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Linda Louise Welling
Dec 20, 2025
Linda Louise Welling, 75, of Madison, Virginia passed away on December 20, 2025 at home with her daughter Wendy Weakley by her side. She was born in Washington DC June 2, 1950 of the late James and Virginia Serroka. She is survived by her siblings, James Serroka (Dolores), Catherine Morse (Charles), and Dale Serroka (Karen); daughter, Wendy Weakley, grandchildren, Toni...
Ruth Crawford
Dec 18, 2025
Ruth B. Crawford, 84, passed away on December 18, 2025, at Culpeper Hospital. She was born in Somerset, VA, to the late Cammie and Madie Brookman. She is also predeceased by her brothers, Bill Tuel, Cary Brookman, Cammie Brookman Jr., and his wife, Pauline; sisters, Mary Alice Brookman, Irene Breeden, and her husband Mike; and brother-in-law, Sheldon Harlow. Ruth is...
Pauline Ann McDaniel
Dec 16, 2025
Pauline Ann McDaniel, 76, of Scottsville, Virginia, passed away on Monday, December 16, 2025, at her home. Born on June 16, 1949, she was the daughter of the late William and Mildred McDaniel. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her granddaughters, Amy Breeden and Jessica McDaniel. Pauline is survived by her children, Barbara McDaniel, Harry...
Marjorie Louise Winkelmann
Dec 15, 2025
Marjorie Louise Winkelmann, 97, of Orange, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2025, at a local nursing facility. She was born in Lancaster, PA, on November 13, 1928, to Otto and Bertha Baer Winkelmann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas A. Gorzenski, one brother, Eugene Winkelmann, and one sister, Hilda W. Goodman. She had retired from teaching...
Christine Elenor Dowell
Dec 15, 2025
Christine Elenor Dowell, 79, of Gordonsville, Virginia, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2025. Born on October 23, 1946, in Gordonsville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Herman L. Dowell and Elenor Schlosser Dowell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother, Williams L. Dowell. Christine was kind to everyone she met, and...
Robert Walter Smith
Dec 13, 2025
Robert Walter “Bobby” Smith, 88 of Madison, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025, surrounded by his family at his home. He was born on November 21, 1937, to the late Charlie Estes Smith and Mary Glassell Melone Smith. He was preceded in death by his brothers; C.N, David and Leslie Smith; sisters, Mary Ellen Garth, Nellie Leathers and...
Donald Edward Rose
Dec 12, 2025
Donald Edward Rose, 86, of Gordonsville, Virginia, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2025. Born on September 2, 1939, in Gatewood, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Patrick Harry Rose and Isabell Frances Rose. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Harry Alvin Rose and Bobby Lee Rose. From the humblest...
Paulette Yvonne Lamb
Dec 12, 2025
Paulette Yvonne Lamb, 82, of Madison, Virginia, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2025. Born on April 21, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Clarence and Della Hoover Martin. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Lee Doss, Sr.; her second husband, Richard Lamb; and her brother, Paul Martin....
Michael Edward Rider
Dec 11, 2025
Michael Edward Rider, 73, of Etlan, Virginia, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2025, at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on September 26, 1952, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Michael graduated from Madison College (now James Madison University), Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1974. After his graduation, he moved to Richmond, Virginia where he worked for the Reynold’s...
Thomas Raymond Norris
Dec 9, 2025
Thomas Raymond Norris, 73 of Orange Va., entered the presence of Jesus on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 surrounded by his family. He was born on November 10, 1952, to the late Joseph Jerry Norris and Flora Virginia Norris. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Susan Robin Norris as well as his brother Robbie Norris. He is survived...
Randall Lewis Jenkins
Dec 6, 2025
Randall Lewis “Lou” Jenkins, 56 of Brightwood, Va., passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at his home. He was born on October 14, 1969 to the late Robert Lewis Jenkins. He was also preceded in death by his step-dad, Marion Peyton; paternal grandparents , Henry and Gladys Jenkins; maternal grandparents, Oscar and Stella Buracker; aunts, Catherine, Arlene, Lorraine, Marie,...
Mary Ann Mohrmann
Dec 6, 2025
Mary Ann Long Mohrmann, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 6, 2025. Born January 9, 1932, in Shelby, VA, to Marshall Edward and Mary Margaret Rhodes Long, Mary Ann, known as Gaga to her grandchildren, was the matriarch of the family. She was a steady, loving presence who shaped generations with her strength, wisdom, and warmth. She...
Ernest Franklin Woodward
Dec 5, 2025
Ernest Franklin Woodward, 57 of Glade Spring, Va. passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025 at UVA Hospital. He was born on November 19, 1968 to the late Eppie Daniel Woodward. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Charles, George, Jesse, and Bill Woodward and sisters, Ellen Woodward, Ann Haun, and Eleanor Humphrey. He is survived by his mother,...
Lesley Banks Stevens
Dec 5, 2025
Lesley Lillard Stevens, age 90, of Madison Virginia, passed away peacefully on December 5th in her home. Born on October 17th, 1935, and raised in Wolftown, Virginia to the late Lester Banks Lillard and Eleanor Dawson Lillard. She was also preceded in death by her husband, David Adle Stevens. She was a devoted mother to her sons, David and Wayne...
Michael Lee Fuller
Dec 4, 2025
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Michael Lee Fuller, who departed this life peacefully at his home in Louisa, VA on December 4" 2025, at the age of 80. Michael was born on February 12" 1945 in Baltimore, MD to Russell and Carmen Fuller. He joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and...
Sterlon Emanule Martin
Dec 4, 2025
Sterlon Emanule Martin 80 of Wolftown passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2025 in Charlottesville. He was born on December 15, 1944 in Charlottesville to the late Sterling and Alice Gentry Martin. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Clarence Martin, three sisters, Ernestine Wood, Peggy Cope and Alice Shiflett. Sterlon is survived by the love of his...
Robert Frank Vasquez
Dec 3, 2025
Robert Frank “Bob” Vasquez, beloved father, teacher, mentor, friend and community advocate, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2025 at Dogwood Village Nursing Home in Orange, Virginia. He was 91 years old and preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Elinor St. Clair Vasquez. He is survived by his children, Mary Catherine Vasquez Bauer (partner Maurice Cazeault) of...
Margaret Johnson
Dec 2, 2025
Margaret Sudsberry Johnson passed away on December 2, 2025. She was born in Banks, Arkansas on October 22, 1939, at her grandmother’s farmhouse. Her parents, Mary Lou and Royce Sudsberry, moved to Memphis when she was 2 years old. She graduated from Whitehaven High School. Margaret first worked for Union Planters Bank . She started her hospital career in 1970...
Joan Young Edwards
Dec 1, 2025
Joan (Joanie) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the youngest child of Benjamin E. Young and Madelyn Flanery Young. When Joan was 3 years old, her parents, grandmother and older sister (Ann Young Robinson) moved to the Detroit area. Joan married the love of her life, William (Bill) Stanley Edwards in 1950, and together they raised five children. They were...
Winston Wayne Dickerson
Dec 1, 2025
A Time to Be Born Winston was born on November 12, 1947, one of eight children born to the late Samuel and Ophelia Mae Dickerson in Lexington, Virginia. A Time to Love and Live He attended Rockbridge County Public School System. He later moved to Upper Marlboro, Maryland where he met his loving wife the late Alice Delores Dickerson. He...
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