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COVID-19 Information

During this pandemic that our country is facing, it is of the utmost importance to keep our families, guests and our employees safe. Funeral services, visitations and/or wakes at the Bruce & Stiff Funeral Home will be limited to ten (10) persons and social distancing as per the Executive Order by Governor Ralph Northam’s Executive Order Number Fifty-Five (2020) effective March 30, 2020. Our staff is working to apply these new protocols to all funeral services amid the COVID-19 crisis.

We want to continue to serve our community and surrounding area by being safe.

The full order may be viewed at www.governor.virginia.gov

Be safe and stay healthy!

All Obituaries

Leroy Kelso Appomattox


“Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go and...

Don Fleshman Appomattox


“For we believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him”. ~~ 1st Thessalonians 4:12-14 Don Warren Fleshman, 54,...

Sidney Watts Pamplin


Sidney Aurelius Johnson Watts, Sr., 83 of Appomattox, Virginia went home on May 6, 2023. He was born May 25, 1939 to the late Aurelius and Ruth Louise Watts.   Sidney is survived by ten...

Ernest Johnson


On April 26, 2023 Ernest Lewis “Pop” Johnson departed this life in Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, VA.  He was born in Prince Edward County, VA on May 15, 1942 to the late...

Raymond Morgan Harrisburg, PA


“To Everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1 “A Time to be Born”  Raymond Morgan was born on March 21,...

Colonel Walker Cullen


            Colonel Duguid Walker was born on November 25, 1950 to Jesse and Hilda Walker.  He departed this life peacefully at his home on April 13, 2023 after...

Dennis Maier Appomattox


Born 2-4-1960 thru 3-11-2023. Survived by his wife- Nancy Maier; daughters Andrea & Nicole Maier-Stokes; Son & daughter-in-law - Michael & Charlee Maier; Grandchildren - Lucio &...

Ralph Lyle Prospect


Ralph Dupe Lyle was born on May 12, 1957, to Christopher and Rachelle Lyle, in Pamplin, Virginia.  Ralph was employed by Cycle System where he worked for 37 years before retiring in...

Stanley "Pancake" Pankey Appomattox


Stanley “Pancake” Pankey went to Heaven on Saturday, February 18, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 6, 1964 and was raised in Appomattox,...

Velma Farmer Forest


Velma Louise Austin Farmer, 65, of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away on February 9, 2023. Velma was born on March 2, 1957, to Francis Austin and Nannie Austin in Lynchburg, Virginia.  She...
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