Arlene Joyce Collins Payne, 81, of Roanoke, died Sunday, May 2, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Roanoke, VA on April 15, 1929, a daughter of the late Wiley Willard Collins and Mabel Marie Woods Collins. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Isaac Edward Payne; one sister Hazel Louise Collins Ayers. Arlene...

Finn Berg, 86, of Lynchburg, VA, died Friday, March 09, 2012. He was the husband of the late Bjorg Pauline Petersen Berg for 44 years.Born Wednesday, February 10, 1926 in Oslo, Norway, Finn was a son of the late Knut Berg and Hjordis Berg.Finn is survived by his daughters: Helene Ingrid Sanders and her husband, Nick of Forest, and Lisa...

Marion Jackson Duclos, 88, of Lynchburg, departed this life on September 11, 2012, at Virginia Baptist Hospital.  She was the loving and devoted wife of the late Robert E. Duclos for 49 years.  Born December 16, 1923 in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Tazewell P. Jackson and the late Lucy Adams Jackson.  She was preceded in death...

Sarah Finlayson Toy died peacefully Thursday, October 31 in Drinkard Health Care Center at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Center in Lynchburg, Virginia.            She was the last surviving child of Henry George and Jean Warden Finlayson. Robert Murray Finlayson, her brother, and Janet Finlayson Holley, her sister, predeceased her. She is survived by a daughter, Alice Toy Morgan, and her husband, Steven...

Ethelind Janet (Snead) Henderson, 84, of Granger, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, passed away peacefully with loved ones by her side, Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, IN, following an illness. A child of the "Great Depression" she was born on January 31, 1929, in Lynchburg, VA, to the late Henry Maury and Ruth Amelia Vera...

Helen Hubbard Tankersley, 93, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012. Helen was born July 15, 1919, in Bedford County to the late Frank Lee and Cordie Johnson Hubbard.She resided in Newport News, Virginia for twenty-eight years, worked for NASA, and returned to Bedford in 1974. Helen was an active member of Bethany United Methodist Church and several civic organizations. She...

Janie Virginia Thaxton, of Bedford, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 in Oakwood Manor Nursing Home. Born in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Ann Nance Thaxton and David Leslie Thaxton.Janie was a charter member of Grace Memorial Baptist Church. The church was started in the Thaxton Family yard in October 1952.In addition to her parents, Janie was preceded in...

Francis Joseph Randazzo, 91, of Bedford, died Saturday, June 30, 2012. Born January 30, 1921 in New York, NY; he was the son of the late Joseph Randazzo and Pearl Bogart Randazzo and thehusband of the late Dorothy Greene Randazzo.Francis served during WWII in the Army Air Corp. He was a retired FAA Radar Chief at Apple Orchard Mountain.In addition...

Marjorie June McLaughlin, 72, of Monroe, died Monday, February 28, 2011.  She was the loving wife and soul mate of John J. McLaughlin Sr. for 48 years.Marjorie was born December 2, 1938, in Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Russell and Mabel Weidner.She graduated from Catasauqua High School in 1955 and graduated from Philadelphia Nursing School in 1959. She loved...

Ralph Raymond Miller, 85, of Lynchburg died Sunday, May 20, 2012. He was the husband of Jean Kubicek Miller for almost sixty-four years and was a member of Heritage Baptist Church.Ralph was born in Jefferson, Ohio, on May 30, 1926, to the late John Milton and Ruth Hoyt Miller. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, John, Richard,...