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Gayle Lorene Meeks
Jan 27, 2020
Gayle Lorene (White) Meeks, 73, widow of Jerry Winston Meeks of Verona passed away Monday, January 27, 2020 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. Mrs. Meeks was born in Staunton on September 2, 1946 the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Ruth Frances (Mynes) White. Gayle was a member of Verona United Methodist Church and was...
Cleva Elizabeth (Brooks) Rexrode
Jan 26, 2020
Cleva Elizabeth (Brooks) Rexrode, 91, of 369 National Avenue was lifted up to heaven Sunday, January 26, 2020 in English Meadows Senior Living in Crozet. Mrs. Rexrode was born in Waynesboro, Virginia on August 16, 1928, a daughter of the late Russell Lee and Catherine (Landes) Brooks. Cleva was a member of Linden Heights Baptist Church and retired from ASR...
Allan Dale Vanfossen
Jan 26, 2020
Allan Dale VanFossen, 59, husband of Cynthia VanFossen of 1206 Stoneburner Street passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020 at his residence. Mr. VanFossen was born in Staunton on July 1, 1960 a son of the late Francis Walter and Catherine Lucille (Anthony) VanFossen. Allan was retired from Thornrose Cemetery, he enjoyed wood whittling and yard work. He was the last...
Mary Catherine Meade
Jan 26, 2020
Mary Catherine Meade, 86, widow of Sammie Aaron Meade, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. Mrs. Meade was born in Churchville on May 23, 1933, a daughter of the late Ray Joseph Snyder and Hazel Virginia (Redifer) Staton. Mary was a loving grandmother. In addition to her parents and first husband, James...
William Porter "Bill" Knick
Jan 24, 2020
William Porter "Bill" Knick, 75, husband of Nancy Hamilton Knick of Grandy, North Carolina, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk. Mr. Knick was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on September 30, 1944, the son of the late David Garnett, Sr. and Grace (Coble) Knick. William served in the United States Army and retired from...
Eddie Ray "Skeeter" Reed
Jan 22, 2020
Eddie Ray "Skeeter" Reed, 61, of Sharon Lane passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020 in Kings Daughters Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reed was born in Staunton on May 5, 1958, a son of the late Willis Lee, Sr. and Dora Luella (Fox) Reed. Eddie was retired from Shenandoah Electric, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing golf. In addition...
G. Payne Fisher, Jr.
Jan 21, 2020
G. Payne Fisher, Jr., 88, widower of Edith Virginia "Edie" (Mynes) Fisher of Staunton passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. Mr. Fisher was born in Alleghany County on January 23, 1931, the son of the late Gratton P. and Isabelle (Mathney) Fisher. Payne was a member of Third Presbyterian Church and...
Juanita Joyce (Randall) Wilson
Jan 21, 2020
Juanita Joyce (Randall) Wilson, 84, wife of Joseph Bobbie Wilson of Morris Mill Road, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 in The Hospice House in Fishersville. Mrs. Wilson was born in Grand Lake, Maine on August 11, 1935, a daughter of the late Arthur Frederick and Eula (Yates) Randall. Juanita was a tireless worker who managed to raise two...
Carson Kent Tugman
Jan 19, 2020
Carson Kent Tugman, 4, son of Sophie Tugman of Staunton, lost his courageous battle with Rett Syndrome on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his residence. Carson was born in Fishersville, Virginia on May 2, 2015. Carson was full of life and touched many lives around him. He was the strongest boy his family knew, but the disease was stronger than...
Wanda Norine (Martin) Mayberry
Jan 19, 2020
Wanda Norine (Martin) Mayberry, 68, widow of James Orton Mayberry, Sr. of 815 Robertson Street, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Mayberry was born on March 16, 1951 in Staunton, a daughter of Betty Jean (Clark) Martin and the late Harold Thomas Martin. Wanda was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Craigsville and...
Danny Franklin Gayhart
Jan 11, 2020
Danny Franklin Gayhart, 70, husband of Patricia H. Gayhart of Churchville, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at his home. Mr. Gayhart was born in Staunton, Virginia on May 23, 1949, a son of the late Melvin F. and Catherine "Tiny" (Rankin) Gayhart. Danny served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and became a volunteer fireman...
Wilburt Junior "Winky" Balser
Jan 9, 2020
Wilburt Junior "Winky" Balser, 65, husband of Jacqueline Ann (Ross) Balser of 1619 Parkersburg Turnpike, Swoope passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Balser was born in Rockbridge County on March 19, 1954, a son of the late Claira (Lotts) Balser Woods. Winky was a driver for Cash's Excavating, he enjoyed hunting and spending time with his...
Richard Gary "Dickie" Clemmer
Jan 8, 2020
Richard Gary "Dickie" Clemmer, 74, husband of Mary Jane Clemmer of 302 Audubon Street, Staunton passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Clemmer was born in Staunton, Virginia on August 25, 1945, a son of the late Homer Rudolph and Francis Elizabeth (Wagner) Clemmer. Richard was a veteran of the United States Army serving during the Vietnam...
Rolofe Dale "R.D." Bolt
Jan 7, 2020
Rolofe Dale "R.D." Bolt of 74 Cedar Hill Lane, Verona, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 peacefully at home. Rolofe is now absent from his body, but present with his Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Bolt was born on a farm in Laurel Fork Carroll County, VA on June 15, 1926. A son of the late disabled veteran V.R. Bolt...
Billy Anthon Johnson
Jan 6, 2020
Billy Anthon Johnson, 84, husband of Marjorie (Woodall) Johnson of Cooper Drive, Stuarts Draft passed away Monday, January 6, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Franklin, Virginia on December 14, 1935, a son of the late Hance Bernard Johnson and Odena (Morris) Topping. Billy was in the Army Reserves and retired as a superintendent at Rouse Enterprises....
Paul Henry Gipson, Sr.
Jan 6, 2020
Paul Henry Gipson, Sr. 90, of Staunton and formerly of Cumming, Georgia, passed away Monday, January 6, 2020 in Brightview at Baldwin Park. He was born on March 8, 1929, son of the late William and Josephine (Holland) Gipson. Burial will take place at Sawnee View Memorial Gardens in Cumming, Georgia.
Phyllis Mae (Barnett) Garrison Michau
Jan 4, 2020
Phyllis Mae (Barnett) Garrison Michau, 87, wife of George Daniel "Danny" Michau of Rainbow Drive in Staunton passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 in Shenandoah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville, Virginia. Phyllis was born on May 26, 1932 in Albemarle County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Jesse L. Barnett and Myrtle Elizabeth Barnett Rorrer. Phyllis was a lifelong...
Stanley Malcolm Wine
Dec 30, 2019
Stanley Malcolm Wine, 90, husband of Betty Jean (Garber) Wine of Cider Mill Road, Mount Sidney passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 in the Bridgewater Retirement Home. Mr. Wine was born in Augusta County, Virginia on October 19, 1929 a son to the late Emmett C. and Effie Estella (Cline) Wine. Stanley was a member of Lebanon Church of the...
Walter Raymond Bryant, Jr.
Dec 30, 2019
Walter Raymond Bryant, Jr., 70, husband of Josephine C. Bryant, of Staunton passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Bryant was born in Highland County on August 19, 1949, the son of the late Walter Raymond, Sr. and Bertha Virginia (Simmons) Bryant. Walter was a member of Annex United Methodist Church. He enjoyed spending time with his...
Michele Elizabeth (Branch) Breckenridge
Dec 28, 2019
Michele Elizabeth (Branch) Breckenridge, 59, of Staunton passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019 in United Health Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Mrs. Breckenridge was born in Waynesboro, Virginia on July 16, 1960, a daughter of Robert E. Branch and the late Peggy R. Branch both of Stuarts Draft. In addition to her mother she was preceded in death by...
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