Dare Lightner Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Dare Lightner (Blackstone, Virginia), who passed away, on September 28, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Dare Lightner to show support.
In the sacred silence of farewell, Dare 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 Dare's spirit lives on in the beauty that surrounds us.
She was predeceased by: her father-in-law Carey Lightner; and her grandparents, G. C. and Geneva Shepherd. She is survived by: her husband Carey; her son Colin; her parents, David Shepherd and P. J. Shepherd; her siblings, Kallyn Paul (Trevor), Maggie Zollos (Emerson) and Jesse Shepherd (Maria); her mother-in-law Wanda Lightner; and her grandparents, Wendell and Lynn Springston. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.
