Obituaries
Charles R. Spence
Dec 29, 2020
Charles R. Spence went Home to be with his Lord on December 29, 2020. He was preceded in death by his mother Odessa S. Spence, Matthew H. Spence, and sister Catherine Spain. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Jane Matthews Spence and an only daughter, Julie A. Nelson. Charles was retired from CSX Railroad after a...
Harry Lee Upson
Dec 29, 2020
Harry Lee Upson II of Farmville, Virginia, died peacefully at age 64 on December 29, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Vanessa Upson, his mother, Betty Sauer, his sister, Debbie Thompson (Larry), his children, Coleman (Misty) Upson and Rebecca Upson (Robert Thompson), his grandchildren, Nathaniel, Alexander, and Christian Upson, his niece and nephew, Matthew (Ria) Thompson and Whitney (Robert)...
Mary Florine Webb
Dec 28, 2020
MARY FLORINE WEBB of Powhatan, VA, a friend to everyone she met, passed away on December 28, 2020. She was 84 years old. Florine was an innocent child of God, mentally challenged all of her life, but happy and content. Her parents and siblings, with the help of relatives and friends, took care of her for 70 years. For the...
Frederick Warren Boatwright
Dec 27, 2020
Frederick Warren Boatwright, 85 of Powhatan, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 27, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Junious and Minnie Boatwright; his sisters, Virginia Pflueger, Mildred Boatwright, Joyce Johnson, and Shirley Berman, and his brother James Boatwright. He is survived by his wife of 64 years Ruth Boatwright, his children,...
James Corbett Guss, Jr.
Dec 24, 2020
James Corbett Guss, 94 of Powhatan, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlene Adkins Guss; daughter, Theresa Lynn Guss; grandaughter, Kimberly Dawn Guss; sisters, Annie Iris Guss, Hazel Bradley and Blanche Cook; brother, George O. Guss and son in law David Groome. He is survived by four children, James "Mike" M. Guss...
Mickey R Hodges
Dec 18, 2020
Mickey Hodges 70, of Midlothian passed away Friday, December 18, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Hodges, of 48 years; his children Mickey Hodges, Jr. (Tara), Jeffrey Hodges, Michael Hodges, Amanda Hodges; Grandchildren Hannah Davis, Maddy Hodges, Chloe Hodges, Cassie Hodges, Breanna Hodges, Melanie Hodges, Phoebe Hodges, Seth Hodges, Dixielyn Hodges; great Grandson Gabriel Sigler; siblings Rachel Bondurant,...
Clyde Monroe York, Jr.
Dec 11, 2020
Clyde Monroe York, Jr., 82 of Chesterfield, was born May 21,1938, went to be with his Lord & Savior on Friday, December 11, 2020. Clyde was preceded in death by his father, Clyde & mother, Sue. He is survived by his loving wife, Betty of 22 years; son, Jay; brother, Ron; 5 step-children, Melanie, Scott, April, Kristin and Jessica; 23...
Kenneth Lynwood Tiller
Dec 11, 2020
Kenneth Lynwood Tiller, age 68, of Midlothian, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 11, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents William Thomas Tiller and Mary Arlene Kurtz and stepfather Richard Wilson Kurtz, his sister Patsy Neisz, and his brothers Harry and William Tiller. He is survived by the love of his life, his...
Karen Elizabeth Martin
Dec 9, 2020
Karen Elizabeth Martin went to be with Jesus on December 9, 2020 at age 49. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia. She is preceded by her mother, Marie Gauldin. Karen is survived by her husband, Robert Martin, her children, Abigail and Matthew Martin, her siblings, Kathy Fite and Eric Warner, her Aunt Gloria and Uncle Pete Doughty, and many nieces...
Glenn Edward Poe
Dec 9, 2020
Glenn Edward Poe, 53 of Powhatan passed away suddenly on Wednesday December 9, 2020. He was a man of the outdoors who loved hunting and fishing that didn’t know a stranger. Also, in the fall you could find him watching the Virginia Tech Hokies or the Dallas Cowboys talking with his buddies. A District Manager for Brown Distributing who had...
Robert Robinson Cosby, Sr.
Dec 5, 2020
Cosby, Robert Robinson, Sr., 83, of Powhatan, passed away December 5, 2020. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Elizabeth; his children, Harriette Jamerson (Doug); Robert, Jr.; Elizabeth Cosby Cart; and Charles F.N. “Hank"; eight grandchildren, Justin Jamerson (Tracie), Douglas Jamerson (Kristen), Jeffrey Jamerson (Jessica), Eliza Cart, Eleanor Cart, Walter Henry Cart, Noble Cosby and Brendan Cosby; six...
Pat Lancaster
Dec 5, 2020
Pat Lancaster, 80 of Powhatan, Virginia, passed away December 5, 2020. She is survived by Her husband of 60 years Donnie Lancaster;children, Beth Worsham (Benny), Donna Nolen (Mark) and Lonnie Lancaster (Stacy) all of Powhatan;siblings, Jake, Albert, Margie, Ginger, Frances and Brenda; grandchildren, Mary, Mandy, Steven and Josh; great grandchildren, Jordan, Eva, Elena, Olivia and Jude. Special thanks to Powhatan...
Lucky Darnell Hill
Dec 3, 2020
Lucky Darnell Hill, 67 of Powhatan, Virginia, passed away December 3, 2020. He leaves behind his loving wife Sheila Morehead Hill;2 wonderfull children, Shannon Hill (Melissa) and Gemelle Eagan (David); 2 wonderfull grandchildren, Camden 15 and Willow 7; loving mother, Nellie Frances Hill; sister, Patricia Sandidge; nieces, Brittany Lovett (Chris) and Amber Barbieri (Luke); great nephew, Davis. Lucky Hill worked...
Dana Marie Netherland
Dec 1, 2020
Dana Marie Netherland, 56 of Powhatan, passed away December 1, 2020. She is survived by her husband of 32 years James Netherland, Jr.; son, Adam Netherland (Jennifer); daughter, Katelyn Netherland; sister, Stacey Boatwright; uncle, Robert "Bobby" Searles. The family will receive friends Monday December 7,2020, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the Bennett & Barden Funeral Home 3215 Anderson...
Matthew Jennings Bennett
Nov 28, 2020
Matthew "Matt" Jennings Bennett (60), of Powhatan, passed away November 28, 2020. As a young man, he felt called to the funeral industry. He received his Funeral Director and Embalmers License in 1982. He purchased the Rose Funeral Home in November of 1985. In 1992 he relocated to the current location and changed the name to Bennett & Barden Funeral...
Gloria Lathrop
Nov 27, 2020
Gloria Lathrop, 79 of Powhatan, VA passed away on Friday November 27th, 2020. She is survived by her daughters Wendy Goodwyn (Art) and Becky Griffith (Brian), four grandchildren: Brittany Fridley (Cory), Landis Goodwyn, Bryce Hylton (Paige), Lyndsey Hylton, and three great grandchildren: Easton & Caroline Fridley and Bonnie Hylton. Gloria is preceded in death by her husband of fifty years...
Louise Hayes Sawyer
Nov 21, 2020
Louise H. Sawyer, 73, of Powhatan, passed away Nov. 21, 2020. She is survived by two daughters, Andrea Stapleton of Glen Allen, Patricia Gregory of Powhatan; three brothers, Dale, Danny, Lacy Hayes; two sister, Linda Turner, Wilma Gore; two grandchildren, Casey Stapleton, Jacob Gregory and one great grandson, Bryson Gregory. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8...
Frances Hardy Tilman
Nov 18, 2020
TILMAN, Frances Hardy, 88, of Powhatan, died November 18, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Samuel Cole Tilman. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Maryvel and Andrew Firda, and her granddaughter Catherine. Mrs. Tilman worked for the State of Virginia for thirty-seven years, and also helped her husband establish and run Samuel...
Lillian G. Adams
Nov 16, 2020
Lillian G Adams, 88 of Powhatan, passed away November 16, 2020, at home surrounded by her family. She was born May 19,1932 in Buckingham, to Bly and Elizabeth Gutherie and married Franklin Adams of Cumberland, in 1954. She graduated from Longwood College in 1954 where she received a B.S. Degree in Business Education. In 1975, she received a Masters of...
Shirley Lewis Dowdy
Nov 13, 2020
Shirley Lewis Dowdy, 85, of Powhatan, died November 13, 2020 surrounded by family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Irene Dowdy and his grandson, Shane M. Wood. He is survived by his wife, Elinor P. Dowdy; children, Michael Dowdy (Kathy), Diane Wood (Mike), Barbara Dowtin, Carolyn Black (Fred), Linda Ransone (Jimmy), Suzanne Henderson (Rob) and Audra...
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