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Karen Lee Gorton
Jun 19, 2012
Karen L. Gorton VERONA: Karen Lee (Pecor) Gorton, 58, widow of Keith Robert Gorton of 58 Rolla Mill Road passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Gorton was born in Burlington, VT on April 3, 1954, a daughter of the late Donald and Wilma Ann (Hall) Pecor. Mrs. Gorton was of the Methodist Faith and a homemaker....
O'Neil Simmons
Jun 18, 2012
ONeil (Spradlin) Simmons, wife of Elwood Lee Simmons of 24 Lilly Drive, Fishersville passed away, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mrs. Simmons was born in Waynesboro, a daughter of the late Luther David and Ethel (Thacker) Spradlin. Mrs. Simmons was a member of Basic United Methodist Church in Waynesboro and was retired as secretary with the...
Helen Laverne (Garber) Smiley
Jun 16, 2012
Helen G. Smiley VERONA Helen LaVerne (Garber) Smiley, 90, wife of James Dorsey Smiley of 35 Maple Drive, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Envoy of Staunton. Mrs. Smiley was born on July 16, 1921 in Mt. Sidney, Virginia, a daughter of the late Dewey McKinley and Ethel (Johnson) Garber. Helen was an active member of Augusta Stone Presbyterian...
Steve Ray Reed
Jun 15, 2012
Stephen Steve Ray Allen Jesse Reed, 57, husband of Debbi G. Reed of 274 Farmington Drive went to be with his Lord and Savior, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Mr. Reed was born in Staunton, on December 8, 1954 a son of the late Jesse and Eulalia (Rife) Reed. He attended New Life Four Square Gospel Church, in Staunton. He...
Kenneth Anthony Dzuba
Jun 13, 2012
Kenneth A. Dzuba STAUNTON: Kenneth Anthony Dzuba, 65, husband of Virginia C. Dzuba of 172 Straith Street passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Dzuba was born January 30, 1947 in New York City, a son of the late Anthony and Gloria (Smith) Dzuba. Mr. Dzuba retired in 2001 from the Cold Springs Correctional Center as a...
Dorothy Myrtle Snyder
Jun 13, 2012
Dorothy Myrtle (Ramsey) Snyder, 87, widow of John Henry Snyder, Jr. of Stuarts Draft passed away, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. Mrs. Snyder was born in Augusta County near Vesuvius on March 7, 1925, a daughter of the late Willie Lee and Alice Myrtle (Houser) Ramsey. Mrs. Snyder was a 1943 graduate of...
Earl Marcellus Fretwell
Jun 12, 2012
Earl Marcellos Fretwell, 74, of 512 Houston Street passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in Envoy of Staunton. Mr. Fretwell was born in Augusta County on March 15, 1938, a son of the late Marcellos and Nellie (Monroe) Fretwell, Earl was previously employed as a laborer with Fitzgerald Lumber Company. Survivors are three sisters, Hazel Fretwell, Catherine Fretwell and Emma...
Ruth Neal Lancaster - Burgess
Jun 11, 2012
Ruth Neal Lancaster-Burgess STAUNTON: Ruth Neal (Sanders) Lancaster-Burgess, 77, of Staunton died Monday, June 11, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 4, 1934 in Gaffney, South Carolina. Mom, knowing her heavenly home awaited, wrote her own obituary: I was privileged to be the last born child of John Thomas (Tom) and Mary Ellen Sanders. They are no longer...
Frances May Quick
Jun 11, 2012
Frances R. Quick STAUNTON: Frances May (Root) Quick, 84, widow of Earl F. Quick formerly of 21 Woodlee Road passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at the residence of her adopted daughter with whom she was making her home. Mrs. Quick was born in Staunton on December 23, 1927, a daughter of the late Kyle Houston and Gladys Linwood (Daggy)...
Kathy Jo Davis
Jun 10, 2012
Kathy B. Davis STUARTS DRAFT: Kathy Jo (Brooks) Davis, 47, wife of Greg E. Davis of 133 Bowmans Run Drive passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 in Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. Mrs. Davis was born in Waynesboro on March 17, 1965, a daughter of Garnett Sidney and Mary Frances (Hall) Brooks. Kathy was a member of Destiny Family Center...
Robert 'Bob' Lee Quick
Jun 1, 2012
Robert Lee Bob Quick, 84, widower of Ada Frances (Guffey) Quick formerly of 806 East Beverley Street passed away Friday, June 1, 2012 in Kings Daughters Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Quick was born September 19, 1927 in Augusta County, a son of the late D. Thomas and Elizabeth Marie (Dixon) Quick. Mr. Quick was a member of Bethany...
Ronald 'Lee' Howdyshell, Jr.
May 30, 2012
Ronald L. Howdyshell, Jr. STAUNTON: Ronald Lee Howdyshell, Jr., 45, of 422 Baltimore Avenue passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at his residence. Lee was born on January 2, 1967 in Waynesboro, a son of Ronald Lee Howdyshell, Sr. and Joyce Ann (Pugh) Howdyshell of Staunton. Mr. Howdyshell was a 1985 graduate of Robert Lee High School and was employed...
Carlos Jerome Smith
May 29, 2012
STAUNTON: Carlos Jerome Smith, 21, of 1821 Vinson Street passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in the Brian Center of Fincastle in Fincastle, Virginia. Carlos was born in Roanoke on May 22, 1991, a son of Elwood Lee Smith of Richmond and Carmen Viola Jenkins of Harrisonburg. Carlos graduated from Lee High School in 2010, he was a laborer in...
Cody Miller
May 28, 2012
Cody Miller MIDDLEBROOK John Cody Miller, 17, of 1365 Walker Creek Road passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. Cody was born in Fishersville on September 19, 1994, a son of John Larry Miller of Stuarts Draft and Audra Lynne (Hemp) McCray of Middlebrook. Cody was a senior at Riverheads High School...
J.W. Reese
May 25, 2012
J. W. Reese, 78, of 1315 Churchville Ave, Staunton passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, in Kings Daughters Community Health \u0026 Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reese was born in Tennessee, a son of the late Otto and Myrtle Reese. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a caretaker of apartment buildings prior to his retirement. Survivors include a son...
Jerry W. Mccray
May 22, 2012
Jerry William JW McCray, Jr., 48, of 591 Laurel Hill Road, husband of Dana (Cleveland) McCray, whom he married June 8, 1984, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Jerry was born on September 26, 1963 in Augusta County, a son of the late Jerry William McCray, Sr. and Jeanette (Rankin) McCray....
Earl Hunter Fitzgerald, Sr.
May 17, 2012
Earl H. Fitzgerald, Sr. STAUNTON: Earl Hunter Fitzgerald, Sr., 52, husband of Marcia Elaine (Wyatt) Fitzgerald of 112 Baylor Street passed away Thursday May 17, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Maryland. Mr. Fitzgerald was born September 17, 1959 in Staunton, a son of Phyllis Temple (Newman) Fitzgerald and the late Alvin Finley Fitzgerald, Sr. Earl was a member...
Harold Lamar Trimner
May 16, 2012
Harold "Hal" Lamar Trimner, 65, of Staunton VA went to sleep in death at his home on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. He was deeply loved by his wife of 44 years, Marilyn Jane Trimner, who was at his side. Hal was born on March 6, 1947 in Americus, GA. He was preceded in death by his mother Helen, his father...
Ferby Nell Hunley
May 15, 2012
Ferby Nell (Cline) Hunley, 91, formerly of 110 Bowie Street passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Emeritus of Staunton. Mrs. Hunley was born September 14, 1920 in Harrisonburg, a daughter of the late Adam Frederick and Frances C. (Zigler) Cline. Mrs. Hunley was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, the Weiford Sunday school class and the Womens Circle...
Ray Edward Garmon
May 13, 2012
Ray E. Garmon SUPPLY, N.C.: Ray Edward Garmon, 75, of Supply, NC, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Mr. Garmon was born June 2, 1936, in Gadsden, Alabama and was the son of the late Wilburn Edward Garmon and Frances Papish Garmon. He was a self-employed structural steel draftsman and served in the United States Marine...
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