obituaries

Jan 28, 2021

Raymond Norman Smith

Raymond N. Smith, 64, of Winchester, VA passed away on January 28, 2021 at Augusta Health in Fishersville, VA. Ray was born June 16, 1956 in Middleburg, VA., the son of the late Richard Smith and Josie Hill Smith of Winchester, VA., and grew up in Purcellville and Leesburg and eventually moved...

Jan 11, 2021

Sharon Elizabeth Natt

Sharon Elizabeth Natt, 61, of Front Royal, VA died at her home surrounded by family, on Monday, January 11, 2021.

Sharon was born on May 30, 1959 in Front Royal, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Pauline Natt.  Sharon attended Warren County Public Schools and later WWRC Vocational...

Jan 5, 2021

Andrea Simmone Farquharson

Andrea Farquharson, 42 of Winchester, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Valley Health Medical Center in Winchester, VA following a brief illness.

Andrea was born April 2, 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of Elaine Robinson of Jamaica and the late Adrian...

Dec 30, 2020

Larry Lamar Yates

Larry was born on April 7, 1950 to Margaret Ann Buchanan Yates and Warren Grice Yates. During his childhood, his father's work as a linguist took the family to Germany, Vietnam, and Thailand, and then to Fairfax County, Virginia.

After a year at the University of Michigan, he went into...

Dec 18, 2020

Donald Ray Taylor

On Friday, December 18, 2020, Donald Ray Taylor, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away at the age of 57.

Donald was born on January 2nd, 1963 in Harrisonburg, West Virginia. Donald was preceded in death by his parents Edith Iona Taylor (Madden), Richard Ray Taylor, and his sister Ann...

Dec 6, 2020

Charles "Charlie" Leroy Harris

Charles L. Harris, 65, of Winchester, VA., died Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Piney Valley Nursing Home in Keyser, WV.

He was born November 15, 1956 in Winchester, VA., the son of the late Jouhua Harris and Emma Carter Harris.

He is survived by two brothers,...

Dec 4, 2020

Ernestine Carter Ellis

Ernestine, Mama, Granny, Grandma, Sister E, these are a few of the names we use to refer to Ernestine Carter Ellis.  Born November 29, 1919, she was the second of four daughters born to Charles Marshall and Mary Chambers Carter.

The first twenty years of her life were spent in...

Dec 4, 2020

Claudia Virginia Turner

On Friday, December 4, 2020, Claudia Virginia Turner passed on to be with the Lord at the age of 70.  Claudia was born on June 22, 1950, in Winchester, VA to the late Julian A. Burns and Virginia Burks Burns.  Claudia married Francis Leroy Turner Sr. in 1968.  Claudia and Francis raised...

Nov 21, 2020

Shirley V. Henry, 71, of Martinsburg, WV, died November 21, 2020 at the Panhandle Hospice Center in Martinsburg, WV.

Shirley was born February 14, 1949, the daughter of the late Walter Roberts and Sallie Jackson Roberts.

She leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter, Norrissa E. Jenkins (Billy); two sisters, Helen Walker and Melva Jackson...

Nov 5, 2020

Clifford "Shorty" Henry Farquharson

Clifford Henry Farquharson, 89 of Winchester, VA, formerly of Troy Trelawny, Jamaica, died Thursday November 5, 2020 at Bridgepoint National Harbor Hospital in Washington, DC.

He is survived by his daughters; Vevene and Andrea Farquharson both of Winchester, VA.; two sons, Horace and Devon Farquharson both...