Mable Allie Apperson
Jul 9, 2015
Mable Allie Apperson, 92, of Lynchburg, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015. She was the wife of the late William D. Stratton and the late Thomas Fox Apperson.Mable was born in Rustburg, Va. on May 9, 1923, a daughter of the late Sidney Caldwell and the late Zephna Caldwell. She was a long time member of Court Street United Methodist...
Rosalie Kerrigan Nichols
Jul 8, 2015
Rosalie (Rosella) Kerrigan Nichols, age 91, of Bedford, Virginia, passed into eternity on July 8, 2015 having been surrounded by family, friends, and caregivers. Mrs. Nichols was predeceased by her beloved husband, Samuel Kent Nichols, his two brothers and two sisters, and her four brothers and five sisters. She was born April 30, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut into a large...
Richard Walter Williams Ii
Jul 5, 2015
Richard Walter Williams II, 69, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015. Born on July 10, 1945, Richard was the son of the late Charles Berkley Williams and Nancy Gowen Williams. He is survived by his wife Carol Williams, a daughter Laura Paige Brooks and her husband Brian and granddaughter Sophie; a step daughter...
Garland P. Taylor
Jul 4, 2015
Garland P. Taylor, born September 2, 1915, passed away on July 4, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fleming Taylor and Lillian Watts Taylor, brothers Willie, Roy and Clarence Taylor, sister Ruth Taylor Horsley and Thelma Taylor Smith, and niece Carolyn Horsley Branch.He is survived by his nephew Thomas Abbitt Horsley, Jr. and wife, Carolyn, great nephews...
Ethel Elizabeth Cole Bischoff
Jul 3, 2015
Ethel Elizabeth Cole Bischoff 91, of Lynchburg, died Friday, July 3, 2015 following a very brief illness.Born September 18, 1923, in New Jersey, Ethel was a daughter of Addie Rush Cole and Edgar Russel Cole.Ethel was predeceased by her husband, Rev. Fred Christian Bischoff, a stillborn son, John Bischoff, half-brothers Harry, Donald and Heston Shoemaker.Her sister, Sarah Crouse died June...
Allen Stanley Faw
Jul 2, 2015
Allen Stanley Faw, 70, of Moneta, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 2, 2015, after a long battle with cancer.Born on Christmas Eve 1944, Allen was a son of the late Allen Thomas Faw and the late Evelyn Nesbeth McCoy Faw. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and worked at J.M....
Anna Devening Lyons
Jul 1, 2015
Anna Peacock Dulany was born January 12, 1927, the only child of Henry Chamberlaine Dulany of Broad Run, Virginia, and Anna May Peacock Dulany of Lexington, North Carolina.She died July 1, 2015. She was predeceased by her former husbands, Donald C. Devening of Shelbyville, Indiana, and by G. Keith Lyons of Manassas, Virginia.She is survived by her four sons, Donald...
Elbert Durell Guthrie, Jr.
Jun 30, 2015
Elbert Durell “Coley” Guthrie Jr., 76, of Lynchburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. He was the beloved husband of the recently passed Vercie “Vickie” Manlor Viar Guthrie for forty-four years.Born Saturday, December 10, 1938, Elbert was raised in Lunenburg County and Chase City, Va. He was a son of the late Ethel Craig...
Margaret Thacker Steppe
Jun 28, 2015
Margaret Thacker Steppe, 89, of Lynchburg died Sunday June 28, 2015. She was the devoted wife of Lewis Bailey Steppe, Jr.Margaret was born in Lynchburg July 6, 1925 a daughter of the late Hunter Thacker and Alpha Thompson Thacker. She worked as an office manager with Montague Betts and then later with Seven Hills Nursing Home. She loved to sing...