Reverend Erwin Leon “Pappy” Black, 64, of Staunton, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Augusta Health in Fishersville. Pappy was born August 19, 1947 in Bath County, Virginia to the late James A. and Clara B. Black. He was married to his wife of twenty seven years, Betty I. Black, formerly of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Pappy was educated...
Henry Reese Smith
Henry Reese Smith, 80, of 402 Pinehurst Heights Road, Hot Springs, Virginia, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at his residence. He was born May 17, 1931 in Staunton, Virginia, the son of the late William Franklin Smith and Betty Ruth (Smith) Smith. He was married to Mary Frances Hostetter Smith who preceded him in death in 1973. Mr. Smith...
Joyce B. Polane
Joyce B. Polane, 70, of 124 Incubator Hollow Road, Hot Springs, Virginia died peacefully Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at her residence. She was born December 21, 1940 in Mountain Grove, Virginia the daughter of the late Alden Bird and Margaret Curry Bird. She was married to Jerry Polane whom he married at St. Lukes Episcopal Church in 1965. Mrs....
June “Junie” Lee Keyser Failes
June “Junie” Lee Keyser Failes, 77, of Hot Springs, died Monday, August 15, 2011 at Bath Community Hospital. Mrs. Failes was born December 10, 1933, in Bath County, Virginia, to the late Franklin Decatur Keyser and Elvie Smith Keyser Walker. She was married to Walter Britt Failes, Sr., her husband of 54 years, who preceded her in death on October...
Reverend Thurmond Jenkins, Sr.
Reverend Thurmond Jenkins, Sr., 78, 41 Arrow Head Lane, Stuarts Draft, Virginia, died Sunday, July 31, 2011 at his residence. He was born October 21, 1932 in Nettie, West Virginia the son of the late Reverend Kennerson Henry Jenkins and Carrie Vivian Cole Jenkins. On November 16, 1951 he married Betty Jean Gumm of Stuarts Draft. In 1971 Reverend...
Mona H. Robertson
Mona H Robertson, 90, of Warm Springs, Virginia, died Saturday July 30, 2011 at the Springs Nursing Center in Hot Springs. Mrs. Robertson was born June 5, 1921 in McDowell, Virginia, the daughter of the late Samuel Berlin Hammer and Grace Ralston Hammer. She was married to Kenneth L. Robertson, her husband of 55 years, whom she married on October...
Betty Jane Thomas Mines
Betty Jane Thomas Mines, 71, of Millboro, Virginia, died Thursday, July 28, 2011 in Millboro. Mrs. Mines was born in Bath County, Virginia on June 16, 1940 a daughter of the late Walter Lee Thomas and Mary Jane Kincaid Thomas. She was married to the late Ernest Wayne Mines, Sr. For many years she worked as a nurse’s aid and provided home care...
James B. “Jim” Deel
James B. “Jim” Deel, 82, of Warm Springs, Virginia, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Bath Community Hospital. Mr. Deel was born May 10, 1929 in Charleston, West Virginia to the late Ernest Deel and Ethel Deel Stephenson. He retired in 1991 after thirty years of service with the Virginia Department of Transportation. He was a veteran of the U.S....
