Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
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,...
Elmore Buffkin Jr.
Nov 20, 2015
Sargent Major (Ret) Elmore M. Buffkin, Jr., 89, of Disputanta, VA and formerly of Cape Coral, FL., was called home to be with the Lord on November 20, 2015. He was born on March 30, 1926 in Bladenboro, N.C. and was the son of the late, Elmore and Alma Inman Buffkin; and was also preceded in death by his loving...
Louane Heart
Nov 19, 2015
Louane Gladys Heart, 84, of Chesterfield County, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Born in Mandan, North Dakota, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Erna Hendrickson; and was also preceded in death by her loving husband, James Willard Heart. Mrs. Heart is survived by her son, James Theodore Heart and wife, Connie of Dinwiddie; and two...
Joyce Booth
Nov 18, 2015
Joyce Ann Dorsey Booth, 78, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday November 18, 2015 at Brighter Living in Hopewell. Born in Steubenville Ohio, to the late Charles Shearer and Effie Gertrude Dorsey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry W. Booth Jr., and a grandson, David M. McKenney. Joyce spent her life devoted to her husband, five children, fifteen...

Doris Mayes
Nov 17, 2015
Doris Grizzard Mayes, 86, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Lucy Corr Village Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late James and Lessie Joyner Grizzard; and was also preceded in death by her husband, William Lester Mayes, Jr. Mrs. Mayes was retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and from Wal-Mart....

Evelyn Duke
Nov 17, 2015
Evelyn Elizabeth "Duke" Chappell Duke, 54 days shy of her 101 birthday of Petersburg, Virginia died peacefully Tuesday, November 17, 2015 surrounded by her four loving children. Duke was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford A. Duke and her great grandson, Alexander Duke Foreman Gill. "Duke" is survived by one daughter, Marion D. Bulifant of Petersburg; three sons, Clifton...
Virgie Smith
Nov 16, 2015
Virgie Louise Smith 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015. She was born July 6, 1923 in Halifax County, Virginia to the late Samuel and Virgie M. Rickman Buchanan, and was preceded in death by her husband Tommie O. Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by...
Betty Perdue
Nov 16, 2015
Betty Johnson Perdue, 84, of South Chesterfield, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 at her residence. She was born September 18, 1931 to the late John Ralph and Mary Irene Fisher Johnson and was preceded in death by a brother William Ford. Betty was a member of the former High Street United Methodist Church for a number of years where...
Earl Roberts Jr.
Nov 15, 2015
Earl M Roberts Jr., born March 12, 1975 of Prince George, VA passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 15, 2015. He is survived by his four sons; Samuel, Joseph, Daniel and Luke, his father Earl M Roberts, his mother Joanne Wargofcak Roberts and his sisters Tish Martin (Kevin), Debbie O'Neill (Lin), Cindy Flesher (Tony), Becky Underwood (Richard), Sharon Burton, Elaine...
Cynthia Gibson
Nov 14, 2015
Cynthia L. Gibson, 48, of South Chesterfield passed away unexpectedly at John Randolph Medical Center. Born on July 7, 1967, she was the daughter of Jeptha Archie Gibson, Jr. and Marjorie Gibson Deas. Mrs. Gibson was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, where she was baptized. She loved riding motorcycles and enjoyed horseback riding, but her family brought her the...
Gerald Barr
Nov 12, 2015
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Barr Sr., 80, of Prince George, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the Chippenham Hospital. Born in West Virginia, he was the son of the late Lewis E. and Elsie Grace Hunt, and was preceded in death by a brother, Leonard Ray. Mr. Barr was a United States Navy Veteran. He is survived by his...

Ruth Pierce
Nov 11, 2015
Ruth Caroline "Nannie" Pierce (nee Peace), 92, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, entered eternal life on November 11, 2015. She was born on May 5, 1923, in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Henry Thornton Peace and Sarah Jessie (Smith) Peace. She spent much of her childhood in Lincoln, Rhode Island, and graduated from Block Island, Rhode Island, High School in 1941. Whether...
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...
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