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Farmers Report Overall Good Year For Crops

The Parry McCluer High School girls basketball team defeated a pair of nondistrict rivals last week, cruising to a 58-33 home win over Waynesboro on Thursday afternoon before earning a 45-35 road win over Riverheads on Friday night. The victories extended the Blues’ winning streak to five games.

The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team swept Riverheads in a pair of games last week, winning in a 66-44 rout last Tuesday in Buena Vista before earning a 49-44 overtime victory on Friday at Riverheads.

Competing against larger schools, the Parry McCluer High School wrestling team placed 13th of 20 teams in the Take Down The New Year tournament on Thursday and Friday at Heritage High School in Lynchburg. PM, a Class 1 school, was the smallest school there, and the largest was a Class 6 school.

Foundation’s Toy Drive Brings Christmas Joy To Area Children

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

Mary Orange Huffman, 88, of Buena Vista went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022.

April 16, 1936 – Dec. 31, 2022 Born in Richmond, to the late Benjamin Clifford Goode and Mary Williamson Goode, Phebe began her life on her mother’s birthday.

Ruth Ann Hartless, 75, of Charlottesville but formerly of Rockbridge County, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 at the University of Virginia Hospital.

Judy Carter Clements, 85, formerly of Buena Vista, who was residing in New Port Richey, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.

Phillip Darrell “Shorty” Staton, 71, of Buena Vista, went to be with his Lord Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.

Joyce Clements Campbell, 84, of Timber Ridge passed suddenly and peacefully at her home on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.

Willie David Brantley, 81, formerly of Buena Vista, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, while at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount.

Barney Allen Frazier Sr. passed away on Dec. 30, 2022, following a brief illness.

Patrick M. Mayerchak, legendary husband, father and grandfather, peacefully passed away at the age of 79 on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at the University of Virginia’s Cardiac ICU with his wife and daughter by his side after complications from a planned surgery to correct his pulmonary hypertension.

Jessie James Fitzgerald, 53, of Buena Vista, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.