Open High Virginia Alumni Obituaries

Lillie Mae Watson was born on February 17 1942 in Edenton North Carolina to the late Josh Welch and Mary Elizabeth Croom. She transitioned from this life on January 10 2026. Lillie Mae was a proud member of the graduating Class of 1960 at D.F. Walker High School in Edenton North Carolina. Following ...

The Rev. Dr. Robert Lee Russell of the Whitetop Community passed away on Wednesday December 24 2025 at the Ballad Health Hospice Home in Bristol TN. Dr. Russell was born on December 29 1949 in Flint Michigan to Clyde G. and Billie Lee Webb Russell. Following his graduation from of Caledonia High Sch...

William Cashwell Bill Stokes passed away on January 12 2026 having lived a rich fulfilling life. He is survived by his daughter Lydia Stokes Finlayson Marc and son William Wilson Stokes grandchildren William Bryan Finlayson Virginia Dalton Peter Stokes Casey John Wilson Finlayson Kristan Alexandra S...

Thomas Law Kemp III, 83, of Hayesville, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at his home.Tom was born in Marion, IN. He grew up in Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina, but he considered Chapel Hill, NC as his hometown, where he graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1960. Tom enrolle...

Christine Marie Chris Ellis 55 passed away unexpectedly on November 1 2022. Chris leaves behind her loving boyfriend Tommy Nyman her brother John his wife Karren Ellis and niece Kaitlyn Sorey and nephew Max Ellis as well as her dogs Honey and Jake. She was preceded in death by her Mother Patricia A...

George Cook Raynor died on January 12, 2026, at the age of 21.George leaves behind a hole that can never be filled. George had a generous, open nature that endeared him to everyone around him. Regardless of any personal struggles he faced, he unfailingly met others with a bountiful spirit and a fr...

Tessa Gowen Ader, one of Charlottesville’s leading philanthropists, passed away peacefully at her home in Charlottesville on January 5, 2026 at the age of 92 after a long illness. Her gift in September 2020 of $50 million to establish the Tessa and Richard Ader Performing Arts Center was the largest...

The family of Susan Ann Mannion regretfully announces the passing of their beloved sister on December 26, 2025, at a family residence in Barnegat N.J. of an untimely death.Born April 13, 1955, in Manhattan, to parents John and Nora (nee Scanlon) Mannion, Susan lived as a child in The Bronx N.Y., Pas...

COREY AARON DANIELS SR. WAS BORN MAY 03 1981 TO TANINE DANIELS AND THE LATE ANDRE VINCENT GILLIAM OF FARMVILLE VIRGINIA. COREY DANIELS SR. WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED AT THE EARLY AGE OF SEVEN YEARS OLD. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHILDRENS MINISTRY BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHILDRENS CHOIR CHILDRENS BIBLE ST...

Struthers Richard L. Scott 87 of Struthers Ohio passed away peacefully on November 15 2025 surrounded by his loving family at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Boardman. Richard was born on December 16 1937 the son of Henrietta and Harold Wood. He was a proud 1955 graduate of South High in Youngstown OH. A...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mary Ola Virginia Lemings Sparks who departed this life on Monday December 22 2025 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late Velvert J. and Bonnie Pruett Lemings. Mary Ola was a cherished wife mother sister grandmother grea...

Roger Beatty age 66 passed away on Thursday January 1 2026. A graduate of Midview High School Roger was a longtime resident of the Grafton and Elyria area. Roger was a man of immense talent and resourcefulness. A skilled machinist by trade he worked for Parker Hannifin AJ Rose DuPont Hy Production S...

It is with deep love and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Pamela (Dean) Lindley Bryant, age 70, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and lifelong caregiver. She passed away peacefully on December 9th, after courageously fighting cancer and its complications for more...

Daryl LeRoy Wetzel age 82 of Knox passed away at Clarion Hospital on December 26 2025 after a short battle with bile duct cancer. Born May 4 1943 at home in Beaver Township Clarion County he was the son of the late William Wetzel and Lula Bashline Wetzel and graduated from Keystone High School in 19...

Wiscasset Virginia Ginny Cooper 93 long time resident of Wiscasset ME passed away Friday February 11 2022 following a brief stay at Coves Edge in Damariscotta. Ginny was born in Portland ME on December 22 1928 to Charles E. and Medora Haskell Stickney the seventh of their eight children raised in th...

Edith Ardell Wyman Parker left this world peacefully on December 2 2020 in Harpswellat the age of 92 surrounded by her family. Edith was born January 4 1928 in Augusta toEarl and Lena Wyman. She went on to be educated in the Augusta Schools andgraduated from Cony High School in 1946. From there she ...

Katherine Aunt Katie Caronia 96 of Columbus Park in Kansas City Missouri passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 16 2025. Services for Katie will be held on Monday December 22 at Passantino Bros. Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 1000 a.m. followed by a Funeral Service at 12...

Phyllis Ann Mallett 62 of Memphis Missouri passed away Tuesday November 25th 2025 at the Country Aire Retirement Center in Lewistown Missouri. Phyllis was born January 4 1963 in Kirksville Missouri. The daughter of Donald Ray and Helen Louise Goodwin Parrish. She attended school in Baring Missouri b...