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Emmett Thomas “Tom” Pitts

Emmett Thomas “Tom” Pitts, Jr. 86, of Montross, VA passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at his home. Tom was born June 15, 1936 in Leedstown, Westmoreland County, VA to the late Emmett Thomas Pitts, Sr. and Celeste Mabel Barker Pitts. Tom serve...

Norma Lee S. Houck

Norma Lee S. Houck, 90 of Spotsylvania, Virginia, was a long-time resident of King George. She was born, raised, and married in West Jefferson, North Carolina. She passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 in Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg....

Helen Virginia (Campbell) Painter

Helen Virginia (Campbell) Painter January 3, 1929-December 12, 2022 Fredericksburg, Virginia   In loving memory of our dear mother, Helen, who passed away December 12, 2022 at the age of 93 in Fredericksburg Health Rehab Center in Fr...

Carol Sue “Susie Shannon

Carol Sue “Susie” Shannon, 50, of Colonial Beach, VA passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 at her home. Susie was born March 2, 1972 to Dennis and Carol Shannon. She loved collecting dolphins, cooking, shopping, and dancing while listening to her ...

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Donald Wayne Gayle

Donald Wayne Gayle, 76, of Ruther Glen died peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2022 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. Born in Fredericksburg on November 23, 1946, he was the son of the late Julian and Emma (Cassie) Gayle. Wayne graduated from C. T. Smith ...

Hersel Richardson, Jr.

Hersel Richardson, Jr., 76, of Colonial Beach, VA passed away on December 9, 2022, in Washington DC. Formerly of Ogden, Utah, Hersel or Bear as most knew him, was an outdoorsman and spent most of his free time in the Utah and Montana mountains doing ...

Adelheid “Heidi” Katherine Schlezak Baranyos

Adelheid “Heidi” Katherine Schlezak Baranyos, 92, of King George, VA, formerly of Philadelphia, PA passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2022.  She was born in Hungary, daughter of the late Ference Schlezak and Katherine Kluwich Schlezak, and immigra...

Claudette Rogers Whitley

Claudette Rogers Whitley, 84, of Ruther Glen passed away on Monday, December 5, 2022.  She was a member of Cardinal Baptist Church.  Claudette was preceded in death by her husband Don Whitley; two children Christopher Dale Whitley and Cynthia Yvonn...

Henry Battle "Peter" Martin

Henry Battle “Peter” Martin, 85 of Woodford passed away on Monday, December 5, 2022 in Mary Washington Hospital. Born in Caroline, he was a member of Round Oak Baptist Church and he and his wife Hazel B. Martin owned and operated H.B. Martin Haul...

Jesse James Nuckols

Jesse James “JJ” Nuckols, 46, of Bowling Green entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Thursday, December 1, 2022. JJ was born in Richmond, Virginia. He is survived by his loving mother, Wilma Pitts Nuckols; a sister, Candice McLean (Col Charles A. McLe...

Catherine Tracey Hudson Gummer

Catherine Tracey (Hudson) Gummer, 64, of King George passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her children on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, after her battle with cancer. She was born Tuesday, May 13, 1958, in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late Jam...

Donald “Don” Francis Goodnow

Donald “Don” Francis Goodnow, 86, of Colonial Beach, VA, passed away on November 28, 2022. Don retired at age 85 from NSWC, Dahlgren after 50 years of employment. Don is preceded in death by a daughter, Alice Goodnow and a son-in-law, Kenno...

Mattie Jones Acors

Mattie Jones Acors, 78. of Partlow, died Sunday, November 27, 2022 at her home. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Elmer Hall Jones and was the widow of Marion “Benny” Acors. She had retired from the Spotsylvania Fire a...

Mark Shane Brown

Mark S. Brown, 60 of Ruther Glen passed away at his home on Sunday, November 27, 2022 after a battle with cancer. Born in Richmond, he was a member of Salem Baptist Church in Sparta and worked for over 35 years at Colesville Nursery in Ashland. He co...

James Robert Forrest Tolson

James Robert Forrest Tolson 72, of King George, Virginia passed away on November 27, 2022 at Mary Washington Hospital after a hard-fought battle with Lung Cancer. Mr. Tolson was born in Radford, Va on June 26, 1950 and was the son of the late Forrest...

Cyrus Hastings Hutchings

Cyrus Hastings Hutchings, 80 of King George, formerly of Kilmarnock, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022 at his home, surrounded in love by his family.  A Virginia native, Cyrus was born to the late Johnie E. Hutchings and Kathrine Hastings Hut...

William Conway Jones

William Conway Jones, 75, of Ruther Glen, died Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Mary Washington Hospital. He had retired after more than 40 years as a heavy equipment operator for Martin-Marietta. For many years, he played the bass guitar for the “Coun...

Judith Lynn Hensley Purkey

Judith Lynn Hensley Purkey, 74 of Colonial Beach, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2022 at Mary Washington Hospital.  Born in Big Stone Gap, VA to her late parents James Hensley and Virginia Wells Hensley, Judy grew up in Montgomery County, MD al...

Betsy Sprague Champlin Altman

It is with very deep sadness that we announce the passing of Betsy Sprague Champlin Altman, 83, of King George, on Thursday, the 17th of November, 2022. Betsy was a much-loved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was born in Silver Creek, NY, i...

Benjamin Allen Tignor, Jr.

Benjamin Allen Tignor Jr., 77, of Tignor passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. He was born on the family farm in Tignor on July 11, 1945, to Grace and Benjamin A. Tignor Sr. He grew up learning the value of hard work ...

William Alexander Duke, Jr.

William Alexander Duke, Jr. arrived at his heavenly home on November 15, 2022. Bill was a devoted husband, loving father, math teacher extraordinaire, volunteer fire fighter, and disability rights consultant/advocate. He was born in Richmond, VA t...

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Julian Van Hodges

Julian Van Hodges, III, age 82, affectionately known as "Van," passed away on Monday, November 14, 2022, at his home in Spotsylvania, Va. Van was born on July 18, 1940, in Atlanta, Georgia.  Due to his father's job with the U.S. Government, Van's...

Marjorie Marie Mills Chinault

Marjorie Mills Chinault, 79, of Woodford, died Sunday, November 13, 2022 at Bowling Green Health and Rehab. She was the daughter of the late Enos and Rebecca Mills and the widow of Julian Jerrel Chinault. She was preceded in death by two sons, Kennet...

Wayne A. Acors

Wayne A. Acors, 75 of Ladysmith, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 in Richmond. Born in Caroline County, he was the widower of Julia M. Acors and had retired as the Director of Transportation for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Way...

Brian Foy Wells

Brian Foy Wells of King George Virginia passed away in the early morning hours on Saturday November 12, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore after a hard-fought battle with sudden acute pancreatitis. Brian, more often known as...