Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Randel Garner Sr.
Jul 5, 2015
Randel Dean Garner Sr., 72, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Hartville, Missouri, he was the son of the late Monroe H. and Marie Gregory Garner. Mr. Garner was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Garner and a sister, Barbara Sue Garner. He was a member and Deacon of...
Constance James
Jul 4, 2015
Constance F. "Connie" James, 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John and Nanny Grubb Fralin, and the widow of Carlton Matthew James. She was a member of Second Baptist Church, Petersburg, and a Retired Secretary with Dodson Brothers Exterminating Company. She is survived...
Barbara Perkins
Jul 1, 2015
Barbara Bates Perkins, 88, of Bradenton, Florida died on July 1, 2015. Barbara was born on May 9, 1927 to Robert and Pearl Bates in Burlington, Vermont. They moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1934 and she graduated from Lebanon High School in 1945. She graduated from Lasell Jr. College in 1947. Barbara married Sherman Perkins in Lebanon, New Hampshire...
Rachel Baker
Jun 29, 2015
Rachel Minetree Baker, 93, of Matoaca, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2015 at her residence. Born in Martin County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Berry J. and Ada Matthews Sessums. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Vernon C. Minetree, and her husband of 20 years, Archie F. Baker; three brothers...
Patricia Hanson
Jun 27, 2015
Patricia Ida Hanson, 77, of Colonial Heights passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015. She was born August 26, 1937 to the late Jerry LeBel and Almida Goudreaux LeBel, and was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years Chief Master Sargent Sherman Lee Hanson United States Air Force Retired. Mrs. Hanson was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church....
Nancy Schirtz
Jun 24, 2015
Nancy Ann Kinslow Schirtz, 82, of Midlothian, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Ginter Hall Assisted Living Communities, Richmond, Virginia. Born in Onondaga County, New York, she was the daughter of the late Bernard James Kinslow Sr. and Lydia Dygert Kinslow, and the widow of Jack H. Schirtz. Mrs. Schirtz is survived by daughters, Susan Hogan...

Laurence Amiss Jr.
Jun 23, 2015
Laurence Harvie Amiss Jr., 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Richmond, he was the son of the late Laurence H. Amiss Sr. and Sarah Harris Amiss. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church, past Worshipful Master-1956 Woodland Heights Lodge #345, Blandford Masonic Lodge #3 AF &...
James Kidd
Jun 22, 2015
James Merit Kidd, 62, of Chester, passed away Monday June 22, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was born October 12, 1952 to James L. and Kura Ohno Kidd. Mr. Kidd is survived by his children, Cynthia Ellis, John Kidd, and James Kidd. Marine Corps military honors will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2015 with visitation...

Pfc Demery
Jun 19, 2015
PFC Marcus Anthony Demery, 21, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, died on June 19, 2015. He was born in Germany and raised in Colonial Heights, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Joseph Tilman Demery and Ida Mae Demery. Marcus joined the United States Army in 2014, and soon after married his loving wife Summer Rae Demery and was...

Roland Reaux
Jun 18, 2015
SFC Roland Joseph Reaux, U.S. Army (Ret.), 87, of Colonial Heights passed away on Thursday June 18, 2015. He was the son of the late Raymond J. Reaux and Elmire Moulis. During his military career, he served in WWII, the Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Reaux was awarded the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his service....

Ruth Beasley
Jun 17, 2015
Ruth Virginia Beasley, 95, of Hopewell, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Florence Rushmore Brown. Mrs. Beasley was preceded in death by her husband, Herman M. Beasley; and a daughter, Shirley B. Clements; and a grandson, David S. Clements. She was a charter member of Colonial...
Joyce Andrews
Jun 16, 2015
Joyce Lee Rice Andrews, 76, born on May 24, 1939 in Hopewell, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Daniel Branson Rice Sr. and Edith Louise Toney Rice. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Lewis; sisters, Edith Lewis, Rachel Williams, Gloria Ashby, Linda Bailey and...

Horace Weaver
Jun 15, 2015
Horace Claiborne Weaver, 90, of Chester passed away quietly in his sleep at home on Monday, June 15, 2015. He was born June 1, 1925 in Chesterfield, Virginia. He served his country from 1950-1956 in the US Army. He married Ida Estelle Atkins in 1952, who passed in 1986. He married Mary Yeatts Dennis in 1988, who passed in 2011....

Savannah Dicks
Jun 14, 2015
Infant Savannah Nicole Dicks, of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. She was preceded in death by her great grandfather, Marcelino Torruella Sr. Savannah is survived by her loving parents, Adrien Dicks and Laura Meyers; brother, Kaleb J. Dicks; sister, Elena J. Dicks; paternal grandparents, Richard and Patsy Dicks of...
Luis Mack
Jun 14, 2015
Luis Garnett Mack, 49, of South Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of Dr. Janice McManus Mack and the late Dr. Garnett Lloyd Mack. He was a life member of Shiloh Baptist Church, a truck driver for Sheridan Transport Company, Alabama, and belonged to the Alpha...

Darren Ravis
Jun 13, 2015
Darren Joseph Ravis, 51, of Prince George, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015. He was born March 14, 1964 and was preceded in death by his father, John Raymond Ravis Sr. and a sister, Christy Rebecca Ravis. Darren was a United States Army Veteran and an ordained minister. He loved his family, was an amateur ham radio operator; and...
Rev. Akin
Jun 13, 2015
Gary Morris Akin, 61, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Chase City Health and Rehab Center. He was born on June 28, 1953 in Petersburg Virginia to Stanley and Arlene Akin. Gary grew up in Colonial Heights and Chester. He graduated from Thomas Dale High School in Chester in 1971. After high school he attended John Tyler Community...

Walter Lawson
Jun 12, 2015
Walter Aaron Lawson, 74, of Colonial Heights, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015. He was born on October 17, 1940 in Patrick County, Virginia to the late Alvis Reid and Rosetta Niten Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Valeria O. Lawson; son,...
Lois Brown
Jun 12, 2015
Lois Mae (Tucker) Brown, 85, of Colonial Heights, Virginia went home to be with the Lord on June 12, 2015, surrounded by her family. Lois was born on September 11, 1929 in Petersburg, VA to parents William and Bessie Tucker. She grew up in Petersburg, an alumnus of Petersburg High School. She married the love of her life, Sgt. Maj....
L. Terry
Jun 12, 2015
L. Frances "Frankie" Terry, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Richlands, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Clarence W. and Della Jones Bandy. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Richard Terry Jr.; her daughter, Paula Coe; son-in-law, Emery Coe; sisters, Jackie...
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