Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Andrew Darling
Nov 10, 2015
Andrew L. Darling 61, of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born June 19, 1954 to Leonard and Madeline Strait Darling. Mr. Darling was a United States Army Veteran. He is survived by his loving wife; Chong Suk Darling, son; Charles Darling and wife; Melissa, a daughter, Andrea Pederson husband, Gregory, grandchildren,...
Andrew Holden
Nov 9, 2015
SFC Andrew R. Holden (Ret.) U.S. Army, 84, of Prince George, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born on August 9, 1931, he was the son of the late John and Flora M. Coolie Holden and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Eugenia Tarver and Lois King. He was a member of...
Thomas Miller
Nov 9, 2015
Thomas Lee Miller, 66, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, lost his battle with cancer on Monday, November 9, 2015. Tommy was preceded in death by his parents, Carroll and Ruth Bishop Miller; brother, George Miller; and grandson, James Chambers. He is survived by his wife, Sallie Chambers Miller; sons and daughters-in-law, Rob and Misty Chambers, Matthew and Victoria Chambers, and, Brian...
Blanche Powell
Nov 7, 2015
Blanche P. Powell, 90, of Sutherland, Virginia died on November 7, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Richard E. and Carrie Baughan Perkins; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Rev. R. Roland Powell; their daughter, Roberta P. Perdue; and two sisters, Dorothy P. Cannon and Elizabeth P. Hughes. She is survived by two daughters, Patricia...
Reb Cole Sr.
Nov 6, 2015
Reb R. Cole, Sr., 77, was born on October 4, 1938 to the late Charlie Edward Cole and Mandy Turnage Cole. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Harold, Henry and Tommy; and two sisters, Josephine and Sybil. Reb retired from Firestone in Hopewell, VA and was an avid sports fan especially the Redskins. Reb leaves many who...
Gloria Davis
Nov 4, 2015
Gloria Bosher Davis, 84, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Born in Petersburg, VA she was the daughter of the late, Robert C. and Fannie Green Bosher; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Merle E. Davis, Sr.; two sisters, Pauline Watkins and Nora Cox; and one brother, Claiborne Bosher. Mrs. Davis loved...
Norman Spell
Nov 3, 2015
Norman Lee Spell, 88, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Sampson Co., North Carolina, he was the son of the late John Everett and Minnie Strickland Spell; and was also preceded in death by his step-mother, Annie Spell; his grandmother Spell; and his aunt, Addie Merritt. Mr. Spell was...
Pearlie Cole
Nov 2, 2015
Pearlie Faye Cole 86, of Chesterfield, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born August 26, 1929 to the late Pharaoh and Lucy Lowery Mitchell and was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia E. Harris; one brother, and two sisters. Pearlie was a founding member of Second Chance Baptist Church in Petersburg and...
Shirley Lucy
Nov 2, 2015
Shirley Jarman Lucy, 75, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on November 2, 2015 at Johnston Willis Hospital. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late, Enoch Lyn and Alice Phillips Jarman; and was also preceded in death by her loving husband, John C. Lucy, Sr.; and a sister, Bonnie Jarman Cunningham. Mrs. Lucy had worked as...
Mark Ives
Nov 1, 2015
Mark W. Ives, 56, of Disputanta, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Born on September 18, 1959, he was the son of the late Amos Everett and Frances Mae Ives. As a young man, Mark practiced martial arts, ultimately earning himself a black belt. Mr. Ives had a successful military career,...
James Bell Jr.
Oct 31, 2015
James Claiborne Bell, Jr., 76, of Prince George, formerly of Reidsville, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Joan Tomlin Bell; daughter, Joanne Carole Bell Kirkland and husband, Brad; sister-in-law, June Tomlin Thompson and husband, Alan; and brother-in-law Woody Tomlin and wife, Marsha, as well as numerous extended...
Milton Blount
Oct 30, 2015
Milton Earnest Blount, 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born on May 5, 1931, he was the son of the late Dawson Newton and Leila Bell Blount and was also preceded in death by his son, Charles Fabian Blount; brothers, Grady, Wilbur, and Alvin Blount; sister, Louise Blount; and previous...
Charles Samsel Jr.
Oct 29, 2015
Charles Clay Samsel, Jr., 73, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he was the son of the late Charles Clay Sr. and Maggie Samsel; and was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Anne Samsel. Mr. Samsel was a United States Army Veteran and was retired as an electrical engineer from...
Nelson Good
Oct 29, 2015
Nelson Leroy Good, 64, of Chester, VA passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Born on March 13, 1951 in Harrisonburg, VA he was the son of the late James David and Miriam Hertzler Good. Mr. Good was a member of Harrisonburg Mennonite Church and attended First Christian Church in Hopewell and Prospect Christian Church in DeWitt. He worked at...
Michelle Garrido
Oct 28, 2015
Michelle Diane Daniel Garrido, 45, of Chester, VA passed away on, Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Michelle worked as a Senior Benefit Analyst for Genworth Financial. She is survived by her loving husband, Fernando Garrido; two precious children, Gabriella and Carlos Garrido; her parents, Will and Sharon Daniel of Chester; a sister, Jennifer Baker of Grifton, NC; a nephew, Jacob Baker;...
Frances Layne
Oct 28, 2015
Frances M. Layne 86, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Brighter Living Assisted Living. She was born September 3, 1929 to the late Bernard and Ruby Joyner Jarrett; and was also preceded in death by her husband Henry Lee Layne. Mrs. Layne retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and was a member of Swift...
Grace Whitmore
Oct 28, 2015
Grace A. Whitmore Grace A. Whitmore of Petersburg passed away October 28, 2015 at her home. She was the widow of Edward E. Whitmore, Sr., and the daughter of the late Lewis T. & Annie Mae Dance Aldridge. She was preceded in death by a brother, Lewis Aldridge and two sisters, Margaret Titmus and Elizabeth Anderson and her loving nephew,...
Robert Stratiff
Oct 26, 2015
Robert Richard Stratiff, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday October 26, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center with his dear friend of 28 years, David Cibula, by his side. Born July 12, 1932 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Richard Robert and Bertha Louise Shreve Stratiff. Robert was a long time member of Saint Ann...
Norma Harper
Oct 26, 2015
To paraphrase Buddy Holly, it's raining in our hearts. Norma Hart Harper, the matriarch of the family, passed away Oct. 26, in Richmond, at the age of 95. Born in Dendron, Va. in 1920 to Edna and Clyde Hart, she spent her early years in Petersburg, Colonial Heights and South Richmond. In the late-1940s, Norma met a young Army officer...
Daniel Fischer
Oct 24, 2015
LTC. Daniel J. Fischer, U.S Army Retired, 83, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at MCV Hospital Richmond. He was a native of Pennsylvania and the son of the late Jules and Mary Fischer. LTC. Fischer was a member of the Colonial Heights Rotary Club and the Cardinal Golf Course at Ft. Lee. LTC. Fischer is survived by his wife, Sherry...
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