Obituaries

Nov 19, 2022

Judith (Judy) Lillian Ratliff             November 19, 2022

Judith Lillian Ratliff, 81 of Stephens City, Va. passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Autumn Care of Madison. She was born on May 20, 1941 to the late Raymond Thompson and Dorothy Jane Harding Thompson.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas Arthur Ratliff;...

Nov 18, 2022

Elwood Polk Boykin             November 18, 2022

Elwood Polk Boykin, 60, of Lovingston, died Friday November 18, 2022 at the University of Virginia Hospital. Born April 3, 1962 in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Glenwood Jackson Boykin and Myrtle Lee Butler Boykin. He was also preceded in death by his twin brother, Homer Eugene Boykin.

Nov 17, 2022

Elizabeth Marie Thomas              November 17, 2022

Elizabeth Marie Thomas, 60, of Sunnyside Lane, Gordonsville, died on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the Laurels of Charlottesville. She was born on March 30, 1962 in Charlottesville and was the daughter of the late Bray Dodson and Judith Ann Pritchet Dodson. She is also predeceased by a sister Teresa D. Stokes and...

Nov 16, 2022

Warren Dandridge "Danny" Lanford        November 16, 2022

Warren Dandridge "Danny" Lanford, 81 of Gordonsville, died Wednesday November 16, 2022 at the Martha Jefferson Hospital. Born February 8, 1941, he was the son of the late James Warren Lanford and Grace Dowell Lanford. Mr. Lanford served his country in Vietnam.

He is survived by his wife, Lein Lanford...

Nov 12, 2022

Bradley "Brad" Ray Metzger              November 12, 2022

Bradley "Brad" Ray Metzger, 85 of Madison, Va. passed away from an ATV accident on Saturday, November 12, 2022. He was born on April 16, 1937 to the late Galen Metzger and Hazel Bassett Metzger. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Bradley R. Metzger, Jr. and Jeffrey...

Nov 12, 2022

Irene Lucy Herring Wood           November 12, 2022

Irene Lucy Herring Wood, 89 of Free Union, Va. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 12, 2022 in Charlottesville. She was born on March 1, 1933 to the late Robert Lee Herring and Rosa Michael Herring. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 70...

Nov 11, 2022

Purcell Leroy Jackson           November 11, 2022

Purcell Leroy Jackson 61 passed away November 11, 2022. He was born February 4, 1961, to James and Artelia Jackson. He attended the public schools in Queens, New York.

Purcell was preceded in death by his mother; Artelia Jackson, Sister; Angel Jackson, Grandparents; John and Mary Norwood Sr and John and...

Nov 10, 2022

Edward Lee (Butch) Nichol              November 10, 2022

Edward Lee (Butch) Nichol, 84 of Madison, passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 27, 1937 to the late Robert Kenneth Nichol and Mary Katherine Palmer Nichol. He was also preceded in death by brothers, J. R. Nichol and Robert Nichol; sisters,...

Nov 9, 2022

Linda Faye Morris-Neal              November 10, 2022

Linda Faye Morris-Neal, 56, of Madison County, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. She was born on May 30, 1966, to the late Raymond and Marie Worley.

She is survived by her husband, Joe Neal, daughters, Crystal Chu (husband Wayne) and Rose White...

Nov 9, 2022

Patricia Yvonne Battle              November 9, 2022

Patricia Yvonne Battle, 64 of Charlottesville, died Wednesday November 9, 2022 at the University of Virginia Hospital. Born December 11, 1957, she was the daughter of the late John Pershing Atkins and Annie Elizabeth Atkins. She worked as a nurse at UVA for forty years.

Pat was a caring nurse, a...

Nov 8, 2022

Joshua Hugh Woodward    November 8, 2022

Joshua Hugh Woodward, 39 of Madison, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022 in Davidsonville, Maryland. He was born November 7, 1983 in Charlottesville. He was the son of the late Hugh Ross Woodward, maternal grandparents, Jessie and Sallie Dobyns and paternal grandparents, Andrew and Susie Woodward.

He is survived by his...

Nov 5, 2022

Helen Elizabeth (Bunch) Faulconer              November 5, 2022

Helen Elizabeth (Bunch) Faulconer, 96, of Charlottesville Va. passed away on Saturday November 5, 2022 in Charlottesville. Helen was born on May 1st, 1926 in Huntington, WV to the late Zachariah Garland "Zack" Bunch and Emma Helena "Lena" Burks Bunch. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62...

Nov 5, 2022

Otis Ashton Sr.              November 5, 2022

Otis Ashton, Sr., 87, of Unionville, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Novant Health UVA Culpeper Medical Center. He was born on January 31, 1935 in PA, to the late, Joseph and Fannie Ashton.

He is survived by his loving wife, Ruby Ashton; his daughters, Angela Ashton-Becton, and...

Nov 4, 2022

Lula Christian Compton                November 4, 2022

Lula C. Compton went to be with her Lord, and Savior on November 4, 2022 at Autumn Care in Madison. She was born on October 26, 1935 in Washington, D. C. She was the daughter of the late E. J. Christian Sr. and Leah G. Christian.

She was proceeded in death...

Nov 4, 2022

James Robert Garnett, Jr.                November 4, 2022

James Robert Garnett, Jr., 75 of Gordonsville, died Friday November 4, 2022. Born May 26, 1947 in Fredericksburg, he was the son of the late James Robert Garnett and Myrtis Bache Garnett. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Doris Garnett.

Mr. Garnett was a member of Blue...

Nov 3, 2022

Ronda Bentley Stone           November 3, 2022

In loving memory of Ronda Bentley Stone, loving wife and mother, who passed away on November 3, 2022 at the age of 53. She was the devoted wife of Daniel Stone and loving mother of their two daughters, Ellen Morrissette (Justin) and Brittny Chum (Chivoanmony). She is also survived by her sister, Cindy...

Oct 25, 2022

Rowena Elizabeth Harlow            October 25, 2022

Rowena Elizabeth Harlow 102, of Aroda passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at her home. She was born on August 25, 1920 in Madison to the late Eddie William McClammer and Mary Elizabeth Walker McClammer and wife of the the late Spurgeon Linwood Harlow. She was also preceded death by...

Oct 24, 2022

Alice Dorothy Morris         October 24, 2022

Alice Dorothy "Fern" Morris, 80, died peacefully Oct. 24 surrounded by family at her home in Gordonsville.

Fern was born Feb. 14, 1942 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada, the eighth of 10 children of Fred and Sarah House. Though she left home at age 20, she remained...

Oct 24, 2022

James Lyman Bradley          October 24, 2022

James Lyman Bradley, 74 of Gordonsville, died Monday October 24, 2022. Born January 21, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was the son of the late Willie Warren Bradley and Lauretta Carr Bradley. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Ronnie Bradley. Mr. Bradley was retired from the U.S. Navy where he...

Oct 21, 2022

Bev Gray Lumsden          October 21, 2022

Bev Lumsden, 70, of Mineral VA, died on Friday, October 21, 2022.  Born in Orange VA, Bev was the son of the late Roy and Alice Lumsden.

Bev was kind, independent and loved freedom. He lived life on his own terms. He loved being outside and he...