Alexandria Gazette

Jonathan Corie Hale passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022 at the age of 63. Corie was a very strong-willed man but had been battling congestive heart failure and insomnia for some time; he is now at peace. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Priscilla Ordway and the late Corie Edgar Hale, Jr., Corie is survived by his mother, Priscilla; three sisters: Deborah Hale, Lydia Schmierer and Mary ("Molly") Reid; three nieces: Jessica Larsen, Makela Reid and Charlotte Reid; and one nephew, Joseph ("Josh") Larsen. In addition, as the late Sherman Ordway, Corie's beloved maternal grandfather used to say, "there are cousins by the dozens," now scattered from New England to California. Corie loved...

Ann Tanner Slater passed peacefully on Thursday, December 9, 2021 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Born in Glendale, CA on May 25, 1929, she spent most of her early life in California living with her parents, Harry L. and Ann S. Tanner and her younger brother, Stephen. Ann was preceded in death by her loving husband Dick and daughter Kim. She is survived by her other children Scott (Sharon), Gregg (Daria), and Debbie (Jim), six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Please visit www.colonialfuneralhome.com to leave condolences and view full obituary.

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, Lynn J. Nelson of Alexandria quietly entered eternal rest. Survived by siblings, William Noel Nelson Jr; Carrie A Johnson (George); Michael Anthony Nelson (Cheryl A Nelson) Cheryl Wynette Nelson; Steven Linwood Nelson (Darnella) and a a host of other relatives and friends. Her services were held on November 10th at the Harvest Assembly Baptist Church, Alexandria and Interment, Bethel Cemetery. Online Guest book thorntonfuneralhomepa.com

Doug Baur, 80, born and raised in Erie, most recently residing in Lawrence, KS, died peacefully on Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Lawrence after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. He is survived by his wife of almost 57 years, Suzanne ("Sue") Plummer Baur; daughter Cynthia Gibson of Greenville, SC; and daughter Christie Peterson, son-in-law Charles Peterson, and granddaughters Zoe and Kya Peterson, all of Oskaloosa, KS. The son of Erie attorney Byron A. Baur and Gladys Peyton Perry Baur, Doug was the eldest sibling of brother, Kent, and sister, Beverly (both lifelong Erie residents, now deceased). Doug's only first cousin, Marcia ("Twink") McDowell Webb, currently of St. Augustine, FL, grew up...

Charles ("Chuck") H. Miller Jr., age 90, of Hilton Head, S.C., passed away peacefully at Broad Creek Care Center on January 4, 2021. Chuck was born on October 9, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Charles and Ruth Miller. He grew up in Drexel Hill, Pa., until age 13, when the family moved to Hammond, Ind., where he graduated from high school in 1948. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1951 and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Northwestern School of Dentistry in 1955. He was a member of Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity. Upon graduation he became a captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps and was stationed at Fort Rucker, Ala., home of Army aviation. There he...