Donald E. Ransom, 63, of 205 Foxhill Place, died at 7:15 am Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1929 in Jackson, Mich., a son of the late Dana June and Christine Leonard Harrington Ransom
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Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture.
He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973.
A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA.
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Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture.
He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973.
A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA.
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Donald E. Ransom, 63, of 205 Foxhill Place, died at 7:15 am Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1929 in Jackson, Mich., a son of the late Dana June and Christine Leonard Harrington Ransom
.
Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture.
He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973.
A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA.
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Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture.
He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973.
A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA.
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