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Lula "Duke" Roberts

Lula "Duke" Roberts

Sep 12, 2003

Lula “Duke” Walters Roberts, 69, of Burnsville, died Friday, September 12, 2003 at Bath County Community Hospital. She was born March 22, 1934 at Brownsburg, a daughter of the late Benton and Lottie Walters.

One Dec. 1, 1950, she married Grady A. Roberts.

Mrs. Roberts was a member of Burnsville...

Mary Leake

Mary Leake

Sep 8, 2003

Mary Vaiden McClung Leake, 84, of Arlington, Va. formerly of McDowell, Va. died on September 8, 2003, at her home of 30 years in Arlington.

She was born on October 30, 1918, in Clover Creek, Highland County, a daughter of Louie Edwin and Bessie Gratton Pullin McClung.

Mrs. Leake graduated...

Elva "Jane" Waybright

Elva "Jane" Waybright

Sep 1, 2003

Elva “Jane” Lee Waybright, 70, of Monterey, died Monday, September 1, 2003 at her home.

She was born June 4, 1933 in Hightown, a daughter of the late Clay Andrew and Viola Edith Washburn Hise.

Mrs. Waybright was a homemaker.

She had worked as a waitress...

Eugene "Rusty" Fulton

Eugene "Rusty" Fulton

Sep 1, 2003

Eugene Elliott “Rusty” Fulton, 58, of Mill Gap, and formerly of Goochland, died Monday, September 1, 2003 at his home.

He was born June 7, 1945 in Highland County, a son of the late Charles and Ora Hull Fulton.

On February 23, 1968, he married Linda Bird.

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Kenton "K.K." Simmons

Kenton "K.K." Simmons

Aug 30, 2003

Kenton Kincaid “K.K.” Simmons, 64, of Monterey, died Saturday, August 30, 2003 at his residence.

He was born May 12, 1939 at Blue Grass, a son of the late Luther C. and Willie Pence Simmons.

Mr. Simmons was a member of the Blue Grass United Methodist Church and was a...

Samuel Salmons

Samuel Salmons

Aug 17, 2003

Samuel Isaiah Salmons, 2, of Burnsville, died Sunday, August 17, 2003 at the University of Virginia Medical Center as a result of an automobile accident.

He was born November 21, 2000 at Alleghany Regional Hospital, a son of James Lelin and Tara Ervin Salmons.

He was preceded in death by...

Clarence Hise Sr.

Clarence Hise Sr.

Aug 14, 2003

Clarence Wilmer Hise Sr., 89, of Blue Grass and formerly of 121 Greenview Drive, Staunton, died Thursday, August 14, 2003 at the home of his daughter in Blue Grass.

He was born February 15, 1914 at Hightown, a son of the late Oscar C. and Bettie Ollie Eckard Hise.

On...

Aggie Selmon

Aggie Selmon

Aug 11, 2003

Aggie Fernando Selmon, 91, of Nella’s Nursing Home in Crystal Springs, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003 at David Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Selmon was born August 12, 1911, in Calhoun County, and was a son of the late Seth Monroe and Hettie Hester Wilson Selmon.

He worked in the logging camps at...

Alice Vance

Alice Vance

Aug 6, 2003

Alice Hutzelman Vance, 82, of McDowell, died Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at Bath County Community Hospital.

Mrs. Vance was born August 16, 1920, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dr. Jacob C. and Delores Glassmeyer Hutzelman.

She was a nurse until she married and moved to Highland County,...

Mary Sweet

Mary Sweet

Jul 15, 2003

Mary Heath Sweet, 97, of Monterey, died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at The Springs Nursing Center in Hot Springs. She had been declining in health for several years and suffered a hip fracture July 7.

Mary Heath Ochiltree was born December 14, 1905 in Avoca, Iowa, the last of three children of Robert S. and Anna Randall...

Lottie Corbett

Lottie Corbett

Jul 15, 2003

Lottie Cecelia Mae Corbett, 104, of the Mustoe community in Highland County, died Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at the home of her daughter, Treva “Betsy” Rankin in Waynesboro.

She was born May 16, 1899 at Mustoe, a daughter of Lucius Ami and Lina Simmons Shaffier.

On April 27, 1922 she...

Leo McCray

Leo McCray

Jun 30, 2003

Leo Marsh McCray, 85, of McDowell, died Monday, June 30, 2003 at Augusta Medical Center. He was born August 2, 1917 at Head Waters a son of the late Owen Reese and Louie Viola Armstrong McCray.

Mr. McCray was a member of the McDowell Presbyterian Church and a past member of the McDowell Volunteer...

Roy Johnson

Roy Johnson

Jun 26, 2003

Roy Ernest Johnson of Richmond died Thursday, June 26, 2003.

He was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was employed by Ethyl Corp. for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen S. Johnson; two sons, Robert Emmett Johnson of Richmond and Dr....

John "Skip" Gerfin

John "Skip" Gerfin

Jun 25, 2003

John “Skip” Gordon Gerfin, 50, affectionately known as the Hippie of Middle Mountain, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003 in Dyer County, Tenn.

He was born May 15, 1953 in Bryn Mawr, Pa., a son of Jean Thomas Gerfin and the late John L. Gerfin.

He is survived by his mother, Jean T. Gerfin of Falmouth,...

The Reverend Doctor Larry Turner

The Reverend Doctor Larry Turner

Jun 23, 2003

The Reverend Doctor Larry Dean Turner, 60, of Monterey, died Monday, June 23, 2003 at The Springs Nursing Center in Hot Springs after a long illness.

He was born June 28, 1942 in Danville, a don of the Rev. Charles Edwin Turner and the late Lucille Carolyn Davis Turner.

Dr....

John Simmons

John Simmons

Jun 20, 2003

John Eaphram Simmons, 81, of West Augusta, died Friday, June 20, 2003 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.

He was born May 7, 1922 in Vandevander, a son of the late Ira and Mary Magdalene Wolfe Simmons.

Mr. Simmons retired after 29 years of service from the U.S. Army, having...

James Campbell Jr.

James Campbell Jr.

Jun 15, 2003

James Brown Campbell Jr., 78, of Staunton and formerly of Hightown, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at his residence.

He was born May 30, 1925 in Monterey a son of the late James B. and Lorene (Terry) Campbell.

On August 1, 1943, he married Kring Woods.

Mr. Campbell retired from American Safety Razor....

Joyce Solomon

Joyce Solomon

Jun 15, 2003

Joyce Hiner Solomon passed away at her home, Shady Lane Farm, Sunday, June 15, 2003 after a long, courage battle with cancer.

Mrs. Solomon was born in Monterey on the Hiner Family Farm on July 16, 1925, a daughter of the late Gideon Jesse and Eunice Brown Lightner Hiner.

Mrs....

Alice Massie

Alice Massie

Jun 3, 2003

Alice Lee Massie, 85, of Bridgewater and formerly of Highland County, died Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at Bridgewater Retirement Community.

Mrs. Massie was born Oct. 27, 1917, in Hightown, a daughter of the late John George and Annie Amiss Woods Beard.

She was preceded in death by two husbands, Ralph...

Blanche Shrader

Blanche Shrader

May 31, 2003

Blanche Elizabeth Stone Shrader, 90, of Harrisonburg, died Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Avante in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Shrader was born April 3, 1913, in Pendleton County, W.Va. and was a daughter of the late Pearl and Dora Elizabeth Moyers Simmons.

She was a homemaker and a member of the St. John Lutheran Church.

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