Luke Rakes
Luke Rakes, 9, of Crewe, Va. started golfing, hunting and fishing in Heaven on June 4, 2017.

Luke Rakes, 9, of Crewe, Va. started golfing, hunting and fishing in Heaven on June 4, 2017.
Robert “Wild Man” Benway, 61, of Crewe, VA, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017.
Mr. Clyde Hoff, 81, of Amelia, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at his home. Clyde was preceded in death by his wife, Janet W. Hoff.
Edna Tucker Perdue died at the age of 94 at the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, VA, where she had been a resident since 2013. She is survived by her son, Zack T.
Richard Dudley Simons, 91, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
Ms. Essie E. Mason, 73, of Blackstone, died May 11, 2017. She is survived by one son, Samuel (Rebecca) Mills, Sr.; one daughter, Pearl D.
Coleen Mull Inge, 85, of Farmville, VA, passed away on May 10, 2017. She was born on October 17, 1931 to the late Thomas J. and Idah M. Mull.
Dr. Emerson Daniel Baugh, Jr. was born in Lawrenceville, VA July 2, 1929, the son of the late Judge Emerson Daniel Baugh and Maggie Lee Matthews Baugh.
Leonard Ray Bates, 70, of Farmville, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Lynchburg, VA.
Reverend Willie R. Foster, 92, of Crewe, died April 30, 2017.
Mr. James C. Garnes (“Buddy”), 64, of New York and formerly of Burkeville, died April 25, 2017.
Ray Robin “Buck” Gunn, 84, of Kenbridge, VA, passed away April 27, 2017.
Harrison Hontas Knott Harrison, 87, of Crewe, passed away May 2, 2017. Mrs. Harrison is survived by her husband, Marvin G.
Patsy D. Mann, 74, of Tallahassee, FL, previously of Nags Head, NC and Blackstone, VA, passed away on April 28, 2017.
Mr. William H. Wynn, Jr., 61, of Raleigh, NC and formerly of Crewe, died April 21, 2017.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 26, 2017, my mother, our grandmother, our great-grandmother, and dear friend, Virginia Cox Wray, passed away. She would have turned 97 years old on April 28.
John Lewis “Jack” Powers of Darvills, Virginia, devoted husband, loving father, faithful son, and trusted friend, 84, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2017.
Patricia Monahan Miller, resident of Hinsdale, Illinois, died on April 20, 2017.
Lawrence Edward Hubbard, born April 25, 1941, also known as Hawk, died peacefully in his home in Green Bay, VA, on April 29th, 2017, at the young age of 76.