Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Marshall Foster
Dec 16, 2015
Marshall "Mike" Dewey Foster, 68, of Church Road, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond. Born on June 1, 1947, he was the son of the late Carlos and Phyllis Foster. He was a member of Edgehill Church of Christ where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Foster served in the United States...
Glenn Dean
Dec 16, 2015
Glenn Alexander Dean, 90, passed away on December 16, 2015 at Sitter-Barfoot Veterans Care Center. Born on January 4, 1925, he was the son of the late Elvin Dean and Dorothy Hicks, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Catherine M. Dean. Glenn, also known as Red to his friends, enjoyed fishing in his spare time and was...

James Stancell Sr.
Dec 14, 2015
James Gordon Stancell Sr., 79, of Colonial Heights, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 14, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born September 23, 1936 to the late James K. and Nellie Capel Stancell and was preceded in death by a brother Kenneth Stancell. Mr. Stancell was a United States Navy veteran, and...
Brenda Mann
Dec 12, 2015
Brenda K. Mann, 73, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday December 12, 2015 at her residence. She was born June 22, 1942 to the late Arthur Paul and Matilda Katherine Kisner. Mrs. Mann was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by her husband Thomas L. Mann, children; Catherine M. Pack and husband, Dale...
Gloria Wells
Dec 12, 2015
Gloria V. Wells 84, of Colonial Heights went to be with her Lord on Saturday December 12, 2015. She was born in San Francisco, California on April 4, 1931 to the late Albert and Marie Bernot Amado Velasquez. Mrs. Wells was a charter member of Second Chance Baptist Church. She is survived by her loving husband, John Wells; seven children,...
Mary Daul
Dec 7, 2015
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Daul, 80, of Colonial Heights, VA went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 7, 2015 at Johnston Willis Medical Center. She was the daughter of late Jeff and Susie Morton Hudson; and was also preceded in death by one brother, Alfred W. Hudson. Mrs. Daul was the former owner of Daul House Furniture, and had...

Alberta Gentry
Dec 7, 2015
Alberta L. Gentry, 87, of Carson, VA passed away on December 7, 2015. Born in Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late Harry Charles and Alice Beeney Kuhn; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Earl Alonzo Gentry; and a brother, Warren "Pete" Kuhn. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Allen; one son, Charles Taylor; two...
Frances Gill
Dec 6, 2015
Frances "Tookie" Gill, 87, of Colonial Heights passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born on March 5, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Irving Eugene and Josephine Hawkins Bowman, and is also preceded in death by her husband, Edward R. Gill, Sr. and by her 12 brothers and sisters, as she was...
Anna Keyser
Dec 6, 2015
Anna Marie Signorini Keyser, 60, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Born in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Dan and Jenny Signorini. Mrs. Keyser worked for the City of Colonial Heights and had also worked at Zales Jewelers in Southpark Mall. She loved all types of animals, especially her two cats. She...
Tashia Forehand
Dec 4, 2015
Tashia June Forehand, age 33, of Colonial Heights, VA died peacefully December 4, 2015 at MCV Hospital after a long struggle with Severe Aplastic Anemia. She was medically retired from the Air Force and was employed at Medallion Pools prior to her illness. Ms. Forehand was born January 28, 1982 in Camp Hill, PA. She was the daughter of Darrell...
John Bish Sr.
Dec 2, 2015
John Franklin Bish, Sr., 76, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on December 2, 2015 at his residence. Born in Petersburg, VA he was the son of the late Edward Bish and Helen Crowder House; and one brother, Herbert Bish. Mr. Bish had worked at Nolde Brothers Bakery in Petersburg, VA for 21 years, and then retired as a machine...
Thomas Vohun Jr.
Dec 1, 2015
Thomas Albert Vohun, Jr., 64, of Disputanta passed away on December 1, 2015 at his residence. Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Thomas Albert Vohun Sr. and Concetta Chiarello Vohun; and was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Joanne Menster Vohun. Mr. Vohun retired as a mechanic from the DLA at...
Roger Wrenn
Nov 27, 2015
Roger J. Wrenn, 79, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Friday, November 27, 2015. Born in Northampton, Co., NC he was the son of the late Edward A. and Virginia Chambliss Wrenn; and was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Martha Louise Calloway Wrenn. Mr. Wrenn was a United States Navy veteran, retired from Dominion Power with more...

Jean Green
Nov 26, 2015
Jean Green, 88, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on November 26, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late, Howard Myers Eyer and Pearl Janette Mackey Eyer; and was also preceded in death by her brother, Ricard Fritz. Mrs. Green was a retired hairdresser and was also a past President of...

Rodney Davidson
Nov 25, 2015
Rodney Lee Davidson, 79, of Prince George, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at his residence. Born May 9, 1936, he was the son of the late William and Laura Chapman Davidson. He was a self-employed Antique Dealer and Auctioneer. Mr. Davidson is survived by five children, Lorraine Tuggle, Henry Davidson, Tarrance Davidson, Dwayne Davidson, and Ronda Davidson; eleven...
Edith Dryfuse
Nov 24, 2015
Edith Celestia Heazlit Dryfuse, 94, of Colonial Heights passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at CJW Medical Center - Chippenham. Born May 22, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Eva J. Stuart Heazlit and Guy F. Heazlit of Cecil, Ohio, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Robert Leroy Dryfuse, O.D.; son, Steven Robert Dryfuse...
Betty Stein
Nov 24, 2015
Betty Ann Stein, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 after battling an illness for several months. Born on August 26, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Gladys Ashley. Mrs. Stein was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Matoaca, Virginia. She is survived by her sisters, Wilma Elkins and husband, Jimmie,...
Evelyn Mershon
Nov 23, 2015
Mrs. Evelyn R, Mershon of Ashland / Petersburg, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015 at Memorial Regional Hospital in Mechanicsville. Born in Ettrick, Virginia she was the daughter of the late James and Ethel Rae. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Mershon is survived by her four sons; C. Allen Fleming and wife Katie, Fred...
Nell Smith
Nov 22, 2015
Nell Dalton Smith of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Born on November 19, 1931 in Red Oak, VA she was the daughter of the late, John Lacy and Tena Samantha Dalton; and was also preceded in death by her loving husband of sixty years, Ernest William Smith; and three brothers, Bobby Ray, Maynard Henry and...
Elaine Harris
Nov 21, 2015
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Elaine Timmons Harris, of Prince George, Virginia, went home to be with her Lord, on November 21, 2015. She was born to James Otis and Lillie Josephine Timmons on February 22, 1926, in Henry County, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Lake Elroy Harris and by her son,...
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