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Recent Obituaries in Madison, Orange, and Gordonsville, VA
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Madison, Orange, and Gordonsville, VA area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Harold E. Johnson Jr.
Aug 6, 2024
Harold E. Johnson Jr. August 6, 2024
Harold E. Johnson, Jr., 72, of Dyke, Va, passed away on August 6, 2024 at home surrounded by his loved ones.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Betty Johnson; his wife, Oleta Johnson; his son, Travis Johnson; two grandkids; his sister, Carolyn Ann Green; and two...
Frances Leavell Gentry Davis
Aug 2, 2024
Frances Leavell Gentry Davis August 2, 2024
Frances Leavell Gentry Davis, age 97, of Culpeper, Virginia (formerly of Palmyra, VA) passed away peacefully on Friday, August 2, 2024 at Culpeper Health and Rehab.
Born on March 26, 1927, she was the daughter of Floyd William Leavell, Sr. and Mary Ann Barfield Leavell.
Frances , also...
Terry Lee Griffith
Aug 1, 2024
Terry Lee Griffith August 1, 2024
Terry Lee Griffith, 67 of Rochelle, Va. passed away on August 1, 2024 at his home. He was born on December 9, 1956 to the late M.B. Griffith and Cloe Roberts Griffith.
Terry worked many years at Wrangler in Orange and Madison...
Mary Tussing Burke
Aug 1, 2024
Mary Tussing Burke August 1, 2024
Mary Tussing Burke, 97 of Culpeper, formally of Rochelle, Va. passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at Our Father's House in Culpeper, Va. She was born on April 16, 1927 to the late Printz William Tussing and Beatrice Lee Tusing Tussing. She was also preceded...
Claudia Ring
Jul 26, 2024
Claudia Ring July 26, 2024
Claudia Cassandra (Easteadt) Ring, age 80, of Zion Crossroads, Virginia, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones.
Born on January 31, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Frederic Cornelius Favre and Francis Eleanore Alexander. In addition to her parents, Claudia was...
Gene T. Gibson
Jul 25, 2024
Gene T. Gibson July 25, 2024
Gene Thomas Gibson, 83, of Cismont, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at his home.
He was born in Cismont, Virginia on April 14, 1941, to the late Lawerence Anderson Gibson and Virgie Kirby Gibson. In addition to his parents, he is...
Hazel Elizabeth Jackson Young
Jul 24, 2024
Hazel Elizabeth Jackson Young July 24, 2024
Hazel Elizabeth Jackson Young, 91 of Madison, Va., passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at her home. She was born on July 4, 1933 to the late Stonewall Jackson and Caroline Wood Jackson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Clyde...
Isaac Godfrey Woodson, Jr.
Jul 24, 2024
Isaac Godfrey Woodson, Jr. July 24, 2024
Isaac Godfrey Woodson Jr., 53, of Waynesboro, Virginia, was called to his eternal rest on July 24, 2024. He was born to the late Charlotte Green Woodson and Isaac Woodson Sr. on February 26, 1971, in Warrenton, Virginia. A patriot at heart, Isaac honorably served...
Jeffery Hamlin
Jul 20, 2024
Jeffery Hamlin July 20, 2024
Jeffery Hamlin, 68, of Madison died on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville. He was born on September 3, 1955 in Washington D. C.
He is survived by his mother Edith Maddox of Madison; two daughters Antionette Hamlin of Suitland, MD, and Kanika Willis...
Robert Henry Sacra, Jr.
Jul 18, 2024
Robert Henry Sacra, Jr. July 18, 2024
Robert Henry Sacra, Jr., 75 of Madison, Va. passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2024 in Charlottesville, Va. He was born on September 6, 1948 to the late Robert Henry Sacra, Sr. and Mary Anna Davis Yowell. He was preceded in death by his sister, Janice Sacra...
Novella Bralley Riggins
Jul 17, 2024
Novella Bralley Riggins July 17, 2024
Novella Bralley Riggins, age 84, of Louisa, Virginia, passed away at home on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, surrounded by her family.
Born on April 13, 1940, she was the daughter of the late David Elmer Bralley, Sr, and Roberta Fields Bralley. In addition to her parents, Novella was preceded in death...
Betty Gayle Huber
Jul 16, 2024
Betty Gayle Huber July 16, 2024
Betty Gayle Davis Huber died at Charlottesville Health and Rehabilitation on July 16, 2024, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Born June 5, 1950, she was the only child of the late Reginald Gale Davis and Martha Ann Bradshaw Davis of Nelson County, VA, and later of Barboursville, VA.
...Vincent Lamere Thompson
Jul 14, 2024
Vincent LaMere Thompson July 14, 2024
Vincent LaMere Thompson, age 66, of Gordonsville, Virginia, departed his life on Sunday, July 14th, 2024, at his home.
Vincent was born August 4, 1957, in Charlottesville, Virginia. He leaves behind his lifelong partner of twenty-five years, Erika Robbins, as well as his beloved parents, Harry and Barbara Thompson...
Tyler Wayne Roach
Jul 14, 2024
Tyler Wayne Roach July 14, 2024
Tyler Wayne Roach passed away unexpectedly on July 14, 2024, at the age of 29. Born on December 29, 1994, to Warren Scott Roach, Sr. and Sharon Breeden Roach, Tyler was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend whose presence illuminated the lives of everyone he encountered.
...Sharon Lynette Dyer
Jul 13, 2024
Sharon Lynette Dyer July 13, 2024
Sharon Lynette Dyer, 66 of Orange, Va. passed away on July 13, 2024 in Charlottesville, Va. She was born on April 24, 1958 to the late Edward Calvin Simpson and Shirley Ann Shipe Simpson.
Sharon was a life member of the Madison...
Barbara Pickrell Straightiff
Jul 12, 2024
Barbara Pickrell Straightiff July 12, 2024
Barbara Pickrell Straightiff, 85 of Madison, Va., passed away on Friday, July 12, 2024 at her home. She was born on January 7, 1939 to the late Hiram Ulysses Pickrell and Clara Gunton Pickrell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Alexander Straightiff, III;...
Jerry Baker
Jul 12, 2024
Jerry Baker
Jerry Baker, age 58, of Mineral, Virginia, passed away on July 12, 2024, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Born on December 29, 1965, in Grundy, Virginia, he was the son of Dell Baker and Mae Hagerman Baker.
Jerry is survived by his Ole Lady, Barbara Taylor; daughters, Shelby Groome,...
Evlyn Frances Goodloe
Jul 11, 2024
Evlyn Frances Goodloe July 11, 2024
Evlyn Frances Goodloe, age 88, of Gordonsville, VA, passed away on July 11, 2024 at her home, surrounded by her family.
Born on October 19, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Marshall Lee Davis and Everlene Dickerson Davis.
Frances was the best maker of rolls, cakes, macaroni...
Elizabeth Maxine Roper
Jul 6, 2024
Elizabeth Maxine Roper July 6, 2024
Elizabeth Maxine Roper died on July 6, 2024, at the age of 88. Maxine passed peacefully at Dogwood Village of the Orange County Nursing Home.
Maxine was born October 20, 1935, in Locust Dale, VA. to the late Joseph Reid Jones and Nannie Elizabeth Williams. She...
James Bruce Vanskike
Jul 5, 2024
James Bruce VanSkike
James Bruce VanSkike, 72, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 5, 2024.
Born on July 23, 1951, in Moberly, Missouri, he was the son of the late James P. VanSkike and Lillian K. VanSkike. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a nephew, Curt...
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