Plainedge Senior High School Alumni Obituaries

Mrs. Shirley Ann Thacker of York SC transitioned on Sunday morning January 4 2026 after celebrating her 78th birthday surrounded by her immediate family at home. She was born January 3 1948 in at Divine Savior Hospital in York SC to the late Cleveland and Mary Dixon. Shirley began her high school ca...

Funeral services will be 1200 noon Saturday January 3 2026 at Ebenezer AME Zion Church in Smyrna SC with Rev. Alvin Murdock officiating and Rev. Dennis McCleave eulogizing. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens in York SC. The family will receive friends from 600 to 700 pm Friday January 2 2...

On October 28th 1969 a baby boy entered the world on the island of St. Kitts. George Benjamin was that boy the eldest son of Margaret Benjamin and George Fough. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as Junie. He began his education at Newtown Primary School aka Pasture School f...

Brandon Williamson Coke was born to Susan WilliamsonCoke and Victor Coke on Halloween morning at the New York Hospital in 1985. He was a joy and a delight to his parents. At the tender age of 2 12 years old he started swimming lessons. To everyones surprise he excelled at it so much that by the age ...

Douglas Eugene Nichols, age 81, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 29, 2026. While he was in this world he was known to some as Doug, and to others as “Nick”, and his mother even called him “Johnny”, but no matter what name was your endearment for him, you knew him to b...

Charles “Chuck” Walker left us for his newest adventure during the early morning hours of January 22, 2026. After seven years of battling Lewy’s Bodies Dementia with Parkinson’s, he is free to climb waterfalls, sail the Bay, explore Central American jungles, scuba dive deep Caribbean waters, and dan...

Gail Louise Barr, 79, passed away on January 27, 2026, in Norfolk, Virginia, after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma.Gail was born on August 11, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She later moved with her parents, Edward and Thelma Barr, to Virginia, where she made her home for the rest of her lif...

William Alfred Lassiter affectionally known as Coach Brother Bill Red and Baby transitioned into eternal life on December 5 2025. He was born in Gatesville NC to Willie Alfred and Mary G. Lassiter. Growing up in Sunbury NC he attended T. S. Cooper Elementary School and graduated from Central High Sc...

Carol Butler May 78 was born in Portsmouth VA but resided in Myrtle Beach SC. She passed peacefully November 28 2025 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Carol was the second youngest of the late Benjamin F. Butler Jr. and Stachi Balon Butler. She was predeceased by brothers Benjamin F. B...

On Monday January 19, 2026 our beloved mom, Novella Boone Mingo, went home to be with the Lord. She was born on December 2,1922 to the late Ernest and Eugenie Boone in Gates County North Carolina. She had an older brother, the late James Delaware Boone. It was a cold winter day when she came into t...

a devoted servant of the Most High God a proud veteran and the cornerstone of our family transitioned from labor to reward on January 27 2026 at the age of 76 in Hampton VA. He was a cherished son brother husband father grandfather greatgrandfather pastor mentor and friend. Bishop Rogers was a man o...

"When peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows roll. Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say it is well it is well with my soul." Joseph A Buggs entered eternal rest on Friday December 26 2025 at 213 pm in the comfort of his home. He was born in Newport News Virginia on A...

Moses David Sr. was born on October 1 1938 to Henry and Tiney Ruth David in Cheraw South Carolina. He was baptized at Pee Dee Union Baptist Church in 1954 beginning a lifelong walk of faith that would shape his character his service and his love for others. Moses attended George P. Long High School ...

Russell Lee Bland 94 passed away peacefully on Sunday January 18 2026 in Bethesda MD. He was born to the late Samuel and Ethel Roberts Bland on August 3 1931 in Petersburg VA. He was predeceased by his brothers Samuel and James Reuben Oscar and his sister Thelma Bland Nelson. The youngest of the fou...

Mrs. Robin Milliner Kellam 80 widow of John T. Kellam Ill and a resident of Onancock Virginia passed away peacefully early Saturday January 10 2026 at Commonwealth Senior Living at the Eastern Shore in Onancock. Robin was born in Nassawadox Virginia and was the second of four daughters of the late R...

Mary Lou Lilly Wood went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday October 18 2025 with family by her side in Fredericksburg Va. I never thought Id live this long Mary Lou said when she turned 86 last November 18. Mary Lou came into the world nearly two months early at her paternal gra...

Joan Elizebeth Jones, age 95, of Virginia passed away November 3, 2025. She was born on October 23, 1930, to the late Victor B. and Lucyette Chambers. She grew up on the family farm in southwest Franklin County, Ohio, and graduated from West High school in 1949. She is preceded in death by her lovi...

Deacon Tyrone Donell Coleman was born on March 13 1953 in Dinwiddie County Virginia to the late Deacon William H. Coleman and Mary E. Vaughan Coleman. He was educated in the Dinwiddie County Public Schools and graduated from Dinwiddie Senior High School with the Class of 1972. Continuing his educati...

As he hummed the song Steal Away Steal Away to Jesus God heard his weak voice and answered his call. On Saturday January 17 2026 at around 1018 pm God descended His angel as family surrounded him with love and affection. Glover Wise Pegram 93 formerly of 10042 Blue Star Hwy Stony Creek was born the ...

Ruth Ann Ann AP Pierce age 65 passed away on Sunday January 11 2026 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol TN. Ruth Ann Pierce was born on September 15 1960 to Samuel Franklin Bad Eye Pierce and Georgie Ruth Pierce. Known affectionately as Ann or AP by her family and friends she was a on...

Cynthia Darlene Testerman Costigan 59 of Marion VA departed to her heavenly home on December 19 2025. She was born July 13 1966 to Ellis Testerman and Alma Musser Barbre. She was a 1984 graduate of Marion Senior High School and a lifelong resident of Smyth County. She is survived by her daughters Cr...

Margaret Cregger Barr age 79 passed away on Friday December 12 2025 at her home in Marion Virginia. Margaret was born in Marion Virginia to the late Rudolph and Alma Cregger. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Johnny Barr and her sisterinlaw Peggy Cregger. Margaret w...

Robert Lee Bobby Fox Jr. passed away on Friday December 26 2025 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon VA. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert Lee Fox Sr. and Mary Martin Fox and by his sister Linda Fox Blevins. Bobby was a devoted son brother father uncle and a true family man. He...

James Allen Heath age 67 passed away peacefully from this life and into the eternal arms of his Savior on Saturday December 13 2025 at his home following a brief battle with cancer. James was born in Marion on June 24 1958 to the late Glen Ray Heath and Betty Jo Browning Heath. James was a proud gra...

Georgine “Gegi” Winslett was born on August 3, 1936, in Beverly Hills, California. She proudly described herself as an “Army Brat.” Her father, Lt. Col. E.J. “Jack” Winslett, was born and raised in Tallapoosa in southeastern Alabama. Raised in a farming family, he served in the U.S. Army in both in ...

Mary Clayton Lateef passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of December 17 2025 held in the loving arms of her husband Hashim with her son Zaid by her side. She was born on April 271953 in Ebony Virginia to the late William Henry Clayton and Estelle Marie House Clayton. Mary attended Bruns...

He joined the US Army in 1966 after graduating high school with his best friend Vincent Cheatham on the Buddy system. He served in the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1969. After leaving the army he decided to reside in Washington DC where he met Regina Barnes and they later conceived hi...

Mary Elizabeth Bannen Du Bois age 90 of Smyrna TN passed away peacefully just shy of January 23 2026 surrounded by her four children after a long and hardfought battle with Dementia and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis IPF. Born December 6 1935 in Rockford Illinois Mary was the daughter of the late How...

Lewis William Ferguson, 82, also known as Lew or Fergie, of Springfield, Ohio, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025, surrounded by his loving family after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was born on June 17, 1942, in Springfield, Ohio.Lewis was the only son of Helen Elizabeth Upshaw (Simpson) ...

On the morning of January 17 2026 our beloved Beatrice A. Jimenez gained her wings. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family and friends. Beatrice the daughter of Fabian Apolinar and Cruz Robles was born in San Antonio TX. She attended Jefferson High School. After raising her fami...