Obituaries

Harriet “Bootsie” McKinley Johnson, age 65, of Alberta, Va. passed away January 14, 2017. She is the daughter of the late Harry T. and Alice McKinley. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Jackson Smith and her brother Thomas McKinley. She is survived by her husband, Bill Johnson; her sons, T. Bryson Smith and wife Lori and Buck...

Elsie Buckner Clary, age 81, of Lawrenceville, Va. passed away January 10, 2017. She is the daughter of the late Wilbur and Sadie Buckner. She is preceded in death by two brothers, William and Gilbert Buckner and two sisters, Marie Gordon and Frances Pearson. She is survived by her loving husband, Smithy G. Clary; her two daughters, Rhonda Yates Grimsley...

Evelyn Jane Carnes Lucy, 88, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Born in Norton, Kansas to the late Francis and Rose Carnes. Predeceased by her husband Welford Ordway Lucy Jr. of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and is survived by her daughters; Nancy Smithson and husband Bob of Moyock, Rhea Barklage and husband Kevin of Virginia Beach,...

Elsie Buckner Clary, age 81, of Lawrenceville, Va. passed away January 10, 2017. She is the daughter of the late Wilbur and Sadie Buckner. She is preceded in death by two brothers, William and Gilbert Buckner and two sisters, Marie Gordon and Frances Pearson. She is survived by her loving husband, Smithy G. Clary; her two daughters, Rhonda Yates Grimsley...

Grace Burton Lucy, age 69, of Lawrenceville, Va. passed away January 7, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. Grace was a former beautician and antique dealer. She was the daughter of the late Coleman and Alberta Burton. She is survived by her siblings, Carrie B. Allgood, Gene M. Burton, Lucy B. Garner and Johnny M. Burton and several nieces...

Warren Rayford Sublett “Ray” was born April 14, 1935 in Charlotte Co, VA. He was the son of the late Joseph Warren Sublett and Ollie Harper Sublett. He passed away at Hunter Homes McGuire Veterans Medical Center in Richmond, VA on January 7, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Barbara Overby Sublett of Henrico, N.C.; his...

LCDR H. L. “Red” Anglin, USN (Ret.), age 89, of Freeman, Va. passed away on January 5, 2017. Commander Anglin enlisted in the Navy at age 16 in 1944, and served as an anti-aircraft gunner on the USS Kadashan Bay until the end of the war. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant JG in 1960, with the highlight of his...

Virginia Lucile Edwards, age 101, died peacefully on January 3, 2017 in her home at the Residences of Thomas Circle in Washington, DC. Called Lucile or Aunt Lucile by her family and friends from early in life, her Washington friends and colleagues knew her as Virginia. Virginia was born in 1915 on a farm in rural Mecklenburg County, VA to...

Louise R. Rogers, 90, passed away June 27, 2015 at the Sanctuary of Holy Cross Nursing Home in Burtonsville, MD. Mrs. Rogers was a retired nurse from the University of Virginia Hospital. Mrs. Rogers was preceded in death by her husband, W. Keeling Rogers, and her daughter, the Reverend Doctor Elizabeth B. Rogers; two brothers; and one sister. She is...