Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Ai Goff

Feb 28, 2015

Visitation Details

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small

Service Information

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 11:00am, Richmond National Cemetery

Constance Rose

Feb 27, 2015

Constance (Connie) Bishop Rose, age 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel Emmett Bishop and Sue Elizabeth Bishop. She was the eldest of three children, and survived by her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Searls, and her brother, Samuel (Buddy) Bishop III. Her surviving family also includes her devoted...

James Mccoy Sr.

Feb 27, 2015

James Dewey McCoy Sr., 68, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Fred Bruce McCoy and Isdora Mae Stout Stell. He was preceded in death by a sister, Sheila A. McCoy. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and was the owner of Techniservices Inc. He is survived by...

Mary Johnson

Feb 26, 2015

Mary Lynn Traylor Johnson, 75, of Petersburg, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015. She was raised in the Blandford area of Petersburg, and was the daughter of the late Richard and Eva Traylor. She was a member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Dinwiddie and was a retired legal secretary. Mrs. Johnson is survived by two sons,...

Corvallis Ramey

Feb 26, 2015

Corvallis Weldon (C.W.) Ramey 79, of South Chesterfield, passed away Thursday February 26, 2015 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was born May 30, 1935 to the late Vennis Earl Ramey and Geneva Elizabeth Pointer Ramey, and was preceded in death two brothers Ennis W. Ramey and Varna Ramey. Mr. Ramey was a United States Air Force Veteran,...

June Wood

Feb 26, 2015

June Clark Wood, 88, of Colonial Heights, departed this life on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at her home. Born in Pamplin, Virginia on December 27, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ruby Williams Clark and Hal Flood Clark, and was also preceded in death by her husband, John E. Wood, and her sister, Anne C. Dinwiddie. She was...

Dorothy Buffkin

Feb 25, 2015

Dorothy Frances Collie Buffkin, 91, of Cape Coral, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral. Born December 7, 1923 in Farmville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late William Cleveland and Elizabeth Estelle (Grimmer) Collie. Educated in Greenville, North Carolina, Tyson, and New Hanover High School and Mott's Business School of...

Katherine Hill

Feb 24, 2015

Katherine E. Hill, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Bernard W. and Bernice Meredith Echols, and the widow of Charles Orville Hill. She was preceded in death by sisters, Mildred Davis (her twin) and Nellie Lyons. Mrs. Hill is...

Gary Skelton

Feb 24, 2015

Gary Randall "Randy" Skelton, 62, of Prince George passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Hopewell, he was the son of the late Elliott Jackson Skelton Jr. He is survived by his mother, Shirley Jones Skelton; three sisters, Donna Skelton Hounshell and husband, Neil of Prince George, Rhonda Kay Saunders of Virginia Beach,...

Robert Simmons Sr.

Feb 23, 2015

Robert Steve "Bobby" Simmons Sr., 86, of Matoaca died at his home on Monday, February 23, 2015. Born October 16, 1928, he was the son of the late Harold Eugene Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Timmons Simmons. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Harold Simmons, Vernard (Happy) Simmons, Claiborne (Shavey) Simmons, and Warren Simmons; and a sister, Mildred Simmons....

Roper Elder Jr.

Feb 20, 2015

Roper Gordon Elder Jr., 70, of Disputanta, passed away on Friday February 20, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. He was the son of the late Roper and Clara Alderson Elder. Mr. Elder is survived by his loving wife Rebecca Elder; sons Richard G. Elder and wife Lucy, William R. Elder; daughters, Melissa Langley and husband Todd, Ginger Roberts...

Marcelino Torruella, Sr.

Feb 20, 2015

(Ret.) SFC Marcelino Torruella Sr. (Matt), 84, of Prince George, Virginia ended his Earthly journey on Friday, February 20, 2015 after an extensive period of declining health. When he was a boy, Marcelino's aunt in the U.S. asked her brother to send one of his children to come to the U.S. to live with her. He agreed and said that...

Edward Riggins

Feb 19, 2015

Edward Lee Riggins, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015 in Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late, Lewis L. and Annie Talley Riggins, and was preceded in death by a son, Steven Lewis Riggins. Mr. Riggins was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, the U.S....

William Stevens

Feb 19, 2015

William H. Stevens, 95, of Colonial Heights, a native of Ettrick, went to be with the Lord Thursday, February 19, 2015. He was born February 13, 1920 to the late William H. Stevens Sr. and Gladys Monroe Stevens, and was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Hudson Stevens and a son William Henry Stevens III. Mr. Stevens was a...

Nicholas Masters, Sr.

Feb 17, 2015

Nicholas John Masters Sr., 71, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Michael and Anna Snyder Masters, and was preceded in death by a son, Nicholas John Masters Jr. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, and was a...

Elizabeth Reeves

Feb 17, 2015

Elizabeth Dean Reeves 76, of Colonial Heights passed away Tuesday February 17, 2015 at Retreat Hospital. She was born December 16, 1938 in Buckhannon, Upshur County West Virginia to the late Harley Arbon Shipman and Cleo Virginia Dilworth Shipman, and was preceded in death by her brother Bobby Samuel Shipman. Mrs. Reeves was a United States Army Women's Corps veteran...

Lonnie Clover Jr.

Feb 17, 2015

Lonnie Clover Jr. SFC Lonnie Clover Jr. U.S Army (Ret), 83, of Petersburg, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Lonnie Clover Sr. and Annie May Clover. Mr. Clover was retired from the U.S. Army serving in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Mr Clover is survived by his loving...

Gerda Littrell

Feb 17, 2015

Gerda G. Littrell 88, of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday February 17, 2015. She was born March 5, 1926 in Germany to the late Hammon and Herta Weidemann Quinolt, and was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Riley Litrrell. Ms. Littrell is survived by a brother in-law; Keith G. Littrell of New Mexico, niece, Carolyn Littrell of New Mexico, nephew;...

Aleda Patterson

Feb 17, 2015

Aleda H Patterson, 82, of Oakland Park, Florida, passed away on February 17, 2015. Aleda is survived by her husband Erwin Patterson, daughters, Leanne Howell (husband Billy D.), Lisa Dawn Sullivan (husband Jay), son, Jeffrey John Patterson, five grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. All funeral services are being held in Florida. Interment will be Private in Bermuda Memorial Park, Enon,...

Virginia Staples

Feb 17, 2015

Virginia Joyner Staples, 92, died peacefully Tuesday, February 17, 2015 after several months of declining health. Although, for the last two years she'd been a resident of the Crossings at Ironbridge in Chester, she lived her entire life in Matoaca. She was one of six children of Hattie Daughtry Joyner and Patrick Henry Joyner. She was married for over 71...