In Memoriam and Obituaries

Listing includes notices shared with the university from Jan. 16 through April 24, 2024. 

1943

• Elizabeth Martin “Minnie” Overton, Halifax, Va., 1/2/2024.

1945

• R. Roy Cosby Jr., Falls Church, Va., 2/18/2024.

1947

• John Patrick Gilman, Richmond, Va., 3/12/2024.

1950

• Harley P. Affeldt, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2/9/2024.
• Howard S. “Hardy” Hardcastle Jr., Cocoa Beach, Fla., 2/6/2024.
• Thomas C. Hunter Jr., Virginia Beach, Va., 3/20/2024.
• John B. Mullin, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3/1/2024.
• Joseph Ring Altizer, Lake Jackson, Texas, 2/3/2024.

1951

• Ray Carmines Jr., Poquoson, Va., 3/28/2024.
• Robert D. Cassell Jr., Mineral Wells, Texas, 1/31/2024.
• Charles I. Tynan Jr., Harrison, Tenn., 1/28/2024.

1952

• William E. Carson, Hopkinsville, Ky., 3/3/2024.
• James W. Case, Westminster, Md., 2/5/2024.
• George McCulloch Jr., North Tazewell, Va., 1/24/2024.
• Ronald W. Palin, Bristol, Va., 1/11/2024.
• Robert K. Ropp, Chesapeake, Va., 4/7/2024.
• Edward J. Scully, Shelton, Conn., 1/23/2024.
• John A. Snider, West Chester, Pa., 3/28/2024.
• Richard H. Snow, Chicago, Ill., 1/11/2024.
• Nancy Porter-Steele, El Cajon, Calif., 1/25/2024.

1953

• Charles C. Jones Jr., Richmond, Va., 1/13/2024.
• Jackson E. “J.E.” Kinzer, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., 2/6/2024.

1954

• William H. Beyer, Akron, Ohio, 3/18/2024.
• Jerry E. Clark, Waxhaw, N.C., 1/16/2024.
• Basil L. Eavey, Myersville, Md., 4/21/2024.
• Charles R. Gunter, Norfolk, Va., 1/5/2024.
• Manning C. Merritt, Williamsburg, Va., 2/21/2024.
• Herbert C. Milton, Brookneal, Va., 4/7/2024.

1955

• Charles W. Miller, Bridgewater, Va., 3/8/2024.

1956

• Charles R. Boley, Pulaski, Va., 1/14/2024.
• Ralph Griffith, West Chester, Ohio, 8/20/2023.

1957

• Harry A. Austin II, Dyke, Va., 3/9/2024.
• Robert M. Meith, Diamondhead, Miss., 3/30/2024.
• Frederick C. Robinson III, Fairchance, Pa., 3/5/2024.

1958

• John V. Blondell, Germantown, Md., 2/21/2024.
• Richard Edwin Gillock, Roanoke, Va., 3/5/2024.
• Reuben L. Graham, Fairmont, W.Va., 2/13/2024.
• Robert E. Mitchell, Bracey, Va., 1/21/2024.
• Charles T. Shotton, Suffolk, Va., 2/11/2024.
• William F. Trapp, Monument, Colo., 1/24/2024.
• James S. Whited, Ashburn, Va., 12/29/2023.

1959

• Joseph Edward Beck Jr., North Chesterfield, Va., 3/28/2024.
• John P. Garber, Jarrettsville, Md., 12/21/2023.
• Robert J. “Jerry” Karn, Boyds, Md., 1/25/2024.
• Margaret G. Senter, Mesa, Ariz., 2/8/2024.
• Robert J. Wondrack, Naples, Fla., 4/6/2024.

1960

• George H. Ellis III, Pinehurst, N.C., 2/13/2024.
• Carter Jackson Ryburn, Abingdon, Va., 2/28/2024.
• Neal N. Viar, Forest, Va., 1/14/2024. 
• Warren O. Wells, Meadowview, Va., 1/18/2024

1961

• Robert S. Bruguiere, New London, N.H., 2/19/2024.
• James C. Burgess, Dyersburg, Tenn., 1/7/2024.
• Larry S. Click, Knoxville, Tenn., 3/4/2024.
• Joseph K. Crunkilton, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., 2/19/2023.
• Donald H. Messersmith, Silver Spring, Md., 1/8/2024.
• Joseph D. Mitchell, Ashburn, Va., 2/11/2024.
• James A. Purdy, Charlotte, N.C., 2/11/2024.
• William S. Shepard, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 3/22/2024.
• Thomas S. “T.S.” Speakman, Reading, Pa., 2/8/2024.
• Neil A. Tucker, Bluefield, W.Va., 4/5/2024.

1962

• Franklin D. Burton, Alexandria, Va., 1/15/2024.
• Robert N. Harvey, East Longmeadow, Mass., 2/18/2024.
• Clarence R. McGlothlin, Mooresville, N.C., 1/10/2024.
• Bobby L. Moore, San Francisco, Calif., 2/6/2024.
• F. D. “Duke” Perry, Raphine, Va., 2/22/2024.
• Robert T. Pritchard, Mechanicsville, Va., 3/7/2024.
• Russell S. Wood, North Chesterfield, Va., 2/1/2024.

1963

• William H. Crabtree, Collinsville, Va., 1/11/2024.
• Hobert H. Cook Jr., Saltville, Va., 2/6/2024.
• Robert C. Hubble, Midlothian, Va., 2/3/2024.
• Bill N. Maggard, Blountville, Tenn., 2/2/2024.
• Joseph A. Robbins, South Bend, Ind., 2/15/2024.
• Linda Payne Scarce, Dry Fork, Va., 2/17/2024.
• Jerry A. Simpkins, Henrico, Va., 2/10/2024.
• Armand V. Smith Jr., Liverpool, N.Y., 2/1/2024.

1964

• William H. Felton Jr., Suffolk, Va., 4/17/2024.
• Neal S. Windley, Norfolk, Va., 4/10/2024.
• Larry L. Smith, Liberty, N.C., 2/23/2024.
• Robert B. Moore Jr., Wytheville, Va., 2/24/2024.

1965

• Robert L. Zepp Jr., Edgewater, Md., 1/20/2024.

1975

• Barbara Helvey Garst, Long Valley, N.J., 1/20/2024.
• Lawrence D. Jackson, Virginia Beach, Va., 11/15/2023.
• Talbot C. Mack, Middleburg, Va., 1/28/2024.
• Walter A. Robbins Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4/14/2024.

1979

• Robert L. Bashore, Broadlands, Va., 4/8/2024.
• Gerald L. Byrd, Bassett, Va., 1/8/2024.
• Jerry L. Garner, Richmond, Va., 1/25/2024.
• James K. McCollum, Huntsville, Ala., 12/10/2023.
• Kim M. Melton, Akron, Pa., 12/17/2023.
• Harry Bruce Rinker III, Staunton, Va., 1/7/2024.
• Ronald S. Shaw, Carlsbad, Calif., 1/5/2024.
• Elvira C. Stokes Tyler, Chesapeake, Va., 3/22/2024.

1980

• Gilberto Colon, Leesburg, Va., 3/25/2024.
• Betty J. Hall Phillips, Leesburg, Va., 12/26/2023.
• David C. Irby, Midlothian, Va., 3/27/2024.
• Jerry W. Lawson, Richmond, Va., 2/29/2024.
• Hugh S. Bishop, Peachtree City, Ga., 3/11/2024.
• Jan Eversen, Norfolk, Va., 4/14/2024.
• Arthur C. Gudikunst, Newport News, Va., 3/12/2024.
• Michael E. Jarrell, Burr Hill, Va., 2/21/2024.
• Mikkel B. Johnson, Los Alamos, N.M., 3/7/2024.
• June L. LoGuirato, Rixeyville, Va., 3/10/2024.
• Henry E. Nicholas Jr., Bonita Springs, Fla., 1/7/2024.
• Wilmer Alan Pounds, Fredericksburg, Va., 4/15/2024.
• Dennis L. Umberger, Corolla, N.C., 1/9/2024.
• Nathan Waldman, Houston, Texas, 1/20/2024.

1966

• Donald E. Ammons, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 10/15/2023.
• John Ernest Bolling, Glen Allen, Va., 1/5/2024.
• Lewis Wayne Boyd, Newport News, Va., 2/12/2024.
• James Edward Johnson, Petersburg, Va., 1/22/2024.
• Dan M. Harman, Frostburg, Md., 3/5/2024.
• Martin J. Marchello, Bismarck, N.D., 3/7/2024.
• Milton L. “Lee” Rayfield, Aiken, S.C., 2/24/2024.
• Wilford R. “Willy” Reams Jr., New Port Richey, Fla., 11/8/2023.

1967

• Robert R. Bergseth, Dayton, Ohio, 11/28/2023.
• Sidney C. Dixon, Gloucester Point, Va., 12/15/2023.
• Theodore A. Hare, Dillsburg, Pa., 1/8/2024.
• George C. Newcomb Jr., Christiansburg, Va., 4/1/2024.
• Stuart T. Pratt, Rural Retreat, Va., 2/25/2024.
• Harry C. Sutherland, Elk Creek, Va., 2/22/2024.
• Richard L. Swanson, Blacksburg, Va., 1/10/2024.
• Sam Franklin Wyatt Jr., Greensboro, N.C., 3/26/2024.

1968

• David I. Byers, Galax, Va., 2/17/2024.
• Earle Wayne Griffith, Leesburg, Va., 2/24/2024.
• Jack W. Raybourne, Mechanicsville, Va., 1/27/2024.
• Kennedy L. Runner, Henrico, Va., 12/13/2023.
• Rodney K. “R.K.” Williams, Forest, Va., 1/24/2024.
• Royal E. Wood, Mechanicsville, Va., 1/11/2024.

1969

• Charles W. Allen, Staunton, Va., 2/8/2024.
• Malcolm W. “Mac” Bates Sr., Rich- mond, Va., 3/15/2024.
• Asbury Wesley Jones, Olympia, Wash., 3/12/2024.
• Donna Beason Pagans, Salem, Va., 1/17/2024.
• Beverly A. Moore Shull, Radford, Va., 2/6/2024.
• Charles R. Thompson, Rustburg, Va., 1/28/2024.

1970

• James W. Plowman, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 11/26/2023.
• Larry A. Hollada, Selbyville, Del., 9/6/2023.
• Wilhelm H. Horst, Sterling, Va., 9/21/2023.
• Joseph D. Barkley II, Virginia Beach, Va., 12/28/2023.
• James R. Hankins, Lebanon, Va., 11/22/2023.
• George N. Canode Jr., Shawsville, Va., 11/21/2023.
• Phyllis A. Hockman, Fairfield, Va., 11/14/2023.
• John M. Friel, Herriman, Utah, 10/1/2023.

1971

• Logan B. Christy, Lincoln, Neb., 12/15/2023.
• Wayne A. Cutchins, Tucson, Ariz., 2/8/2024.
• Charles E. Davis Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., 3/17/2024.
• Kenneth L. Dickson, Aubrey, Texas, 1/9/2024.
• John S. Huddleston, Franklin, Tenn., 1/6/2024.
• Mary Jones “M.J.” Ward, Charlottesville, Va., 2/5/2024.

1972

• Charles E. Harris, Brunswick, Md., 1/29/2024.
• Dennis N. Rosencrance, Worcester, Mass., 1/29/2024.

1973

• Spencer M. Adsit, Williamsburg, Va., 1/17/2024.
• Leigh A. Arnold, Falls Church, Va., 3/16/2024.
• Edward Gordon Hatchell III, Suffolk, Va., 3/2/2024.
• Danny G. Haywood, Mechanicsville, Va., 2/28/2024.
• Samuel T. Moore III, South Hill, Va., 1/3/2024.
• Robert G. Sterrett, Blacksburg, Va., 2/2/2024.

1974

• David L. Adams, Danville, Va., 2/4/2024.
• Carolyn Harr Eichelman, Salem, Va., 4/21/2024.
• Frank M. Fletcher, Waynesboro, Va., 12/12/2023.
• Robert W. Fletcher, Wicomico, Va., 3/1/2024.
• John L. Gilbert, Staunton, Va., 1/7/2024.
• Robert L. Glynn, Mineral, Va., 3/24/2024.
• Russell B. Lyeth, Hampton, Va., 1/7/2024.
• Donna R. Virnelson, Tallahassee, Fla., 1/29/2024.
• Carolyn F. Wells Wilfong, Exmore, Va., 4/9/2024.
• James W. Wright Jr., Newport News, Va., 2/15/2024.
• Robert L. Zepp Jr., Edgewater, Md., 1/20/2024.

1975

• Barbara Helvey Garst, Long Valley, N.J., 1/20/2024.
• Lawrence D. Jackson, Virginia Beach, Va., 11/15/2023.
• Talbot C. Mack, Middleburg, Va., 1/28/2024.
• Walter A. Robbins Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4/14/2024.
• Norma Stephenson Thomasson, Watauga, Tenn., 3/8/2024.
• Donald A. Thibeault Jr., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 2/23/2024.

1976

• Edwin L. Barnes, Mount Airy, N.C., 2/7/2024.
• Debra Toney Capps, College Station, Texas, 3/30/2024.
• Thomas C. Cunningham, Murrieta, Calif., 2/28/2024.
• David A. Fantaci, Arlington, Va., 3/10/2024.
• David L. Guy, Charlotte, N.C., 4/3/2024.
• Beverly Jones Hicks, Flemington, N.J., 3/7/2024.
• Opey D. Jeanes, Mount Olive, N.C., 1/17/2024.
• Gillies P. Rodgers, Shipman, Va., 1/11/2024.

1977

• Harvey B. Barrett, Glencoe, Ill., 2/27/2024.
• Richard K. Fischer, Roanoke, Va., 3/17/2024.
• Everett H. Stephenson Jr., Savannah, Ga., 12/23/2023.

1978

• John P. Allen Jr., Powhatan, Va., 3/3/2024.
• Robert C. Boyd, McLean, Va., 1/6/2024.
• Timothy J. Motyka, Gambrills, Md., 1/29/2024.
• Mona Carter Roche, Williamsburg, Va., 4/5/2024.

1979

• Robert L. Bashore, Broadlands, Va., 4/8/2024.
• Gerald L. Byrd, Bassett, Va., 1/8/2024.
• Jerry L. Garner, Richmond, Va., 1/25/2024.
• James K. McCollum, Huntsville, Ala., 12/10/2023.
• Kim M. Melton, Akron, Pa., 12/17/2023.
• Harry Bruce Rinker III, Staunton, Va., 1/7/2024.
• Ronald S. Shaw, Carlsbad, Calif., 1/5/2024.
• Elvira C. Stokes Tyler, Chesapeake, Va., 3/22/2024.

1980

• Gilberto Colon, Leesburg, Va., 3/25/2024.
• Betty J. Hall Phillips, Leesburg, Va., 12/26/2023.
• David C. Irby, Midlothian, Va., 3/27/2024.
• Jerry W. Lawson, Richmond, Va., 2/29/2024.
• William A. Moser, Daleville, Va., 1/5/2024.

1981

• William Finneran, Chevy Chase, Md., 1/10/2024.
• Robert C. Hudson, Halifax, Va., 3/27/2024.
• Bonnie Wornom Hulcher, New Market, Ala., 12/28/2023.
• Daniel G. Johnson, Salem, Ore., 1/3/2024.
• Alan D. Obaugh, Staunton, Va., 1/29/2024.
• Phyllias A. Smith, Williamsburg, Va., 4/17/2024.
• Johnny J. Teglas, Blacksburg, Va., 2/21/2024.

1982

• Gary G. Green Jr., Cypress, Texas, 12/23/2023.
• William P. Patterson, Charlotte, N.C., 1/14/2024.

1983

• G. Ronald Brown, Berryville, Va., 3/18/2024.

1984

• Harold Bruce Downey, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 3/23/2024.
• Helen C. Munson, Blacksburg, Va., 11/4/2023.
• Joseph W. Ofano Jr., Herndon, Va., 2/28/2024.
• Wanda L. Price, Blacksburg, Va., 2/29/2024.

1985

• Dennis R. Cogswell, Henrico, Va., 3/18/2024.
• Barbara H. Dennis, Chapel Hill, N.C., 3/20/2024.
• Kevin G. Harding, Jetersville, Va., 3/22/2024.
• Timothy P. Reilly, Virginia Beach, Va., 3/4/2024.
• Connie Durst Samson, Centreville, Va., 4/9/2024.
• Sarah C. Varney Sarracino, Fort Myers, Fla., 1/18/2024.
• Waller Carter Smith Jr., Hanover, Va., 2/25/2024.

1986

• Wanda Langston Enns, Beatrice, Neb., 2/4/2024.
• Dominick J. Porcelli, Lighthouse Point, Fla., 2/11/2024.

1987

• Teresa L. Duschean, Roanoke, Va., 1/17/2024.
• Diane M. Nymberg, Henrico, Va., 2/7/2024.

1988

• James C. Dumminger Sr., Farmville, Va., 3/8/2024.

1989

• Stephen E. Jones, Vienna, Va., 1/9/2024.
• Wendell Perry, Garysburg, N.C., 1/18/2024.
• Robert E. Williams Jr., Locust Grove, Va., 3/13/2024.

1990

• Charlene Carmichael Johnston,Spring Hill, Fla., 1/13/2024.
• Joseph E. Dierker, Seattle, Wash., 3/12/2024.
• David M. Rodriguez, Manassas, Va., 3/26/2024.

1991

• Christina M. Goodwin, Falls Church, Va., 3/13/2024.
• Jane L. Huffman, Fredericksburg, Va., 3/19/2024.

1992

• Cheryl Boone Walker, Roanoke, Va., 4/2/2024.

1993

• Jack Darl Fletcher Jr., North Chesterfield, Va., 3/7/2024.
• Edwin H. Harris Jr., Clarksville, Va., 1/3/2024.
• Christina G. Meade, Wise, Va., 3/16/2024.
• Brian Keith Wagner, Ellicott City, Md., 1/29/2024.

1994

• Michael A. Rogers, Midlothian, Va., 1/24/2024.

1995

• Mark D. Gordon, Oro Valley, Ariz., 12/9/2023.
• Richard J. Harlow, The Colony, Texas, 12/19/2023.

1997

• Gary L. Lacy, Raleigh, N.C., 12/24/2023.

2000

• Catherine Garner Goins, Bluefield, Va., 1/27/2024.
• David C. Goodyear, Christiansburg, Va., 1/10/2024.
• Shannon T. Jonas, Roanoke, Va., 12/23/2023.
• Courtney J. Langdon, Charlotte, N.C., 4/4/2024.

2001

• Jason S. Takacs, Henrico, Va., 2/3/2024.

2002

• Matthew J. Schneider, Virginia Beach, Va., 3/2/2024.

2003

• Michael J. Peters, Salem, Va., 3/3/2024.

2004

• Allan W. Sullivan, Norfolk, Va., 2/13/2024.

2005

• Randy J. Richardson, Danville, Va., 12/14/2023.

2007

• Melanie A. Van Horn, Aldie, Va., 12/18/2023.

2009

• Matthew T. Oehninger, Virginia Beach, Va., 1/10/2024.

2010

• Bradley D. Hughston, Roanoke, Va., 2/18/2024.

2013

• David A. Wedin, Pearisburg, Va., 1/31/2024.

2015

• Zachary T. Hoover, Bealeton, Va., 4/6/2024.
• Alexander T. Stubberfield, Blacksburg, Va., 2/28/2024.

2016

• William Hayden Curbow, Roanoke, Va., 4/2/2024.

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