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Frank Benser funeral

Benser remembered for serving community

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:31 am

BOWLING GREEN – Judge Frank L. Benser Jr. was recalled as a pillar of his adopted community, a man who was devoted to the town of Bowling Green as well as his family, still clothed in humility while wearing the robes of the judiciary. Benser was remembered at a funeral at a packed Bowling Green Baptist Church Sunday. A graveside service with military honors was scheduled at Mt. Nebo Cemetery

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  • Lynn Taylor Soaper

    Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Lynn Taylor Soaper, Jr, 85, went home be with the Lord on Monday December 31, 2012, after a brief battle with cancer. Mr. Soaper lived in Bowling Green but lived most of his life in Spotsylvania. Lynn was preceded in death by his parents Linwood Taylor and Nannie Welby Furr Soaper, three brothers Thomas, Sam and Howard Soaper and a sister Frances Embrey, a son, Frederick Ray “Ricky” Soaper and

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  • Louise Thomas Swain

    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    Louise Thomas Swain, 93, of Bowling Green died Dec. 7, 2012. Survivors include her daughter, Anita Hennis and her husband, Thomas; a brother, Herman Conrad McKemie; a nephew, Bruce McKemie; and numerous other nieces and nephews. Ms. Swain was preceded in death by her husbands, Lawrence Thomas and George Swain. A graveside service was scheduled Dec. 12 at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family requests memorial contributions be made to Bowling Green

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  • Linda Caryl Baier

    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    Linda Caryl Baier, 65, of Caroline County passed away Jan. 8, 2013 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Mrs. Baier was a member of St. Mary of the Annunciation Church in Ladysmith. Survivors include her husband, Frank Baier; stepsons, Frank Baier and Ronald Baier; daughter, Linda Marie Baier Henderson (Chris); and grandson, Easton Edwin Henderson. She was predeceased by her parents, Alexander and Marie Norbutt; infant daughter, Mary Anna Baier;

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  • Norma S. Spencer

    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Mrs. Norma S. Spencer, 90, of Ruther Glen died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her loving family, at a private nursing home in Glen Allen on Christmas Day, 2012. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Dr. Frederick J. Spencer; her daughter, Gillian Spencer, of Baltimore; her son, Tony, and his wife, Danielle, of Ruther Glen; her sister, Jorie Wetchler, of Chicago; and four grandchildren, Lauren Spencer

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  • Robert Farmer, former civic leader, dies at 86

    Posted on November 20, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    Robert W. Farmer, who served on the Caroline County Board of Supervisors for 20 years and also the Bowling Green Town Council and was a leader in business in civic affairs, died today. He was 86. Mr. Farmer, a life-long resident of Bowling Green, was remembered for his active and dedicated service to Bowling Green and Caroline County. He served the communities in one way or another for 50 years,

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  • Maggie James, oldest Virginian, dies

    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Maggie James

    BOWLING GREEN – Maggie James, a Caroline County native and the oldest person in Virginia, has died. James, a resident of the Bowling Green Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center who grew up in a home on Paige Road in Woodford and turned 112 years old in March, died on Friday of last week. She died while sleeping in the afternoon. Although confined to a wheelchair, she still was in relatively good

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