Obituaries for July 15, 2011

By: Times-Dispatch Staff | Times-Dispatch
Published: July 15, 2011

METRO

Allen, Mr. John F., 54, of Chesterfield, husband of Susan Harrington Allen.

Booth, Mr. Clarence Edward, 65, of Richmond, a retired employee of Philip Morris, husband of Linda Ferguson Booth.

Bowen, Mrs. Edna Jones, 72, of Richmond, widow of Lessie Bowen.

Canton, Mr. Vincent J., 92, of Richmond.

Conrad, Mr. Cecil Sr., 86, of Richmond, a retired U.S. Army veteran, widower of Mary J. Conrad.

Coward, Mrs. Louise Giles Holland, 89, of Richmond, formerly of Franklin, Fripp Island, S.C., and Greenville, S.C., widow of William Jackman Coward Jr.

Dabney, Mr. Wilbur O. "Butt," 94, of Ashland, former proprietor of Butt's Barber Shop in Ashland, widower of Virginia Mae Dabney.

Ford, Mr. Robert E. Sr., 91, of Richmond, a World War II Army veteran, widower of Lucy Ford.

Harless, Mrs. Evelyn Doris Lane, 79, of Richmond, a former employee of Edwards Shoe Store and L.A. Harless and Son roofing business, wife of Leonard Harless.

Heath, Miss Desiree S., 17, of Richmond, daughter of Lorenzo Rustin and the late Alfreda "Sue" Smith and stepdaughter of Yvette Rustin.

Kirn, Mr. James Frederick, 91, of Richmond, a World War II veteran, a former chemist at the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research, husband of Nell Kirn.

Lucas, Mr. Orville Christopher, 78, of Chesterfield, a Korean War-era Air Force veteran, a retired operator for Reynolds Metals Co., husband of Margaret H. Lucas.

Reed, Mr. Clarence Jacob, 91, of Richmond, widower of Carrie Inez Reed.

Upp, Mrs. Gladys Bradenham, 103, of New Kent, a retired teacher, widow of Edgar Warson Upp.

Woody, Mr. Franklin Grover, 84, of Beaverdam, a retired laborer with a lumber business, husband of Nancy Woody.

VIRGINIA

AMELIA – Coon, Mr. Stanley G., 54, a truck driver, husband of Maryfrances Coon.

CHASE CITY – Garner, Mrs. Carolyn Wells, 67, a retired registrar for Mecklenburg County, wife of Glenn Garner.

DINWIDDIE – Reese, Mrs. Marjorie Bain, 85, a retired secretary for Virginia Tech Extension Service in Dinwiddie County, widow of Crawford "Punk" A. Reese.

DRAKES BRANCH – Smith, Mrs. Barbara Neal, 76, a retired manager with Publix Super Markets Inc., widow of George Russell Smith Sr.

ELKIN – Parrish, Mrs. Beverley Dodd, 81, a retired secretary with Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co., wife of Walter Parrish.

KENBRIDGE – Hicks, Mrs. Mary Barnes, a homemaker, widow of Maxie E. Hicks Sr.

KILMARNOCK – Bruse, Mr. James George, 91, a retired production manager for Southland Distribution Center in Fredericksburg, widower of Ann Louise Gibson Bruse.

KING WILLIAM – Lowe, Mr. Emmett Sr., 83, owner of Lowe's Arlington Farm and a former management and sales employee of Continental Baking Co., husband of Janet Lowe and widower of Esteen Clark Lowe.

MADISON – Gibbs, Mrs. Margaret Virginia Lohr, 96, retired owner of Fox Spring Farm dairy, widow of James Michael Gibbs.

MARTINSVILLE – Jordan, Mr. Lloyd Alexander "Alex" Jr., 86, formerly of Richmond, a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, a lawyer who retired from Mortgage Co. of Virginia, husband of Patricia Kelly Jordan.

MILFORD – Harris, Mr. Kenneth E., 71, an Army retiree, retired chief animal control officer with the Caroline County Sheriff's Office, husband of Charlene Harris.

PETERSBURG – Skelton, Mr. Ernest C., 71, a retired car salesman for Strosnider Chevrolet.

STAFFORD – McGee, Mrs. Deborah Lynn, 52, formerly of Takoma Park, Md., wife of John McGee.

WINCHESTER – Moffett, Mr. Preston I., 88, a World War II Navy veteran, founder and former president of Preston I. Moffett Distributor Inc. beer wholesaling business, husband of Dorothy Anne Farqus Moffett.

ELSEWHERE

Gochenour, Mr. Michael Elwood "Oakie," 59, of Delray Beach, Fla., formerly of Waynesboro and Richmond, former owner of European Motors in Richmond and founder of Elwood's Dixie Bar-B-Q Inc. in Delray Beach.