Walter A. Hoffman Jr.

HOFFMAN, Walter A. Jr., 83, peacefully departed this life to be with his Lord April 26, 2010 at his residence, with his beloved family at his side. He was born December 13, 1926 in Nelson County, the son of Walter and Emily Hoffman. He was a road builder, bridge builder and pond builder of Nelson County. Walter was a World War II veteran, who served with the 97th Signal Battalion in the European Theater of Operations. He installed and operated tactical field radio transmitting and receiving equipment and sent and received messages in code as a part of Radio Platoon "A," Company 26, "The Flying Third." Walter attended the University of Richmond and later returned home to be a farmer and apple grower and began an excavating business which spanned several decades. Walter was a supervisor of Nelson County for 17 years and on the planning commission. He was a lifelong member of the Jonesboro Baptist Church and served for many years as the chairman of the building committee. He was a member of the Fleetwood Harmony Masonic Lodge No. 92 for over 60 years. Walter was also a long-standing member of the VFW Post No. 7701. Walter's first wife, Peg, passed away on September 15, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Matthews Dull Hoffman; and his sons, Alan, his wife, Jenny, and their children, Allison, Mary Lauren and Graham; Jimmy, his wife, Sandra, and her daughter, Michelle; Bobby, his wife, Kim, and his son, Matthew, and his wife, Misty; and his stepchildren, James and Angie. Walter was also survived by stepdaughters, Cindy Hankley and her husband, Tildon, and her children, David, Jacob and Timothy Hagood; Susan O'Hanlan and her husband, Tom and their children, Ben and Sarah; Elizabeth Ann Sloan and her special friend, Jay Judy, and her children, Mary Francis, Rachel; and stepson, Charles Dull and his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Jillian. Walter had eight great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Jonesboro Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Wayne Underwood and Mr. Robert Mansfield. Burial, with military honors by VFW Post No. 7701, will follow in Jonesboro Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Byrum-Parr Funeral Home in Roseland from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today (Wednesday).


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.