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Bernice Alred

Bernice Alred

Dec 31, 2003

Bernice Hicklin Alred, 97, of McDowell, died Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at Bath County Community Hospital.

Mrs. Alred was born October 30, 1906, in McDowell and was the daughter of the late William Richard and Rose Armstong Hicklin.

She was a graduate of Madison College and taught public school in Doe Hill. She also had...

Charlotte "Dart" Swecker

Charlotte "Dart" Swecker

Dec 28, 2003

Charlotte “Dart” Beverage Swecker, 74, of Monterey, died Sunday, December 28, 2003 in Monterey. She was born August 16, 1929 near Monterey a daughter of the late Walter Ralph and Elizabeth Ryder Beverage.

On August 22, 1953, she married Dr. Ralph H. Swecker. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this summer.

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Bonnie Moyers

Bonnie Moyers

Dec 27, 2003

Bonnie Mae Moyers, 83, of Moyers, died Saturday, December 27, 2003 at her home. She was born June 26, 1920 at Moyers, a daughter of the late Rob and Abbie Rexrode Propst.

Mrs. Moyers was a homemaker and an avid musician. She was a member of Totten Chapel United Methodist Church.

On July 17, 1940,...

Clara Ratcliff

Clara Ratcliff

Dec 27, 2003

Clara Kate Ratcliff, 62, of Mustoe, died Saturday, December 27, 2003, at her home.

Miss Ratcliff was born October 25, 1941, in Mustoe, and was the daughter of the late John Howard and Elva Kate McLaughlin Ratcliff.

She was a homemaker and attended Victory Chapel Advent Christian Church.

She is survived by two...

Pauline "Polly" Eagle

Pauline "Polly" Eagle

Dec 25, 2003

Pauline “Polly” Reid White Eagle, 92, of Staunton died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at King’s Daughters Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 29, 1910 in Highland County a daughter of Isaac Harmon and Hattie Varner White.

Mrs. Eagle was a homemaker. She was a member of the Central United Methodist Church, AARP and the...

Richard Hevener Jr.

Richard Hevener Jr.

Dec 24, 2003

Richard Washington Hevener Jr, 81, of Harrisonburg, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003, at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. Born June 12, 1922, at Hightown, he was the son of the late Richard W. Hevener Sr. and Della Mae Hofsess Hevener.

He married Dorothy Ellen Wimer of Blue Grass on Dec. 8, 1943.

A graduate of VPI,...

Bernice Walker

Bernice Walker

Dec 24, 2003

Bernice Taylor Walker, 89, of Monterey, and formerly of Mechanicsville, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003, at the Springs Nursing Center.

Mrs. Walker was born August 21, 1914, in Richmond, and was a daughter of the late Aubrey S. and Ida Gwin Taylor.

She was a homemaker.

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Farrell Canup

Farrell Canup

Dec 13, 2003

Farrell Eugene Canup, 67, of Churchville, died Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Augusta Medical Center.

He was born March 28, 1936 in Mt. Ulla, N.C., a son of the late Patterson F. and Mary Ruth Cress Canup.

On April 23, 1960, he married Emma Corean Armstrong.

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Alvie Gum

Alvie Gum

Dec 12, 2003

Alvie Richard Gum, 93, of Monterey, died Friday, December 12, 2003 at Oak Hill Center, now Ruxton Health of Staunton.

He was born February 25, 1910 at Monterey, a son of the late Charlie R. and Louise Puffenbarger Gum.

On June 20, 1980, he married Hannah Mae Anderson Trimble. ...

Susan Crick

Susan Crick

Nov 30, 2003

Susan Gregory Crick, 72, of Monterey, died Sunday, November 30, 2003, at Rockingham Memorial Hopsital.

Mrs. Crick was born August 5, 1931, in Dansville, N.Y., and was the daughter of the late Hugh McNair and Lillian Reid Gregory.

She was a member of the Monterey Presbyterian Church and Blue Grass...

Anna Compton

Anna Compton

Nov 21, 2003

Anna Mae Compton, 84, of Winchester and formerly of Monterey, died, Friday, November 21, 2003 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

She was born October 17, 1919 at Philadelphia, Pa., a daughter of Raymond and Ella Keyser Godshalk.

She was married to the late Rev. Norman A. Compton, a retired...

Reed Beveridge

Reed Beveridge

Nov 11, 2003

Reed Munson Beveridge died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003.

She was born on July 15, 1921 in Connellsville, Pa., the daughter of Ruth Hopwood and Fred Danks Munson.

Mrs. Beveridge graduated from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, and met her husband, Dr. John Harmon Beveridge, at the University of Virginia while...

Louise Hogshead

Louise Hogshead

Nov 8, 2003

Louise Swecker Hogshead, 78, of Blue Grass, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 at her home.

She was born October 19, 1925 at Blue Grass, a daughter of the late Dr. Berlie T. and Lillian C. Hull Swecker.

On March 7, 1953, she married Sidney F. “Dood” Hogshead, who preceded her in death on July 31,...

Betty Hammer

Betty Hammer

Oct 21, 2003

Betty Warner Hammer, 76, of Monterey, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at her residence.

She was born January 25, 1927, in Pendleton County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Sewell Jackson, Sr. and Ruth Gutshall Warner.

On August 14, 1946, she married Carl Eugene Hammer, who preceded her in death...

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Oct 18, 2003

Earl Lee Wilson, 51, of Staunton, died Saturday, October 18, 2003 at Augusta Medical Center.

He was born November 1, 1951 in Highland County a son of Thurman “Fuzz” and Catherine Malone Wilson.

Mr. Wilson was of the Methodist faith. He had worked at Roadway and Ray Carr Tires before...

Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner

Oct 3, 2003

Barbara Jean Wagner, 55, died at her home Friday, October 3, 2003 following a long illness.

She was born August 10, 1948 in Marlinton, W.Va., a daughter of Lloyd and Donna Long Cassell.

She graduated from Green Bank High School and on May 27, 1966 married Dale Wagner.

She was a homemaker and...

Ralph "Dick" Smith

Ralph "Dick" Smith

Sep 20, 2003

Ralph “Dick” Vernon Smith, 87, of Sugar Grove, died Saturday, September 20, 2003, at his home.

Mr. Smith was born October 13, 1915 in Sugar Grove and was the late Pinkney and Martha Puffenbarger Smith.

He was a member of the Crummett Run Brethren Church and was a logger for...

Roger Anderson

Roger Anderson

Sep 18, 2003

Roger Ernest Anderson, 59, of Hightown, died Thursday, September 18, 2003 at his home. He was born November 20, 1944, to the late Catherine Louisa Anderson and Ernest Theodore Anderson of Dell Rapids, S.D.

He was a member of the Senior Intelligence Service of the Central Intelligence Agency and was recently awarded the National Intelligence Medal of...

Carolyn Lockridge Burns

Carolyn Lockridge Burns

Sep 17, 2003

Carolyn Lucille (Lockridge) Burns, 56, of Staunton, loving wife of Emory "Tommy " Burns, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 17, 2003.

She was born October 6, 1946 in Highland County, a daughter of the late Pickney Stevenson Lockridge and Hazel Lockridge Carpenter Reynolds.

Mrs. Burns was a homemaker and attended Jerusalem Chapel United Brethren of Christ.

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Ina Wimer

Ina Wimer

Sep 13, 2003

Ina Puffenbarger Wimer, 82, of Staunton and formerly of Blue Grass, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at Oak Hill Center.

She was born April 30, 1921 in Blue Grass, a daughter of the late Albert and Eliza Fleisher Puffenbarger.

On January 10, 1946, she married Raymond Loyd Wimer, who survives.

Mrs. Wimer retired...

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