OBITUARIES

Reed Beveridge

Reed Beveridge

Nov 11, 2003

Reed Munson Beveridge died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003.

She was born on July 15, 1921 in Connellsville, Pa., the daughter of Ruth Hopwood and Fred Danks Munson.

Mrs. Beveridge graduated from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, and met her husband, Dr. John Harmon Beveridge, at the University of Virginia while...

Louise Hogshead

Louise Hogshead

Nov 8, 2003

Louise Swecker Hogshead, 78, of Blue Grass, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 at her home.

She was born October 19, 1925 at Blue Grass, a daughter of the late Dr. Berlie T. and Lillian C. Hull Swecker.

On March 7, 1953, she married Sidney F. “Dood” Hogshead, who preceded her in death on July 31,...

Betty Hammer

Betty Hammer

Oct 21, 2003

Betty Warner Hammer, 76, of Monterey, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at her residence.

She was born January 25, 1927, in Pendleton County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Sewell Jackson, Sr. and Ruth Gutshall Warner.

On August 14, 1946, she married Carl Eugene Hammer, who preceded her in death...

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Oct 18, 2003

Earl Lee Wilson, 51, of Staunton, died Saturday, October 18, 2003 at Augusta Medical Center.

He was born November 1, 1951 in Highland County a son of Thurman “Fuzz” and Catherine Malone Wilson.

Mr. Wilson was of the Methodist faith. He had worked at Roadway and Ray Carr Tires before...

Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner

Oct 3, 2003

Barbara Jean Wagner, 55, died at her home Friday, October 3, 2003 following a long illness.

She was born August 10, 1948 in Marlinton, W.Va., a daughter of Lloyd and Donna Long Cassell.

She graduated from Green Bank High School and on May 27, 1966 married Dale Wagner.

She was a homemaker and...

Ralph "Dick" Smith

Ralph "Dick" Smith

Sep 20, 2003

Ralph “Dick” Vernon Smith, 87, of Sugar Grove, died Saturday, September 20, 2003, at his home.

Mr. Smith was born October 13, 1915 in Sugar Grove and was the late Pinkney and Martha Puffenbarger Smith.

He was a member of the Crummett Run Brethren Church and was a logger for...

Roger Anderson

Roger Anderson

Sep 18, 2003

Roger Ernest Anderson, 59, of Hightown, died Thursday, September 18, 2003 at his home. He was born November 20, 1944, to the late Catherine Louisa Anderson and Ernest Theodore Anderson of Dell Rapids, S.D.

He was a member of the Senior Intelligence Service of the Central Intelligence Agency and was recently awarded the National Intelligence Medal of...

Carolyn Lockridge Burns

Carolyn Lockridge Burns

Sep 17, 2003

Carolyn Lucille (Lockridge) Burns, 56, of Staunton, loving wife of Emory "Tommy " Burns, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 17, 2003.

She was born October 6, 1946 in Highland County, a daughter of the late Pickney Stevenson Lockridge and Hazel Lockridge Carpenter Reynolds.

Mrs. Burns was a homemaker and attended Jerusalem Chapel United Brethren of Christ.

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Ina Wimer

Ina Wimer

Sep 13, 2003

Ina Puffenbarger Wimer, 82, of Staunton and formerly of Blue Grass, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at Oak Hill Center.

She was born April 30, 1921 in Blue Grass, a daughter of the late Albert and Eliza Fleisher Puffenbarger.

On January 10, 1946, she married Raymond Loyd Wimer, who survives.

Mrs. Wimer retired...

Lula "Duke" Roberts

Lula "Duke" Roberts

Sep 12, 2003

Lula “Duke” Walters Roberts, 69, of Burnsville, died Friday, September 12, 2003 at Bath County Community Hospital. She was born March 22, 1934 at Brownsburg, a daughter of the late Benton and Lottie Walters.

One Dec. 1, 1950, she married Grady A. Roberts.

Mrs. Roberts was a member of Burnsville...

Mary Leake

Mary Leake

Sep 8, 2003

Mary Vaiden McClung Leake, 84, of Arlington, Va. formerly of McDowell, Va. died on September 8, 2003, at her home of 30 years in Arlington.

She was born on October 30, 1918, in Clover Creek, Highland County, a daughter of Louie Edwin and Bessie Gratton Pullin McClung.

Mrs. Leake graduated...

Elva "Jane" Waybright

Elva "Jane" Waybright

Sep 1, 2003

Elva “Jane” Lee Waybright, 70, of Monterey, died Monday, September 1, 2003 at her home.

She was born June 4, 1933 in Hightown, a daughter of the late Clay Andrew and Viola Edith Washburn Hise.

Mrs. Waybright was a homemaker.

She had worked as a waitress...

Eugene "Rusty" Fulton

Eugene "Rusty" Fulton

Sep 1, 2003

Eugene Elliott “Rusty” Fulton, 58, of Mill Gap, and formerly of Goochland, died Monday, September 1, 2003 at his home.

He was born June 7, 1945 in Highland County, a son of the late Charles and Ora Hull Fulton.

On February 23, 1968, he married Linda Bird.

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Kenton "K.K." Simmons

Kenton "K.K." Simmons

Aug 30, 2003

Kenton Kincaid “K.K.” Simmons, 64, of Monterey, died Saturday, August 30, 2003 at his residence.

He was born May 12, 1939 at Blue Grass, a son of the late Luther C. and Willie Pence Simmons.

Mr. Simmons was a member of the Blue Grass United Methodist Church and was a...

Samuel Salmons

Samuel Salmons

Aug 17, 2003

Samuel Isaiah Salmons, 2, of Burnsville, died Sunday, August 17, 2003 at the University of Virginia Medical Center as a result of an automobile accident.

He was born November 21, 2000 at Alleghany Regional Hospital, a son of James Lelin and Tara Ervin Salmons.

He was preceded in death by...

Clarence Hise Sr.

Clarence Hise Sr.

Aug 14, 2003

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 Selmon

Aggie Selmon

Aug 11, 2003

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 Vance

Alice Vance

Aug 6, 2003

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,...

Lottie Corbett

Lottie Corbett

Jul 15, 2003

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...

Mary Sweet

Mary Sweet

Jul 15, 2003

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...