Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Donald Brown
May 5, 2015
Donald E. Brown, 85, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born on October 31, 1929 to the late Edward H. and Gertrude Taylor Brown. Mr. Brown was a United State Army Veteran and was an employee of Walmart. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara E. Brown; son, Dr. Robert E. Brown...

Mildred Thompson
May 3, 2015
Mildred S. Thompson, 78, of Petersburg went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 3, 2015. She was born May 24, 1936 to the late Rogie S. and Elsie Lee Sheffield, and the widow of Raymond A. Thompson. Mrs. Thompson worked for numerous Grocery Stores in the Tri Cities area. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Thompson and...
Jeanne Rainey
May 2, 2015
Jeanne S. Rainey, 68, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her residence. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Albert D. and Helen Townsend Seymour. Ms. Rainey retired with 37 years of service as a Housing Specialist with Fort Lee Civil Service, and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and the...
Paulette Turley
Apr 29, 2015
Paulette Eve Turley, 66, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Paulette's contagious smile, "can do" spirit, and excitement for life will be deeply missed. Paulette was preceded in death by her mother, Catherine, and her brother, Jot Eve, a US Marine Corps jet pilot. She is survived by her daughter, Amie Turley Leonard and husband, Robbie (Chester);...
Katharine Wray
Apr 25, 2015
Katharine Jane Houck Wray, 88, of Colonial Heights, Virginia passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at her residence. Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania she was the daughter of the late Logan L. and Beatrice Neff Houck, and was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Richard M. Wray, formerly of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Wray is survived by a daughter, Karen...
Thomas Cahn
Apr 25, 2015
Thomas Edward Cahn, 68, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at his residence. He was born on April 30, 1946 to the late Ralph T. and Florence Stevenson Cahn, and was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn S. Cahn. Mr. Cahn was a retired Parole Officer for District 27 and Deputy Chief Probation Parole Officer...
Deenie Davis
Apr 23, 2015
Deenie Cole Davis, 85, of Prince George, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at her residence. Born on September 13, 1929 in Mecklenburg County, she was the daughter of the late Herbert G. and Addie Griffin Cole. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edward Davis Sr. and a son, Charles B. ‘Chuck' Davis. Mrs. Davis was...
William Kehoe
Apr 20, 2015
William "Bill" James Kehoe, 77, of Chesterfield, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015 at his residence. Born in Gorham, New Hampshire, he was the son of the late John and Adele Gauthier Kehoe. Mr. Kehoe was a member of the Swift Creek Baptist Church and a United States Air Force Veteran. He is survived by his loving wife of...
Shelly Carter
Apr 18, 2015
Shelly Hicks Swinson Carter, 60, of Chesterfield, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Born in France, she was preceded in death by her mother, Shelby Davis Hicks. Mrs. Carter was retired from Gumenick Properties after 31 years. She is survived by her husband of 28 years, John S. Carter; two daughters, Bryanna Branch and Courtney Carter; son-in-law, Brandon Lindsay;...

Edward Duncan
Apr 18, 2015
Edward W. Duncan, 77, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Eddie Duncan and Velma Chestnut Duncan. He was preceded in death by two sons, Roger M. Duncan and Gregory W. Duncan, and four brothers. Mr. Duncan retired from Fort Lee Civil Service. He is survived by his...
Ronald Morrison
Apr 16, 2015
Ronald "Ron" Morrison 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday April 16, 2015. He was born May 25, 1934 in West Virginia to the late Okey Herbert and Bessie Scott Morrison. Ron retired after 24 years of service with the United States Navy and 20 years of service with International Paper Company in Waverly, Virginia. He was a member of...
John Bowman
Apr 16, 2015
John Philip Bowman, of Colonial Heights, was born April 18, 1923, and passed away on April 16, 2015, two days before his 92nd birthday. A graduate of Penn State University, he was a registered professional engineer and retired from the engineering department at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Mr. Bowman served in the Army Air Corps in WWII, and was...

James Bender
Apr 15, 2015
James D. "Bud" Bender, 78, of Prince George, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at his residence. "Bud" was retired from Continental Can Company and Smurfit/ Stone Paper Company as a Truck Shop foreman in Hopewell after 32 years of dedicate service He was one of the first men to help organize the Prince George Emergency Crew in July...

Mary Smith
Apr 15, 2015
Mary Rachel Smith, 85, of Matoaca, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born July 3, 1929 to the late Samuel R. Mann Sr. and Mary Porter Mann, and was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Matoaca Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Rachel Walker
Apr 14, 2015
Rachel S. Walker of Chester, formerly of Colonial Heights, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Born on April 27, 1924, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Norman. Rachel was a lifelong, as well as a founding member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She...

Dixie Quattlebaum
Apr 13, 2015
Dixie Ann Williams Quattlebaum, 80, of Disputanta, Virginia, formerly of Manning, South Carolina passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Francis Marion Williams and Felma Latrelle Still Williams. Mrs. Quattlebaum is survived by a daughter, Rebecca Q. Elder of Virginia; a son, William F. Quattlebaum of North Carolina; a grandson, William R. Elder...
Helen Tipa
Apr 12, 2015
Helen Tipa, nee Ciubuka, was born March 1, 1924, passed April 12, 2015. Never has a kinder spirit lived. Helen was a dedicated daughter; devoted and proud military wife; fair, supportive and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and loyal friend. She was born and raised in Detroit, Ml until she met and married Mike Tipa and began many years of military...
Beulah Averette
Apr 11, 2015
Beulah Redd Averette, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Roger Bailey and Bobbie Thomas Redd, and was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Averette. Mrs. Averette was preceded in death by two sons, William Michael Averette and Roy Earl Averette and four brothers. She...
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Apr 11, 2015
Mr. Felix Gonzalez, Jr., 66, of Chesterfield, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015, after a long, hard battle with Crohn's and cancer. He was the son of the late Felix Gonzalez, Sr. and Esther Medina Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Gonzalez; daughter, April Gonzalez Jamison and husband, Rudolph of Colonial Heights; step-daughter, Tina Spiers...
Shelby Spain
Apr 11, 2015
Shelby Lee (Butler) Spain, 77, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at her residence. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Garland L. and Hazel Rainey Butler. Mrs. Spain was married on August 27, 1955 to Kenneth G. Spain who preceded her in death on September 2, 2011. She was a member of...
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