Doyce (Sonny) Mayhew
Saturday, April 16, 2011, Sonny\"™s presence was blessed to be standing with his personal Savior, Jesus Christ. After a long illness, his physical being died at his home in his beloved Ivy Hills.He leaves in the warmth of his love, Linda, his high school sweetheart and wife of 54 years; two special children, Tony Mayhew (Angela) of Gray, TN and...
Walter Earl Branch
Walter Earl Branch, 77, of Bedford, died Friday, August 19, 2011 in Bedford Memorial Hospital. Born August 4, 1934 in Bedford County, son of the late Mayoma Austin Branch and George Walter Branch.Earl was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. He was a retired employee of Rubatex Corp. with over 44 years of service. In addition to his parents, Earl...
Norman Wallace Scholes
Norman Wallace Scholes, Ph.D., 83, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013. He was the husband of Marianne Schenkel Scholes for 39 years. Norman was born Monday, June 9, 1930 in Odgen, UT, a son of the late Wallace Burnham Scholes and the late Rozanna Lee Scholes. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Air Force during Korea Conflict. He...
Ronald E. Hood
Ronald Edward Hood, Sr., 84 of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 22, 2013. He was the husband of the late Barbara Hood.Born Saturday, June 2, 1928 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Hood and the late Catherine Barrow Hood. He spent most of his youth in the coal...
Priscilla Clement Johnson
Priscilla Susan Clement Johnson, 55, passed away at her home in Lynchburg on Sunday, August 26, 2012, following complications from a series of recent health problems. She is survived by her devoted and beloved husband of ten years, David Ray Johnson. Priscilla is the second daughter of Janet Sutherland Clement currently of Staunton, VA and the late Robert Ray Clement,...
Madeline Mayberry Wright
Madeline Mayberry Wright, 90, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, October 02, 2013. She was the wife of the late Homer Lee Wright.Born on Wednesday, April 18, 1923 in Evergreen, VA, Madeline was the daughter of the late Dock Nowlin Mayberry and the late Virginia Elder Mayberry.Madeline is survived by her children: Nancy Wiley, Kay McCrickard and her husband, Haywood, and Mark...
Edith “Edie” & William “Bill” Benton
William McKnight \"Bill\" Benton, Sr., 96, and Edith Sligh "Edie" Benton, 97, of Big Island died together at their residence Saturday, June 30, 2012. They were married 71 loving years.Bill was born in the Panama Canal Zone, March 10, 1916; a son of the late Henry and Edna Benton. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by...
Frances J. Farra
Frances Jenny Farra, 80, of Lynchburg, VA died Thursday, August 8, 2013. She was the wife of the late Roy A. Farra.Born March 21, 1933 in Queens, New York, Frances was a daughter of the late Anthony Abruzzino and Rafaella DellaRocca. She was a former resident of Ridgefield Conn., owner of the Village Printers and flight attendant for Eastern Airlines.She...
Dr. William Lawson Driskill, Jr.
Dr. William Lawson Driskill, Jr. of Lynchburg died on Sunday morning May 30th, 2010. Born in Lynchburg to Mary Hamlet Driskill and William Lawson Driskill on November 28, 1928, he was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, June Driskill Weaver. His beloved wife, Nancy Whitehead Patterson Driskill, also preceded him in death. The mother of his four...
Margaret “Peggy” Mckenna
Margaret \"Peggy\" Elizabeth Mattox McKenna, 87, of Huddleston and formerly of Lynchburg died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Bedford Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family.Born, February 2, 1923, in Huddleston, she was the daughter of the late Nathan Davis Mattox and Margaret Black Balfour Mattox. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Floyd Knight McKenna.Following graduation...