Obituaries

Janice Cleo Hudson Lavender, 82, of Buena Vista, went home on Dec. 17, 2023, after a long illness. Born Oct. 30, 1941, in Amherst, she was the daughter of the late Woodville and Gladys Hudson.

Frederick “Freddie” Allen Goodbar, 69, of Roanoke passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023.

Randall Lynn Ruley, 55, of Lexington died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Lewis Gale Medical Center.

Edith “Edie” (Wagner) Humphries was born on June 4, 1956, to Frances and Robert “Bobby” Wagner in Buena Vista. She passed away on Dec. 17, 2023, after suffering a long illness.

William Howell Wright, 98, a resident of Kendal at Lexington, died Nov. 26, 2023.

Monty Johnston, 79, of Natural Bridge Station died on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, from pancreatic cancer and related complications. His last month of life was blessed by a path of talented, compassionate caregivers who helped Monty and his family find the way to his passing on.

Karen Viola Powell, 63, of Natural Bridge passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

Devoted, faithful, hardworking, and, selfless, Mary Catherine Webb Kessinger’s love of God, family, and life didn’t come to an end with her death. Catherine, as most people knew her, passed away in Lexington from an ailing heart on Dec. 9, 2023, at the age of 95.

Doris Wade Weeks, aged 85, of Fairfield, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

Harry Everett Swisher II, 65, of Glasgow passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.

Margaret Barger Phillips, 84, of Buena Vista, passed away Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at her home.

Judith M. Rogers, 80, of Buena Vista passed away Dec. 10, 2023, at Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital in Lexington.

William “Bill” Devereaux Grow, 88, of Harrisonburg died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Harrisonburg.

Velma Marlene Madsen was born to Soren and Myrtle Rungborg, the oldest child of three at their home in Reserve, Mont., on Jan. 26, 1931. She passed away on Dec. 1, 2023, at the Bozeman Lodge in Bozeman, Mont., with loving daughters by her side.