Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Raymond Titmus

Mar 11, 2015

Raymond Leigh "Rat" Titmus 67, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Edward Lee and Virginia Good Titmus. Mr. Titmus was a United States Army Veteran, and retired Welder for C.C.C. Mechanical Company. He is survived by his sons Robert C. Titmus and Benjamin L. Titmus, granddaughters Hollie...

Marsha Overholser

Mar 10, 2015

Marsha L. Overholser, 54, of Blackstone, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at her residence. Marsha was employed with Citizens Bank & Trust, and volunteered with numerous charitable organizations throughout the Richmond area. She is survived by a son, Matt Overholser and wife, Jamie of Chester; daughters, Melissa Wittmeyer and husband, Marc of Chesterfield, Michelle Overholser and partner, Mike...

Winifred Parrish

Mar 10, 2015

Winifred H. "Jean" Parrish, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Ivey Ridge Assisted Living Center in Petersburg. She was the only child of the late John and Mary Haines and widow of Edgar Williams Parrish Sr. She was past Bethel Guardian of the International Order of Job's Daughters, past Worthy Matron of the Order of...

Michael Moore Sr.

Mar 8, 2015

Michael J. "Mike" Moore Sr., 60, of Colonial Heights passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015. He was born on May 22, 1954 to the late William O. Moore Sr. and Margaret Lilley Moore and was preceded in death by a brother, Mark W. Lilley. Mike was a member of Ettrick United Methodist Church, and retired after 42 years of...

Tina Seligman

Mar 7, 2015

Tina Marie Seligman, 42, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at her residence. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church, Petersburg. Mrs. Seligman was predeceased by her father, Walter G. Anderson and is survived by her husband, Jason D. Seligman; a son, Hunter D. Seligman; her mother, Frances M. Conner; her step-father, Gerald L. Conner;...

Jacquelyn Carter

Mar 7, 2015

Jacquelyn Carter Jacquelyn "Jacque" Carter, 56, of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Hugh and Sara Cole Myers. Mrs. Carter was a member of Monumental Baptist Church in Petersburg, a registered nurse at MCV Hospital for nine years, and then began working in the family business of Carter...

Ronald Poe

Mar 4, 2015

Ronald F. Poe, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Robert E. and Gladys Woolard Poe, and was preceded in death by a son, Robert Eugene Poe. Mr. Poe was a member of the Second Chance Baptist Church, and a former member of the...

Lottie Livingston

Mar 4, 2015

Lottie Bradley Livingston, 93, a retired registered nurse of Emporia, died peacefully March 4, 2015 after a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of the Eugene H. Bloom Retirement Center for more than seven years. Livingston, an Emporia native who was also formerly of Hopewell and Colonial Heights, was predeceased by a son, Michael R. Franklin of Birmingham, AL...

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...