Edward Paul Parker
Sep 3, 2014
Edward Paul Parker, 76, of Rustburg, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Born July 3, 1938 in Washington, DC; he was a son of the late Jesse Paul Parker and Mattie Foreman Parker.Paul is survived by his wife of 40 years, Hermenia Patterson Parker; sons: Edwin LaSalle Jackson and wife, Jeannette of Wheaton, MD, Edward Paul Parker, Jr. and, Colin...
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock
Sep 2, 2014
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock, 101, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at her residence in Lynchburg, Virginia. Born in Greensboro, Alabama, on December 12, 1912, she was the daughter of Dr. Theodore Henley Jack (former President of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) and Alice Searcy Ashley. Her beloved husband, Dr. George Barksdale Craddock, died December 11, 1985. She is survived by her...
Damon Lee Andrews
Sep 2, 2014
Damon Lee Andrews, 39, of Bedford passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Bedford Memorial Hospital.Born May 2, 1975 in Bedford, he is the son of Carolyn Anne Creasey. Damon also leaves behind his financee Debra Karnes; son Damon Lee Andrews, Jr.; daughter Danica LeeAnne Andrews; brother Reggie Bryant; Uncle Jimmy Andrews; cousin Austin Andrews; Aunts Janice Hodges, and Diane...
John Edwin Booth
Sep 2, 2014
John Edwin “Jack” Booth of Sturbridge, MA died unexpectedly Tuesday September 2, 2014. Born in Abingdon VA on February 2, 1952 to James Edwin Booth, Jr and Mildred Louise “Peggy” Gentry Booth.Jack went to Thomas Dale High School where he was an All-State Lineman. He received a full scholarship at Virginia Tech and started as a defensive lineman on the...
Pamela Jean Crosby
Sep 2, 2014
Pamela Jean Crosby passed away peacefully in her home at Smith Mountain Lake September 2, 2014, after a short battle with cancer. She was 70 years old.She was born to the late William and Helen Stuart of Milwaukee, WI, December 7, 1943. She married the love of her life, Guy Crosby, on June 27, 1964. They built their life together...
Dolores May Frantom Haggerty
Sep 1, 2014
Dolores May Frantom Haggerty, 93, of Bedford, died Monday, September 1, 2014 at Campbell’s Rest Home. She was the wife of the late Francis William Haggerty.Born January 5, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland she was a daughter of the late Earl Frantom and Celestra Fitzpatrick Frantom.Dolores is survived by two daughters: Sylvia Joyce Mattison of Colonial Beach, VA and Dolores Ann...
Chima Henry Obi
Sep 1, 2014
Chima Henry Obi, 53, of Madison Heights died Monday September 1, 2014. He was the devoted husband of Mary Jane Obi.Chima was born in Nigeria on December 1, 1960, a son of the late Augustine E. Obi and Jessey Oduonye Obi who resides in Nigeria. Chima worked at C.R. Hudgins for over 27 years as a production manager, where he...
Thelma Louise Trail Hylton
Sep 1, 2014
Thelma Louise Trail Hylton, 96, of Bedford, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 in a local hospital.She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Frederick R. Hylton. She is survived by three daughters; Ellen A. Hylton of Roanoke, Diane Hylton of New York, NY, and Donna H. Walker of Bedford, two grandsons; Rick Walker of Roanoke and...
Anne Stephens Dejarnette
Sep 1, 2014
Anne Stephens DeJarnette, 82, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully on Labor Day, September 1, 2014, at the Heritage Green facility. Anne lived in the Rustburg community for over 46 years.Born in Rural Retreat, Virginia, she attended both Radford Women’s College and Lynchburg College, graduating with two Master’s Degrees. While at Radford, she met and married her husband of fifty years,...
Russell Walter Busch
Aug 31, 2014
Russell Walter Busch Russell Busch, born July 29, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died early Sunday morning, August 31, 2014, at the Westminster Canterbury Home in Lynchburg, Virginia. A resident of Westminster Canterbury for the past twenty years, he received its Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001, and along with a small group of fellow residents, hand-carved the facilities signature...