Robin Lee Smith

Dec 21, 2014

Robin Lee Smith, 55, of Moneta, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Delaware CO, PA on March 21, 1959. Robin was a bus driver for Bedford County Public Schools for 18 years. She enjoyed reading, listening to music and spending time with family and friends. In previous years she really...

Arlen Ray Brannon

Dec 21, 2014

Arlen Ray Brannon, 87, of Lynchburg, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2014. He was the loving husband of Doris Brannon for sixty-six years.Ray was born on September 7, 1927, to the late Ottice G. and Madge K. Brannon. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and worked at West Virginia University...

Sarah Finger Warren

Dec 20, 2014

Sarah Finger Warren, or Honey as she was known to her family and friends, died in her one hundredth year on December 20, 2014 at Westminster-Canterbury after a brief illness.  Sarah, the first child and only daughter of Belle Miller Finger and Frederick Eli Finger, was born on October 9, 1915 in Stanley, North Carolina.  Her father was a member...

Robert Troy Hight

Dec 20, 2014

Robert Troy Hight, 52, of Pawleys Island, SC and formerly of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014.He graduated from Brookville High School in 1981. Troy earned his BS Degree in mechanical engineering from UNC Charlotte. He began his career at International Paper in Georgetown, South Carolina where he worked for over five years. He then became the Manager of...

Dorothy Leah Mckee Kearns

Dec 20, 2014

Dorothy Leah McKee Kearns, 88, of Lynchburg, VA, formerly of Huntington, WVA, died on Saturday, December 20, 2014. She was born on September 11, 1926 in Chesapeake, Ohio, a daughter of the late Bryan McKee and the late Pauline McLaughlin McKee.Dorothy was a member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church and a proud graduate of Marshall University, which she has...

Wilson Otey Custer

Dec 20, 2014

Wilson Otey Custer, 97, of Bedford died Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Oakwood Manor.Born February 15, 1917 in Bedford, he was a son of the late Harden Leftwich Custer and Henrietta Dowdy Custer.Wilson was an Air Force Veteran, who loved hunting, fishing and gardening. He retired form Bedford Diesel Service as a mechanic and was a member of Grace Memorial...

Robert Edward Ollweiler

Dec 16, 2014

Robert “Bob” Edward Ollweiler, 88, of Moneta, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at his residence. Bob was born in New York City on August 22, 1926. He was the son of the late George Robert Ollweiler and Margaret Layer Ollweiler. In addition to his parents Bob was preceded in death by his loving wife, Joan Scarth Ollweiler and...

Nancy Pearl Watson

Dec 15, 2014

Nancy Presley Watson, 72, of Lynchburg, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014.   She was the wife of Rodger J. Watson.Born March 13, 1942 in Pearisburg, VA; she was a daughter of the late Claude Presley and Bernice Graham Presley. Nancy is also preceded in death by a brother: Beverly Presley.Nancy retired from Lynchburg General Hospital after 30 years of employment...

Eugene Edmund Kosa

Dec 14, 2014

Eugene Edmund Kosa, 80, of Nanticoke, PA, died Sunday, December 14, 2014.Born on January 20, 1934, he was the son of the late John and Cecelia Kosa. Eugene graduated from Nanticoke High School, and later received his B.A. from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA and his M.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. He also attended Seton Hall University, Columbia...

Mildred Frances Wilkerson Arrington

Dec 13, 2014

Mildred Frances Wilkerson Arrington, 93, of Bedford, died on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at English Meadows formerly Elks National Home.  She was born March 16, 1921 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Walter Holcomb Wilkerson and Hettie James Wilkerson.Mildred was a member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church.  She worked as a nursing assistant in the medical field up...