Orange County High Virginia Alumni Obituaries

James Pendleton “Jim” RayHILLSBOROUGH — James Pendleton “Jim” Ray, 84, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to the late J. Marvin Ray and Aileen Blanche Pendleton Ray, and lived most of his life in Hillsborough, Ora...

The Reverend Lloyd Haskett Sr. age 71 of Hampton Virginia passed away peacefully on October 18 2025 at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Born June 2 1954 in Surry County he was the fourth of seven children of the late Ernest and Annie Bell Haskett. Raised in the church he developed a lifelong...

Robert E. Bob Dely was born in Newark New Jersey and raised for most of his early life in Bloomfield and West Orange N.J. died on Thursday July 17 2025 in York County Virginia where he had lived since June 1974. Bob joined the United States Air Force in July 1955 after graduation from West Orange Hi...

TODD JOHNSTONThough our hearts are heavy, our gratitude is endless as we share that Thomas “Todd” Johnston went home to find his place in Heaven on November 4, 2025, at 2:47 PM. The light and love surrounding him in his final days were a true reflection of the profound impact he made during his time...

Karl Welford Clatterbuck, 80, of Louisa, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the Veterans Administration Hospital after a brief battle with throat cancer.Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, on September 9, 1945, Karl was a proud graduate of Orange County High School. He d...

Kenneth Charles Pfiester 73 of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin passed away peacefully after a brief but fierce battle with Lewy Body Dementia on January 18 2026 at Blue Jay Springs Assisted Living in Green Bay. He was born March 24 1952 in Sturgeon Bay WI to Betty Jane Pfiester. Kenneth was raised by his mot...

Betty May Sacra, 97, of Winchester, Va, died December 13, 2025 at Dogwood Village Nursing Facility in Orange, Va.Born on January 15, 1928, in Lonaconing, Maryland, she was the daughter or Joseph E. May and Ethel Green May. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Robert Sacra, on September 1,...

We say farewell to Claudia Jean Hughes 70 of Lanexa VA who suddenly passed on October 7 2025. Claudia was born in Orange County Virginia and graduated from Orange County High School. She visited Virginia Beach after high school and fell in love with the area. She moved to Newport News and applied to...

Margaret Sudsberry Johnson passed away on December 2 2025. She was born in Banks Arkansas on October 22 1939 at her grandmothers farmhouse. Her parents Mary Lou and Royce Sudsberry moved to Memphis when she was 2 years old. She graduated from Whitehaven High School. Margaret first worked for Union P...