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Angela Leigh Honnoll Caldwell

May 19, 2026

Angela Leigh (Honnoll) Caldwell, 77, a longtime resident of Waynesboro, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at Augusta Health.

She was born June 25, 1948, a daughter of the late Marion Honnoll and Gwendolyn (Anderson) Honnoll.

She was a former member of Westwood Baptist Church, serving as its secretary for a number of years....

Bettie Alice Dixon Powell

May 14, 2026

Bettie Alice Dixon Powell, 94 of 501 Oak Avenue, died Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Summit Square where she had lived since December of 2009.

Bettie was born September 9, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Floyd C. and Bernice D. Dixon.

Bettie graduated June 2, 1952 from the University of North Carolina Women's College and...

Lorain Estelle (Hepner) Kent

May 11, 2026

Lorain Estelle (Hepner) Kent 102, passed away peacefully with family by her side on May 11, 2026 at Summit Square in Waynesboro, Virginia.

She was born on October 15, 1923 in Harrisonburg, Virginia the only child of William Albert Hepner and Elsie Bowman Hepner. She was the wife of John E. Kent for 52 years who predeceased...

Ernest "Tinker" Eugene Conner, Sr.

May 9, 2026

Ernest E. Conner, Sr. ("Tinker"), age 79, of Greenville, VA, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 9, 2026.  Born August 10, 1946, he was the son of the late Homer P. and Mary Potter Conner.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Ann (Bosserman) Conner, and a brother, Clarence Layton...

Kenneth George Lester

May 7, 2026

Lester, Kenneth George, born 07/28/1927 passed away 05/07/2026 at home with family surrounding him. Ken was born in Grindstone, MI to Clyde and Bessie Lester. After his freshman year in college he joined the US Navy as a corpsman/medic during the Korean War and served on the FD Roosevelt, the first naval aircraft carrier to be named for a...

Gary Weems Armentrout

May 6, 2026

Gary Weems Armentrout passed away Wednesday May 6th, 2026 at Sunnyside Health Care in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Born to the late Grady and the late Virginia Showers Armentrout on November 1, 1934, he is also predeceased by two brothers; Grady Jr. Armentrout and Brent Armentrout;  sister, Junita "Nita" Walker Armentrout.

Gary served in the United States...

Paul Sylvester Reed

May 4, 2026

Paul S. Reed, 82, a resident of Stuarts Draft, passed away on May 4, 2026 at Augusta Health Shenandoah House in Fishersville. He was born July 3, 1943 in Albemarle County and was the second son of the late Billy D. Reed and Evelyn Fitzgerald Reed.

Paul graduated from Waynesboro High School and worked as an appraiser...

Carmella Grace Denisi Liebal

May 3, 2026

God handpicked another singing angel to join his heavenly choir. Carmella Grace DeNisi Liebal has earned her rest from a life well lived.

Born in 1934 in Altoona Pa, she enjoyed her large Italian family surrounded always by food, laughter, fun and music. She had a voice like an angel when she sang, and some of our...

Gail Marie Saunders

Apr 28, 2026

Gail Marie (Farrell) Saunders, 82, of Gordonsville, Virginia passed away on Tuesday April 28th, 2026 at Louisa Health and Rehabilitation Center in Louisa, Virginia.

Gail was born on April 9th, 1944 on Island Pond, Vermont to the late Thomas H. and the late Doris Mary (O'Keefe) Farrell and is predeceased by her husband Hallie Clark Saunders; youngest...

Nancy Altfather Garber

Apr 28, 2026

It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude for a life well-lived that we announce the passing of Nancy Altfather Garber, who left this world peacefully on April 28, 2026, at the age of 91. Nancy was born on December 14, 1934, in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., to Alton Altfather and Verna (Walwyn) Rullman. She was a beacon...