Robert "Bobby" Layburn Beard
Dec 21, 2016
Robert “Bobby” Layburn Beard 73 of Bedford passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 19, 1943 in Lynchburg, VA. He was a son of the late Wilbur Alexander Beard and Gladys Virginia Holdren Beard. In addition to his parents Bobby was preceded in death by his brother, Aubrey Linwood Beard.Bobby...
James Albert Lyle, Jr.
Dec 20, 2016
James Albert Lyle, Jr passed away in his home at Westminster Canterbury at the age of 93 on Dec. 20, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Albert Lyle and Kathleen Fore Lyle, his son, James Albert Lyle III and his wife, Jean McCausland Lyle.He is survived by two children, James Earle Lyle and Kathleen Lyle Falls,...
Raleigh Earl Wright
Dec 20, 2016
Raleigh Earl Wright, of Madison Heights, Va. died Tuesday, December 20, 2016.Born January 24, 1937 in Madison Heights, Raleigh was the son of the late Aubrey Earl Wright and the late Flora Lois Wright. He loved baseball, blue grass music and Dr. Pepper. His kind and thoughtful nature will be remembered by all who knew him.Raleigh is survived by his...
Alice Wilson Martin
Dec 19, 2016
Alice Cleola Wilson Martin, 82, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 at the home of her daughter’s residence in Amherst. She was the loving wife of the late Bobby Wayne Martin. Born September 10, 1934 in Bedford County, she was a daughter of the late Council James Wilson and Cleola Margaret Spencer Wilson. She is also...
Robert Ocie Tweedy
Dec 16, 2016
Robert Ocie Tweedy, 82, of Lynchburg, Va. died Friday, December 16, 2016.Born July 13, 1934 in Lynchburg, Robert was a son of the late Hunter Ocie Tweedy, Jr. and the late Helen Evans Tweedy. Bob was a good-natured and outgoing man who never met a stranger. He was an active member of the REACT Safety Club until the local club...
Kevin Carmine Barnett
Dec 16, 2016
Kevin C. Barnett was born August 10, 1978, in Lynchburg, Va. He passed away December 16, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, Warren Barnett; grandmother, Marie Barnett; grandfather, Bill Barnett and grandfather, Edward Osborne.He is survived by his son, Avonte A. Barnett; his sister, Dena Y. Ware; his mother, Mary Elizabeth Smith; step-father, Charles H. Smith; grandmother,...
Randy “Byrd” Brooks, Jr.
Dec 16, 2016
Randy “Byrd” Brooks, Jr. died Friday, December 16, 2016.Byrd was born August 29, 1992, in Bedford, son of Tracy B. Ragland and Randy Byrd Brooks, Sr. Byrd, was a professional welder by trade and attended Blue Ridge Community Church.He is survived by his mother, Tracy B. Ragland and her husband, Kevin of Lynchburg; his father, Randy B. Brooks, Sr., and...
Emory C. "Chip" Justis Jr.
Dec 14, 2016
Emory C. “Chip” Justis Jr. joined our Lord in heaven on December 14, 2016.Chip was 69 years of age and was the son of the late Emory C. Justis Sr. and Clara Minnick Justis of Lynchburg.He is survived by his wife Sandra R. Justis, two sons, Donivan L. “DJ” Justis and his wife, Tonya Phillips Justis of Lynchburg, Emory C....
John Mcconnaughey
Dec 14, 2016
Dr. John Sickles McConnaughey, 61, died Dec. 14, 2016, at the home he built on Smith Mountain Lake, with his family around him.Born Aug. 10, 1955, to David Allan Makepeace McConnaughey and Gloria Hoffman McConnaughey in Okinawa, Japan. He grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and the New Hollin Hills community of Fairfax County, Virginia. He knew from childhood that...
Marilyn Kilian
Dec 13, 2016
Marilyn Jean Kruse Kilian, 76, of Goode, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at her residence in Goode. She was the loving wife of Herbert Ludwig Kilian. Born on December 18, 1939 in Wisconsin, she was a daughter of the late Alan George Henry Kruse and Marion Peterson Kruse. Marilyn enjoyed cooking, square dancing, traveling, camping with her family...