Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Paula Irene Mell
A memorial service for Paula Irene Mell, formerly of Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. and Howardsville, Va., will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Christ Church, 900 Glendower Rd., Scottsville-Keene, Va.
Ms. Mell, 52, died, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2003, after a two-year valiant fight against breast cancer.
She is survived by her four children, Camille, Christopher, Aldo, and Alana; her mother, Virginia B. Mell, of Waynesville, N.C.; her brother and sister-in-law, John A. and Helena H. Mell, of Fredericksburg, Va.; the children’s nanny, Olga Caicedo, of Rockville Md.; and many friends and neighbors. She was a graduate of St. Andrews in Laurinburg, N.C., and Washington and Lee’s School of Law, and was a founder and partner in the law firm of Mell, Brownell & Baker, Washington, D.C. Friends and neighbors may telephone 1-434-286-3437 for directions to the church.
Milton Scott Carrell
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Charlottesville, with Dr. Joel P. Jenkins officiating. Entombment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in Memorial Park Mausoleum in Memphis, Tenn.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Teague Funeral Home.
Carolyn Lillian Connor
Carolyn Lillian Morris Connor, 79, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at St. Joseph Hospital.
A native of Charlottesville, she lived in Savannah since 1949. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church and a member of the Landings Club, the Best of Friends and the Savannah Area Chapter of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Retired Officers Association.
She was survived by her husband, Col. John B. Connor, USAF (Ret) of Savannah; two sons, John B. Connor, III of Orlando, Fla. and Dr. Stephen B. Connor of Los Angeles, Calif.; a daughter, Carol A. Connor of Bluffton, S.C.; a sister, Evelyn Carroll of Marbury, Md.; and three grandchildren.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at Catholic cemetery.
Those who wish may make memorial contributions to St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Avenue, Savannah, Ga. 31406.
Pamela Anna Diglio
A memorial service for Pamela Anna Diglio will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2003, at Buck Mountain Episcopal Church in Earlysville, Va. Pastor Genevie Murphy will officiate.
William Hunter Dudley
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Mooreland Baptist Church cemetery (2255 Taylor’s Gap Rd. Rt. 710). Those who wish may send memorial contributions to the Independence Resource Center, 815 Cherry Ave., Charlottesville, Va. 22903. Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lavinia A. Johnson
Lavinia Annie Frye Johnson departed this life on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at Charlottesville University Hospital of Charlottesville Virginia.
Lavinia was born March 27, 1926, in Madison. She was the 12Th daughter of 13 children born to the late Sidney and Annie Frye.
Lavinia was a loving and devoted mother and wife. She took her hand in marriage to the late James L. Johnson and she had four children, three daughters and one son. The late Jimmy Johnson, Alice Ruffner, Emma Kilby, and Ida Johnson.
She leaves to mourn her sister, Leola Kennedy, of Philadelphia Pa., and her three children, Alice Ruffner of Charlottesville; Emma Kilby of Culpeper, and Ida Johnson of Charlottesville.
She leaves to cherish her memories, her ten grandchildren, Renee Kilby, Linwood Kilby, Tina Flemming, Robin Newman, Lisa Ruffner, Stephanie Ruffner, Melissa Collins, Laura Fourtin, son-in-law, John L. Kilby and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2003, at Rock Hall Baptist Church with interment at Rock hall cemetery. Rev. Journey Beasley will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday evening at Preddy Funeral Home in Madison.
Janet E. Knickman
In Memory of Janet E. Knickman, who passed on the 22nd day of September 2003m but she will live in our hearts forever.
Beloved husband of 61 years, Carl V. Knickman; daughters, Cynthia J. Huschka-Rodriquez, and husband, Jose M. Rodriquez, Karla V. Paul, Rhea L. Kosar and husband, Larry; grandchildren, Paula L. Butterfield, David B. Paul, Mara A. Paul, Katie B. Paul, Eric C. Slayton, and wife Sandy, Timothy C. Slayton, Kayse L. Kosar, and Lawrence J. Kosar II; great-grandchildren, Sean and Heather Butterfield, and Tawry Bethany and Harmony Slayton.
We will cherish our memories of a deeply loved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. A memorial service is planned for the immediate family only. We appreciate your prayers and your kind respect of our need for solitude and privacy during our bereavement. Please send no flowers, for we will remember our loved one as graceful as a lily, as beautiful as a rose and as gentle as baby’s breath. Donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Virginia, 2601 Willard Rd. Suite 103, Richmond, Va. 23294.
Wendell A. Madison
Wendell Allan Madison, 48, of Charlottesville, Va., departed this life on Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at his residence. He was born Sept. 19, 1955, in Charlottesville, Va., the son of the late Walter T. Brown and Frances B. Brown. He was employed for twenty-nine years as a patient Care Assistant at Martha Jefferson Hospital, he was a graduate of Albemarle High School, class of 1973, he was a faithful member of Zion Union Baptist Church, and a member of the senior choir, the President of the Pastor’s Aide Club, and a member of the Charlottesville Cruisers who traveled with the church until his health would not allow him. He enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends.
He leaves to cherish his memory, three sisters, Barbara Ann Brown Eubanks, and her husband, Edward, of Stony Point, Va., Reva Brown Carr, and her husband, Benjamin of Stony Point, Va., and Eunice Brown Morrison, and her husband, Cecil of Roanoke, Va.; a devote cousin, Katherine J. Crawford; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at Zion Union Baptist Church with Rev. Doyle Thomas officiating, interment will follow in Holly Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Zion Union Baptist Church.
J.F. Bell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Muriel C. McMurdo
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Christ Episcopal Church on High Street. The Rev. Brian Vander Wel will officiate. Burial will follow at Riverview cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Christ Episcopal Church, 100 W. Jefferson St., Charlottesville, Va. 22902, Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 160, Charlottesville, Va. 22907, or Meals on Wheels, 2270 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, Va. 22903.
Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Titus Pankey Jr.
Dr. Titus Pankey Jr. departed this life Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003, in Charlottesville. He was born on Nov. 20, 1925, in Hinton, W.Va., and was the son of the late Mr. Titus Pankey Sr. and the late Mrs. Anna Wesley Pankey, of Charlottesville. He graduated with honors from Jefferson High School in Charlottesville. He then worked as a Pullman porter for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway for a number of years before moving on to electrophoresis research while employed at the University of Virginia. He later served in combat with the Third Division, 65th combat Infantry Regiment, of the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
After returning stateside from Korea, he attended Howard University in Washington, where he graduated magna cum laude, receiving his bachelor of science degree majoring in physics. After receiving his master’s degree, he began research work in physics and cosmology for the Naval Research Laboratory. He later received his Ph.D. in physics, becoming one of only 10 black physicists in the world. After receiving his Ph.D., he continued his research work at the Naval Research Laboratory until retiring in 1982. He also was an associate professor in the Physics Department at Howard University and taught physics on the doctoral level. He had more than 30 research papers published in physics journals, and was the editor and publisher of a scientific newsletter, PBX Science. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society, and was president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity for several years.
On June 25, 1959, he married
Anita-Rae Smith, who also received her bachelor of science degree and medical degree from Howard University. During their 17 years of marriage, they had five children.
He was a well known cosmologist and physicist. After his retirement, he moved to Stony Point and continued his research at home. In spite of several serious injuries and illnesses, including a serious brain injury and kidney failure, Dr. Pankey remained in good spirits and was casually planning the restart of his science newsletter at the time of his death. He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his son, Lance Corporal Alan Titus Pankey, of Milledgeville, Ga.; and sisters, Cora Pankey Spears, Louise Pankey and Martha Pankey Brown.
He is survived by his sister, Sally Pankey Wilson; four children and their supportive friends, Harriet Anna Pankey, Titus Pankey III and his friend, Iris Quarles, all of Charlottesville, Anita Pankey Woolfork and her friend, James Joyner, and Caesar Titus "Sam" Allen Pankey, of Milledgeville, Ga.; two grandchildren, Nicole Anita Woolfork, of Macon, Ga., and Roosevelt Woolfork IV, of Milledgeville, Ga., a nephew, Ralph Brown Jr., of San Francisco, his former wife, Dr. Anita-Rae Smith-Pankey of Milledgeville, Ga.; a sister-in-law, Cornelia Hairston Boone; and a host of cousins.
A special thank you from the family goes out to the Stony Point Fire Department and the Charlottesville Rescue Squad. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., with Dr. Alvin A. Edwards officiating. Interment
will follow in the family cemetery on the "Old Home Grounds of the Burley Family, " in Stony Point. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening at the J. F. Bell Funeral Home Chapel. To pay condolences to the family, please sign our guestbook at www.jfbellfuneralhome.com.
J.F. Bell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Victoria M. Spicer
A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Grace Episcopal Church cemetery, Cismont, with the Rev. Betty Norford officiating.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions should be made to a charity of choice.
Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Felizitas S. Walker
Felizitas Sturm Walker of Emporia died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2003.
Feliz, born in Germany, came to the U.S. after World War II with her late husband, Clayton Walker, formerly of Charlottesville.
She is survived by her sister, Gertrude S. Foltz, of Pennsylvania; brothers, Willie and Gerhardt, of Germany; a brother-in-law, Charlie Walker and wife, Gladys; and a longtime friend, Sally Bailey, all of Charlottesville.
A graveside service will be held today at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church.
Frances M. Wallace
Frances Mildred Rienecker Wallace, 100, of Charlottesville, died on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003, in a local nursing facility. Born August 5, 1903, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late William Henry Rienecker and Jenny Arnold Rienecker, her husband G. Dudley Wallace also preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons, George Wallace and his wife, Cathy, of Palmyra, Va., and Robert Wallace, and his wife, Millie, of Reston, Va.; a sister-in-law, Rosemary Rienecker of Glenn Falls, N.Y.; six grandchildren, Jonathan Wallace, Matthew Wallace, Joseph Wallace, Robert Wallace, Joanne Hammond, and Mark Wallace; and eight great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at the Church of Incarnation, Charlottesville, with Father Gregory Kandt officiating. The family will receive friends following the mass. Mrs. Wallace will be sent to Sarasota, Fla., for entombment at the Sarasota Memorial Park on Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at 3 p.m.
The family request that memorial contributions be made to the Charlottesville/Albemarle Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 160, Charlottesville, Va. 22902, or the Hospice of the Piedmont, 1490 Pantops Mountain Place, Charlottesville, Va. 22911. Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Harry Rogers Watson
Harry Rogers Watson, 78, of Ruckersville died Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at his residence.
Born August 12, 1925, in Albemarle County and was the son of the late Frank Watson and Cora Rogers Watson.
Mr. Watson was a retired employee of Webster Brick of Somerset and a member of Knights Chapel in Barboursville.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Longley Watson, of Ruckersville; four daughters, Doris Shifflett and husband, Howard, of Ruckersville, Mabel Durham and husband, George of Charlottesville, Jessica Gipson and friend Bruce, Lorna Gipson and friend Danny, all of Ruckersville; two sisters, Irene Fisk, of Barboursville, Elsie Clatterbuck and husband, Charlie, of Charlottesville; four brothers, Delmer Watson and wife, Elizabeth, of Gordonsville, Frank Watson, of Barboursville, Alvin Watson and wife, Sandra, Lawrence Watson and wife, Virginia, all of Gordonsville; nine grandchildren, Lisa Goldman, Darryl Cook, Autumn Graves, George Durham III, Heather Parsons, Dana Watson, Shannon Deavers, Kristie Haney, and Leslie Morris; and eleven great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a son, Wayne Watson; two brothers, Roy Watson and Johnny Watson; and a sister Lucille Hensley.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2003, at Preddy Funeral Home Chapel in Madison with interment in Maplewood cemetery in Gordonsville. Pastor Tom Williams and Pastor Art Snoots will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Greene County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 302, Stanardsville, Va. 22973.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Emory H. Austin Jr.
Emory Hall Austin Jr., 74, of Charlottesville, died Sunday, September 21, 2003, in a local hospital. Born September 7, 1929, in Norfolk, he was the son of the late Emory Hall Austin, Sr. and Hazel Salyer Austin Alexander. A sister Caroline also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife Suzanne Compton Austin; four children, Barbara A. Mallory, Carolyn A. Deverell, Jane H. Austin and Emory Hall Austin, III. He is also survived by a brother, Richard H. Austin and his wife, Jeanette of Greensboro, N.C.; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Emory served with the United State Army during the Korean Conflict. Following his discharge he worked as a trader on Wall Street. He then went to Norfolk to work in real estate as a broker. After moving to Charlottesville, he was an Administrator for Building and Grounds at the University of Virginia.
A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 25, 2003, in the Chapel of the Hill and Wood Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Long officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Austin extends special thanks to Marisa Santagnelo, Kevin Johnson, Cheryl and Lenny Rodriguez for their comfort during Emory’s illness.
Joel H. Bennett
A memorial service will be conducted on today at 10 a.m. at the Church of Our Saviour on Rio Road, Charlottesville.
Milton Scott Carrell
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Charlottesville, Va., with Dr. Joel P. Jenkins officiating. Entombment will be on Saturday, September 27, at 11 a.m. in Memorial Park Mausoleum, in Memphis, Tenn.
The family will receive friends this evening at the Teague Funeral Home.
William Hunter Dudley
William Hunter Dudley of Charlottesville, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003, at the Martha Jefferson Hospital.
He was for many years a vendor for the Daily Progress and a popular and beloved carrier, delivering the daily newspaper in the downtown Charlottesville business area when it was an afternoon paper. He became the focus of national attention in 1981 when he was beaten and robbed of his life savings by hoodlums. The beating resulted in his being confined to nursing homes for his remaining years. Mr. Dudley had been widely respected for his insistence on working despite severe physical handicap, and the crime prompted an outpouring of donations. A Trust Fund was created which throughout his remaining years provided William with medical care, clothing, and personal articles beyond what was available from government health care and retirement programs.
Born December 2, 1921, at Birdwood in Albemarle County and christened Hunter William Dudley, he was the youngest of seven children of the late Francis Farrish Dudley, and James Eugene Dudley.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Benjamin Dudley and Bernard Dudley; and two sisters, Josephine Dudley and Mattie A. Dudley.
Mr. Dudley was a member of the First Baptist Church, Charlottesville. Burial will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Mooreland Baptist Church cemetery. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to Independence Resource Center, 815 Cherry Ave. Charlottesville, Va. 22903.Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Robert L. Essex
Mr. Robert L. Essex of Orange, Va. 12055 Kendall Rd., departed this life on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Elizabeth Robertson Essex; his former wife and friend, Cecelia Essex; two sons, Lewis Essex, and Terry Ross; one daughter, Ida Wormsley; four brothers, Herbert, Peter, Clarence, and Scofield Essex Jr.; one sister, Ethel; two daughters-in-law; one son-in-law; two special friends, Carlos Lindsay, and Jeanette Lindsay; and a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren; and friends.
A funeral service was held Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, at 1 p.m. at Oakhill Baptist Church, Massie’s Mill, Va., interment was in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church cemetery, Massie’s Mill, Va. Winfree-Wright Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
