Avis Blankenship Johnson
Avis Blankenship Johnson, 85, of Bedford, passed on to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at her home with her loving family by her side. Born March 13, 1927, in Bedford, she was a daughter of the late James Edward Blankenship and the late Martha Wilkes Blankenship.Avis was a member of Radford Baptist Church in...
Robert Edward Taylor, Jr.
Robert Edward Taylor Jr., of Appomattox, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was born in Darby, Pennsylvania a son of the late Robert E. Taylor Sr. and the late Thelma R. Taylor. \"Bob\" was retired from Babcock & Wilcox after 38 years as a Procurement Engineer and had served his...
Gary Allen Wilmer
Gary Allen Wilmer, age 46, of Lynchburg, passed away April 14, 2010 at Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg, Va. He was the son of Louise W. and Lloyd L. Tyndall (the late Tracy V. Wilmer Sr.) of Madison Heights, Virginia.He was born June 24, 1963 in Lynchburg. He graduated from E.C. Glass High School. He worked at Lynchburg College and Tomahawk...
Warren Holmes “Pudden” Updike
Warren Holmes \"Pudden\" Updike, 87, of Bedford died peacefully on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the Elks National Home. He was born on June 24, 1924 in Moneta, VA, son of the late Warren Livingston Updike and Lula Roberts Updike. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Wray Holland Updike, his brother, Edwin Ashby...
Martha Gascoyne
Martha Jane \"Marjane\" Hiscox Gascoyne, 78, of Goodview, died Thursday, March 4, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Langworthy Hiscox and Grace Martha Chardavoyne Hiscox. Marjane is survived by her sister, Edith Jordan; loving and devoted husband, Paul Richard Gascoyne; one daughter, Lisa E. Gascoyne of Roanoke, VA; three sons, William \"Bill\" H. Gascoyne and wife,...
Earnest Duval Leftwich
Earnest Duval \"Buddy\" Leftwich, Jr., 86, of Lynchburg, VA, died Monday, April 8, 2013 at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital of congestive heart failure. His loving family was at his side.Buddy was born on February 22, 1927 in Bedford County, VA. He was the son of the late Earnest D. Leftwich, Sr. and the late Lillie Martin Leftwich. He was preceded...
Maxine Lipscomb Wood
On November 15, 2013 at 3:00 pm, Jesus Christ called his child Maxine Joyce Lipscomb Wood home to glory. She will be reunited with her precious husband, Ronnie Wood of 54 years.Born in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Wilbon (Willis) Lipscomb and the late Lena Frazier Lipscomb. Mrs. Wood was the last member of her immediate family...
Robert Henry Canody
Robert Henry Canody, 87, of Lynchburg, VA, died Wednesday, February 08, 2012. He was the husband of Evelyn Woodley Canody for 63 years. Born Wednesday, October 01, 1924 in Bedford County, Bob was the son of the late Henry Thomas Canody and the late India Cyphers Canody.In addition to his wife, Bob is survived by a daughter, Karen Canody, of...
Drucilla Soward Howard
Drucilla Soward Howard (Dru), loving and remarkable mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend passed away peacefully Friday February 14, 2014 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born on November 15, 1942, in Pensacola, Florida and graduated from Pensacola Technical High School. She moved with her children to Lynchburg, Virginia in 1974 where she was a devoted and selfless mother to...
Thomas “Tommy T” Rowland
Thomas \"Tommy T\" Edward Rowland, 56, of Hurt, VA, died Wed., December 14, 2011.Tommy T was born June 20, 1955 in Lynchburg a son of the late Charlie Thomas Rowland and Corrine Dalton Rowland. He enjoyed playing his guitar with the Gretna Cut-ups. He is survived by the one and only love in his life, Diane; three sisters; Dora Mitchell,...