Betty Tanner Schumaker
Mar 19, 2025
With great sorrow but deep gratitude for her life, we announce the passing of Betty Tanner Willis Schumaker at the age of 92 on March 19, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents (Robert and Louise Tanner), brother (Robert “Bobby” Tanner, Jr.), sister (Carolyn Seamster), husbands (David Willis and Charlie Schumaker), son (Robert “Jeep” Willis), stepson (Chuck Schumaker),...
Pauline Adams Nelson
Mar 18, 2025
Pauline Adams Perkins Nelson, 92, of Kenbridge, VA passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on March 18, 2025. She was born on February 13, 1933, in Charlotte County, VA, to the late Thomas Patterson Adams and Martha Glass Adams. She was the youngest of 8 children. She was preceded in death by her parents, her 7 siblings, and...
Joan Taylor Parrish
Mar 16, 2025
Joan Taylor Parrish passed away on March 16, 2025, during an early spring, Sunday morning rainstorm. She waited until the love of her life and husband of 65 years, Wayne Jeffrey Parrish, got home from church.
Kind-hearted, faithful, and selfless, Joan was a loving inspiration to all—a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, friend, church and community member, and mother figure to many,...
James Harold Arthur
Mar 1, 2025
James Harold Arthur, 75, of Kenbridge, VA passed away March 1, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Eunice Arthur; brothers Hubert Franklin Arthur and his twin, Charles Edward Arthur. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Cynthia Mattox Arthur; son, James H. “Jamie” Arthur, Jr (Susan) of Blackstone; his daughter, Emily A. Williamson...
William Carroll "Bug" Gaulding, III
Feb 17, 2025
William C. “Bug” Gaulding III, 54, of Victoria Virginia passed February 17th, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, William C. “Billy Carroll” Gaulding Jr. and Rebecca Ayers Seamster; his wife, Tammy Phelps Gaulding; step-father David “Skinny” Seamster and step-brother Lee Simpson.
He is survived by his daughter Diamond Cawthorne of Henrico; step-son, Dan Glasscock (Kaitlyn) of Baskerville; two...
Ronald Sterling Perkins
Feb 13, 2025
Ronald Sterling “Pete” Perkins, 65, of Dundas, Virginia joined his family in Heaven on February 13, 2025. He was the son of the late Walter Sterling Perkins and uncle of the late Jodi Michelle Ashworth. He is survived by his mother, Mary Sue Collins Perkins; his sister, Debra K. Perkins both of Dundas; his brother, Dr. Walter Ray Perkins (Sandy)...
Robert Petty
Feb 7, 2025
Robert “Bob” Petty, 81, of Chesapeake, Virginia went home peacefully and beautifully on Friday, February 7, 2025. He was surrounded by his family who were holding his hands, lifting him up in prayer, and singing songs of love and praise. At that very moment of passing, he reunited with his big brother, Raymond, who was tragically killed at age 9...
Christopher Morales Illescas
Feb 6, 2025
Christopher Morales-Illescas, 19, of Victoria, Va. went to be with the Lord on February 6, 2025. He is the son of Edwin Rudy Morales Ramirez and Maria Griselda Illescas Zamora. The family will receive friends Sunday, February 9, 2025 at the Clarke Funeral Home in Kenbridge from 1PM until the start of services at 2PM. Interment to follow in the...
David Mason Wingo
Jan 31, 2025
David Mason Wingo, 86, of Rehoboth, VA went to be with the Lord on January 31, 2025. He was the son of the late Ernest Mason Wingo and Esther Rutledge Wingo and brother of the late Wayne F. Wingo. He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann R. Wingo; his daughter, Jennifer W. Briggs (Brent) and step-granddaughter,...
Dr. Wayne Kenneth Talley
Jan 29, 2025
Dr. Wayne Kenneth Talley, a cherished husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on January 29, 2025. He was born on August 20, 1942, in Richmond, Virginia, to the late Joseph Kenneth Talley and Doris Rose Talley Morrison. Wayne dedicated his professional career to academia and research, serving as a Transportation Economics Professor at Old Dominion University for an impressive 50...
Jean Glasscock Hamlet
Jan 29, 2025
Jean Glasscock Hamlet, 96, of Victoria, VA joined her family in Heaven on January 29, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elwood Edison Hamlet; her parents, Willie Clell Glasscock, Sr. and Aval Taylor Glasscock; two sisters, Helen G. Holder and Marion G. Smith. She is survived by her brother, Willie C. “Billy” Glasscock, Jr. (Geraldine); a sister...
Eva Bell Stearnes
Jan 21, 2025
Eva Bell Stearnes, 65, of Victoria, VA went to be with the Lord on January 21, 2025. She was one of 11 children born to the late Corey Franklin Harkness and Eugenie Yates Combs. She was mother of the late Steven Barnes. She is survived by her husband Clarence Mann Stearnes, Jr. of Victoria; her sons, Jerald Barnes of Houston,...
Robert Leroy Anderton
Jan 20, 2025
Robert Leroy Anderton age 73, passed from this life to the next on January 20th, 2025. Robert (Bob) was preceded by his parents, James and Betty Anderton, and his wife, Joyce Redford. Bob is survived by two brothers James Anderton and Stan Anderton and a sister Betty Jo (BJ) Accuard; his children, David Plush, Michelle Mueller (Tim), Dwayne Jackson (Rita)...
Charles Grady Edgar
Jan 19, 2025
Charles Grady Edgar, a beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully in his chair on January 19, 2025, at the age of 88. Born on October 22, 1936, in Free Port, Florida, Charles was the son of the late Henry Edgar and Carrie A. Richardson Bradley. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 50 years, Mary...
Eugene Anthony Lepizzi
Jan 17, 2025
Eugene Anthony “Butch” Lepizzi, 77, of Victoria, VA joined his parents in Heaven on January 17, 2025. He was the son of the late William and Olga Louise Lepizzi. He is survived by his sister, Mariann L. Craigs; his nephew, Eric J. Craigs (Jean-Marie) all of Appomattox, VA; aunt, Elaine G. Hall of LaCrosse, VA; and numerous cousins. Butch was...
Esther Peebles Harris
Jan 16, 2025
Esther Peebles Harris, 90, of Dundas, VA joined her family in Heaven on January 16, 2025. She was the daughter of the late, Sidney Watson Peebles and Mildred Freeman Peebles; wife of the late, Linwood Lewis Harris, Sr.; mother of the late Daniel Everette “Punk” Harris and Calvin Watson “Monk” Harris; and sister of the late, Sidney W. Peebles, Jr.,...
Mary Marker Moore
Jan 14, 2025
Mary Marker Moore, 88, of Kenbridge, VA joined her family in Heaven on January 14, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Ulysses Marker and Lillie Caudle Williamson; wife of the late, Thomas Lee Moore; grandmother of the late, Thomas A. “Tom” Moore and sister of the late Edward Marker and John Marker. She is survived by her daughters,...
Harris Freeman Cox
Jan 11, 2025
Harris Freeman Cox, 87, of Dundas, Virginia joined his family in Heaven on January 11, 2025. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael H. Cox; his parents, Walter H. Cox and Nell Cox Thompson; and his brother, Madison Lane Cox. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Sue Daniel Cox; a son, Steve W. Cox of...
Joyce Elaine Hash Redford
Jan 2, 2025
Joyce Elaine Redford, 71, of Lunenburg, VA, born July 1, 1953 and went to be with the Lord on January 2, 2025. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Margaret Hash. She is survived in death by her husband, Robert Anderton; children, Dwayne Jackson (Rita), Jacqueline Jeffers, David...
Frances Dunnavant Sheffield
Dec 17, 2024
Frances Dunnavant Sheffield, 98, of Victoria, VA died December 17, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Clifford Sheffield, Sr; her parents, Fannie and Bernard Dunnavant and her brothers, Shirley and Reginald Dunnavant. She is survived by her children, Cynthia Sheffield and Ralph C. “Cliff” Sheffield, Jr. (Betsy); grandchildren, Anna Leavitt (Ray), Ford Sheffield (Melissa) and Katherine...
