William Nicholas "Billy" Lincoln

William Nicholas "Billy" Lincoln

William Nicholas "Billy" Lincoln, 67, of Perry Lane (Davis Creek Community) Lovingston, died on Friday afternoon, August 13, 2010, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

He was born on February 20, 1943, in Charlottesville, the son of the late Jacob Broadus Lincoln and Mary Lyon Lincoln. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lincoln Elliott.

Bill was a graduate of Nelson County high school where he excelled in basketball and football and continued his education at Ferrum collage. He was a United States Army reservist, a former Virginia State Trooper and a heavy equipment operator and contractor for over 25 years and was a logger and timber man in Nelson and surrounding counties. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed every day with his family and friends.

Bill is survived by his wife Penny Sites Lincoln; a very special, mother-in-law, Mrs. Bertha Sites of Lovingston; his daughter, Mary Catherine Lincoln and her husband, Patrick, of Roanoke; and his three sons, Jacob Paul Lincoln and his fiancee, Katie, of Amherst, Nicholas Todd Lincoln of Lovingston and Thomas William Lincoln and his wife, Michelle, of Lyndhurst; two granddaughters, Shyanne Rose Lincoln and Julianna Lincoln; as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 17, 2010, graveside at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Oak Ridge with the Reverend John P. Campbell officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. Monday, August 16,2010.

Arrangements by Wells/ Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston 434-263-4097.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.