Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Mary Belcher
Feb 26, 2018
Mrs. Mary Dickerson Belcher, 95, of South Chesterfield, Virginia passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018. Mrs. Belcher was a native of Montgomery County, Virginia and lived her early life in Blacksburg, Virginia. Mary was the daughter of the late C.L. and Edmonia Dickerson. She was raised for her first 2 ½ years by Mr. and Mrs. M. Esker Reed...
Gertrude Ramey
Feb 26, 2018
Gertrude Anne Ramey, 81, of Chesterfield, formerly of Hampton, Virginia, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at the Dunlop House. She was preceded in death by her parents Michael Hovan and Irene Westphal Grizzle; her stepfather, Clyde Grizzle; her husband, Corvallis W. Ramey; and a son-in-law, William Benninghove. Mrs. Ramey was an active member of Woods United Methodist Church....
James Heasley Sr.
Feb 25, 2018
James N. Heasley Sr., 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 25, 2018. Born in Smithtown Branch, New York, he was the son of the late Ambrose and Grayce Conn Heasley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Ozog Heasley and a daughter, Judith A. Muldoon. Mr. Heasley was a member of St. Ann Catholic...
Jane Brekke
Feb 25, 2018
Jane C. Brekke, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Poland she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Natalia Sadowski Kazperski. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Richard L. Brekke; her son, Richard Mark Brekke; and four brothers. Mrs. Brekke was a member...

Nell Rowland
Feb 24, 2018
Nell Washer Rowland, 88, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Rudolph Rowland "Rudy;" two sons, Richard Keith Rowland (Cathy) and James Craig Rowland; two grandchildren, Jessica and Travis Rowland; and several cousins. Nell was a devoted member of Second Presbyterian Church and had retired as...

Mildred Edwards
Feb 22, 2018
Mildred A. Edwards of Hopewell Va., age 84, passed away on February 22, 2018 after a two-month illness. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Simon C. Edwards Jr., daughter Teresa Potter and son-in-law James Harrington, daughter Cindy Hadley and son-in-law Ken Hadley, granddaughter Lisa Broughton and great-granddaughter Haley Ritchey, grandson Christopher Broughton wife Yasmin Sanchez-Broughton and great-grandson...

Maryanna Cosman
Feb 21, 2018
Maryanna Barbara Cosman, 72, of Petersburg, Virginia, formerly of Millinocket, Maine and New Castle Bridge, New Brunswick, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Austin R. "Freddy" Cosman; her sister, Marina Chase; and her brother, Jerry Basterache. Barbara is survived by her son, Daniel Cosman; her daughter, Kelly...
Dwight Wheeler
Feb 20, 2018
Dwight D. Wheeler, 72, of Prince George passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Born January 18, 1946, he was the son of the late Eugene Wallace and Irma Webb Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a veteran of the United States Air Force, after proudly serving his country during the Vietnam War. He worked for Hercules Inc. for 10 years, then...

Jimmy Ketcham
Feb 20, 2018
Jimmy L. Ketcham, 70, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at his home. Born September 18, 1947 in Snow Hill, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Lockwood Ketcham and Evelyn Dene Fowler (Sutton), and was raised in Matoaca. Jimmy was a proud United States Army veteran. He worked in sales for Columbia Beauty Supply, now...

Hoke Garrett Jr.
Feb 20, 2018
Hoke Smith "Dutch" Garrett Jr., 85, of Chester, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Johnston Willis Medical Center. Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Hoke Smith Garrett Sr. and Esther Mower Garrett, and was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Kroll Garrett. Dutch was a member of Chester United Methodist Church. He was...
Grace Beasley
Feb 19, 2018
Grace H. Beasley, 99, of Chester, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Ettrick, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Grace Tucker Hopson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Arthur D. Beasley Sr. and sisters, Dorothy Hopson, Margaret Traylor (Bill), Rachel Mann...
Lawrence Hamner Jr.
Feb 17, 2018
Lawrence Clifton "Nubby" Hamner, Jr., 95, of Matoaca passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018. Born December 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Lawrence Clifton Hamner, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Tyler, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Rachel C. Hamner; three sisters, Annabelle Carpenter, Nora Mae Wren, Joyce Robertson; and one brother, Carl L....
Richard Hahn Jr.
Feb 17, 2018
Richard "Richie" Madison Hahn Jr., 52 of Disputanta, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Richard was born in Petersburg, Virginia on October 22, 1965. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Madison Hahn Sr. Richard was the proprietor of Hahn Contracting and Crawl Space Specialists. He is survived by his wife, Laure A....
Iladel Payne
Feb 16, 2018
Iladel E. Payne, 88, of Petersburg, passed away, Friday, February 16, 2018 at the VCU Medical Center. She was born February 6, 1930 to the late Samuel Melvin and Esther L Moughmer Clinkingbeard and was preceded in death by a son Daniel Louis Payne, sister, Leona Clinkingbeard, two brothers, Oscar and Oran Clinkinbeard. Mrs. Payne was a member of Trinity...

Geraldine Russell
Feb 16, 2018
Geraldine Jones Russell of Chester, VA, passed away Feb. 16, 2018 at VCU. Ms. Russell was a retired employee of Fareva. She was predeceased by her parents William and Lottie Jones and her sister Carolyn Jones She is survived by her son, Doug Russell of Chester, VA, and a sister, Phyllis Thompson (Steve) of LaCrosse, VA. A memorial service will...
Ethel Anderson
Feb 15, 2018
Ethel Totty Anderson, 95, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Colonial Heights Healthcare Center. Born in Chesterfield, she was the daughter of the late John and Virgie Roberts Totty, and was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis E. Anderson Sr. and a brother, James Totty. She was a long-time resident of Ettrick and Colonial...
George Dobson Jr.
Feb 14, 2018
George L. Dobson Jr., 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at his residence. Born in Chesterfield, he was the son of the late George L. Dobson Sr. and Pauline D. Major, and was preceded in death by a brother, Robert F. Dobson. Mr. Dobson was a charter member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, a retired...
Carrie Perkinson
Feb 14, 2018
Carrie Leigh Perkinson, 92, went to spend Valentine's Day with her sweetheart on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Born February 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Linwood A. and Mary A. Leigh, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Orbie Keeler Perkinson, Jr.; son, Randolph Eugene "Bootsie" Story Jr.; and brother, Linwood Leigh. Mrs. Perkinson cherished...
Beverly Stephens
Feb 13, 2018
Beverly Jean (Roberts) Stephens met her Lord on February 13, 2018, after a prolonged battle with Stage IV renal disease. Beverly is survived by George W. Stephens, her loving husband of almost �fty-eight years; her son, George W. Stephens, Jr. and his wife, Gayle J. Stephens; her daughter, Sondra J. Stephens; and a grandson, George W. Stephens, III; by two...
Arthur Abernathy
Feb 13, 2018
Arthur Loyd "Mayor" Abernathy, 92, of Dinwiddie County crossed the bar on February 13, 2018. He was the son of the late Arthur Thomas Abernathy and the late Norma Wray Abernathy, and was preceded in death by a sister, Gloria Cash. He was a US Navy WWII veteran who proudly served in active duty both in the European and Pacific...
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