Glyads Torrence Fix
Aug 26, 2014
Gladys Torrence Fix, 87, of Lynchburg died Tuesday August 26, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Robert Henry Fix.Gladys was born December 5, 1926 in Campbell County a daughter of the late Willie Davis Torrence and Esther Tweedy Torrence. She was a devoted homemaker and a member of Fort Hill United Methodist Church.She is survived by her...
Carlton Melvin Fisher
Aug 26, 2014
Carlton Melvin Fisher, Sr. 78, of Evington, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Born June 28, 1936, he was the last surviving child out of 11 children born to the late James Edward Lee Fisher and Mary Tucker Fisher.Carlton was a member of Rustburg Baptist Church. He retired as a supervisor from Automated Conveyor System in 1998.Carlton loved his wife,...
Kathleen Jones Swann
Aug 25, 2014
Kathleen Jones Swann, 93, of Lynchburg, passed away at her home Monday, August 25, 2014.Born August 22, 1921, on Springfield Farm in Earls, VA, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Ethel Williamson Jones. A graduate of Longwood Teachers College, Kathleen enjoyed a long career with the Lynchburg Public Schools. Many in the Lynchburg area still fondly remember...
Nellie Sarah Reid Brabant
Aug 25, 2014
Nellie Sarah Brabant of Bedford, Virginia, passed away August 25, 2014, at her residence at the age of 90. Nellie was born in Point Pleasant, NJ. She is survived by a sister, Edith Kolivaski, two sons, Joseph Edward Tilton and Richard Kenneth Kierstead, three daughters, Linda Sue Tilton, Gloria Jean Kierstead, and Nellie Sarah Landes, and numerous grandchildren. She was...
Ruth Brown Evans
Aug 25, 2014
Ruth Brown Evans, 76, of Lynchburg died Monday August 25, 2014. She was the wife of John T. Evans, Jr.Ruth was born September 5, 1937 in Clendenin, West Virginia a daughter of the late Robert H. Brown and Hazel Dye Brown. She was a devoted homemaker and a parishioner of St. John’s Episcopal Church.In addition to her husband she is...
Rupert Royal Armentrout
Aug 24, 2014
Rupert R. Armentrout, 94, of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014. A Graveside service will be conducted Noon, Friday, August 29, 2014 in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Erbacon, WV.Tharp Funeral & Crematory, Lynchburg, 434-237-9424, is assisting the family.
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...