Misc. Obits

Barbara A. Wilcox

Barbara Ann Wilcox, 66, of Lorton passed away Monday, July 2, 2007, at her home.

Ann was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Choice Baptist Church in Fredericksburg.

She is survived by her husband, R. D. Wilcox; a daughter, Mona Snyder; sons, Wesley and Tim Wilcox; a brother, Marion Barnes; sisters, Frances Dotson, Linda Evans and Kaye Overcash; and grandchildren, Chris, James, Sarah, Timmy, Lauren, Ryan, Brittany, Tyler, Jon and Connor.

Family & friends may visit Miller Funeral Home, Woodbridge, on Friday, July 6, from 6 to 9 p.m.

A funeral will be held Saturday, July 7^th at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Interment will be held at 3 p.m. in Currioman Baptist Church cemetery in Montross.

Leonard S. Skeens

Leonard S. "Lenny" Skeens, 72, of Westmoreland County died Thursday, June 28, 2007, at Mary Washington Hospital.

He owned and operated Lenny's Restaurant in Colonial Beach for more than 30 years.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge 1267, Colonial Beach; Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 4315, Colonial Beach; and an avid patron of the Riverboat on the Potomac.

He loved to fish, to play pool and to bet on horse racing.

Lenny is survived by his wife of 23 years, Shelby E. Skeens; six daughters, Teresa Duke of Westmoreland, Patricia Carlin of Spotsylvania County, Regina Stephens of Georgia, Kimberely Davenport of Tennessee, Brandy Robinson of Montross and Crystal Elliott of Quantico; one son, L.G. Skeens of Honaker; two sisters, Ellen Parks of Front Royal and Norma Harris of Sterling; one brother, Terry Skeens of Richmond; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Mable and Vivian Breeding; and two brothers, Donald Skeens and Nick Skeens.

A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. at Nash and Slaw Funeral Home, Colonial Beach, on Sunday, July 1, with the Rev. Ron Okrasinski officiating.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Box 212, Colonial Beach, Va. 22443.

Catherine Wilkerson

Catherine Gouldman "Cat" Wilkerson, 83, of Colonial Beach died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at Farnham Manor in Farnham.

Born in Foneswood Aug. 24, 1923, she was the co-founder of Wilkerson's Seafood Restaurant and a member of Colonial Beach Baptist Church.

She was the daughter of the late David and Fannie Gouldman, and was the widow of Walter Stephen Wilkerson.

Survivors include a son, James Walter Wilkerson and his wife, Alice Reynolds Wilkerson; a grandson, James Reynolds Wilkerson and his wife, Jessica Lynn Wilkerson; and a granddaughter, Kristen Louise Wilkerson, all of Colonial Beach; one sister, Susie Fields McKiever of Farnham; one sister-in-law, Ellen Wilkerson Worrells of Colonial Beach; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 30, at Colonial Beach Baptist Church, with the Rev. Johnny R. Almond officiating.  Burial will follow in Historyland Memorial Park, King George.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at Nash & Slaw Funeral Home, Colonial Beach.

Memorials may be made to Colonial Beach Baptist Church Building Fund, Box 27, Colonial Beach, Va. 22443.

Pauline Efford Delano of Oldhams in Westmoreland County died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003.

She was born at Farnham in Richmond County Dec. 1, 1911, the only daughter of John Samuel and Agnes Maria Harrison Efford. She married Francis Gawen Delano of Oldhams on June 2,1934, at her home at Farnham.

A short time later, they moved to her husband's birthplace, Ingledew, and she lived there for almost 70 years.

Mrs. Delano was a 1928 graduate of Farnham High School and received her bachelor of science degree in 1932 from the State Teachers College, Harrisonburg, now James Madison University, where she was president of the YWCA and voted "Most Dramatic" her senior year. After graduation, she returned to the Northern Neck and began her teaching career. She had a love for teaching and for those she taught, always challenging her pupils to be their best.

For many years, she taught Latin and English at Richmond County High School and shared her knowledge and joy of learning with her students. Her friendly, generous spirit and her story- telling endeared her to family, friends and students.

She was reared in Farnham Baptist Church and was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. Mrs. Delano was an active church and community leader in women's groups, children's groups, and civic organizations. She, like her late husband, lived, loved, and labored for the church, the community, and the land she called home.

She is survived by her children: Frank Pelham Delano II and his wife, Patricia Joyce Hein, of Warsaw, Sara Delano Kelly of Arlington and Nancy Delano Moore and her husband, Hullihen Williams Moore, of Richmond. Known and loved as "Nannar," she is also survived by her 10 grandchildren, Sara and Frank Moore, Emily, Francis Farrell and Polly Kelly, Meriwether Delano Gilmore, and Sophia, Priscilla, Nathaniel and Naomi Delano. She has five great-grandchildren. In addition, her brother, John Stafford Efford and his wife, Elizabeth, of Richmond, also survive her. She was predeceased by her parents, her two brothers, Lawrence and Theodoric, and her husband of more than fifty years.

The family will be at home, Ingledew, 4543 Oldhams Road, from 4 to 9 p.m. tonight to receive friends.

A funeral will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Oldhams.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the cemetery fund at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, c/o David English, Box 70, Oldhams, Va. 22529; the cemetery fund at Farnham Baptist Church, c/o Wayne Mothershead, 250 Bunker Hill Road, Farnham, Va. 22460; or the Richmond County Public Library, 52 Campus Drive, Warsaw, Va. 22572.

Mrs. Blanche B. Kingsbury

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Died peacefully on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, after a short illness, Mrs. Blanche Barker Kingsbury, beloved wife of the late Honorable T. B. Kingsbury, III and most dearly loved mother of T. B. Kingsbury, IV of Augusta. Mrs. Kingsbury was born in Crumpler, N.C. on January 2, 1919, was graduated from Healing Springs High School, and received her R.N. degree from Somerset Nursing School in Somerville, N.J. She began married life in 1940, in Heathsville, Va., then lived in Franklin, Va. for 50 years where she was a nurse, homemaker, teacher, and most of all, a devoted wife and mother. Following her husband's death in 1989, she lived in Blowing Rock, N.C., and then in Augusta for the last six years. She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Franklin, Va. Survivors include her son, T. B. Kingsbury, IV and his wife, Patricia D. Kingsbury, of Augusta; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Bennett of Charlotte, N.C., Mrs. Carolyn Peery of Roanoke, Va., and Mrs. Frances Concannon of Richmond, Va.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery in Oldhams, Va. Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Road, Augusta, GA 30907.