Gladys Lancaster Obituary
With solemn hearts, we announce the passing of Gladys Lancaster of Columbia, Virginia, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, whose presence will be deeply missed, having departed on September 27, 2024 at the age of 86. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
In the sacred silence of farewell, Gladys is released into the embrace of eternity, knowing that her light will continue to shine brightly in the tapestry of the lives of her loved ones. And as her memory is carried forward, may comfort be found in the knowledge that love is eternal, and that Gladys' spirit lives on in the beauty that surrounds us.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Wilson Howard Peyton and Ethel Lee McCauley Payton; her husband Charles William "Bill" Lancaster; her daughter Donna Lynn Lancaster; and her siblings, Charlie McCauley, Jack Peyton, Nancy Lee Watson and Ethel Irene Hardy.
She is survived by: her daughter Vickie Suann Strickland (Rotche) of Columbia; her grandsons, Clayton R. Strickland and Nathaniel L. Strickland; and her sisters, Pearl Virginia Blakley of Orange and Annie Mildred Breeden of Orange.
