Everette Oscar Craighead
Jun 24, 2020
Everette Oscar Craighead, 75, husband of Patricia (Sahms) Craighead of Verona, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mr. Craighead was born on December 13, 1944 in Franklin County, Virginia, a son of the late Ralph C. and Trudy (Conner) Craighead. Everette was a faithful member of Laurel Hill Baptist Church. He was a top salesman...
John Wylie Davenport
Jun 23, 2020
John Wylie Davenport, 88, of Staunton passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. Mr. Davenport was born in Gordonsville, VA on September 20, 1931, a son of the late Wallace L. and Agnes (Dempsey) Davenport. In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by a sister, Agnes Vivian Davenport, and two...
Christie Ann (Peters) Crookshanks
Jun 23, 2020
Christie Ann (Peters) Crookshanks, 64, wife of Douglas H. Crookshanks of Verona, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mrs. Crookshanks was born in Norton, Virginia on December 19, 1955 a daughter of the late Clay "Bill" and Ruby Irene (Dickey) Peters. Christie was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, and grandmother....
Larry Curtis Helmick
Jun 22, 2020
Larry Curtis Helmick, 75, widower of Agnes Lou (Boyd) Helmick of 720 Bull Run, Staunton, passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Helmick was born in Staunton, Virginia on June 2, 1945, a son of the late Edward and Kathleen (Chandler) Helmick. Larry was retired with twenty-nine years of service from A.S.R. He enjoyed buying and selling...
James Calvin "Jimmy" Mason
Jun 17, 2020
James Calvin "Jimmy" Mason, 67, husband of Mary Kay Mason of Staunton, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in the Center for Acute Hospice Care in Charlottesville. Mr. Mason was born in Staunton, Virginia on June 22, 1952, a son of the late John Randolph and Rubye Austen (Coffey) Mason. Jimmy was a member of Raphine Christian Church and was...
Roy Eugene Guffey
Jun 14, 2020
Roy Eugene Guffey, 68, widower of Mary Sue Guffey of Staunton passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 at the Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. Mr. Guffey was born in Staunton, Virginia on June 6, 1952, a son of Clara Lillian (Halterman) Guffey and the late Basil Guffey, Sr. Roy served his country in the United States Marines Corps...
Sidney Davis Kyger, Sr.
Jun 14, 2020
Sidney Davis Kyger, Sr., 69, husband of Vickie Kyger of 60 Branch Lane, Stuarts Draft, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. Mr. Kyger was born in Staunton, Virginia on July 27, 1950, a son of the late Lyle Harding and Audrey Ann (Davis) Kyger. Sidney was a member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and was...
Lois Jane (Wood) Hanger
Jun 14, 2020
Lois Jane (Wood) Hanger, 82, wife of John Edward Hanger, of Waynesboro passed away Sunday June 14, 2020 at Accordius Health in Waynesboro. Mrs. Hanger was born in the District of Columbia on May 13, 1938, a daughter of the late Cecil and Cornelia (Morris) Wood. Lois was a member of the White Hill Church of the Brethren, where she...
Frank Claude Blackwell
Jun 12, 2020
Frank Claude Blackwell, 64, of Churchville passed away Friday, June 12, 2020 at his residence, after battling lung cancer since August 2018. Mr. Blackwell was born in Staunton, Virginia on November 23, 1955, a son of the late Homer Thomas, Sr. and Mary Alice (Weaver) Blackwell. Frank was a former employee of Staunton Frozen foods and Crosby Trucking before becoming...
Rose Loreine (Martin) Wilson
Jun 11, 2020
Rose Loreine (Martin) Wilson, 90, of 217 Buffalo Branch Lane, Swoope, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the residence of her son and daughter-in-law where she had resided for the past fourteen years. Mrs. Wilson was born in Fordwick, Virginia on May 30, 1930 a daughter of the late Samuel Houston Martin and Effie (Beverly) Martin Johnson....
Thelma Juanita Brown
Jun 8, 2020
Thelma Juanita Brown, the fourth of eight children born to the union of the late Deacon Noah D. and Deaconess Mary Ella Spears Brown, was born February 20, 1925 in Staunton, Virginia and went to be with her Lord and Savior, June 8, 2020. Sister Brown was preceded in death by five siblings: Charles T. Brown, Sr., Ester B. Williams,...
Judith Sharon Ghidoni
Jun 7, 2020
Judith Sharon Ghidoni, of Lebanon Church Road, Staunton, Virginia, passed away at the Shenandoah House of Augusta Health on Sunday, June 7, 2020, due to complications from a stroke. She was born September 16, 1944, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Louis and Myrtle Feci. After graduation from Plymouth High School in 1962, she worked for many years at Butner's Department Store...
Glenn Edwin Brooks
Jun 7, 2020
Glenn Edwin Brooks, 80, husband of Martha (Chittum) Brooks, of 163 Newport Road, Spottswood, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2020 in the Shenandoah Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Brooks was born on July 11, 1939 in Augusta County, a son of the late Charles Howard and Frances (Lotts) Brooks. Mr. Brooks was an active member of Old Providence ARP Church where...
Mary Jane (Powers) Strickler
Jun 4, 2020
Mary Jane (Powers) Strickler, 81, wife of James "Frank" Strickler of Wampler Road, Broadway, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 in Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg. Mrs. Strickler was born in Staunton on February 10, 1939, a daughter of the late Samuel Reed and Jane Elizabeth (Wheeler) Powers. Mary was a cook and bartender at the Timberville Moose Lodge...
Stephen Manley Dowdy
Jun 4, 2020
Stephen Manley Dowdy, 66, husband of Nancy (Marion) Dowdy of 31 Jenna Lane, Fishersville, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 in Charlottesville. Mr. Dowdy was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 14, 1954 a son of the late Clyde W. and Nellie (Manley) Dowdy. Stephen was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro and was the owner of Warehouse...
Mildred Ann Wright
Jun 3, 2020
Mildred Ann Wright, 81, of Verona passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Mrs. Wright was born in Charlottesville on September 20, 1938, a daughter of the late Baldwin Simpson and Sally (Dickerson) Diggs. Mildred was a God-fearing woman, held various offices in different churches, and her smile lit up the room when she walked in. Surviving are two sons, Eric...
Leonard Lee Brydge
Jun 2, 2020
Leonard Lee Brydge was born August 28, 1932 in Waynesboro, Virginia to the late Rev. Silas W. and Rachel E. Brydge and departed this life Tuesday, June 2, 2020. He is survived by his widow, Jean Hodge Brydge to whom he was married for 66 happy years. Lee was predeceased by his sister, Karen Joy Brydge Hodge. When the government...
Harley Roscoe Bender
Jun 2, 2020
Reverend Harley Roscoe Bender, 94, of Staunton, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Webster County, West Virginia on February 6, 1926, a son of the late John Dale and Eva Mae (Fisher) Bender. Reverend Bender was a retired United Methodist Minister with over fifty years of ministry in...
John Michael Surratt
Jun 2, 2020
John Michael Surratt, 43, of Farmington, Maine, and formerly of Staunton, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Surratt was born in Waynesboro, Virginia on November 3, 1976, a son of David W. Surratt and the late Elizabeth (Miller) Surratt. John Michael was a graduate of Wilson Memorial High School class of 1995....
Thomas Clarence "Tommy" Lotts
Jun 2, 2020
Thomas Clarence "Tommy" Lotts, 79, formerly of Deerfield, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 6:03 a.m. in Brookdale of Staunton, from complications of diabetes. He was born May 12, 1941 in Staunton, a son of the late Clarence Finley and Frances Elizabeth (Wilterious) Lotts. In addition to his parents Thomas was preceded in death by his brother, Stanley...
