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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 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 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 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 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 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 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” 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
...
Sterling “Horn” Richard Hise, 76, of Hightown, died Friday, May 30. 2003 at his residence.
He was born Jan. 28, 1927 at Hightown, a son of the late Clay Andrew and Viola Washburn Hise.
On Dec. 27, 1951, he married Anna Mae Kathleen Moyers, who survives.
...
Susan Simpson Burke, 56, of the Back Creek community of Highland County, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
She was born Feb. 25, 1947 at Pittsburgh, Pa., a daughter of the late George and Dorothy Cochran Simpson.
Mrs. Burke had worked as a registration clerk at Cameron Elementary School...
Leon Grant Carpenter, 85, of Monterey, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at The Springs Nursing Center.
He was born January 29, 1918 a son of the late Ferry Everett and Reta Clara Baldwin Carpenter.
Mr. Carpenter was an electrician for American Safety Razor Company and retired in 1978 after 24 years of service. He was...
Charlie Major McCray, 66, of Waynesboro, died Friday, April 25, 2003 at Augusta Medical Center.
He was born April 19, 1937, in Norfolk, a son of the late George and Annie Puffenbarger McCray.
Mr. McCray retired from landscaping at Harbor Point condominiums in Virginia Beach.
He...
Frank “Jack” Malcolm Crummett, 80, of the Back Creek Mountain community of Highland County, died Thursday, April 24, 2003 at the home of his son in Elkton.
He was born Jan. 24, 1923 at Charleston, W.Va., a son of the late Niram W. and Margaret Whittaker Curmmett.
Mr. Crummett served in the U.S. Army Air...
George “Elmo” Cobb, 85, of McDowell, died Monday, April 0, 2003 at his residence.
He was born October 16, 1917 at Bolar the son of the late John Blaine and Zella Lillian Eakle Cobb.
On June 12, 1942, he married Dorothy Porter.
Mr. Cobb was a...
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