Francene Brown Jackson
Oct 29, 2023
Francene Brown Jackson passed away peacefully in her home on October 29,2023 at the age of 74.
Born April 7,1949 in Lynchburg, Va to the late William Brown and Mary Wood Jones, she was also preceded in death by her Great Grandson Christopher Quarles Jr and her sister Brenda Watson.
She is survived by 3 children Lacy Jackson Jr of...
Lenora DeJarnette Marshall
Oct 29, 2023
Lenora DeJarnette Marshall, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord on October 29, 2023. She was born on July 4, 1926, a daughter of the late Edwin DeJarnette and Ira Ramsey DeJarnette.
After graduating high school in Campbell County, Virginia, she went on to attend business college for two years. After the birth of her daughter, Lenora became a...
Judy Brooks Parks
Oct 29, 2023
Judy Brooks Parks ,74 of Lynchburg, VA bravely passed away to her heavenly home on October 29,2023. After fighting a year long battle resulting from a car accident and a recent serious fall. Her spirit and determination was strong but her body could not heal.
Judy was born on November 11, 1948 to Earl Brooks ,Sr. and Dorothy (Dot) Riley...
Paul Meade Morrison
Oct 29, 2023
Paul Meade Morrison, Jr., 75, of Lynchburg, Virginia died peacefully at Westminster Canterbury on October 29, 2023. Born in Lynchburg on August 6, 1948, he was the son of the late Paul Meade Morrison and Helen Edwards Morrison. Paul graduated from Holy Cross Catholic School in 1966. He earned his B.S. ’70 in Marketing Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
Gregory Cooper
Oct 29, 2023
Gregory Wilson Cooper passed away at his residence on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
He was born on March 9, 1954 to the late Pascal Wilson (Jim) Cooper and the late Eleanor Crider Cooper. He graduated from Harrisonburg High School in 1972 and Michigan State University in 1976 with a degree in anthropology. Greg lived and worked most of his life...
Andre Darnell Taylor
Oct 28, 2023
Andre Darnell Taylor, also known as “Dre”, age 56, of Roanoke, Virginia was called to the house of our Heavenly Father on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in Roanoke, Virginia. Andre was born on December 19, 1966, in Lynchburg, VA to the late Vester Darnell Taylor and Raymond Frances Taylor.
Andre graduated from Brookville High School in Campbell County. Virginia. Andre...
Emmanuel Ornan
Oct 28, 2023
Emmanuel “Emmy” Ornan, 91, passed away at his Lynchburg home in the presence of his loving wife of 52 years, son and daughter. Born in Haifa, he served in the intelligence branch of the Israeli army, later graduating with a degree in electrical engineering from the Technion. In 1962, he moved to Paris to study French literature at the Sorbonne...
Nancy Gayle Nestor Johnson
Oct 28, 2023
Nancy Nestor Johnson has always had an adversarial relationship with death. She first triumphed over it at age fourteen, giving up only a spleen as penance. Over the years, she fought death again and again: two types of cancer, ehrlichiosis, a severed colon, traumatic brain injury from a horse-riding mishap, and others too numerous to name. Despite all these miraculous...
Jacqueline Fay Smith
Oct 27, 2023
Jacqueline Fay Smith, age 64, of Lynchburg, Virgina was called to her Heavenly Home on Friday, October 27, 2023, at Lynchburg General Hospital.
She is survived by her mother, Elizabeth Smith; one brother, Cecil Berryman (Zeek); one sister, Veronica Smith (Boodie); two nieces, Ebony Smith (Poo) and Ondrea Smith (Sissy); three great nieces, Emonee Smith (Lil Poo), Vyan Smith (Tiny...
Pastor Willie Calvin Mitchell Sr.
Oct 27, 2023
“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19
Pastor Willie Calvin Mitchell Sr., also known as “Fat Boy”, 68, of Lynchburg, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 27, 2023. Willie was born on June 4, 1955 to the late Rev. Robert Mitchell and Velma Thornhill Mitchell.
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