Dinnah Barnette
Feb 2, 2018
Dinnah Barnette, 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 2, 2018, surrounded by family and friends.Dinnah was born December 28, 1938, in Fayette County, W.V., daughter to Charlie and Velma Peters. Dinnah graduated from Wirt County High school then served her country in the USMC.Dinnah was preceded in death by her mother, father and sister Barbie Cofflin. She is survived...
Frances Gunn Kemper
Feb 2, 2018
Frances Gunn Kemper, 79, of Lynchburg, died February 2, 2018, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Albert Strayer Kemper, III.In addition to her husband, she is survived by their three sons: Albert Strayer Kemper, IV and his wife, Anna Amacher Kemper, of Columbia, S.C., along with their three children, Grayson Strayer Kemper of...
Dr. Thomas Howard Albertson
Feb 1, 2018
Dr. Thomas Howard Albertson, 83, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2018 in his residence at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, Va. He was the loving husband of Frances Brawley Albertson for 60 years.Born on February 14, 1934 in High Point, N.C., Tom was the son of the late Clarence Jacob Albertson and Millie Hill Albertson, and brother of the late...
Ellis Carrol Arrington
Jan 31, 2018
Ellis Carrol Arrington, 74, of Goode passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at his residence. He was the loving husband of Mary Hicks Arrington. Born November 14, 1943 in Bedford he was a son of the late Walter Ellis Arrington and Mildred Wilkerson Arrington. Ellis served in the United States Air Force; he was a member of the Sons...
John Calvin Silliman
Jan 30, 2018
John Calvin Silliman, 104, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Westminster Canterbury, his Lynchburg home for the past two years.John was born on October 5, 1913, in Palestine, Texas, to the late Dr. John Calvin Silliman and Bertha Umstead Silliman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Ruth Elizabeth Silliman Larsen and...
Steven Franklin Ruff
Jan 30, 2018
Steven Franklin Ruff, 68, of Lynchburg, went to his eternal home in the early hours of Tuesday, January 30, 2018 after being surrounded that family and friends. Born Wednesday, March 02, 1949 to Franklin Ruff and Iva Dean Collins Ruff (both deceased), he proudly served our country for six years in the U.S. Navy.In addition to his wife and best...
John Woody Wigglesworth, Jr.
Jan 30, 2018
John W. “Woody” Wigglesworth, Jr., 76, of Amherst, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Fairmont Crossing Rehabilitation Center. He was born on September 19, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA. Woody was the son of the late John Woodruff Wigglesworth, Sr. and Constance Kephardt Wigglesworth.Woody was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church in Goode. He was also a member...
Faye Darlene Wertz
Jan 29, 2018
Our love, Faye Darlene Wertz, 66, of Lynchburg, passed away the morning of Monday, January 29, 2018.Faye was born in Salem, Va., and was the daughter of Evelyn Firestone Wertz and Joseph Edward Wertz.She is survived by her brother, Murrell Wertz and his wife, Martha; her nephew, Kevin Slusher and his wife, Shawna; and two adored great-nephews, Kollin and Riley....
William Hodges "Billy" Payne
Jan 29, 2018
William Hodges Payne, “Billy” or “Bill”, age 63, of Lynchburg, died in his sleep on Monday, January 29, 2018. He was born to Mary John Moore Payne and Leonard Kimball Payne, Jr. on December 13, 1954 at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg.Billy was a 1973 graduate of Lexington High School and a 1977 graduate of Campbell University with a B.S....
Kerry L. Martin, Sr.
Jan 28, 2018
Kerry Lee Martin, Sr. 47 of Moneta, gained his just reward, and entered into eternal rest surrounded by family and friends on Sunday, January 28, 2018. This “Superman” fought a long and courageous battle with cancer and has been granted a new building, one not made by man’s hand. Kerry’s transition is a manifestation of the promise that he would...