OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

James Roberts

James Roberts

Feb 25, 2016

Roberts, James I., 86 of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on February 25th, 2016. He was born in Irwinville, GA on November 29th, 1929 to the late Lee Iver and Emmie Stripling Roberts. Having graduated from Irwin County High School, he played professional baseball for the Fitzgerald Pioneers, a minor league team in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system. After...

Frances Seay

Frances Seay

Feb 23, 2016

Frances Scarlett Clements Seay, 70, of Petersburg, VA passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at her residence. Born in Richmond, VA she was the daughter of the late James Lewis and Blanche Frances Kelley Clements. Mrs. Seay was a longtime and dedicated member of Highland United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights. She retired from Southside Regional Medical Center after...

Donald Schwebel

Donald Schwebel

Feb 22, 2016

Donald Bruce Schwebel, 58, of Prince George, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2016 at his residence. He was the son of the late Donald Veryl and Alma Grace Findley Schwebel. Mr. Schwebel was a United States Army Veteran and worked for the Defense Supply Center Richmond, as an Equipment Specialist for over 32 years. Mr. Schwebel is survived by...

Richard Claytor

Richard Claytor

Feb 21, 2016

Richard John Claytor, 70, of Petersburg, VA passed away on February 21, 2016. He was the son of the late, Richard and Rose Paras Claytor. Mr. Claytor was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Petersburg and was also a member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He had served in the National Guard and had also retired from the...

Clifton Turner Jr.

Clifton Turner Jr.

Feb 20, 2016

Clifton Floyd Turner, Jr., 73, of Chesterfield Co., VA passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016. Born in Petersburg, VA he was the son of the late Clifton Floyd "Whitey" Turner, Sr. and Mildred Hawkins Turner. Mr. Turner retired from VDOT in 2004 as an engineer after 42 years of service. He is survived by his loving wife of 53...

Carol Ward

Carol Ward

Feb 18, 2016

Carol Ann Ward of Colonial Heights, Virginia, died Thursday, February 18, 2016, after a long illness with Multiple Sclerosis. Born in Ware, Massachusetts, she was the daughter to the late Bernard and Camilla Dulak of Ware, Massachusetts. She was preceded in death by her daughter Joan Clark of Stafford, Virginia. Carol was a proud military US Army wife who travelled...

Gerald Wood

Gerald Wood

Feb 17, 2016

Gerald James Wood, 80, of Prince George, VA passed away on February 17, 2016 at his residence. Born on January 31, 1936 in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Jefferson Franklin Wood and Myrtle Mae Futrelle, and was also preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret M. Wood. Mr. Wood was the owner and operator of...

Chesteen Smith

Chesteen Smith

Feb 16, 2016

Chesteen Lee Smith, 86, of Colonial Heights, went home to be with his Savior on February 16, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, William McKinley Smith and Irene Sarah Day of Caneyville, Kentucky; his sisters, Christine Willowby and Francis Hall; and his brother, Junior Smith. A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Chesteen served in the Air Force...

Louise Archer

Louise Archer

Feb 16, 2016

Louise Wells Archer, 87, of Chester, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the River View on the Appomattox Health and Rehab Center. She was the daughter of the late Stonewall Meade Wells and Mary Bettie Lee Wells and the widow of John L. Archer Jr.. Mrs. Archer attended Walthall Baptist Church, and taught Sunday School at Enon Baptist...

Carol Humphrey

Carol Humphrey

Feb 16, 2016

Carol A Franklin Humphrey, 75, of Chester, passed away February 16, 2016. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 53 years Oley Allen Humphrey Jr. of Chester; her son Oley Allen Humphrey III (grandson Andrew M. Humphrey) of Chester; her daughter Sherri Lynne Humphrey (husband Brian Rae) of Juneau, AK; her brother, William D. Franklin Jr, of Chester and her...

George Brooks

George Brooks

Feb 14, 2016

George D. Brooks, 74, of Church Road, VA passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas he was the son of the late Robert Daniel and Ethel May Grape Brooks and was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert M. Brooks. Mr. Brooks is survived by his loving wife, Kathleen Brooks; two daughters, Terry Brooks-Schneider and...

Christian Ortman

Christian Ortman

Feb 14, 2016

Christian Ortman, 27, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016. Born in Los Angeles, California, Christian spent most of his life here in Central Virginia with his loving mother, Joan Domo and brother, Kendall Ortman. Spending the majority of his adult life as a tow truck driver, he enjoyed his many late nights on the road. Known...

Carol Curtis

Carol Curtis

Feb 14, 2016

Carol Nan Curtis, 87, of Petersburg, VA passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at her residence. Born in Evansville, IN she was the daughter of the late William Stanley and Marion Virginia Botzun Swan and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Susan Winter; and one sister, Nancy. Mrs. Curtis was a well-known artist in the Petersburg...

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore

Feb 13, 2016

Thomas Bernard "Tommy" Moore, 85, of Petersburg, Va. passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at his residence. Born in Ettrick, he was the son of the late Percy Young Moore and Dorothy Allen Moore. Mr. Moore was predeceased by his wife Barbara Webb Moore and his sister Mary Patricia Van Aken. A devoted lifetime member of Ettrick United Methodist...

Margaret Traylor

Margaret Traylor

Feb 10, 2016

Margaret Munn Traylor, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Myrtie Taylor Hawks Munn and the widow of William Booth Traylor Jr. Mrs. Traylor was a member of St Michaels Episcopal Church in Colonial Heights. Mrs. Traylor is survived by a son, Ronnie...

Grace )

Grace )

Feb 10, 2016

Grace Bryant Slaughter, 73, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on February 9, 2016. Born in Isle of Wight County, VA she was the daughter of the late Walter Rae and Bessie Marie Crocker Bryant; and was also preceded in death by her husband, James Francis Slaughter; three brothers, L.Y., Goldie and Earl Bryant; and one sister, Joyce Jackson. Mrs....

Barbara Willett

Barbara Willett

Feb 6, 2016

Barbara J. Willett, 84, of Colonial Heights passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at her residence. Born on August 5, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Floyd E. and Juanita K. Smith, and was also preceded in death by her husband, David M. Willett. Barbara served in the United States Air Force and was a member of...

Robert Hines Jr.

Robert Hines Jr.

Feb 6, 2016

Robert B. Hines Jr., 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Riverview on the Appomattox. He was born May 5, 1935 to the late Robert Beauford Hines Sr. and Elizabeth Taylor Hines, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Dena Marie Hines and a sister, Betty Hines. Mr. Hines was the owner and operator...

Ann Hart

Ann Hart

Feb 5, 2016

Ann J. Hart, 77, of Dinwiddie, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1939 to the late Luther Adam and Helen Lee Griffin and was also preceded in death by her husband, Melvin C. Hart; two brothers, Clarence and Melvin Griffin; and one sister, Helen Leeson. Mrs. Hart is survived by...

Mary Batten

Mary Batten

Feb 3, 2016

Mary Lee Shelburn Batten, widow of Emmett L. Batten. Born February. 9, 1925, Winston-Salem, N. C., daughter of Alfred Edgar and Mary Cooper Shelburn. Survived by one son, Emmett� L. Batten, II (Lee) and wife, Kathy T. Batten; two grand� daughters, Kristen N. Batten and Amanda M. Altizer and husband, David Altizer; great-grandson, Aiden Altizer. Educated Durham City Schools and...

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