Jo Anne Bass
Aug 23, 2014
On Saturday, August 23, 2014 we as a community of family and friends lost our beloved Jo Anne Roberts Bass. She passed away comfortably in her home with her husband G.W. Bass beside her, a home in which she greatly loved, along with the views.Jo Anne was born and raised in Amherst County by her parents Virginia Harris Roberts and...
Shirley Curd Powell
Aug 23, 2014
Shirley Curd Powell, 77, passed away at Guggenheimer Nursing Home in Lynchburg, VA on Saturday, August 23, 2014 after a seven month battle with cancer.Mrs. Powell was born in Monroe Virginia March 23, 1937 to Haywood Lee Curd and Sadie Katherine Hume Curd.She is survived by her children, Katherine Iseman Grinstead (Donald) of Stuarts Draft, Va; Kevin Staples Iseman (Teresa)...
Anselm Lynch Ward, Iii
Aug 22, 2014
Anselm Lynch Ward, III, a retired photographer and antique dealer, died Friday, the 22nd of August at his home in Lynchburg after a long struggle with diabetes. He was 77.Mr. Ward was born on April 22, 1937 in Lyncburg, the son of the late Anselm Lynch Ward, Jr of Lynchburg and Gladys Hunt Hamilton of Thomson, GA. He attended Lynchburg...
Anna Elaine Justice Smith
Aug 22, 2014
Elaine Justice Smith, 76, of Forest, VA, died Friday, August 22, 2014. She was the wife of the late Raleigh Merriman Smith.Born Thursday, January 13, 1938 in Erwin, TN, Elaine was a daughter of the late Karl Lee Justice and the late Magdalene Broyles Justice.In addition to her husband and parents, Elaine was preceded in death by a brother and...
Hazel Marion Gibbons
Aug 22, 2014
Hazel Marion Gibbons, 80, of Lynchburg passed away Friday, August 22, 2014.Hazel was born March 31, 1934 in Amatramic Michigan, a daughter of the late John Lynn Daniels and Marion Hackathorn Cooper.She is survived by her son; Bradley Gibbons and wife Christine of Lynchburg, daughter; Karin Gibbons of Portland Oregon, four grandchildren; Ashley Gibbons of Lebanon Missouri, Danielle Gibbons, Audra...
Myrtle Martin Carr
Aug 22, 2014
Myrtle Martin Carr, 83, of Lynchburg died Friday August 22, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late John Thomas Carr, Sr.Myrtle was born March 31, 1931 in Coffee, VA, a daughter of the late Walter Martin and Inez Johnson Martin. Myrtle worked in her younger years at Craddock Terry and was also a devoted homemaker who enjoyed gardening,...
Kathleen Mcneely Smith
Aug 21, 2014
Kathleen McNeely Smith, 92 of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord, August, 21, 2014 with her children by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard Owen Smith.Kathleen was born August 19, 1922 in Amherst County. She was the daughter of the late Bernard Ethel McNeely and the late Mary Jordan McNeely.She is survived by a...
Claude William Neighbors
Aug 21, 2014
Claude William Neighbors, 90, of Lynchburg died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at his home with his family by his side.Claude was born in Campbell County and was a son of the late Thomas Homer Neighbors and the late Josephine Mason. He also served in the Army during World War II.He was the loving husband of Sadie Elizabeth Campbell Neighbors for...
Wilbur Stevens Metcalf, Jr.
Aug 21, 2014
Wilbur Stevens “Bill†Metcalf, Jr., 96, loving and beloved husband of Jacqueline Mattox “Jackie†Metcalf, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2014, in Lynchburg, VA.Born in Johnson City, TN, on April 11, 1918, he was the son of Wilbur Stevens Metcalf and Anne Louise Morrisette Metcalf. A sister, Margaret Gordon Nelson, predeceased him.Bill grew up in Washington, D.C., graduated from...
Betty Ann Gallier
Aug 21, 2014
Betty Ann Gallier of Forest, born December 15, 1941 in Memphis TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2014 surrounded by her loving family.She was the daughter of the late Cribbin Owen and Dorothy Simpson Owen.She was the wife of Lawrence Edward Gallier for 57 years. She was preceded in death by one sister, Charlotte...