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Dennis L. Sweet
Sep 6, 2020
Dennis Lynn Sweet, 62, husband of Brenda (Hewitt) Sweet of 247 Forest Springs Drive, Stuarts Draft, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Sweet was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia on June 23, 1958, a son of the late William Walter "Bud" and Betty JoAnn (Buchanan) Sweet. Dennis was owner / operator of Dennis Sweet Racing Transmission Company....
George Daniel "Danny" Michau
Sep 5, 2020
George Daniel "Danny" Michau, 79, widower of Peggy Sue (Garner) Michau and Phyllis Mae (Barnett) Garrison-Michau, of Tiffany Drive, Waynesboro, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020 at the Piedmont Hospice House in Charlottesville. Mr. Michau was born in Darlington, South Carolina on October 17, 1940, a son of the late William Taft Michau, Sr. and Eloise (Pruett) Michau. Danny was...
Hugh Forrest Pettis
Sep 4, 2020
Hugh Forrest Pettis, 66, widower of Carolyn (Cassell) Pettis, of Redbird Lane, Raphine, passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Pettis was born in Bethesda, Maryland on June 16, 1954, a son of Hugh Semple and Colleen (Bourne) Pettis. Hugh was an active member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Folly Mills and served on...
Houston Irvine "Jack" Todd, Jr.
Sep 3, 2020
Houston Irvine "Jack" Todd, Jr., 79, husband of Ann (Sandy) Todd of 1626 Barterbrook Road, Staunton, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Todd was born in Staunton, Virginia on July 8, 1941, a son of the late Houston Irvine, Sr. and Jane (Dunlap) Todd. Jack was a lifelong member of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church where he...
Kenneth Lee "Kenny Lee" Smith, Jr.
Aug 31, 2020
Kenneth Lee "Kenny Lee" Smith, Jr., 61, of Staunton passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Smith was born in Virginia on December 15, 1958, a son of the late Kenneth Lee Smith, Sr. and Marion (Carter) Smith. Kenny Lee served in the United States Army and was a life-long resident of Staunton, where he was a...
Kimberly Kay "Kim" (Thompson) May
Aug 30, 2020
Kimberly Kay "Kim" (Thompson) May, 52, wife of Jeffrey A. May, of Aintree Place, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. May was born on September 19, 1967 in Waynesboro, a daughter of Richard G. and Evelyn Kay (Wiley) Thompson. Mrs. May was employed by the United States Postal Service as a Postal Clerk and attended the...
Thomas Vernon "Tommy" Snyder
Aug 25, 2020
Thomas Vernon "Tommy" Snyder, 66, of Staunton, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at his residence. Tommy was born in Staunton, Virginia on September 22, 1953, a son of Mary Catherine (Redifer) Snyder and the late Thomas Morris "Tom" Snyder. Tommy was formerly employed by the Staunton News Leader as a Delivery Driver. Surviving in addition to his mother of...
Lydia Christine (Mcdorman) Keller
Aug 22, 2020
Lydia Christine (McDorman) Keller, 97, widow of Lessie F. Keller passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at the Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. Mrs. Keller was born in Staunton, Virginia on August 12, 1923 a daughter of the late George W. and Lola (Shifflett) McDorman. Lydia was retired from Staunton Steam Laundry with thirty-eight years of service. She...
Roger Lee Ruley
Aug 20, 2020
Roger Lee Ruley, 75, husband of Audrey Faye (McGlothlin) Ruley of Dry Branch Road, Churchville passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Ruley was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on March 28, 1945 a son of the late Cletis Rex Ruley, Sr. and Margaret (Karr) Ruley Ingram. Roger was a member of Jerusalem Chapel United Brethren Church...
Deloris (Barela) Hipes
Aug 19, 2020
Deloris "Dolly" (Barela) Hipes, 71, wife of Freddie Michael Hipes of Lee Jackson Highway, Greenville passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Hipes was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico a daughter of the late Samuel M. and Beatrice (Malone) Barela. Dolly was of the Catholic Faith and retired from Target Distribution. Mrs. Hipes was very proud of...
Linda Sue (Bradley) Randlett
Aug 18, 2020
Linda Sue (Bradley) Randlett, 71, widow of Ray Randlett of Lincoln Lane, Staunton, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in Kings Daughters Community Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton. Mrs. Randlett was born in Greenville, Virginia on February 13, 1949 a daughter of the late John Sam, Sr. and Hilda Roberta (Humphries) Bradley. Linda was retired from Food Lion and...
Robert Joe "Rob" Quick
Aug 15, 2020
Robert Joe "Rob" Quick, 53, husband of Michelle Lynne (Brooks) Quick of Staunton, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 in Chesapeake, Virginia. Mr. Quick was born in Chesapeake, Virginia on October 5, 1966 a son of the late Clarence and Jewel (Nolan) Quick. Rob was retired from the Norfolk Police Department as a Forensics Sergeant and was a teacher at...
Teresa Mae (Holly) Taylor
Aug 13, 2020
Teresa Mae (Holly) Taylor, 65, widow of Casper Taylor Jr, of 14 Stubblefield Road Waynesboro, departed this life on Thursday August 13, 2020 at Augusta Health in Fishersville, VA. Teresa, affectionately known as "Tea" was born on February 2, 1955 in Waynesboro, to the late Cleo Miller Holly, Sr. and Fannie (Washington) Holly. Teresa was a member of Massie Memorial...
Beatrice "Bea" (Zimmerman) Sensabaugh
Aug 12, 2020
Beatrice "Bea" (Zimmerman) Sensabaugh, 102, widow of James David "Jim" Sensabaugh formerly of Staunton, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law with whom she had made her home. Mrs. Sensabaugh was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on May 21, 1918, the daughter of the late Eva Lilian Zimmerman. Beatrice was a member of...
Dianna Lynn Fogleman
Aug 11, 2020
Dianna Lynn Fogleman, daughter of the Rev. Alfred and Betty Jo Fogleman, was born March 23, 1962 in the Alexandria VA Hospital. She was a Fort Defiance graduate and later graduated respectively from Blue Ridge Community College and James Madison University. At the latter, she earned a Bachelor\u0027s of Science with a Major in Sociology and a Minor in Mathematics....
Denis William Mahnken
Aug 5, 2020
Denis William Mahnken, 81, husband of Shirley (Keyton) Mahnken of Stuarts Draft, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Mahnken was born in Hamstead, New York on September 24, 1938 a son of the late Henry John and Elizabeth Frances (Weir) Mahnken. Denis was a faithful member of Connections Baptist Church in Stuarts Draft, he loved God...
Bruce Franklin Hildebrand
Aug 1, 2020
Bruce Franklin Hildebrand, 65, husband of Jeanette (Woods) Hildebrand of Afton, Virginia, formerly of Craigsville, Virginia, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, as a result of an auto accident. Mr. Hildebrand was born in Staunton, Virginia on June 8, 1955, a son of Herbert Frank "Frankie" Hildebrand of Verona and the...
Jonathan "Jay / Jaybird / J.W." Wayne Trayer
Jul 31, 2020
Jonathan "Jay/Jaybird/J.W." Wayne Trayer, 40 of 3150 Lee Highway, Weyers Cave, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Jay was born on March 5, 1980 in Staunton, Virginia the son of Elizabeth (Dickerhoof) Altizer and the late Carl Andrew Trayer, Jr. Jay was formerly employed by Appalachian Woods, and he was an avid Washington Redskins fan,...
Tony Michael Burke
Jul 31, 2020
Tony Michael Burke, 58, of 1900 Ranson Street, Staunton passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 in the Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mr. Burke was born in Staunton, Virginia on January 12, 1962, a son of the late Patricia Ann (Powell) Adkins and Robert Franklin "Frank" Burke. Prior to his retiring, Tony was employed as a Tree Specialist for R.F. Burke...
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