Patricia Griffith Rinker at the age of 74 lost her battle with cancer on Friday, May 28 in Lynchburg. She was the wife of Dennis B. Rinker D.D.S. for fifty years.Born, in Charlottesville, Pat was the daughter of the late Ardilla Maupin Griffith and Wilton A. Griffith.In addition to her husband, Pat is survived by her children, Bonnie Rinker, of...

Raymond Rollie Cress, 79 died May 2, 2013 at the Medical Care Center in Lynchburg, VA. Raymond was born in Hamilton, OH on February 8, 1934. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Janet Ash Cress. Raymond and Janet were married April 3, 1954 in Lake Charles, LA. Raymond proudly served in the US Air Force in the...

Melanie Louise Dudash , 64, of Moneta, VA, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at her residence.  Born Monday, February 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH, she was a daughter of the late Cory Virgil Christian and Helen J. DeLarbre Christian.She was a member of The Women of the Moose, Lodge # 1951 Smith Mountain Lake who will miss her dearly. She...

Sandra McCraw Lewis, 77, of 369 Thames Street, Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Lyle McCraw and Bertha Lawhorne McCraw of Madison Heights, Virginia. Her husband, Charlie Daniel (Dan) Lewis preceded her in death in 1989.She was a 1952 graduate of Madison Heights High School and...

Ronald Wayne Parks, 65, of Evington, VA. Entered the Gates of Heaven on April 22, 2012 He was the loving husband of Patricia Miller Parks for 46 years. Ronald was born December 28, 1946 in Altoona, PA., son of the late George Leonard Parks and Clara Mae Carner Parks. In addition to his wife, Ronald is survived by a son,...

Betty Knight Wagner, 70, of Goode, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011, quietly at her home surrounded by her family. She was born July 1, 1941 in Staunton, VA.She is preceded in death by her mother, Archie Phillips Knight and her father Oren Knight of Staunton, and brothers Jimmy Knight of Covington and Charles Knight of Phoenix, Arizona.In addition to...

Roger \"Chipper\" Hartwell Hotchkiss Hanning, 64, of Bedford, passed away Monday, March 5, 2012. He will join his father Fred Hanning and brother-in-law, Tom Pettit in Heaven. He is survived by his mother, Betsy Hanning; sister, Mary Hanning Pettit; nieces and nephew, George and Margaret Yanchak, and Rebecca Pettit; grandniece and nephews, Joseph, Thomas, and Mary Jane; and many cousins....

Isabelle Horton Scruggs, 94, of Lynchburg died Wednesday, January 26, 2011, following a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Frederick Thornton Scruggs. She was born November 11, 1916, in Lynchburg, Virginia.She graduated from Randolph Macon Women\"™s College in 1937 and started her teaching career in Campbell County and later in Fairfax, Virginia.  She returned to...

Gary \"Wayne\" Yarbrough, Jr., died on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at his residence. He is the son of Gary Wayne Yarbrough Sr. and his wife Florine of TN and the late Debra Carol Yarbrough. In addition to his father and step-mother, \"Wayne\" is survived by a half-sister:  Heather Throne of Bedford, step-sister: Laurie Bane and step-brothers:  Michael Bane and Chad...

Mackie Ann Spinner, 87, of Lynchburg died Monday November 19, 2012.Mackie was born February 23, 1925 in Charlotte County a daughter of the late George Allen Boyd and the late Gladys Bolden Boyd. Mackie was retired from the Internal Revenue Service and was a member of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church.She is survived by her children: Jesse R. Spinner of Lynchburg;...