Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
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...
Ora Owens
Feb 16, 2015
Ora Mae Harrell Owens, 91, of Colonial Heights, departed this life Monday, February 16, 2015. She was born January 7, 1924 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to the late Ernest G. and Mary E. Cummings Harrell. Mrs. Owens was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Benjamin Curtis Owens; and a brother, Albert Harrell. She was a member...
Frances Day
Feb 15, 2015
Frances Jeanette Day, 90, of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Ilion, New York, she was the daughter of the late George S. and Edna Harvey Pappin. Ms. Day was a member of the Order of the Amaranth, Eastern Star #82. She is survived by her sons, David I. Day and...
Beulah Perkinson
Feb 15, 2015
Beulah L. Perkinson, 80, of Prince George, Virginia died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. A native of Colonial Heights, she was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Rozell Shell and Joseph Bryant Langster Jr. She was employed in her earlier years with Allied Chemical and the Progress Index. She was preceded...
William Hobson
Feb 15, 2015
William Lee Hobson, 52, of Colonial Heights, went home to his Heavenly Father Sunday, February 15, 2015 at McGuire VA Medical Center. Born in New Albany, Indiana, he was preceded in death by his father James L. Hobson. Mr. Hobson was a United States Army veteran, and a retired Construction Worker. He is survived by a son, Kristopher J. Hobson...
Mildred Watkins
Feb 14, 2015
Mildred Lucille Watkins, 98, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Hospice of St. Francis in Titusville, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Julian Cecil Clark and Gracie Rustell Hawkins Clark. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Cheryl F. Davidson. Mildred is survived by her husband of 67 years, John W. Hawkins; a daughter,...
Virginia Merritt
Feb 14, 2015
Virginia Emory Merritt, 80, of Disputanta, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015. She was born August 29, 1934 to the late Bernard G. and Margaret Brockwell Emory. Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Kinnon Merritt; two sisters, Betty E. Chicas and Ruth Hernandez; three brothers, James, Bernard and Willie Emory; one great-grandson, Richard K. Merritt Jr.;...
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