg. Mrs. Fisher was born April 4, 1931 at Montebello in Nelson County, to William Riley and Fronia Elizabeth Bryant. She was the adop...
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Mark "Marc" Wilson Conner

November 28, 2023

“Marc” Conner passed on to his heavenly home Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at the age of 54 years old. He was a graduate of Halifax County High School and Catawba College with a B.T.A. in theater. Mark lived in Richmond after college and moved back ...

Deborah Jean Ross Hayford

November 22, 2023

Deborah Jean Ross Hayford, 75, of Brookneal, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at home. She was the wife of the late James Stewart Hayford. Deborah was born in Ohio on September 9, 1948, a daughter of the late Earl Ross, Sr. and the late Cla...
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David Winston Hammock

November 14, 2023

David Winston Hammock, 81, of Rustburg, crossed into the gates of heaven, Tuesday, November 14, 2023. He was the husband of the late Sandra Jane Mason Hammock. Mr. Hammock was born in Danville, February 15, 1942, one of fourteen children of the late...