Helen Louise Vyhnalek

May 12, 2014

Helen Louise Kushner Vyhnalek passed on May 12, 2014 at age 87. Helen was married for 48 years to the late Louis T. Vyhnalek of Parma, Ohio, after which she moved to Lynchburg, Virginia.Helen was preceded in death by her infant son, Tommy, as well as her parents Martin Kushner and Anna Aschcroft Kushner and her brothers and sisters.Helen’s father...

Charlie Mathews, Sr.

May 12, 2014

Charlie “Dick” William Mathews, Sr. of Lynchburg died Monday, May 12, 2014 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of the late Cora Rebecca Mays Mathews. Born October 21, 1929 in Amherst County he was the son of the late Charlie Wesley Mathews and Effie Moore Mathews. Charlie was a retired truck driver and a member of Beulah Methodist...

Shirley Burnham

May 10, 2014

Shirley Kearney Burnham, 89, wife of the late Frank Spalding Burnham, died in Lynchburg on Saturday May 10, 2014. Born October 29, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Kearney and the late Hannah D. Kearney of East Windsor Hill Connecticut. Shirley was predeceased by her older brother John T. Kearney also of East Windsor Hill, Connecticut.Shirley...

Hunter Everette Nash

May 10, 2014

Hunter Everette Nash, 94, died Saturday May 10, 2014 at Odd Fellows Home, Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born August 22, 1919 in Appomattox, VA, a son of the late Lloyd Everette Nash and the late Mattie Harvey Nash.He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Opal Beatrice Townsend Nash and two sons, Wiley L. Nash (Dianne) Forest, and Harold...

Starr Sorenson

May 9, 2014

Starr Evangaline Niles Sorenson, 63, of Moneta, died Friday, May 9, 2014 at her residence. She was the loving wife of Stanley L. Sorenson.Born July 11, 1950 in Warren, PA, she was the daughter Avalon Powers Niles and the late Kelly J. Niles. Starr was a travel nurse with Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.Starr is also survived by her children: Steven...

Vivian Collier Little

May 9, 2014

Vivian Collier Little, a resident of Westminster-Canterbury in Lynchburg, Virginia, did May 9, 2014 at the age of 100. She was born August 1, 1913, in Portsmouth, Virginia to Edward Lee Collier and Manie Blanche Revere Collier. She grew up in Norfolk, Virginia.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Mildred Collier Knight in 1963...

Patricia Burley Irby Williams

May 8, 2014

Patricia Burley Irby Williams, 64, of Lynchburg died Thursday May 8, 2014. Twice widowed she was the wife of the late Roy Irby and the late Bennie Williams.Patricia was born December 5, 1949 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Bernard Alvin Burley and Lucille Hudson Burley of Lynchburg.In addition to her mother she is survived by her daughter Barbara...

Ann Bedsworth

May 8, 2014

Ann Bedsworth Super Hero dies unexpectedly. Ann Bedsworth of Lynchburg, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at the age of 83. After moving to Lynchburg in 2009, she hung up her cape and enjoyed her retirement in her new hometown. As the mother of three boys, Michael, Patrick and Jon (deceased), she always put her family’s needs...

Clara Etta Mahan

May 7, 2014

Clara Etta Mahan 92, of Lynchburg, formerly of Valdosta, Georgia passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, May 7, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years Wayne Cordell Mahan.She is survived by her children Susan Morykon (Mike) of Lynchburg, Virginia, Judy Lewis (Robert) of Winooski, Vermont, Marilyn Shahan (Tom) of Gate, Oklahoma, Gary Smith (Deanna) of...

Virginia Pearce Packert

May 7, 2014

Virginia Elizabeth Pearce Packert, of Lynchburg, Virginia, died May 7, 2014, at the age of 86, as a result of a bout with pneumonia. She was born on June 21, 1927, on her family’s cotton plantation on the banks of Bayou Boeuf in Cheneyville, Louisiana, the daughter of Cornelia Elizabeth Fullilove and Paul Reed Pearce.She grew up and attended schools...