U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
WALKER
Miss Megan Nicole Walker, 14, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Monday, October 29, 2001. She was a student at Dinwiddie High School. She was preceded in death by a paternal grandfather, Dwight M. Walker; and an uncle, David L. Walker. She is survived by her mother, Kelly M. Finnegan (J.T. Martin); father, Jeffrey B. Walker; a half brother, Austin B. Williams; a maternal grandmother, Janie K. Campbell (Don); a maternal grandfather, John T. Finnegan; a paternal grandmother, Nancy H. Walker (Gilbert Milton); a paternal great-grandmother, Gertrude R. Walker; aunts, Trisha Callis, Jill Mitchell (Steve), Jodie Pullano (Lance), Kim King (Dickie) and Sue Walker; one uncle, Mike Walker (Kitty); several great-aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, November 2, 2001 at 11 a.m. at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son. Interment will follow in Blandford Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, November 1, 2001 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
WERTZ
Departed this life October 30, 2001, Mr. William A. (Billy) Wertz of Richmond. The staff of the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home is serving his family.
WETHERHOLT
Basil L. Wetherholt, 93, a resident of Waverly, Va. since June of 2000 and formerly of Huntington, W.Va., died October 30, 2001 in Waverly, Va. He was the husband of the late Ruby Sheffield Wetherholt and a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by a sister, Ruby W. Morrison of Milton, W.Va. A graveside service will be held in Waverly Cemetery on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Philip Elliot. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield is handling arrangements. The family would appreciate no flowers or donations.
YOUNG
Frank Wesley Young, 88, of Richmond, died Tuesday, October 30, 2001. A native of Roanoke, Mr. Young served in the Sixth Army, Second Battalion, during WWII. Before the war he worked as a foreman at the Southren Biscuit Company in Richmond, and after his discharge from the service he joined Cole's Caterers and Confectioners as its chief confectioner and cake decorator. His clients included all of Virginia's governors of the early post war era. With the late Henry L. Dyson he formed the custom catering firm of Dyson & Young in 1964. Mr. Young is survived by a sister, Alice Wynne; a brother, James Saul, both of Richmond; two daughters, Patricia Young Hegamyer and Susan Young Boyle, both of Richmond; two sons, John W. Young of Richmond and Roger E. Young of Charlottesville; and four grandsons. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Rd. where services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Dr. Ben Judy dies at age 79
Dec 14, 2001
Samuel Benjamin Judy's call to medicine was so strong he forfeited a professional football career and two would-be retirements.
Dr. Ben Judy, who served the town of Clarksville for 43 years and continued to practice in North Carolina, died Saturday at 79. He was preparing to go to the office that morning when he collapsed, said his wife, Mildred.
"He really was honest and took his time with patients," she said. "He was notorious for not being on schedule because he took that time. Someone said yesterday, 'He's the gruffest, most gentle person I have ever known.' That really was him."
He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1943. He played football for Tech and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles but chose medicine instead. He earned a degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1948 and did his residency at Richmond's Stuart Circle Hospital.
The family practitioner opened a medical practice in Clarksville in 1949, locating there at a friend's invitation.
"He's an icon here in Clarksville," said Dr. Reginald S. Young, local dentist. "He delivered babies and he took care of emergencies. He went on house calls for years. He was one of the best diagnosticians I have ever known."
Young recalled that for many years, Dr. Judy was the only practicing physician in Clarksville. In 1979, the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce named him Citizen of the Year.
After selling the Judy Clinic to South Boston Hospital, he worked briefly in Brookneal and at the Mecklenburg County Correctional Center at Boydton.
Moving to the mountains of Waynesville, N.C., was a joy to the West Virginia native who enjoyed the outdoors.
After seven years with the Hazelwood Family Practice in Waynesville, Dr. Judy began working with Westcare Family Medicine in Franklin, N.C.
"He was so popular in Waynesville, that people followed his practice, driving 45 miles each way to see him," Mrs. Judy said.
Dr. Judy was a Diplomate and life member of the American Academy of Family Practice, a life member of the Virginia Medical Society and a member of the North Carolina Medical Society.
In 1992 he was named to Virginia Tech's All Century Football Team.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Janelle Langford of Clarksville; three sons, Billy Judy of Gibsonville, N.C., Jess Judy of Nashville, Tenn., and S.B. "Bubba" Judy Jr. of Greensboro, N.C.; a stepson, Don Lamb of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.; a sister, Edna Miller of Loudon, Tenn.; six grandchildren, one step-grandson and two step-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life was held Tuesday in Waynesville, N.C. A memorial service will be held in Clarksville at 2 p.m. Saturday at Clarksville Baptist Church.
Dr. Aubrey C. Duffer
Jun 25, 2003
A funeral for Dr. Aubrey Curr Duffer, an Orange County dentist and a former president of the Northern Virginia Dental Association, will be held Thursday at noon at Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Graham Cemetery.
Dr. Duffer, who practiced in Orange for 41 years, died Sunday. He was 87.
A graduate of the University of Richmond and the Medical College of Virginia in 1940, he was called to active Navy duty shortly after joining a private practice in Franklin.
He began a practice in 1946 in Orange and was the 1954 president of the Northern Virginia Dental Association. In 1973, he was elected a Fellow of the Virginia Dental Association.
Dr. Duffer was a longtime Sunday School teacher at Orange Baptist Church, a church trustee and a chairman of the Board of Deacons, and his civic work included a term as president of the Orange chapter of the American Cancer Association and as president of the Orange Lions Club.
His wife of 53 years, Pauline Jennings Cook Duffer, died in 1995.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Utz
Jones Duffer; a daughter, Judith Duffer Roop of Luray; two brothers, Rufus Duffer and Frank Duffer, both of Red Oak; a sister, Mary Duffer Billings of Chase City; five stepchildren, Gwen Clark of Culpeper, Taylor
Jones of Richmond, and Eric Jones, Karen Samuels and Connie Neale, all of Orange; two grandchildren and eight step-grandchildren.
ALEXANDER
Ms. Opra Elizabeth Alexander, 82, of Richmond, Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 16, 2001. She is survived by her daughter, Mary "Peaches" Loadholt and son-in-law, B. Warren Loadholt; her life long love, Percy Gordon of Brooklyn, N.Y.; cousins, Sharon Washington of Maryland, Charles and Eddie Wood of Maryland and Philip and Royalette Wood of North Carolina; special friends, Hazel and Donald Dowden, Archie
Jones and Audrey N. Stamper; and a host of other relatives and friends. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where funeral services will be held Saturday, September 22, 11 a.m. Elder Drew, officiating. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Relatives and friends attending funeral services, assemble at the funeral home Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
BURTON
Doris Harding Burton died September 16, 2001. She was the widow of Gustavus "Sip" Winfrey Burton Jr., who passed away in October 1999. She is survived by three children: LaVerne R. Holman and her husband, Ward Holman of Apalachicola, Fla.; Harry H. Burton and his wife, Jacque of Boyce, Va. and John "Jack" M. Burton and his wife, Dr. Carolyn Fortner-Burton of Richmond, Va.; and six grandchildren, Leslie R. Bottomley of Atlanta, Ga., Tommy Robinson Jr. and Christopher J. Robinson, Apalachicola, Fla. and Tiffany, Jenna Miles and Sammy Burton of Richmond, Va. She was a member of Reveille United Methodist Church, member of Christian Fellowship Class and Brandon Woman's Club. A memorial service will be held at Reveille United Methodist, 4200 Cary Street on September 22 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the American Heart Association, American Lung Association or Alzheimer's Association.
CLEMENTS
Marvin (Monk) Clements, age 82, of Gum Spring, Va., departed this life Wednesday, September 19, 2001. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Margaret
Foster Clements; six children, Wayne A. Clements, Edith C. Hall, Lawrence M. Clements, John A. Clements, David L. Clements and Ellen C. Liesfeld; ten grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, several nieces and nephews. His remains rest at the Lacy Funeral Home, Rt. 522, Mineral, Va., where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday in Gum Spring United Methodist Church, Gum Spring, Va. Interment will follow in church cemetery. Mr. Clements was a retired carpenter, veteran of WWII, and member of Goochland VFW Post 8617.
CORDELL
Markell DeVonne Cordell departed this life September 15, 2001. As Markell started the journey homeward, he left many standing in the corridor of life grieving his departure. They are his devoted mother, Sherrell Deneen Cordell; father, Keith Lionel Johnson; stepmother, Revon Yvette Johnson; stepfather, Ralston Olando Greene; sisters, Markea SheVonne, Martea Shaffon, Shomeah LaShawn Cordell, Natalie Kionna and Alesia Brionna Johnson; stepbrothers, DeVon RoVelle, Darryl Everette Johnson; grandmother, Shirley M. Johnson; grandfather, Willis Longworth Cordell; great-grandmother, Cecelia Johnson; aunts, Terry C. Johnson, Karen and Joyce Cordell; uncles, Blaine L., Marvin V. and Troy Cordell; great-aunts, Doris Christian, Barbara, Joyce, Beatrice, Mary Johnson, Marshall Tate and Diane Chavis; great-uncles, Hubert, Vernon, and Charles Christian, Raymond and Michael Johnson; great-great aunts, Jean Boothe; devoted cousins, Shaquawn Thompson, Markee and Maurice Johnson; devoted godmother, Cynthia Gregory; also, Marilyn Archer; devoted godbrothers, Michael Gregory and Trevell Archer; godsisters, Lakeicha Bassette and Katrina Nicholson; and a host of cousins and friends too numerous to mention. Remains rest at the Chiles Funeral Home, 2100 Fairmount Ave., where family will receive friends Friday 6 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday 12 noon from Cedar Street Baptist Church, Rev. David T. Frazier, pastor of Mt. Sinai, officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. Remains will rest in church one hour prior to service. Please sign guestbook available at www.chilesfuneralhome.com.
DOOLEY
Diane Higdon Dooley, 48, of Midlothian, Va., a sales representative for AAA, passed away September 17, 2001. She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Wallace L. Dooley; daughter, Kimberly Michelle Dooley; mother, Shirley Higdon; brother, Wayne Higdon. She was presently attending Riversouth Community Church. The family will receive friends Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Huguenot Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Rd., where services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday. Interment 2 p.m. Tuesday at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.
DRAPER
Mrs. Dorothy Draper of Midlothian, Va. departed this life Thursday, September 20, 2001. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
FORBES
Departed this life September 18, 2001, Mr. Beverly Clifton Forbes, formerly of 2315 3rd Ave. He is survived by four devoted brothers, Booker (Grace) of Killeen, Texas, Bert Ray, Willie (Dorothy), and Vernon (Darnell) Forbes; six devoted sisters, Helen G. Brown, Elizabeth (George) Gregory of Washington, D.C., Nancy Hamlett, Rose Forbes, Vashti (Robert) Forbes-Kelly, and Judith Collins; a host of nieces, among them devoted, Heather Collins; a host of nephews, among them devoted, Charles M.
Brown Jr.; a host of great-nieces and great-nephews; uncle and aunt, George and Vashti Jude of Baltimore, Md.; other relatives and friends. Remains rest at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th St., where the family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. Remains will lie in state Saturday 10 a.m. at Fourth Baptist Church, 2800 P St., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Dr. Grady
Powell officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. The family may be contacted at 321-1175
FORESMAN
Helen Tilden Williamson Foresman, 79, of Lexington, died Wednesday, September 19, 2001 at the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. Mrs. Foresman was born on August 31, 1922 in Charlottesville to the late Lee Tilden Hoomes Williamson and Isabel Howard Perkinson Williamson. She attended Longwood College in Farmville and during WWII she was employed by the Special Services School at Washington and Lee University. After the war, she was an x-ray technician at the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was a member of the Stonewall Jackson Hospital Auxiliary for over 40 years and was a past president. She was a long-time member of the R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church. Her great-grandfather was the first professor of engineering at the Virginia military Institute and her grandfather was the chief civilian engineer for the construction of the Panama Canal. Mrs. Foresman married the late Henry Joyce Foresman on April 19, 1952 at the R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington. In addition to her husband, she is preceded in death by her sister, Isabel Howard Hoyt; and a brother, Lee Tilden Williamson. Mrs. Foresman is survived by four sons, Lt.Col. (P) Henry J. Foresman Jr. of Heidelberg, Germany, Lee G. and Giselle Foresman of Elizabeth City, N.C., Robert H. and Janet Foresman of Lexington, George W. and Gail Foresman of Powhatan; and eight grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother, William Howard Williamson of Houston, Mo.; numerous nieces and nephews and many granddogs. A memorial service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2001, at the R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church, according to the Rites of the Book of Common Prayer, by the Rev. Tom O'Dell and the Rev. Kathy Gray. The family will receive visitors at their parent's home on September 20 and 21 from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8:30 p.m. After the funeral, the family invites all to join them in a celebration of "Miss Helen's" life at G. Willakers at the Inn at Hunt Ridge. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the VMI Foundation Williamson or Smith's Scholarship Funds or the Rockbridge Area Hospice. Arrangements by the Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.
FREDERICKSEN
Ella Pollard Fredericksen, 89, of Richmond, died Thursday, September 20, 2001. She is survived by her brother, James M. Fredericksen. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., where the family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday (today). Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
GAINES
Viola Gaines of Richmond, formerly of Philadelphia, died September 20, 2001. Remains rest at Scott's Funeral Home, 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd. Funeral notice later.
GANE
Leon C. Gane, youngest son of Harold and Beatrice Gane, Darien, Conn., died at sea aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on August 30, 2001 following an extensive European tour. Leon was a graduate of Andover Academy and Hamilton College and studied at the University of North Carolina. His career began with Texaco, and he was subsequently employed by Planter's Bank, Richmond, Va. Leon's banking career continued for many years at the Chase Manhattan Bank. He also worked for American Express Bank. Leon formerly resided in Darien, Conn., Greenwich, Conn., and Houston, Texas. Prior to recently moving to Williamsburg, Va., Leon was a long-time resident of Booth Bay Harbor, Maine. He is survived by his children, R. Torrey Gane of Atlanta, Ga. and H.J. Dana Gane of Miami Beach, Fla.; as well as his brother, Eustace H. Gane II of Carrollton, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2001 at River Road Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va. Burial will be private. The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to cancer or diabetes. research.
