Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

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...
George Volz Jr.
Apr 9, 2015
George H. Volz, Jr., 87, of Petersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Born on October 24, 1927, he was the son of the late George H. Volz, Sr. and Mildred Lenore Andrews. Mr. Volz was last employed by Heritage Chevrolet and was a retired garage manager for Chesterfield Police Department. He also served in the United States Army...
Arthur Green
Apr 8, 2015
Arthur James Green, 78, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Arthur Bryan Green and Julia Frances Miles Green, and was preceded in death by a son, William Arthur (Ardy) Green. Mr. Green is survived by his loving wife, Sandra Ann Green; children, Tina Marie Green and Steven...
William Fischer
Apr 8, 2015
William Hugo Fischer, 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. William was born on March 24, 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hugo and Dorothy Fischer; a son, Gregory Allen Fischer and a brother, Fred Albert Fischer. William was a graduate of St. Thomas Military Academy in 1947, the University...
Amanda Carlton
Apr 7, 2015
Amanda McGinnis Carlton, 38, of Powhatan, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. She was preceded in death by her father, Bobby McGinnis. Amanda was currently working for NCI Information Systems. She is survived by her husband, Brian James Carlton; her mother, Margie McGinnis; a brother, Bobby McGinnis and wife, Kathy; a sister, Michelle Kirkland and husband, Sammy; niece, Amy...
Msg England
Apr 7, 2015
MSG (E-8) Larry F. England, USA (Ret.) 76, of Prince George County, passed away at 7:10 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Born in Spindale, North Carolina, he was the son of the late William Claude England Sr. and Birdie Dalton England. He was preceded in death by a brother, William Claude England Jr. and sisters, Louise Ramsey, Wanda Tate, and...

Helen Frith
Apr 5, 2015
Helen Anthony Frith, 89, of Chester, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at her residence. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Lilly Mae Anthony, and the widow of Woodrow W. Frith Sr. Mrs. Frith was a member of Chester Baptist Church, where she was on the Kitchen Committee for over 20 years....
Ernest Wilson
Apr 4, 2015
In loving memory of our beautiful husband, father, and nonno Ernest M. Wilson, Sr., who passed away peacefully at home at the age of 92 on April 4, 2015. He was the son of the late Louis and Dorothy Maize Wilson. He was preceded in death by daughter Joy, daughter-in-law Barbara S. Wilson and siblings Raymond, James, Irvin, Linwood, and...

Kimberly Eledge
Apr 3, 2015
Kimberly Diane Eledge, 35, of Chesterfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 3, 2015. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Laura Eledge. Kim is survived by her mother, Teresa Merkel and husband, George Merkel; her father, Lester Campbell and wife, Donna Campbell; sisters, Stephanie Nuckols and husband, James Nuckols and Jessy Campbell; and a niece, McKenzie Nuckols....
Calvin Brown
Apr 1, 2015
Calvin E. Brown Calvin Eugene Brown, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at his residence. Born in Petersburg, Virginia he was the son of the late Noah Lonnie Brown and Susie Mae Denson Brown, and was preceded in death by a sister, Edna Brown Hamlin. Mr. Brown was a resident of Colonial Heights for over...
Frances Harrell
Mar 31, 2015
Frances Almina Harrell, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015. She was born January 6, 1924 in Pilot Point Texas, to the late Chess and Beulah Davis and was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. "Slim" Harrell; four sisters, Ruby, Audrey, Mary, Leslie; and three brothers, Robert, Woodrow and William, all of Texas. Mrs....
Anna Sirles
Mar 31, 2015
Anna Rudacille Sirles 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015. She was born July 23, 1935 in Warren County, Virginia to the late W. Fred Rudacille and Mary Neville Jones Mcleod and was preceded in death by a sister, Hilda W. Pickeral, brother Albert William Rudacille and wife, Roberta, nephew, Harold Grayson Williamson, niece, Brenda Williamson Gotzmer,...
Marion Greenberg
Mar 30, 2015
Marion Elizabeth Lewis Greenberg, 76, of Sutherland, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2015 at the VCU Medical Center, Richmond. Born in Ford, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Elizabeth Loveland Lewis. Mrs. Greenberg was a longtime member and elder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Petersburg. After starting a family, Mrs. Greenberg attended and...
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